1964–65 Arsenal F.C. season

79th season in existence of Arsenal F.C.

Arsenal 1964–65 football season

Arsenal

1964–65 season

Chairman

Denis Hill-Wood

Manager

Billy Wright

First Division

13th

FA Cup

Fourth Round

Home colours

Away colours

← 1963–64

1965–66 →

During the 1964–65 English football season, Arsenal F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
11	Stoke City	42	16	10	16	67	66	1.015	42
12	Burnley	42	16	10	16	70	70	1.000	42
13	Arsenal	42	17	7	18	69	75	0.920	41
14	West Bromwich Albion	42	13	13	16	70	65	1.077	39
15	Sunderland	42	14	9	19	64	74	0.865	37

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Results

Arsenal's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
22 August 1964	Liverpool	A	2–3	47,820
25 August 1964	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1	35,590
29 August 1964	Aston Villa	H	3–1	28,762
2 September 1964	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–2	22,555
5 September 1964	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–0	23,000
8 September 1964	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–1	29,510
12 September 1964	Sunderland	H	3–1	34,291
16 September 1964	Blackburn Rovers	A	2–1	17,675
19 September 1964	Leicester City	A	3–2	21,364
26 September 1964	Chelsea	H	1–3	54,936
6 October 1964	Nottingham Forest	H	0–3	35,041
10 October 1964	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–3	55,959
17 October 1964	Burnley	H	3–2	24,962
24 October 1964	Sheffield United	A	0–4	16,906
31 October 1964	Everton	H	3–1	33,561
7 November 1964	Birmingham City	A	6–2	20,210
11 November 1964	Leeds United	A	1–3	38,620
14 November 1964	West Ham United	H	0–3	36,026
21 November 1964	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–0	20,869
28 November 1964	Manchester United	H	2–3	59,627
5 December 1964	Fulham	A	4–3	13,764
12 December 1964	Liverpool	H	0–0	26,171
19 December 1964	Aston Villa	A	1–3	16,000
26 December 1964	Stoke City	H	3–2	27,663
28 December 1964	Stoke City	A	1–4	20,491
2 January 1965	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	4–1	25,561
16 January 1965	Sunderland	A	2–0	42,168
23 January 1965	Leicester City	H	4–3	31,063
6 February 1965	Chelsea	A	1–2	46,798
13 February 1965	Leeds United	H	1–2	32,132
20 February 1965	Fulham	H	2–0	22,101
23 February 1965	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3–1	48,367
27 February 1965	Burnley	A	1–2	12,841
6 March 1965	Sheffield United	H	1–1	22,001
13 March 1965	Nottingham Forest	A	0–3	24,497
27 March 1965	West Ham United	A	1–2	24,000
3 April 1965	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	18,797
6 April 1965	Birmingham City	H	3–0	16,048
16 April 1965	Blackpool	A	1–1	18,620
19 April 1965	Blackpool	H	3–1	17,063
24 April 1965	Everton	A	0–1	32,643
26 April 1965	Manchester United	A	1–3	51,625

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R3	9 January 1965	Darlington	A	2–0	19,717
R4	30 January 1965	Peterborough United	A	1–2	30,056

Squad

[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	GK	SCO	Bob Wilson
-	GK	ENG	Geoff Barnett
-	DF	NIR	Pat Rice
-	DF	SCO	Frank McLintock
-	DF	ENG	Peter Simpson
-	DF	ENG	Bob McNab
-	DF	NIR	Sammy Nelson
-	DF	WAL	John Roberts
-	MF	ENG	George Armstrong
-	MF	SCO	George Graham
-	MF	ENG	Jon Sammels


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	MF	ENG	Peter Storey
-	MF	SCO	Eddie Kelly
-	FW	ENG	Ray Kennedy
-	FW	ENG	John Radford
-	FW	ENG	Charlie George
-	FW	SCO	Peter Marinello

References

^ "Arsenal results for the 1965-1966 season – Statto.com". Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2017.

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First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Burnley Chelsea Everton Fulham Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Bolton Wanderers Bury Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leyton Orient Manchester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Northampton Town Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Rotherham United Southampton Swindon Town Swansea Town
Third Division	Barnsley Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Carlisle United Colchester United Exeter City Gillingham Grimsby Town Hull City Luton Town Mansfield Town Oldham Athletic Port Vale Peterborough United Queens Park Rangers Reading Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Walsall Watford Workington
Fourth Division	Aldershot Barrow Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Brighton & Hove Albion Chester Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Halifax Town Hartlepools United Lincoln City Millwall Newport County Notts County Oxford United Rochdale Southport Stockport County Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Wrexham York City