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1965–66 Manchester City F.C. season

{{Short description|1965–66 season of Manchester City}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}

{{Infobox football club season

| club = Manchester City F.C.

| season = 1965–66

| manager = Joe Mercer and
Malcolm Allison

| league = Football League
Second Division

| league result = 1st{{0|0000000000000000}}

| cup1 = FA Cup

| cup1 result = Sixth round

| cup2 = League Cup

| cup2 result = Third round

| league topscorer =
Neil Young (14 goals)

| season topscorer =
Neil Young (17 goals)

| highest attendance = 63,034 vs Everton
(26 March 1966)

| lowest attendance = 13,235 vs Norwich City
(8 September 1965)

| prevseason = 1964–65

| nextseason = 1966–67

}}

The 1965–66 season was Manchester City F.C.'s seventy-fourth season of league football, and second consecutive season back in the Football League Second Division. The three-season stay in the Second Division was City's longest run of seasons outside the top flight since the 1890s, which would not be broken again until their four-season run from 1996 to 2000.

This season is widely believed to have been the start of Manchester City's golden era, a period largely concurrent with the reign of Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison as managers at the club, and then of the aftermath of the break-up of the partnership. This season began City's highest concentration of silverware to seasons played - winning the Second Division for a record sixth time in this season, the club would claim the Football League First Division title, the FA Cup, the Football League Cup twice, the Charity Shield twice, and in European competition the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup all within the space of the ten seasons following.

This season also saw the club sign several players who would become iconic figures in Manchester City's history - Mike Summerbee, George Heslop, and Colin Bell were all signed near the start of the season. Not coincidentally, the season and the seasons following also saw the presence of some of the club's longest-serving players. Four of the club's ten players with the most appearances for the club played during this season - Bell, Summerbee, Alan Oakes, and Mike Doyle - and a further three of those ten - Joe Corrigan, Tommy Booth and Willie Donachie - would join within the following three seasons.

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Football League Second Division

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=Results summary=

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=Reports=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Date

!Opponents

!H / A

!Venue

!Result

F – A

!Scorers

!Attendance

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 21 August 1965

| Middlesbrough

| A

| Ayresome Park

| 1 – 1

| Murray

| 17,982

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 25 August 1965

| Wolverhampton Wanderers

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 1

| ? (o.g.) (2)

| 25,572

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 28 August 1965

| Bristol City

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 2

| Brand, ? (o.g.)

| 19,349

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 30 August 1965

| Wolverhampton Wanderers

| A

| Molineux

| 4 – 2

| Doyle, Crossan, Murray, ? (o.g.)

| 22,799

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 4 September 1965

| Coventry City

| A

| Highfield Road

| 3 – 3

| Young (2), Murray

| 29,403

bgcolor="#999999"

| 8 September 1965

| Norwich City

| H

| Maine Road

| Abandoned at half-time
due to flooding
1 – 1

| Young

| 13,235

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 11 September 1965

| Carlisle United

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 1

| Pardoe (2)

| 22,891

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 15 September 1965

| Norwich City

| A

| Carrow Road

| 3 – 3

| Pardoe (2), Crossan

| 16,381

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 18 September 1965

| Cardiff City

| A

| Ninian Park

| 3 – 4

| Murray, Pardoe, Gray

| 11,520

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 25 September 1965

| Derby County

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 0

| Murray

| 20,834

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 2 October 1965

| Southampton

| A

| The Dell

| 1 – 0

| Young

| 21,504

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 9 October 1965

| Huddersfield Town

| A

| Leeds Road

| 0 – 0

|

| 31,876

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 16 October 1965

| Crystal Palace

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 – 1

| Pardoe (2), Young

| 24,765

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 23 October 1965

| Preston North End

| A

| Deepdale

| 3 – 0

| Young (2), Brand

| 25,117

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 27 October 1965

| Norwich City

| H

| Maine Road

| 0 – 0

|

| 34,091

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 30 October 1965

| Charlton Athletic

| H

| Maine Road

| 0 – 0

|

| 23,102

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 6 November 1965

| Plymouth Argyle

| A

| Home Park

| 0 – 1

|

| 15,954

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 13 November 1965

| Portsmouth

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 – 1

| Murray (2), Pardoe

| 22,106

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 20 November 1965

| Bolton Wanderers

| A

| Burnden Park

| 0 – 1

|

| 22,968

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 27 November 1965

| Ipswich Town

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 1

| Crossan (2)

