Season 1965-1966 Details

Leeds had begun the 1965-66 season in competent fashion and were in the group of sides at the top end of the First Division table, when the Italian club Torino visited Elland Road in September for the first round first leg, and found the United players had swopped their jerseys around in an effort to cause some confusion to the opposition. It is doubtful that the ploy did have much effect, but all the same the Italians found themselves two goals behind when Billy Bremner scored with a right-footed cross-shot from the left, and Alan Peacock headed in from close range, but Torino pulled a goal back and were therefore favourites to win the tie in the return match.

Read more about the 1965-1966 season in the Twelve at The Top (1965-1966) section of our Leeds United history timeline. For player appearances, goals, red cards and transfers for the 1965-1966 season click here.

	Season Record	GP	W	D	L	F	A	GD	P	Pos
Division One		42	23	9	10	79	38	41	55	2
FA Cup		2	1	0	1	6	1	5	-	R4
League Cup		2	1	0	1	6	6	0	-	R3
Europe		11	5	4	2	14	10	4	-	FC (SF)
TOTAL		57	30	13	14	105	55	50	-	-

	Managers	First Game	P	W	D	L	Win%
	Don Revie	Sunderland (H) - 21/08/1965	21/08/1965	57	30	13	14	52.63%

	Honours	Manager
	Division One Runners-up	Don Revie
	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Semi Finalists	Don Revie

	Division One		Venue	Date		Score
	Sunderland	H	Elland Road	21/08/1965		1 : 0	W
	Aston Villa	A	Villa Park	23/08/1965		2 : 0	W
	West Ham United	A	Upton Park	28/08/1965		1 : 2	L
	Aston Villa	H	Elland Road	01/09/1965		2 : 0	W
	Nottingham Forest	H	Elland Road	04/09/1965		2 : 1	W
	Tottenham Hotspur	A	White Hart Lane	08/09/1965		2 : 3	L
	Sheffield United	H	Elland Road	11/09/1965		2 : 2	D
	Tottenham Hotspur	H	Elland Road	15/09/1965		2 : 0	W
	Leicester City	A	Filbert Street	18/09/1965		3 : 3	D
	Blackburn Rovers	H	Elland Road	25/09/1965		3 : 0	W
	Sheffield Wednesday	A	Hillsborough	09/10/1965		0 : 0	D
	Northampton Town	H	Elland Road	16/10/1965		6 : 1	W
	Stoke City	A	Victoria Ground	23/10/1965		2 : 1	W
	Burnley	H	Elland Road	30/10/1965		1 : 1	D
	Chelsea	A	Stamford Bridge	06/11/1965		0 : 1	L
	Arsenal	H	Elland Road	13/11/1965		2 : 0	W
	Everton	A	Goodison Park	20/11/1965		0 : 0	D
	West Bromwich Albion	H	Elland Road	11/12/1965		4 : 0	W
	Liverpool	A	Anfield	27/12/1965		1 : 0	W
	Liverpool	H	Elland Road	28/12/1965		0 : 1	L
	Sheffield Wednesday	H	Elland Road	01/01/1966		3 : 0	W
	West Bromwich Albion	A	The Hawthorns	08/01/1966		2 : 1	W
	Manchester United	H	Elland Road	12/01/1966		1 : 1	D
	Stoke City	H	Elland Road	15/01/1966		2 : 2	D
	Sunderland	A	Roker Park	29/01/1966		0 : 2	L
	West Ham United	H	Elland Road	05/02/1966		5 : 0	W
	Nottingham Forest	A	City Ground	19/02/1966		4 : 0	W
	Sheffield United	A	Bramall Lane	26/02/1966		1 : 1	D
	Northampton Town	A	County Ground	05/03/1966		1 : 2	L
	Leicester City	H	Elland Road	12/03/1966		3 : 2	W
	Blackburn Rovers	A	Ewood Park	19/03/1966		3 : 2	W
	Blackpool	H	Elland Road	26/03/1966		1 : 2	L
	Blackpool	A	Bloomfield Road	28/03/1966		0 : 1	L
	Chelsea	H	Elland Road	04/04/1966		2 : 0	W
	Fulham	A	Craven Cottage	08/04/1966		3 : 1	W
	Fulham	H	Elland Road	12/04/1966		0 : 1	L
	Everton	H	Elland Road	16/04/1966		4 : 1	W
	Newcastle United	H	Elland Road	30/04/1966		3 : 0	W
	Arsenal	A	Highbury	05/05/1966		3 : 0	W
	Burnley	A	Turf Moor	07/05/1966		1 : 0	W
	Newcastle United	A	St James Park	16/05/1966		0 : 2	L
	Manchester United	A	Old Trafford	19/05/1966		1 : 1	D

