Blackpool F.C.
1965–66 season
ManagerRon Suart
Division One13th
FA CupThird round[1]
League CupThird round[2]
Top goalscorerLeague: Alan Ball &
Ray Charnley (16)
All: Ray Charnley (19)

The 1965–66 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 58th season (55th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the top tier of English football, finishing thirteenth.

Ray Charnley was the club's top overall scorer for the eighth consecutive season, with 19 goals. Alan Ball (sixteen goals) shared the accolade with him in the league.

Christmas during the Middle Ages was a public festival with annual indulgences included the sporting.[3] When Puritans outlawed Christmas in England in December 1647 the crowd brought out footballs as a symbol of festive misrule.[4] The Orkney Christmas Day Ba' tradition continues.[5] In the former top tear of English football, home and away Christmas Day and Boxing Day double headers were often played guaranteeing football clubs large crowds by allowing many working people their only chance to watch a game.[6] Champions Preston North End faced Aston Villa on Christmas Day 1889[7] and the last Christmas Day fixture was in 1965 in England, Blackpool beating Blackburn Rovers 4-2.[6]

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
11 Everton 42 15 11 16 56 62 0.903 56 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
12 West Ham United 42 15 9 18 70 83 0.843 54
13 Blackpool 42 14 9 19 55 65 0.846 51
14 Arsenal 42 12 13 17 62 75 0.827 49
15 Newcastle United 42 14 9 19 50 63 0.794 51
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. ↑ Everton qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1965–66 FA Cup winners.

Notes

  1. ↑ Entered competition in third round
  2. ↑ Entered competition in second round
  3. ↑ Forbes, Bruce David, Christmas: a candid history, University of California Press, 2007, ISBN 0-520-25104-0, pp. 68–79.
  4. ↑ "Historian Reveals that Cromwellian Christmas Football Rebels Ran Riot" (Press release). University of Warwick. 17 December 2003. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  5. ↑ https://www.orkney.com/events/christmas-day-ba
  6. 1 2 https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z4y847h
  7. ↑ https://www.90min.com/posts/the-last-time-football-was-played-christmas-day-england

References

  • Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 1-873626-07-X.
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