| 19,416

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 4 December 1965

| Birmingham City

| A

| St Andrews

| 1 – 3

| Summerbee

| 10,442

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 11 December 1965

| Leyton Orient

| H

| Maine Road

| 5 – 0

| Young (3), Summerbee, Crossan

| 16,202

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 18 December 1965

| Crystal Palace

| A

| Selhurst Park

| 2 – 0

| Doyle (2)

| 12,847

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 1 January 1966

| Huddersfield Town

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 0

| Doyle, Crossan

| 47,171

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 8 January 1966

| Portsmouth

| A

| Fratton Park

| 2 – 2

| Doyle, Summerbee

| 17,352

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 12 January 1966

| Rotherham United

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 – 1

| Doyle (2), Crossan

| 25,526

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 15 January 1966

| Preston North End

| H

| Maine Road

| 0 – 0

|

| 26,668

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 29 January 1966

| Middlesbrough

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 – 1

| Summerbee (2), Young

| 25,278

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 5 February 1966

| Bristol City

| A

| Ashton Gate

| 1 – 1

| Young

| 25,273

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 19 February 1966

| Coventry City

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 0

| Crossan

| 40,190

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 26 February 1966

| Carlisle United

| A

| Brunton Park

| 2 – 1

| Summerbee, Pardoe

| 9,000

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 12 March 1966

| Cardiff City

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 2

| Connor, Young

| 29,642

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 19 March 1966

| Derby County

| A

| Baseball Ground

| 2 – 1

| Bell, Young

| 22,533

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 2 April 1966

| Plymouth Argyle

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 1

| Crossan

| 24,087

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 8 April 1966

| Bury

| H

| Maine Road

| 1 – 0

| Summerbee

| 43,104

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 12 April 1966

| Bury

| A

| Gigg Lane

| 1 – 2

| Summerbee

| 21,437

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 16 April 1966

| Bolton Wanderers

| H

| Maine Road

| 4 – 1

| Kennedy, Sear, Crossan, Connor

| 29,459

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 23 April 1966

| Ipswich Town

| A

| Portman Road

| 1 – 1

| Crossan

| 15,995

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 30 April 1966

| Birmingham City

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 – 1

| Bell, Young, Crossan

| 28,409

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 4 May 1966

| Rotherham United

| A

| Millmoor

| 1 – 0

| Bell

| 11,376

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 7 May 1966

| Leyton Orient

| A

| Brisbane Road

| 2 – 2

| Bell, ? (o.g.)

| 6,109

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 13 May 1966

| Charlton Athletic

| A

| The Valley

| 3 – 2

| Oakes, Crossan, Connor

| 13,687

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 18 May 1966

| Southampton

| H

| Maine Road

| 0 – 0

|

| 34,653

FA Cup

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Date

!Round

!Opponents

!H / A

!Venue

!Result

F – A

!Scorers

!Attendance

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| 22 January 1966

| Third round

| Blackpool

| A

| Bloomfield Road

| 1 – 1

| Crossan

| 23,937

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 24 January 1966

| Third round replay

| Blackpool

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 – 1

| Summerbee, Doyle, Crossan

| 52,661

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 12 February 1966

| Fourth round

| Grimsby Town

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 0

| Summerbee, ? (o.g.)

| 37,918

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 5 March 1966

| Fifth round

| Leicester City

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 2

| Young (2)

| 56,787

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

| 9 March 1966

| Fifth round replay

| Leicester City

| A

| Filbert Street

| 1 – 0

| Young

| 41,872

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 26 March 1966

| Sixth round

| Everton

| H

| Maine Road

| 0 – 0

|

| 63,034

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

| 29 March 1966

| Sixth round replay

| Everton

| A

| Goodison Park

| 0 – 0

|

| 60,349

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 4 April 1966

| Sixth round second replay

| Everton

| N

| Molineux

| 0 – 2

|

| 27,948

League Cup

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Date

!Round

!Opponents

!H / A

!Venue

!Result

F – A

!Scorers

!Attendance

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| 22 September 1965

| Second round

| Leicester City

| H

| Maine Road

| 3 – 1

| Murray, Pardoe, ? (o.g.)

| 13,246

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

| 13 October 1965

| Third round

| Coventry City

| H

| Maine Road

| 2 – 3

| Crossan, Pardoe

| 18,213

Squad statistics

=Squad=

Appearances for competitive matches only

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2" valign="bottom"|Pos.

