The City Ground

SEasON: 1966-67

Prev Season: 1965-66
Next Season: 1967-68

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Johnny Carey
FA Cup:: Semi Final (Tottenham Hotspur () 1-2)
League Cup:: 2nd Round (Birmingham City (A) 1-2)

Top Goalscorer:: Ian Storey-Moore (24 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals
Scored	22 times	11 times	9 times	2 times
Conceded	24 times	8 times	2 times	1 time
Won By	14 times	7 times	6 times
Lost By	8 times	1 time	1 time	1 time

ATTENDANCES

Highest League Attendance:: 47,188 (League - Leicester City)
Lowest League Attendance:: 20,482 (League - Arsenal)
Average League Attendance:: 31,282
Highest Cup Attendance:: 47,510 (FA Cup - Everton)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 45,962 (FA Cup - Newcastle United)

MISC

Clean Sheets:: 16
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0

END OF SEasON TABLE

DIVISION ONE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA*	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Manchester United	42	24	12	6	84	45	17	4	0	51	13	7	8	6	33	32	1.867	60	European Cup	4-1	0-1
2	Nottingham Forest	42	23	10	9	64	41	16	4	1	41	13	7	6	8	23	28	1.561	56
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	24	8	10	71	48	15	3	3	44	21	9	5	7	27	27	1.479	56	Cup Winners Cup	1-1	1-2
4	Leeds United	42	22	11	9	62	42	15	4	2	41	17	7	7	7	21	25	1.476	55		1-0	1-1
5	Liverpool	42	19	13	10	64	47	12	7	2	36	17	7	6	8	28	30	1.362	51		1-1	0-4
6	Everton	42	19	10	13	65	46	11	4	6	39	22	8	6	7	26	24	1.413	48		1-0	1-0
7	Arsenal	42	16	14	12	58	47	11	6	4	32	20	5	8	8	26	27	1.234	46		2-1	1-1
8	Leicester City	42	18	8	16	78	71	12	4	5	47	28	6	4	11	31	43	1.099	44		1-0	0-3
9	Chelsea	42	15	14	13	67	62	7	9	5	33	29	8	5	8	34	33	1.081	44		0-0	1-2
10	Sheffield United	42	16	10	16	52	59	11	5	5	34	22	5	5	11	18	37	.881	42		3-1	2-1
11	Sheffield Wednesday	42	14	13	15	56	47	9	7	5	39	19	5	6	10	17	28	1.191	41		1-1	2-0
12	Stoke City	42	17	7	18	63	58	11	5	5	40	21	6	2	13	23	37	1.086	41		1-2	2-1
13	West Bromwich Albion	42	16	7	19	77	73	11	1	9	40	28	5	6	10	37	45	1.055	39		2-1	2-1
14	Burnley	42	15	9	18	66	76	11	4	6	43	28	4	5	12	23	48	.868	39		4-1	2-0
15	Manchester City	42	12	15	15	43	52	8	9	4	27	25	4	6	11	16	27	.827	39		2-0	1-1
16	West Ham United	42	14	8	20	80	84	8	6	7	40	31	6	2	13	40	53	.952	36		1-0	1-3
17	Sunderland	42	14	8	20	58	72	12	3	6	39	26	2	5	14	19	46	.806	36		3-1	0-1
18	Fulham	42	11	12	19	71	83	8	7	6	49	34	3	5	13	22	49	.855	34		2-1	3-2
19	Southampton	42	14	6	22	74	92	10	3	8	49	41	4	3	14	25	51	.804	34		3-1	1-2
20	Newcastle United	42	12	9	21	39	81	9	5	7	24	27	3	4	14	15	54	.481	33		3-0	0-0
21	Aston Villa	42	11	7	24	54	85	7	5	9	30	33	4	2	15	24	52	.635	29	Relegated	3-0	1-1
22	Blackpool	42	6	9	27	41	76	1	5	15	18	36	5	4	12	23	40	.539	21	Relegated	2-0	1-1

