1962–63 Football League First Division

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 HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Everton (C) 42 14 7 0 48 17 11 4 6 36 25 2.000 61 Qualified for European Cup and 1962–63 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
2 Tottenham Hotspur 42 14 6 1 72 28 9 3 9 39 34 1.790 55
3 Burnley 42 14 4 3 41 17 8 6 7 37 40 1.368 54
4 Leicester City 42 14 6 1 53 23 6 6 9 26 30 1.491 52
5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 11 6 4 51 25 9 4 8 42 40 1.431 50
6 Sheffield Wednesday 42 10 5 6 38 26 9 5 7 39 37 1.222 48
7 Arsenal 42 11 4 6 44 33 7 6 8 42 44 1.117 46
8 Liverpool 42 13 3 5 45 22 4 7 10 26 37 1.203 44
9 Nottingham Forest 42 12 4 5 39 28 5 6 10 28 41 0.971 44
10 Sheffield United 42 11 7 3 33 20 5 5 11 25 40 0.967 44
11 Blackburn Rovers 42 11 4 6 55 34 4 8 9 24 37 1.113 42
12 West Ham United 42 8 6 7 39 34 6 6 9 34 35 1.058 40
13 Blackpool 42 8 7 6 34 27 5 7 9 24 37 0.906 40
14 West Bromwich Albion 42 11 1 9 40 37 5 6 10 31 42 0.899 39
15 Aston Villa 42 12 2 7 38 23 3 6 12 24 45 0.912 38
16 Fulham 42 8 6 7 28 30 6 4 11 22 41 0.704 38
17 Ipswich Town 42 5 8 8 34 39 7 3 11 25 39 0.756 35
18 Bolton Wanderers 42 13 3 5 35 18 2 2 17 20 57 0.733 35
19 Manchester United 42 6 6 9 36 38 6 4 11 31 43 0.827 34 FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
20 Birmingham City 42 6 8 7 40 40 4 5 12 23 50 0.700 33 League Cup Winners
21 Manchester City 42 7 5 9 30 45 3 6 12 28 57 0.569 31 Relegated
22 Leyton Orient 42 4 5 12 22 37 2 4 15 15 44 0.457 21
Source:
(C) League Champions.

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 BakerArsenal29
= David LayneSheffield Wednesday29
4 Ray CrawfordIpswich Town25
5 Roger HuntLiverpool24
= Roy VernonEverton24
7 Denis LawManchester United23
= Fred PickeringBlackburn Rovers23
= Alex HarleyManchester City23

References
  1. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
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