!rowspan="2"|Name

!colspan="2" width="85"|League

!colspan="2" width="85"|FA Cup

!colspan="2" width="85"|League Cup

!colspan="2" width="85"|Total

Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

align="left"|GKalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Harry Dowd

|38 (0)

0801047 (0)0
align="left"|GKalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Alan Ogley

|{{0}}4 (0)

00010{{0}}5 (0)0
align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Dave Bacuzzi

|15 (1)

0000015 (1)0
align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} David Connor

|29 (1)

4800037 (1)4
align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Doyle

|19 (1)

7710026 (1)8
align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} George Heslop

|34 (0)

0801043 (0)0
align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Glyn Pardoe

|41 (1)

9802251 (1)11
align="left"|DFalign="left"|{{flagicon|WAL}} Cliff Sear

|19 (0)

1302024 (0)1
align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Colin Bell

|11 (0)

4000011 (0)4
align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Roy Cheetham

|12 (3)

0201015 (3)0
align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Stan Horne

|15 (0)

0501021 (0)0
align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Bobby Kennedy

|35 (0)

1802045 (0)1
align="left"|MFalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Alan Oakes

|41 (0)

1802051 (0)1
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Ralph Brand

|17 (0)

2001018 (0)2
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|NIR}} Johnny Crossan

|40 (0)

12821149 (0)15
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Matt Gray

|{{0}}3 (3)

10010{{0}}4 (3)1
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Murray

|11 (0)

7001112 (0)8
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Summerbee

|42 (0)

8822052 (0)10
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Alf Wood

|{{0}}1 (1)

00010{{0}}2 (1)0
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Neil Young

|35 (0)

14732044 (0)17
align="left"
-align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Vic Gomersall

|{{0}}1 (0)

00000{{0}}1 (0)0

=Scorers=

{{col-begin}}

{{col-4}}

==All==

class="wikitable"
Scorer

!Goals

{{flagicon|ENG}} Neil Young

|align=center|17

{{flagicon|NIR}} Johnny Crossan

|align=center|15

{{flagicon|ENG}} Glyn Pardoe

|align=center|11

{{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Summerbee

|align=center|10

{{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Doyle

|rowspan="2" align=center|8

{{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Murray
{{flagicon|ENG}} Colin Bell

|rowspan="2" align=center|4

{{flagicon|ENG}} David Connor
{{flagicon|SCO}} Ralph Brand

|align=center|2

{{flagicon|SCO}} Matt Gray

|rowspan="4" align=center|1

{{flagicon|SCO}} Bobby Kennedy
{{flagicon|ENG}} Alan Oakes
{{flagicon|WAL}} Cliff Sear

{{col-4}}

==League==

class="wikitable"
Scorer

!Goals

{{flagicon|ENG}} Neil Young

|align=center|14

{{flagicon|NIR}} Johnny Crossan

|align=center|12

{{flagicon|ENG}} Glyn Pardoe

|align=center|9

{{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Summerbee

|align=center|8

{{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Doyle

|rowspan="2" align=center|7

{{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Murray
{{flagicon|ENG}} Colin Bell

|rowspan="2" align=center|4

{{flagicon|ENG}} David Connor
{{flagicon|SCO}} Ralph Brand

|align=center|2

{{flagicon|SCO}} Matt Gray

|rowspan="4" align=center|1

{{flagicon|SCO}} Bobby Kennedy
{{flagicon|ENG}} Alan Oakes
{{flagicon|WAL}} Cliff Sear

{{col-4}}

==FA Cup==

class="wikitable"
Scorer

!Goals

{{flagicon|ENG}} Neil Young

|align=center|3

{{flagicon|NIR}} Johnny Crossan

|rowspan="2" align=center|2

{{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Summerbee
{{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Doyle

|align=center|1

{{col-4}}

==League Cup==

class="wikitable"
Scorer

!Goals

{{flagicon|ENG}} Glyn Pardoe

|align=center|2

{{flagicon|NIR}} Johnny Crossan

|rowspan="2" align=center|1

{{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Murray

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{{col-end}}

Transfers

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

=In=

class="wikitable"
Date

! Pos.

! Name

! From

! Fee

August 1965

| FW

| {{flagicon|SCO}} Ralph Brand

| {{flagicon|SCO}} Rangers

| £20,000

August 1965

| FW

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Summerbee

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Swindon Town

| £35,000

September 1965

| DF

| {{flagicon|ENG}} George Heslop

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Everton

| £25,000

March 1966

| MF

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Colin Bell

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Bury

| £42,500

{{col-2}}

=Out=

class="wikitable"
Date

! Pos.

! Name

! From

! Fee

August 1965

| FW

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Derek Kevan

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Crystal Palace

| £22,000

{{col-end}}

See also

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.mcfcstats.com/ Extensive Manchester City statistics site]

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{{1965–66 in English football}}

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