since 1878

First Team Results & Match Reports

Season 1962-63 Division 1

Final League Position 17th

Date	Opponent	V	F-A	WDL	Competition	Att.	Scorers	Manager
19620811Sat 11/8	TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR	H	1-5	L	Charity Shield	20,067	Stephenson	Ramsey
19620818Sat 18/8	BLACKBURN ROVERS	H	3-3	D		19,062	Moran, Crawford²	Ramsey
19620820Mon 20/8	Blackpool	A	0-1	L		23,305		Ramsey
19620825Sat 25/8	Sheffield United	A	1-2	L		23,703	Crawford	Ramsey
19620828Tue 28/8	BLACKPOOL	H	5-2	W		21,294	Moran, James^og, Crawford², Phillips	Ramsey
19620901Sat 1/9	NOTTINGHAM FOREST	H	1-1	D		19,645	Leadbetter	Ramsey
19620905Wed 5/9	Manchester City	A	1-2	L		25,252	Crawford	Ramsey
19620908Sat 8/9	Bolton Wanderers	A	3-1	W		17,790	Thrower, Moran, Crawford	Ramsey
19620911Tue 11/9	MANCHESTER CITY	H	0-0	D		18,849		Ramsey
19620915Sat 15/9	Liverpool	A	1-1	D		40,121	Crawford	Ramsey
19620918Tue 18/9	Floriana	A	4-1	W	European Cup Preliminary Round, 1st Leg	15,784	Crawford², Phillips²	Ramsey
19620922Sat 22/9	WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS	H	2-3	L		25,468	Moran, Crawford	Ramsey
19620925Tue 25/9	FLORIANA	H	10-0	W	European Cup Preliminary Round, 2nd Leg	25,287	Moran², Elsworthy, Crawford⁵, Phillips²	Ramsey
19620929Sat 29/9	Aston Villa	A	2-4	L		31,860	Crawford²	Ramsey
19621006Sat 6/10	LEICESTER CITY	H	0-1	L		19,000		Ramsey
19621013Sat 13/10	Fulham	A	1-1	D		22,966	Baxter	Ramsey
19621020Sat 20/10	WEST BROMWICH ALBION	H	1-1	D		19,141	Crawford	Ramsey
19621027Sat 27/10	Everton	A	1-3	L		39,692	Moran	Ramsey
19621103Sat 3/11	MANCHESTER UNITED	H	3-5	L		18,475	Blackwood², Crawford	Ramsey
19621110Sat 10/11	Leyton Orient	A	2-1	W		13,929	Baxter, Blackwood	Ramsey
19621114Wed 14/11	AC Milan	A	0-3	L	European Cup 1st Round, 1st Leg	7,607		Ramsey
19621117Sat 17/11	BIRMINGHAM CITY	H	1-5	L		16,775	Phillips	Ramsey
19621124Sat 24/11	Arsenal	A	1-3	L		25,038	Blackwood	Ramsey
19621128Wed 28/11	AC MILAN	H	2-1	W	European Cup 1st Round, 2nd Leg	25,001	Blackwood, Crawford	Ramsey
19621201Sat 1/12	SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY	H	2-0	W		17,166	Crawford²	Ramsey
19621204Tue 4/12	VEJLE BOLDKLUB	H	1-0	W	Friendly	3,724	Phillips	Ramsey
19621208Sat 8/12	Burnley	A	1-3	L		19,498	Phillips	Ramsey
19621215Sat 15/12	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-0	W		8,564	Crawford	Ramsey
19621221Fri 21/12	SHEFFIELD UNITED	H	1-0	W		17,055	Phillips	Ramsey
19621226Wed 26/12	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-5	L		36,297		Ramsey
19621229Sat 29/12	TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR	H	P-P
19630105Sat 5/1	Mansfield Town	A	P-P		FA Cup 3rd Round
19630109Wed 9/1	Mansfield Town	A	3-2	W	FA Cup 3rd Round	17,032	Leadbetter³	Ramsey
19630112Sat 12/1	Nottingham Forest	A	P-P
19630119Sat 19/1	BOLTON WANDERERS	H	P-P
