Season 1962-1963

Division I


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League Table


                                  P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
1. Everton 42 14 7 0 48 17 11 4 6 36 25 61 2. Tottenham Hotspur 42 14 6 1 72 28 9 3 9 39 34 55 3. Burnley 42 14 4 3 41 17 8 6 7 37 40 54 4. Leicester City 42 14 6 1 53 23 6 6 9 26 30 52 5. Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 11 6 4 51 25 9 4 8 42 40 50 6. Sheffield Wednesday 42 10 5 6 38 26 9 5 7 39 37 48 7. Arsenal 42 11 4 6 44 33 7 6 8 42 44 46 8. Liverpool 42 13 3 5 45 22 4 7 10 26 37 44 9. Nottingham Forest 42 12 4 5 39 28 5 6 10 28 41 44 10. Sheffield United 42 11 7 3 33 20 5 5 11 25 40 44 11. Blackburn Rovers 42 11 4 6 55 34 4 8 9 24 37 42 12. West Ham United 42 8 6 7 39 34 6 6 9 34 35 40 13. Blackpool 42 8 7 6 34 27 5 7 9 24 37 40 14. West Bromwich Albion 42 11 1 9 40 37 5 6 10 31 42 39 15. Aston Villa 42 12 2 7 38 23 3 6 12 24 45 38 16. Fulham 42 8 6 7 28 30 6 4 11 22 41 38 17. Ipswich Town 42 5 8 8 34 39 7 3 11 25 39 35 18. Bolton Wanderers 42 13 3 5 35 18 2 2 17 20 57 35 19. Manchester United 42 6 6 9 36 38 6 4 11 31 43 34 20. Birmingham City 42 6 8 7 40 40 4 5 12 23 50 33 21. Manchester City 42 7 5 9 30 45 3 6 12 28 57 31 22. Leyton Orient 42 4 5 12 22 37 2 4 15 15 44 21

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League Results

       Date      Opponents             Result  Posn  Attendance  Scorers

 1. Sat 18 Aug  BOLTON WANDERERS........ 1-1    11     28,036   Colin Dobson
 2. Wed 22 Aug  Leicester City.......... 3-3    10     22,000   David Layne 2, Colin Dobson
 3. Sat 25 Aug  Everton................. 1-4    15     51,544   David Layne
 4. Wed 29 Aug  LEICESTER CITY.......... 0-3    18     25,307   

 5. Sat  1 Sep  WEST BROMWICH ALBION.... 3-1    16     23,042   Colin Dobson 2, John Fantham
 6. Sat  8 Sep  Arsenal................. 2-1    14     31,115   David Layne 2
 7. Wed 12 Sep  FULHAM.................. 1-0     8     21,062   Eddie Holliday
 8. Sat 15 Sep  BIRMINGHAM CITY......... 5-0     7     22,255   Eddie Holliday 2, David Layne 2
                                                                Colin Dobson
 9. Wed 19 Sep  Fulham.................. 1-4    10     22,631   David Layne
10. Sat 22 Sep  Leyton Orient........... 4-2     9     20,125   Colin Dobson, Tony Kay
                                                                David Layne, John Quinn
11. Sat 29 Sep  MANCHESTER UNITED....... 1-0     6     40,520   Tony Kay

12. Sat  6 Oct  Sheffield United........ 2-2     8     42,687   David Layne 2
13. Sat 13 Oct  NOTTINGHAM FOREST....... 2-2     8     29,784   Tony Kay, David Layne
14. Sat 20 Oct  Manchester City......... 2-3     9     20,700   Colin Dobson 2
15. Sat 27 Oct  BLACKPOOL............... 0-0     8     22,227   

16. Sat  3 Nov  Wolverhampton Wanderers. 2-2     8     24,300   David Layne, Derek Wilkinson
17. Sat 10 Nov  ASTON VILLA............. 0-0     8     20,507   
18. Sat 17 Nov  Tottenham Hotspur....... 1-1     8     42,390   Alan Finney
19. Sat 24 Nov  WEST HAM UNITED......... 1-3     8     23,764   John Fantham