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Ground
1	Sat Aug 20, 1966	Stoke City	H	1-2	Loss	21,848	16
2	Wed Aug 24, 1966	Chelsea	A	1-2	Loss	27,501	19	Stamford Bridge
3	Sat Aug 27, 1966	Sheffield United	A	2-1	Win	16,047	14	Bramall Lane
4	Tue Aug 30, 1966	Chelsea	H	0-0	Draw	22,199	13
5	Sat Sep 03, 1966	West Bromwich Albion	H	2-1	Win	21,871	9
6	Tue Sep 06, 1966	Fulham	H	2-1	Win	22,135	7
7	Sat Sep 10, 1966	Leeds United	A	1-1	Draw	35,634	8	Elland Road
8	Sat Sep 17, 1966	Newcastle United	H	3-0	Win	21,732	6
9	Sat Sep 24, 1966	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-2	Loss	34,405	9	White Hart Lane
10	Sat Oct 01, 1966	Manchester United	H	4-1	Win	41,854	7
11	Sat Oct 08, 1966	Leicester City	A	0-3	Loss	39,970	8	Filbert Street
12	Sat Oct 15, 1966	Liverpool	H	1-1	Draw	32,887	9
13	Wed Oct 26, 1966	West Ham United	A	1-3	Loss	22,982	9	Upton Park
14	Sat Oct 29, 1966	Blackpool	H	2-0	Win	22,083	8
15	Sat Nov 05, 1966	Liverpool	A	0-4	Loss	40,534	9	Anfield
16	Sat Nov 12, 1966	Sunderland	H	3-1	Win	24,962	10
17	Sat Nov 19, 1966	Aston Villa	A	1-1	Draw	18,165	9	Villa Park
18	Sat Nov 26, 1966	Arsenal	H	2-1	Win	20,482	9
19	Sat Dec 03, 1966	Manchester City	A	1-1	Draw	24,013	9	Maine Road
20	Sat Dec 10, 1966	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-1	Draw	22,540	9
21	Sat Dec 17, 1966	Stoke City	A	2-1	Win	23,312	9	Victoria Ground
22	Fri Dec 23, 1966	Everton	A	1-0	Win	34,084	4	Goodison Park
23	Mon Dec 26, 1966	Everton	H	1-0	Win	36,227	4
24	Sat Dec 31, 1966	Sheffield United	H	3-1	Win	27,683	3
25	Sat Jan 07, 1967	West Bromwich Albion	A	2-1	Win	21,795	3	The Hawthorns
26	Sat Jan 14, 1967	Leeds United	H	1-0	Win	43,849	3
27	Sat Jan 21, 1967	Newcastle United	A	0-0	Draw	37,079	3	St. James Park (Newcastle)
28	Sat Feb 04, 1967	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-1	Draw	41,822	3
29	Sat Feb 11, 1967	Manchester United	A	0-1	Loss	62,727	3	Old Trafford
30	Sat Feb 25, 1967	Leicester City	H	1-0	Win	47,188	3
31	Sat Mar 04, 1967	Blackpool	A	1-1	Draw	14,003	3	Bloomfield Road
32	Sat Mar 18, 1967	West Ham United	H	1-0	Win	31,426	3
33	Sat Mar 25, 1967	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2-0	Win	42,213	3	Hillsborough
34	Mon Mar 27, 1967	Burnley	H	4-1	Win	41,586	3
35	Tue Mar 28, 1967	Burnley	A	2-0	Win	17,695	2	Turf Moor
36	Sat Apr 01, 1967	Southampton	H	3-1	Win	37,731	2
37	Sat Apr 15, 1967	Aston Villa	H	3-0	Win	41,468	2
38	Wed Apr 19, 1967	Sunderland	A	0-1	Loss	26,215	2	Roker Park
39	Sat Apr 22, 1967	Arsenal	A	1-1	Draw	36,196	2	Highbury
40	Tue May 02, 1967	Manchester City	H	2-0	Win	33,352	2
41	Sat May 06, 1967	Southampton	A	1-2	Loss	25,305	2	The Dell
42	Sat May 13, 1967	Fulham	A	3-2	Win	20,417	2	Craven Cottage

