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1965–66 Manchester City F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Manchester City F.C.
season	1965–66
manager	Joe Mercer and
Malcolm Allison
league	Football League
Second Division
league result	1st
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

Malcolm Allison Second Division Neil Young (14 goals) Neil Young (17 goals) (26 March 1966) (8 September 1965)

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.

Team Kit

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Football League Second Division

Results summary

Reports

Date	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
21 August 1965	Middlesbrough	A	Ayresome Park	1 – 1	Murray	17,982
25 August 1965	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	Maine Road	2 – 1	? (o.g.) (2)	25,572
28 August 1965	Bristol City	H	Maine Road	2 – 2	Brand, ? (o.g.)	19,349
30 August 1965	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	Molineux	4 – 2	Doyle, Crossan, Murray, ? (o.g.)	22,799
4 September 1965	Coventry City	A	Highfield Road	3 – 3	Young (2), Murray	29,403
8 September 1965	Norwich City	H	Maine Road	*Abandoned at half-time
due to flooding
1 – 1*	Young	13,235
11 September 1965	Carlisle United	H	Maine Road	2 – 1	Pardoe (2)	22,891
15 September 1965	Norwich City	A	Carrow Road	3 – 3	Pardoe (2), Crossan	16,381
18 September 1965	Cardiff City	A	Ninian Park	3 – 4	Murray, Pardoe, Gray	11,520
25 September 1965	Derby County	H	Maine Road	1 – 0	Murray	20,834
2 October 1965	Southampton	A	The Dell	1 – 0	Young	21,504
9 October 1965	Huddersfield Town	A	Leeds Road	0 – 0		31,876
16 October 1965	Crystal Palace	H	Maine Road	3 – 1	Pardoe (2), Young	24,765
23 October 1965	Preston North End	A	Deepdale	3 – 0	Young (2), Brand	25,117
27 October 1965	Norwich City	H	Maine Road	0 – 0		34,091
30 October 1965	Charlton Athletic	H	Maine Road	0 – 0		23,102
6 November 1965	Plymouth Argyle	A	Home Park	0 – 1		15,954
13 November 1965	Portsmouth	H	Maine Road	3 – 1	Murray (2), Pardoe	22,106
20 November 1965	Bolton Wanderers	A	Burnden Park	0 – 1		22,968
27 November 1965	Ipswich Town	H	Maine Road	2 – 1	Crossan (2)	19,416
4 December 1965	Birmingham City	A	St Andrews	1 – 3	Summerbee	10,442
11 December 1965	Leyton Orient	H	Maine Road	5 – 0	Young (3), Summerbee, Crossan	16,202
18 December 1965	Crystal Palace	A	Selhurst Park	2 – 0	Doyle (2)	12,847
1 January 1966	Huddersfield Town	H	Maine Road	2 – 0	Doyle, Crossan	47,171
8 January 1966	Portsmouth	A	Fratton Park	2 – 2	Doyle, Summerbee	17,352
12 January 1966	Rotherham United	H	Maine Road	3 – 1	Doyle (2), Crossan	25,526
15 January 1966	Preston North End	H	Maine Road	0 – 0		26,668
29 January 1966	Middlesbrough	H	Maine Road	3 – 1	Summerbee (2), Young	25,278
5 February 1966	Bristol City	A	Ashton Gate	1 – 1	Young	25,273
19 February 1966	Coventry City	H	Maine Road	1 – 0	Crossan	40,190
26 February 1966	Carlisle United	A	Brunton Park	2 – 1	Summerbee, Pardoe	9,000
12 March 1966	Cardiff City	H	Maine Road	2 – 2	Connor, Young	29,642
19 March 1966	Derby County	A	Baseball Ground	2 – 1	Bell, Young	22,533
2 April 1966	Plymouth Argyle	H	Maine Road	1 – 1	Crossan	24,087
8 April 1966	Bury	H	Maine Road	1 – 0	Summerbee	43,104
12 April 1966	Bury	A	Gigg Lane	1 – 2	Summerbee	21,437
16 April 1966	Bolton Wanderers	H	Maine Road	4 – 1	Kennedy, Sear, Crossan, Connor	29,459
23 April 1966	Ipswich Town	A	Portman Road	1 – 1	Crossan	15,995
30 April 1966	Birmingham City	H	Maine Road	3 – 1	Bell, Young, Crossan	28,409
4 May 1966	Rotherham United	A	Millmoor	1 – 0	Bell	11,376
7 May 1966	Leyton Orient	A	Brisbane Road	2 – 2	Bell, ? (o.g.)	6,109
13 May 1966	Charlton Athletic	A	The Valley	3 – 2	Oakes, Crossan, Connor	13,687
18 May 1966	Southampton	H	Maine Road	0 – 0		34,653

