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      DIVISION 1    1963/64
     
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  Leading League goalscorer:
Jimmy Greaves 
(Tottenham Hotspur)
 35  goals

Things could hardly have got better for all-round sportsman Jim Standen in 1964. An FA Cup winner with West Ham and a cricket County Championship winner with Worcestershire.
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On Boxing Day 1963 66 goals were scored in the First Division - a record for a single day in the top flight (results).

What a difference a day makes...well two anyway! On that Boxing Day Burnley beat Manchester United 6-1 at Turf Moor. 48 hours later in the return Division 1 fixture at Old Trafford Burnley were beaten by a 5-1 scoreline...
...and the United Trinity of Best, Law and Charlton played together for the first time
United 1963/64

  Results 1 Liverpool 42 26 5 11 92 45 57
    Results 2 Manchester United 42 23 7 12 90 62 53
    Results 3 Everton 42 21 10 11 84 64 52
    Results 4 Tottenham Hotspur 42 22 7 13 97 81 51
    Results 5 Chelsea 42 20 10 12 72 56 50
    Results 6 Sheffield Wednesday 42 19 11 12 84 67 49
    Results 7 Blackburn Rovers 42 18 10 14 89 65 46
    Results 8 Arsenal 42 17 11 14 90 82 45
    Results 9 Burnley 42 17 10 15 71 64 44
    Results 10 West Bromwich Albion 42 16 11 15 70 61 43
    Results 11 Leicester City 42 16 11 15 61 58 43
    Results 12 Sheffield United 42 16 11 15 61 64 43
    Results 13 Nottingham Forest 42 16 9 17 64 68 41
    Results 14 West Ham United 42 14 12 16 69 74 40
    Results 15 Fulham 42 13 13 16 58 65 39
    Results 16 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 12 15 15 70 80 39
    Results 17 Stoke City 42 14 10 18 77 78 38
    Results 18 Blackpool 42 13 9 20 52 73 35
    Results 19 Aston Villa 42 11 12 19 62 71 34
    Results 20 Birmingham City 42 11 7 24 54 92 29
    Results 21 Bolton Wanderers 42 10 8 24 48 80 28 Relegated
    Results 22 Ipswich Town 42 9 7 26 56 121 25 Relegated
   
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