	FA Cup		Venue	Date		Score
	Bury FA Cup 3rd Round	H	Elland Road	22/01/1966		6 : 0	W
	Chelsea FA Cup 4th Round	A	Stamford Bridge	12/02/1966		0 : 1	L

	League Cup		Venue	Date		Score
	Hartlepool United League Cup 2nd Round	H	Elland Road	22/09/1965		4 : 2	W
	West Bromwich Albion League Cup 3rd Round	H	Elland Road	13/10/1965		2 : 4	L

	Europe		Venue	Date		Score
	Torino Inter Cities Fairs Cup 1st Round 1st Leg	H	Elland Road	29/09/1965		2 : 1	W
	Torino Inter Cities Fairs Cup 1st Round 2nd Leg	A	Stadio Comuanle	06/10/1965		0 : 0	D
	Lokomotive Leipzig Inter Cities Fairs Cup 2nd Round 1st Leg	A	Bruno Plache Stadion	20/11/1965		2 : 1	W
	Lokomotive Leipzig Inter Cities Fairs Cup 2nd Round 2nd Leg	H	Elland Road	01/12/1965		0 : 0	D
	Valencia Inter Cities Fairs Cup 3rd Round 1st Leg	H	Elland Road	02/02/1966		1 : 1	D
	Valencia Inter Cities Fairs Cup 3rd Round 2nd Leg	A	Mestalla Stadium	16/02/1966		1 : 0	W
	Ujpest FC Inter Cities Fairs Cup 4th Round 1st Leg	H	Elland Road	02/03/1966		4 : 1	W
	Ujpest FC Inter Cities Fairs Cup 4th Round 2nd Leg	A	Szusza Ferenc Stadium	09/03/1966		1 : 1	D
	Real Zaragoza Inter Cities Cup Semi Final 1st Leg	A	La Romerada	20/04/1966		0 : 1	L
	Real Zaragoza Inter Cities Cup Semi Final 2nd Leg	H	Elland Road	27/04/1966		2 : 1	W
	Real Zaragoza Inter Cities Cup Semi Final Replay	H	Elland Road	11/05/1966		1 : 3	L

	Division One Table		Pld	Pts	GD	W	D	L	F	A
1		Liverpool	42	61	45	26	9	7	79	34
2		Leeds United	42	55	41	23	9	10	79	38
3		Burnley	42	55	32	24	7	11	79	47
4		Manchester United	42	51	25	18	15	9	84	59
5		Chelsea	42	51	12	22	7	13	65	53
6		West Bromwich Albion	42	50	22	19	12	11	91	69
7		Leicester City	42	49	15	21	7	14	80	65
8		Tottenham Hotspur	42	44	9	16	12	14	75	66
9		Sheffield United	42	43	-3	16	11	15	56	59
10		Stoke City	42	42	1	15	12	15	65	64
11		Everton	42	41	-6	15	11	16	56	62
12		West Ham United	42	39	-13	15	9	18	70	83
13		Blackpool	42	37	-10	14	9	19	55	65
14		Arsenal	42	37	-13	12	13	17	62	75
15		Newcastle United	42	37	-13	14	9	19	50	63
16		Aston Villa	42	36	-11	15	6	21	69	80
17		Sheffield Wednesday	42	36	-10	14	8	20	56	66
18		Nottingham Forest	42	36	-16	14	8	20	56	72
19		Sunderland	42	36	-21	14	8	20	51	72
20		Fulham	42	35	-18	14	7	21	67	85
21		Northampton Town	42	33	-37	10	13	19	55	92
22		Blackburn Rovers	42	20	-31	8	4	30	57	88

	References
	Sheridan Dictates: Season Statistics 1965-66
	OzWhite: Leeds United Season Statistics and Teamsheets 1965-66
	Leeds United Programme Guide: Season 1965/66
	Leeds-Fans.org.uk: Season 1965 - 1966