19630126Sat 26/1	Leicester City	A	P-P		FA Cup 4th Round
19630130Wed 30/1	Leicester City	A	1-3	L	FA Cup 4th Round	26,054	Blackwood	Ramsey
19630202Sat 2/2	LIVERPOOL	H	P-P
19630209Sat 9/2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	P-P
19630216Sat 16/2	ASTON VILLA	H	P-P
19630223Sat 23/2	Leicester City	A	0-3	L		31,258		Ramsey
19630302Sat 2/3	FULHAM	H	0-1	L		18,226		Ramsey
19630305Tue 5/3	LIVERPOOL	H	2-2	D		14,063	Stephenson, Phillips	Ramsey
19630309Sat 9/3	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-6	L		10,746	Crawford	Ramsey
19630316Sat 16/3	TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR	H	2-4	L		23,679	Baxter, Crawford	Ramsey
19630319Tue 19/3	EVERTON	H	0-3	L		19,712		Ramsey
19630319Tue 19/3	KIEL	H	P-P		Friendly
19630323Sat 23/3	Manchester United	A	1-0	W		32,798	Leadbetter	Ramsey
19630330Sat 30/3	ARSENAL	H	1-1	D		16,686	Phillips	Ramsey
19630406Sat 6/4	Birmingham City	A	1-0	W		17,013	Stephenson	Ramsey
19630412Fri 12/4	West Ham United	A	3-1	W		23,170	Moran, Crawford, Phillips	Ramsey
19630413Sat 13/4	LEYTON ORIENT	H	1-1	D		18,677	Moran	Ramsey
19630415Mon 15/4	WEST HAM UNITED	H	2-3	L		21,988	Crawford, Stephenson	Ramsey
19630420Sat 20/4	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3-0	W		17,268	Crawford³	Ramsey
19630427Sat 27/4	BURNLEY	H	2-1	W		18,645	Crawford, Phillips	Ramsey
19630504Sat 4/5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-0	D		15,832		Milburn
19630510Fri 10/5	Nottingham Forest	A	1-2	L		13,055	Stephenson	Milburn
19630517Fri 17/5	BOLTON WANDERERS	H	4-1	W		19,088	Moran, Crawford, Stephenson, Phillips	Milburn
19630521Tue 21/5	ASTON VILLA	H	1-1	D		17,230	Moran	Milburn
19630525Sat 25/5	East Berlin XI	A	1-2	L	Friendly	70,000	Phillips	Milburn
19630529Wed 29/5	SC Empor Rostock	A	2-0	W	Friendly	15,000	Crawford²	Milburn
19630601Sat 1/6	Jednota Trencin	A	5-1	W	Friendly	3,000	Moran, Crawford³, Phillips	Milburn
19630603Mon 3/6	Spartak	A	3-1	W	Friendly		Blackwood², Crawford	Milburn
19630605Wed 5/6	Kosice	A	2-4	L	Friendly	7,000	Blackwood, Crawford	Milburn

General notes

The following practice game was also staged:

Wed 8/8/1962 Blues 3 Reds 3 (at Portman Road)

Season Summary

Comp	P	W	D	L	F	A
Charity Shield	1	0	0	1	1	5
League	42	12	11	19	59	78
European Cup	4	3	0	1	16	5
FA Cup	2	1	0	1	4	5
Friendly	5	3	0	2	13	8
TOTALS	54	19	11	24	93	101

Excludes abandoned games (if any), Matches decided on penalties (if any) count as a drawn game.

Attendance Summary

	Home Average	Home Total	Away Average	Away Total
League	19,044	399,924	23,293	489,155
Cup/Play-offs	23,452	70,355	16,619	66,477

Final League Table

Final League Table Division 1

                              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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