| DIVISION 3 1965/66 | |||||||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |||||||||
| Leading
      League goalscorer: Les Allen (QPR) 30 goals 
       On July 30th 1966 England win the World Cup, Geoff Hurst scoring a hat-trick in the 4-2 victory over West Germany at Wembley. 
 | 1 | Hull City | 46 | 31 | 7 | 8 | 109 | 62 | 69 |  | |||||
| 2 | Millwall | 46 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 76 | 43 | 65 |  | ||||||
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 95 | 65 | 57 | |||||||
| 4 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 80 | 67 | 53 | |||||||
| 5 | Workington | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 67 | 57 | 52 | |||||||
| 6 | Gillingham | 46 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 62 | 54 | 52 | |||||||
| 7 | Swindon Town | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 74 | 48 | 51 | |||||||
| 8 | Reading | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 70 | 63 | 51 | |||||||
| 9 | Walsall | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 77 | 64 | 50 | |||||||
| 10 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 73 | 64 | 49 | |||||||
| 11 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 68 | 62 | 47 | |||||||
| 12 | Watford | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 55 | 51 | 47 | |||||||
| Results | 13 | Peterborough United | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 80 | 66 | 46 | ||||||
| 14 | Oxford United | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 70 | 74 | 46 | |||||||
| 15 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 67 | 65 | 43 | |||||||
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 64 | 64 | 42 | |||||||
| 17 | Swansea Town | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 81 | 96 | 41 | |||||||
| 18 | Bournemouth | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 38 | 56 | 38 | |||||||
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 59 | 89 | 38 | |||||||
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 55 | 81 | 37 | |||||||
| 21 | Southend United | 46 | 16 | 4 | 26 | 54 | 83 | 36 |  | ||||||
| 22 | Exeter City | 46 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 53 | 79 | 35 |  | ||||||
| 23 | Brentford | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 48 | 69 | 32 |  | ||||||
| 24 | York City | 46 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 53 | 106 | 27 |  | ||||||
| 
 |