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Sat Jan 28, 1967	Plymouth Argyle	3			H	2-1	Win	-
Sat Feb 18, 1967	Newcastle United	4			H	3-0	Win	45,962
Sat Mar 11, 1967	Swindon Town	5			H	0-0	Draw	-
Tue Mar 14, 1967	Swindon Town	5	Y	1	A	1-1	Draw	-	County Ground (Swindon)
Mon Mar 20, 1967	Swindon Town	5	Y	2	N	3-0	Win	-	County Ground (Swindon)	Played at Aston Villa
Sat Apr 08, 1967	Everton	Quarter			H	3-2	Win	47,510
Sat Apr 29, 1967	Tottenham Hotspur	Semi			N	1-2	Loss	55,000		Played at Sheffield Wednesday

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Tue Sep 13, 1966	Birmingham City	2				H	1-1	Draw	-
Tue Sep 20, 1966	Birmingham City	2		Y	1	A	1-2	Loss	-	St. Andrews

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Tue May 09, 1967	Notts County		H	2-0	Win	-

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Tue Nov 29, 1966	Dukla Prague	Czech Republic	H	3-1	Win	-

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att
Sat Aug 06, 1966	Hibernian	Scotland	A	2-3	Loss	-
Sun Aug 07, 1966	Dundalk	Ireland	A	5-0	Win	-
Sat Aug 13, 1966	Varna XI	Bulgaria	H	0-1	Loss	-
Wed May 17, 1967	Barcelona	Spain	A	2-1	Win	-
Wed May 24, 1967	Valencia	Spain	A	0-1	Loss	-

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Brian Williamson
GK		Peter Grummitt	51	27	13	11
D		Bill Brindley					1					2
D		Bob McKinlay	51	27	13	11	2
D		Terry Hennessey	51	27	13	11	3
M		Dave Stainwright	1	1								2
M		David Wilson										1
M		Henry Newton	48	24	13	11	1
M		Jeff Whitefoot	3		1	2
M		Michael Kear	7	5		2	3					1
M		William Taylor										1
F		Alan Hinton	19	9	4	6	1					2
F		Barry Lyons	33	20	9	4	5
F		Chris Crowe	9	3	2	4	4
F		Colin Addison	3		1	2
F		Colin Hall
F		Frank Wignall	43	22	11	10	7
F		Ian Storey-Moore	47	26	10	11	24
F		Joe Baker	42	23	12	7	19
F		John Barnwell	47	27	12	8	6
F		John Winfield	49	27	13	9
F		Peter Hindley	51	27	13	11	1
F		Sammy Chapman	6	2	3	1	2					5

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
24	Ian Storey-Moore	47
19	Joe Baker	42
7	Frank Wignall	43
6	John Barnwell	47
5	Barry Lyons	33
4	Chris Crowe	9
3	Michael Kear	7
3	Terry Hennessey	51
2	Bob McKinlay	51
2	Sammy Chapman	6
1	Alan Hinton	19
1	Bill Brindley	0
1	Henry Newton	48
1	Peter Hindley	51

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1966-67

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Burnley	Mon Mar 27, 1967	H	4-1	Tue Mar 28, 1967	A	2-0
Everton	Fri Dec 23, 1966	A	1-0	Mon Dec 26, 1966	H	1-0
Fulham	Tue Sep 06, 1966	H	2-1	Sat May 13, 1967	A	3-2
Sheffield United	Sat Aug 27, 1966	A	2-1	Sat Dec 31, 1966	H	3-1
West Bromwich Albion	Sat Sep 03, 1966	H	2-1	Sat Jan 07, 1967	A	2-1