1963–64 Chelsea F.C. season

50th competitive season of Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea 1963–64 football season

Chelsea

1963–64 season

Chairman

Joe Mears

Manager

Tommy Docherty

Stadium

Stamford Bridge

First Division

5th

FA Cup

Fourth round

League Cup

Second round

Top goalscorer

League: Bobby Tambling (17)
All: Bobby Tambling (19)

Highest home attendance

70,123 vs Tottenham Hotspur
(8 January 1964)

Lowest home attendance

19,434 vs West Bromwich Albion
(21 March 1964)

Average home league attendance

31,303

Biggest win

5–1 v Blackpool
(26 December 1963)

Biggest defeat

1–4 v Wolverhampton Wanderers
(28 September 1963)

Home colours

Away colours

← 1962–63

1964–65 →

The 1963–64 season was Chelsea Football Club's fiftieth competitive season.

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Liverpool (C)	42	26	5	11	92	45	2.044	57	Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2	Manchester United	42	23	7	12	90	62	1.452	53	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
3	Everton	42	21	10	11	84	64	1.313	52	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
4	Tottenham Hotspur	42	22	7	13	97	81	1.198	51
5	Chelsea	42	20	10	12	72	56	1.286	50
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
11	Leicester City	42	16	11	15	61	58	1.052	43
12	Sheffield United	42	16	11	15	61	64	0.953	43
13	Nottingham Forest	42	16	9	17	64	68	0.941	41
14	West Ham United	42	14	12	16	69	74	0.932	40	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
15	Fulham	42	13	13	16	58	65	0.892	39
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	12	15	15	70	80	0.875	39
17	Stoke City	42	14	10	18	77	78	0.987	38
18	Blackpool	42	13	9	20	52	73	0.712	35
19	Aston Villa	42	11	12	19	62	71	0.873	34
20	Birmingham City	42	11	7	24	54	92	0.587	29
21	Bolton Wanderers (R)	42	10	8	24	48	80	0.600	28	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Ipswich Town (R)	42	9	7	26	56	121	0.463	25	Relegation to the Second Division

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

References

Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography – The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7553-1466-2.
Hockings, Ron. 100 Years of The Blues – A Statistical History of Chelsea FC 1905–2006.

External links

1963–64 season at stamford-bridge.com

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First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Burnley Chelsea Everton Fulham Ipswich Town Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Bury Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Derby County Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Leeds United Leyton Orient Manchester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Northampton Town Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Southampton Sunderland Swindon Town Swansea Town
Third Division	Barnsley Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Colchester United Coventry City Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Hull City Luton Town Mansfield Town Millwall Notts County Oldham Athletic Port Vale Peterborough United Queens Park Rangers Reading Southend United Stockport County Walsall Wrexham York City
Fourth Division	Accrington Stanley Aldershot Barrow Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bradford City Bradford Park Avenue Brighton & Hove Albion Carlisle United Chester Chesterfield Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Halifax Town Hartlepools United Lincoln City Newport County Rochdale Shrewsbury Town Southport Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Watford Workington