1964/65 First Division

First Team Overall First Team Appearances & Scorers Reserves Youth 1 Youth 2 Youth 3

Directors: JH Ireland (Chairman), WC Sproson (Vice-Chairman), GS Clark, JH Marshall, JT Howley (Secretary & General Manager).
Manager: Stan Cullis (to 15 September), Joe Gardiner & Bill Shorthouse (caretakers), Andy Beattie (caretaker from 1 November).
Trainers: Jack Dowen, George Palmer.
Captains: Ron Flowers.

Playing Staff: Ray Aggio, Albert, Alan Arnett, David Ashman, Robert Barlow, Peter Barnes, Jim Barron, Neil Beddows, Billingham, David Bishop, Bouch, Alan Bradley, Frank Broadbent, Cabe Buckley, Laurie Calloway, Dave Carrick, Keith Cockburn, Frederick Cooke, Cooper, Ray Crawford, Cresswell, Chris Crowe, Fred Davies, John Day, Stuart Dinsdale, Sidney Dorsett, Richard Duckett, David Dugmore, John Earp, Robert Ellis, Mickey Evans, William Evans, Ted Farmer, Robert Farrington, Stephen Fellows, Kevin Fewtrell, Ron Flowers, Clive Ford, John Galley, Freddie Goodwin, A Griffiths, Doug Griffiths, John Grover, Philip Guest, Ray Hall, Gerry Harris, Johnny Harris, Hart, Bob Hatton, K Hatton, Norman Hawkins, Ronald Hemming, Alan Hopley, George Hunter, Terry Jewkes, Edward Jones, Graham Jones, Robert Joynson, Fred Kemp, Killen, Kenneth Kirkham, Robert Knight, Ken Knighton, Ray Knowles, Dick le Flem, Wilfred Leake, Eugene Lyne, Dave MacLaren, Marsden, Vincenzo Mascia, Stewart Masefield, John Mason, Daniel McGuire, Hugh McIlmoyle, Jimmy Melia, Ronald Melling, George Miller, Terence Newcombe, Phil Parkes, Sidney Pickerill, Alan Powell, Quirke, Richard Roberts, George Showell, Howard Smart, Nigel Smart, Robert Southall, Henry Stobart, Geoffrey Taylor, Gerry Taylor, James Taylor, Taylor, Brian Thompson, Dave Thompson, G Thompson, Terry Thompson, Bobby Thomson, Keith Tookey, Michael Unitt, Dave Wagstaffe, Michael Ward, Paul Webber, Phil Weir, Terry Wharton, Jerry Willetts, John Wilson, Joseph Wilson, Robert Wood, David Woodfield, Bobby Woodruff, David Wraith.

Club Finances: Club make a profit of £9,270. Total income was £167,974.

 
August

15 (H) Pre Season Practice Match Details
17 (H) Charlton Athletic W 3-1 Details [Friendly]
22 (H) Chelsea L 0-3 Details
26 (a) Leicester City L 2-3 Details
29 (a) Leeds United L 2-3 Details

September

2 (H) Leicester City D 1-1 Details
5 (H) Arsenal L 0-1 Details
7 (a) West Ham United L 0-5 Details
12 (a) Blackburn Rovers L 1-4 Details
14 (H) West Ham United W 4-3 Details
19 (H) Blackpool L 1-2 Details
26 (a) Sheffield Wednesday L 0-2 Details
30 (H) Birmingham City L 0-2 Details

October

3 (H) Liverpool P-P
10 (a) West Bromwich Albion L 1-5 Details
17 (H) Manchester United L 2-4 Details
24 (a) Fulham L 0-2 Details
31 (H) Nottingham Forest L 1-2 Details

November

7 (a) Stoke City W 2-0 Details
14 (H) Tottenham Hotspur W 3-1 Details
21 (a) Burnley D 1-1 Details
28 (H) Sheffield United W 1-0 Details

December

5 (a) Everton L 0-5 Details
12 (a) Chelsea L 1-2 Details
19 (H) Leeds United L 0-1 Details
26 (H) Aston Villa L 0-1 Details
28 (a) Aston Villa P-P

January

2 (a) Arsenal L 1-4 Details
9 (a) Portsmouth D 0-0 Details [FAC3]
12 (H) Portsmouth W 3-2 Details [FAC3R]
16 (H) Blackburn Rovers W 4-2 Details
23 (a) Blackpool D 1-1 Details
30 (H) Rotherham United D 2-2 Details [FAC4]

February

2 (a) Rotherham United W 3-0 Details [FAC4R]
6 (H) Sheffield Wednesday W 3-1 Details
13 (a) Liverpool L 1-2 Details
20 (a) Aston Villa D 1-1 Details [FAC5]
24 (H) Aston Villa D 0-0 Details [FAC5R]
27 (a) Manchester United L 0-3 Details

March

1 (N) Aston Villa W 3-1 Details [FAC5R]
6 (H) Manchester United P-P [FAC6]
10 (H) Manchester United L 3-5 Details [FAC6]
13 (a) Birmingham City W 1-0 Details
15 (H) West Bromwich Albion W 3-2 Details
17 (H) All Stars L 5-8 Details [Friendly]
20 (H) Stoke City W 3-1 Details
22 (a) Aston Villa L 2-3 Details
27 (a) Tottenham Hotspur L 4-7 Details
30 (H) Fulham D 0-0 Details

April

3 (H) Burnley L 1-2 Details
10 (a) Sheffield United W 2-0 Details
16 (a) Sunderland W 2-1 Details
17 (H) Everton L 2-4 Details
20 (H) Sunderland W 3-0 Details
24 (a) Nottingham Forest W 2-0 Details
26 (H) Liverpool L 1-3 Details