1962–63 Football League First Division

First Division
Season	1962–63
Champions	Everton; 6th English title
Relegated	Manchester City; Leyton Orient
European Cup	Everton
European Cup Winners' Cup	Tottenham Hotspur; Manchester United
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Sheffield Wednesday; Arsenal
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,536 (3.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Greaves; (37 goals)
Biggest home win	Wolverhampton Wanderers 8–1 Manchester City; (18 August 1962); Tottenham Hotspur 9–2 Nottingham Forest; (29 September 1962); Wolverhampton Wanderers 7–0 West Bromwich Albion; (16 March 1963)
Biggest away win	West Ham United 1–6 Tottenham Hotspur; (25 August 1962); Manchester City 1–6 West Ham United; (8 September 1962); Fulham 0–5 Wolverhampton Wanderers; (8 December 1962)
Highest scoring	Tottenham Hotspur 9–2 Nottingham Forest; (29 September 1962)
	← 1961–62 1963–64 →

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1962-63 season.

Overview

Everton won the First Division title for the sixth time in the club's history that season. They made sure of the title on May 11, after a 4-1 win over Fulham at Goodison Park. Leyton Orient were relegated on 4 May after a 3-1 defeat at Sheffield Wednesday. Manchester City joined them on the final weekend of the season, losing 6-1 at West Ham United, which saved Birmingham City, who won 3-2 at home against Leicester City.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Everton (C)	42	25	11	6	84	42	2.000	61	Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2	Tottenham Hotspur	42	23	9	10	111	62	1.790	55	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup second round^[a]
3	Burnley	42	22	10	10	78	57	1.368	54
4	Leicester City	42	20	12	10	79	53	1.491	52
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	20	10	12	93	65	1.431	50
6	Sheffield Wednesday	42	19	10	13	77	63	1.222	48	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
7	Arsenal	42	18	10	14	86	77	1.117	46	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
8	Liverpool	42	17	10	15	71	59	1.203	44
9	Nottingham Forest	42	17	10	15	67	69	0.971	44
10	Sheffield United	42	16	12	14	58	60	0.967	44
11	Blackburn Rovers	42	15	12	15	79	71	1.113	42
12	West Ham United	42	14	12	16	73	69	1.058	40
13	Blackpool	42	13	14	15	58	64	0.906	40
14	West Bromwich Albion	42	16	7	19	71	79	0.899	39
15	Aston Villa	42	15	8	19	62	68	0.912	38
16	Fulham	42	14	10	18	50	71	0.704	38
17	Ipswich Town	42	12	11	19	59	78	0.756	35
18	Bolton Wanderers	42	15	5	22	55	75	0.733	35
19	Manchester United	42	12	10	20	67	81	0.827	34	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round^[b]
20	Birmingham City	42	10	13	19	63	90	0.700	33
21	Manchester City (R)	42	10	11	21	58	102	0.569	31	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Leyton Orient (R)	42	6	9	27	37	81	0.457	21	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup second round as the 1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup winners.
^ Manchester United qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1962–63 FA Cup winners.

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BIR	BLB	BLP	BOL	BUR	EVE	FUL	IPS	LEI	LEY	LIV	MCI	MUN	NOT	SHU	SHW	TOT	WBA	WHU	WOL
Arsenal		1–2	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–2	2–3	4–3	3–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–3	1–3	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–3	3–2	1–1	5–4
Aston Villa	3–1		4–0	0–0	1–1	5–0	2–1	0–2	1–2	4–2	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	0–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	0–2
Birmingham City	2–2	3–2		3–3	3–6	2–2	5–1	0–1	4–1	0–1	3–2	2–2	0–2	2–2	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	3–2	3–4
Blackburn Rovers	5–5	4–1	6–1		3–3	5–0	2–3	3–2	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	4–1	2–2	2–5	1–2	3–0	3–0	3–1	0–4	5–1
Blackpool	3–2	4–0	1–1	4–1		3–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–2	2–2	2–2	2–1	3–1	2–3	1–2	0–2	0–0	0–2
Bolton Wanderers	3–0	4–1	0–0	0–0	3–0		2–2	0–2	1–0	1–3	2–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	3–2	0–4	1–0	1–2	3–0	3–0
Burnley	2–1	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–1		1–3	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	0–0	0–1	0–0	5–1	4–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0
Everton	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	5–0	1–0	3–1		4–1	3–1	3–2	3–0	2–2	2–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	4–1	1–0	4–2	1–1	0–0
Fulham	1–3	1–0	3–3	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0		1–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	2–4	0–1	3–1	2–2	4–1	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–5
Ipswich Town	1–1	1–1	1–5	3–3	5–2	4–1	2–1	0–3	0–1		0–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	3–5	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–4	1–1	2–3	2–3
Leicester City	2–0	3–3	3–0	2–0	0–0	4–1	3–3	3–1	2–3	3–0		5–1	3–0	2–0	4–3	2–1	3–1	3–3	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–1
Leyton Orient	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	0–2		2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–4	1–5	2–3	2–0	0–4
Liverpool	2–1	4–0	5–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	5–0		4–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	0–2	5–2	2–2	2–1	4–1
Manchester City	2–4	0–2	2–1	0–1	0–3	2–1	2–5	1–1	2–3	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–2		1–1	1–0	1–3	3–2	1–0	1–5	1–6	3–3
Manchester United	2–3	2–2	2–0	0–3	1–1	3–0	2–5	0–1	0–2	0–1	2–2	3–1	3–3	2–3		5–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–2	3–1	2–1
Nottingham Forest	3–0	3–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–4	3–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	3–2		2–1	0–3	1–1	2–2	3–4	2–0
Sheffield United	3–3	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	3–1		2–2	3–1	1–0	0–2	1–2
Sheffield Wednesday	2–3	0–0	5–0	4–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–3	0–3	3–1	0–2	4–1	1–0	2–2	3–1		3–1	3–1	1–3	3–1
Tottenham Hotspur	4–4	4–2	3–0	4–1	2–0	4–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	5–0	4–0	2–0	7–2	4–2	6–2	9–2	4–2	1–1		2–1	4–4	1–2
West Bromwich Albion	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–5	1–2	5–4	1–2	0–4	6–1	6–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–4	1–2	0–3	1–2		1–0	2–2
West Ham United	0–4	1–1	5–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–3	2–0	2–0	1–0	6–1	3–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	1–6	2–2		1–4
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	3–1	0–2	4–2	2–0	4–0	7–2	0–2	2–1	0–0	1–3	2–1	3–2	8–1	2–3	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–2	7–0	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jimmy Greaves	Tottenham Hotspur	37
2	Joe Baker	Arsenal	29
=	David Layne	Sheffield Wednesday	29
4	Ray Crawford	Ipswich Town	25
5	Roger Hunt	Liverpool	24
=	Roy Vernon	Everton	24
7	Denis Law	Manchester United	23
=	Fred Pickering	Blackburn Rovers	23
=	Alex Harley	Manchester City	23