20. Sat  1 Dec  Ipswich Town............ 0-2    10     17,256   
21. Sat  8 Dec  LIVERPOOL............... 0-2    12     15,939   
22. Sat 22 Dec  EVERTON................. 2-2    12     28,279   David Layne, John Quinn
23. Sat 29 Dec  Burnley................. 0-4    15     25,100   

24. Sat 12 Jan  West Bromwich Albion.... 3-0    10     17,500   Peter Johnson, David Layne
                                                                John Quinn

25. Sat  2 Mar  Nottingham Forest....... 3-0     9     25,000   John Fantham 2, Colin Dobson
26. Sat  9 Mar  MANCHESTER CITY......... 4-1     9     19,424   David Layne 3, Colin Dobson
27. Sat 16 Mar  Blackpool............... 3-2     8     10,200   John Fantham, David Layne
                                                                Derek Wilkinson
28. Sat 23 Mar  WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS. 3-1     8     26,495   Colin Dobson, John Fantham
                                                                David Layne
29. Sat 30 Mar  Birmingham City......... 1-1     8     12,800   John Fantham

30. Tue  2 Apr  West Ham United......... 0-2     8     20,048   
31. Mon  8 Apr  TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR....... 3-1     8     42,245   David Layne 2, John Fantham
32. Fri 12 Apr  Blackburn Rovers........ 0-3     8     14,400   
33. Sat 13 Apr  Aston Villa............. 2-0     8     23,800   David Layne, John Quinn
34. Mon 15 Apr  BLACKBURN ROVERS........ 4-0     8     25,707   David Layne 2, Colin Dobson
                                                                Gerry Young
35. Sat 20 Apr  IPSWICH TOWN............ 0-3     8     17,268   
36. Tue 23 Apr  BURNLEY................. 0-1     8     25,751   
37. Mon 29 Apr  Liverpool............... 2-0     8     29,144   Peter Johnson, David Layne

38. Wed  1 May  Manchester United....... 3-1     7     31,873   Alan Finney, Don Megson
                                                                John Quinn
39. Sat  4 May  LEYTON ORIENT........... 3-1     6     19,696   Colin Dobson, John Fantham
                                                                Alan Finney
40. Mon  6 May  Bolton Wanderers........ 4-0     6     12,833   Colin Dobson, Peter Johnson
                                                                David Layne, Tom McAnearney
41. Wed 15 May  SHEFFIELD UNITED........ 3-1     6     41,585   David Layne 2, Tom McAnearney
42. Sat 18 May  ARSENAL................. 2-3     6     20,514   John Fantham, Gerry Young

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FA Cup Results


Rnd     Date      Opponents             Result  Attendance  Scorers

 3   Thu 21 Feb  Shrewsbury Town......... 1-1     11,428   David Layne
 3R  Thu  7 Mar  SHREWSBURY TOWN......... 2-1     24,207   John Fantham, Alan Finney
                                          aet              

 4   Tue 12 Mar  Arsenal................. 0-2     40,367   

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Appearances

                         LEAGUE        FA CUP         TOTAL      
 Player                Apps  Goals   Apps  Goals   Apps  Goals
Peter Swan              42      0      3      0     45      0
Ron Springett           41      0      2      0     43      0
David Layne             39     29      3      1     42     30
Colin Dobson            38     14      3      0     41     14
Peter Johnson           38      3      3      0     41      3
Don Megson              37      1      3      0     40      1
John Fantham            32     10      3      1     35     11
Tom McAnearney          31      2      3      0     34      2
John Quinn              23      5      2      0     25      5
Alan Finney             21      3      3      1     24      4
Eddie Holliday          22      3      1      0     23      3
Derek Wilkinson         23      2      0      0     23      2
Tony Kay                19      3      0      0     19      3
Peter Eustace           15      0      3      0     18      0
Gerry Young             18      2      0      0     18      2
Billy Griffin            6      0      0      0      6      0
Robin Hardy              6      0      0      0      6      0
Graham Birks             4      0      0      0      4      0
Tom Horrobin             3      0      0      0      3      0
Brian Hill               2      0      0      0      2      0
Roy McLaren              1      0      1      0      2      0
Keith Ellis              1      0      0      0      1      0

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