1963–64 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal
1963–64 season
Chairman	Denis Hill-Wood
Manager	Billy Wright
First Division	8th
FA Cup	Fifth round
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Second round
Home colours	Away colours

During the 1963–64 English football season, Arsenal F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
6	Sheffield Wednesday	42	19	11	12	84	67	1.254	49
7	Blackburn Rovers	42	18	10	14	89	65	1.369	46
8	Arsenal	42	17	11	14	90	82	1.098	45
9	Burnley	42	17	10	15	71	64	1.109	44
10	West Bromwich Albion	42	16	11	15	70	61	1.148	43

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
24 August 1963	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–3	50,302
27 August 1963	West Bromwich Albion	H	3–2	35,467
31 August 1963	Leicester City	A	2–7	29,620
4 September 1963	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–4	26,598
7 September 1963	Bolton Wanderers	H	4–3	26,016
10 September 1963	Aston Villa	H	3–0	29,189
14 September 1963	Fulham	A	4–1	34,910
21 September 1963	Manchester United	H	2–1	56,776
28 September 1963	Burnley	A	3–0	20,618
2 October 1963	Everton	A	1–2	51,829
5 October 1963	Ipswich Town	H	6–0	31,803
9 October 1963	Stoke City	A	2–1	31,014
15 October 1963	Tottenham Hotspur	H	4–4	67,857
19 October 1963	Aston Villa	A	1–2	22,981
26 October 1963	Nottingham Fores	H	4–2	41,121
2 November 1963	Sheffield United	A	2–2	33,908
5 November 1963	Birmingham City	H	4–1	23,499
9 November 1963	West Ham United	H	3–3	52,742
16 November 1963	Chelsea	A	1–3	47,050
23 November 1963	Blackpool	H	5–3	33,847
30 November 1963	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–4	21,000
7 December 1963	Liverpool	H	1–1	40,551
10 December 1963	Everton	H	6–0	33,644
14 December 1963	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–2	18,952
21 December 1963	Leicester City	H	0–1	28,019
28 December 1963	Birmingham City	A	4–1	23,329
11 January 1964	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–1	14,651
18 January 1964	Fulham	H	2–2	35,895
1 February 1964	Manchester United	A	1–3	48,340
8 February 1964	Burnley	H	3–2	30,863
18 February 1964	Ipswich Town	A	2–1	17,486
22 February 1964	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–3	57,358
29 February 1964	Stoke City	H	1–1	26,208
7 March 1964	Nottingham Forest	A	0–2	18,416
14 March 1964	Chelsea	H	2–4	25,513
21 March 1964	West Ham United	A	1–1	28,170
24 March 1964	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1	18,221
28 March 1964	Sheffield United	H	1–3	21,001
30 March 1964	Sheffield Wednesday	A	4–0	26,433
4 April 1964	Blackpool	A	1–0	14,067
11 April 1964	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–0	26,164
18 April 1964	Liverpool	A	0–5	48,623

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
R3	4 January 1964	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–1	40,803
R4	25 January 1964	West Bromwich Albion	A	3–3	49,703
R4 R	29 January 1964	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–0	58,566
R5	15 February 1964	Liverpool	H	0–1	61,295

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
R1 L1	25 September 1963	Staevnet	A	7–1	15,000
R1 L2	22 October 1963	Staevnet	H	2–3	13,569
R2 L1	13 November 1963	RFC Liège	H	1–1	22,003
R2 L2	18 December 1963	RFC Liège	A	1–3	10,000

Squad

[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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 19 October 2017.

[1] "Arsenal results for the 1965–1966 season – Statto.com". Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

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