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
22 January 1966	Third round	Blackpool	A	Bloomfield Road	1 – 1	Crossan	23,937
24 January 1966	Third round replay	Blackpool	H	Maine Road	3 – 1	Summerbee, Doyle, Crossan	52,661
12 February 1966	Fourth round	Grimsby Town	H	Maine Road	2 – 0	Summerbee, ? (o.g.)	37,918
5 March 1966	Fifth round	Leicester City	H	Maine Road	2 – 2	Young (2)	56,787
9 March 1966	Fifth round replay	Leicester City	A	Filbert Street	1 – 0	Young	41,872
26 March 1966	Sixth round	Everton	H	Maine Road	0 – 0		63,034
29 March 1966	Sixth round replay	Everton	A	Goodison Park	0 – 0		60,349
4 April 1966	Sixth round second replay	Everton	N	Molineux	0 – 2		27,948

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
22 September 1965	Second round	Leicester City	H	Maine Road	3 – 1	Murray, Pardoe, ? (o.g.)	13,246
13 October 1965	Third round	Coventry City	H	Maine Road	2 – 3	Crossan, Pardoe	18,213

Squad statistics

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	ENG Harry Dowd	38 (0)	0	8	0	1	0	47 (0)	0
GK	ENG Alan Ogley	4 (0)	0	0	0	1	0	5 (0)	0
DF	ENG Dave Bacuzzi	15 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	15 (1)	0
DF	ENG David Connor	29 (1)	4	8	0	0	0	37 (1)	4
DF	ENG Mike Doyle	19 (1)	7	7	1	0	0	26 (1)	8
DF	ENG George Heslop	34 (0)	0	8	0	1	0	43 (0)	0
DF	ENG Glyn Pardoe	41 (1)	9	8	0	2	2	51 (1)	11
DF	WAL Cliff Sear	19 (0)	1	3	0	2	0	24 (0)	1
MF	ENG Colin Bell	11 (0)	4	0	0	0	0	11 (0)	4
MF	ENG Roy Cheetham	12 (3)	0	2	0	1	0	15 (3)	0
MF	ENG Stan Horne	15 (0)	0	5	0	1	0	21 (0)	0
MF	SCO Bobby Kennedy	35 (0)	1	8	0	2	0	45 (0)	1
MF	ENG Alan Oakes	41 (0)	1	8	0	2	0	51 (0)	1
FW	SCO Ralph Brand	17 (0)	2	0	0	1	0	18 (0)	2
FW	NIR Johnny Crossan	40 (0)	12	8	2	1	1	49 (0)	15
FW	SCO Matt Gray	3 (3)	1	0	0	1	0	4 (3)	1
FW	ENG Jimmy Murray	11 (0)	7	0	0	1	1	12 (0)	8
FW	ENG Mike Summerbee	42 (0)	8	8	2	2	0	52 (0)	10
FW	ENG Alf Wood	1 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	2 (1)	0
FW	ENG Neil Young	35 (0)	14	7	3	2	0	44 (0)	17
--	ENG Vic Gomersall	1 (0)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (0)	0

Scorers

All

Scorer	Goals
ENG Neil Young	17
NIR Johnny Crossan	15
ENG Glyn Pardoe	11
ENG Mike Summerbee	10
ENG Mike Doyle	8
ENG Jimmy Murray
ENG Colin Bell	4
ENG David Connor
SCO Ralph Brand	2
SCO Matt Gray	1
SCO Bobby Kennedy
ENG Alan Oakes
WAL Cliff Sear

League

Scorer	Goals
ENG Neil Young	14
NIR Johnny Crossan	12
ENG Glyn Pardoe	9
ENG Mike Summerbee	8
ENG Mike Doyle	7
ENG Jimmy Murray
ENG Colin Bell	4
ENG David Connor
SCO Ralph Brand	2
SCO Matt Gray	1
SCO Bobby Kennedy
ENG Alan Oakes
WAL Cliff Sear

FA Cup

Scorer	Goals
ENG Neil Young	3
NIR Johnny Crossan	2
ENG Mike Summerbee
ENG Mike Doyle	1

League Cup

Scorer	Goals
ENG Glyn Pardoe	2
NIR Johnny Crossan	1
ENG Jimmy Murray

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
August 1965	FW	SCO Ralph Brand	SCO Rangers	£20,000
August 1965	FW	ENG Mike Summerbee	ENG Swindon Town	£35,000
September 1965	DF	ENG George Heslop	ENG Everton	£25,000
March 1966	MF	ENG Colin Bell	ENG Bury	£42,500

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
August 1965	FW	ENG Derek Kevan	ENG Crystal Palace	£22,000

References

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