1965–66 Chelsea F.C. season

52nd competitive season of Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea 1965-66 football season

Chelsea

1965-66 season

Chairman

Joe Mears

Manager

Tommy Docherty

First Division

5th

FA Cup

Semi-finals

Football League Cup

DNE^[1]

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Semi-finals

Top goalscorer

League:
George Graham (17)
All:
George Graham, Bobby Tambling (23)

Highest home attendance

60,269 vs Manchester United (12 March 1966)

Lowest home attendance

10,024 vs Blackburn Rovers (4 May 1966)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

← 1964–65

1966–67 →

The 1965-66 season was Chelsea Football Club's 52nd of competitive football, and their 39th in the English top flight.

Results

First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
21 August 1965	Burnley	H	1-1	34,067	Venables
25 August 1965	Stoke City	A	2-2	28,549	Venables (pen), Tambling
28 August 1965	Fulham	A	3-0	34,027	Murray, Graham, Bridges
1 September 1965	Stoke City	H	1-2	25,071	Hollins
4 September 1965	Arsenal	A	3-1	45,456	Graham, Bridges, Fascione
11 September 1965	Everton	H	3-1	29,816	Graham, Bridges, Venables
15 September 1965	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-1	26,183	Venables
18 September 1965	Manchester United	A	1-4	37,917	Venables
25 September 1965	Newcastle United	H	1-1	30,856	Graham
2 October 1965	West Bromwich Albion	A	2-1	23,049	Graham, Bridges
9 October 1965	Blackpool	H	0-1	28,022
16 October 1965	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-0	16,167	Graham
23 October 1965	Leicester City	H	0-2	30,400
30 October 1965	Sheffield United	A	2-1	20,795	Graham, Osgood
6 November 1965	Leeds United	H	1-0	39,373	Hollins
13 November 1965	West Ham United	A	1-2	31,551	Tambling
27 November 1965	Aston Villa	A	4-2	16,355	Graham, Osgood, Tambling (2)
4 December 1965	Liverpool	H	0-1	36,839
11 December 1965	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2-4	42,299	Bridges, Graham
27 December 1965	Northampton Town	A	3-2	23,325	Graham, Tambling (2)
28 December 1965	Northampton Town	H	1-0	17,635	Bridges
1 January 1966	Blackpool	A	2-1	14,065	Graham, Tambling
8 January 1966	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-1	48,529	Graham, Osgood
29 January 1966	Burnley	A	2-1	23,825	Osgood (2)
5 February 1966	Fulham	H	2-1	34,247	Osgood, Tambling
19 February 1966	Arsenal	H	0-0	48,641
22 February 1966	Sunderland	H	3-2	20,828	Bridges, Graham, Osgood
26 February 1966	Everton	A	1-2	51,298	Bridges
12 March 1966	Manchester United	H	2-0	60,269	Graham, Tambling
19 March 1966	Newcastle United	A	1-0	35,100	Venables
21 March 1966	Leicester City	A	1-1	25,363	Bridges
4 April 1966	Leeds United	A	0-2	37,786
9 April 1966	West Ham United	H	6-2	35,958	Graham (2), Venables (pen), Tambling (2), R. Harris
11 April 1966	Nottingham Forest	H	1-0	39,380	Tambling
12 April 1966	Nottingham Forest	A	2-1	29,569	Tambling (2)
16 April 1966	Sunderland	A	0-2	32,880
25 April 1966	West Bromwich Albion	H	2-3	22,804	Venables (pen), Tambling
30 April 1966	Liverpool	A	1-2	53,754	Murray
2 May 1966	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-1	26,777	R. Harris
4 May 1966	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-0	10,024	Kirkup
7 May 1966	Sheffield United	H	2-0	23,072	Graham, Tambling
16 May 1966	Aston Villa	H	0-2	16,232

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Liverpool (C)	42	26	9	7	79	34	2.324	61	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Leeds United	42	23	9	10	79	38	2.079	55	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup second round
3	Burnley	42	24	7	11	79	47	1.681	55	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
4	Manchester United	42	18	15	9	84	59	1.424	51
5	Chelsea	42	22	7	13	65	53	1.226	51
6	West Bromwich Albion	42	19	12	11	91	69	1.319	50	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup second round
7	Leicester City	42	21	7	14	80	65	1.231	49
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	12	14	75	66	1.136	44
9	Sheffield United	42	16	11	15	56	59	0.949	43
10	Stoke City	42	15	12	15	65	64	1.016	42
11	Everton	42	15	11	16	56	62	0.903	41	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
12	West Ham United	42	15	9	18	70	83	0.843	39
13	Blackpool	42	14	9	19	55	65	0.846	37
14	Arsenal	42	12	13	17	62	75	0.827	37
15	Newcastle United	42	14	9	19	50	63	0.794	37
16	Aston Villa	42	15	6	21	69	80	0.863	36
17	Sheffield Wednesday	42	14	8	20	56	66	0.848	36
18	Nottingham Forest	42	14	8	20	56	72	0.778	36
19	Sunderland	42	14	8	20	51	72	0.708	36
20	Fulham	42	14	7	21	67	85	0.788	35
21	Northampton Town (R)	42	10	13	19	55	92	0.598	33	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Blackburn Rovers (R)	42	8	4	30	57	88	0.648	20	Relegation to the Second Division

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

^ Everton qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1965–66 FA Cup winners.

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
22 January 1965	3	Liverpool	A	2-1	54,097	Osgood, Tambling
12 February 1965	4	Leeds United	H	1-0	57,847	Tambling
5 March 1965	5	Shrewsbury Town	H	3-2	51,144	Bridges (2), Graham
26 March 1965	QF	Hull City	H	2-2	46,924	Graham, Tambling
31 March 1965	QF (R)	Hull City	A	3-1	45,328	Graham, Tambling (2)
23 April 1965	SF	Sheffield Wednesday	N	0-2	61,321

Fairs Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
22 September 1965	1	Roma	H	4-1	32,753	Graham, Venables (3)
6 October 1965	1	Roma	A	0-0	40,000
7 November 1965	2	Wiener Sport-Club	A	0-1	4,000
1 December 1965	2	Wiener Sport-Club	H	2-0	28,254	Murray, Osgood
9 February 1966	3	AC Milan	A	1-2	11,411	Graham
16 February 1966	3	AC Milan	H	2-1	59,541	Graham, Osgood
2 March 1966	3 (R)	AC Milan	A	1-1	30,620	Bridges
2 March 1966		AC Milan	Chelsea won on coin toss
15 March 1966	QF	1860 München	A	2-2	11,000	Tambling (2)
29 March 1966	QF	1860 München	H	1-0	42,224	Osgood
27 April 1966	SF	Barcelona	A	0-2	70,000
11 May 1966	SF	Barcelona	H	2-0	40,073	Reina (o.g.), Gallego (o.g.)
25 May 1966	SF (R)	Barcelona	A	0-5	40,000

Notes

^ Despite being defending champions, Chelsea opted not to enter the League Cup this season to prevent fixture congestion.

References

Soccerbase
Hockings, Ron. 100 Years of the Blues: A Statistical History of Chelsea Football Club. (2007)

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First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Burnley Chelsea Everton Fulham Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Newcastle United Northampton Town Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United
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Third Division	Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Exeter City Gillingham Grimsby Town Hull City Mansfield Town Millwall Oldham Athletic Oxford United Peterborough United Queens Park Rangers Reading Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swansea Town Swindon Town Walsall Watford Workington York City
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