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For the actual article, see 1966–67 Manchester City F.C. season.

Manchester City F.C.

1966–67 season
Manager	Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison
Football League First Division	15th000000000000000
FA Cup	Sixth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: [[]] ( goals) All: [[]] ( goals)
Highest home attendance	0,000 vs [[]] (26 March 1966)
Lowest home attendance	0,000 vs [[]] (8 September 1965)

The 1966–67 season was Manchester City F.C.'s seventy-fifth season of league football, and first season back in the Football League First Division after winning their record sixth Second Division title the season before. This season is also considered to be the second season of the glory era of Manchester City, which started at the appointment of the managerial partnership of Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison in 1965.

Team Kit

Football League First Division

Pos	Team	0P0	0W0	0D0	0L0	0F0	0A0	GA	Pts	Notes
13	West Bromwich Albion	42	16	7	19	77	73	1.055	39	Participated in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1966–67
14	Burnley	42	15	9	18	66	76	0.868	39	Participated in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1966–67
15	Manchester City	42	12	15	15	43	52	0.827	39
16	West Ham United	42	14	8	20	80	84	0.952	36
17	Sunderland	42	14	8	20	58	72	0.806	36

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points
Source: Football League

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
42	22	15	5	76	44	+32	59	14	7	0	40	14	+26	8	8	5	36	30	+6

N.B. Points awarded for a win: 2

Reports

Date	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
20 August 1966	Southampton	A	The Dell	1 – 1	Summerbee	19,900
24 August 1966	Liverpool	H	Maine Road	2 – 1	Bell, Murray	50,320
27 August 1966	Sunderland	H	Maine Road	1 – 0	Oakes	34,948
30 August 1966	Liverpool	A	Anfield	2 – 3	Murray, Gray	51,645
3 September 1966	Aston Villa	A	Villa Park	0 – 3		15,118
7 September 1966	West Ham United	H	Maine Road	1 – 4	Bell	31,079
10 September 1966	Arsenal	H	Maine Road	1 – 1	Pardoe	27,948
17 September 1966	Manchester United	A	Old Trafford	0 – 1		62,085
24 September 1966	Blackpool	A	Bloomfield Road	1 – 0	Crossan	25,761
1 October 1966	Chelsea	H	Maine Road	1 – 4	Young	31,989
8 October 1966	Tottenham Hotspur	H	Maine Road	1 – 2	Summerbee	32,551
15 October 1966	Newcastle United	A	St James' Park	0 – 2		16,510
29 October 1966	Burnley	A	Turf Moor	3 – 2	Crossan (2), Bell	25,996
5 November 1966	Newcastle United	H	Maine Road	1 – 1	Young	26,137
12 November 1966	Stoke City	A	Victoria Ground	1 – 0	Summerbee	27,803
19 November 1966	Everton	H	Maine Road	1 – 0	Bell	39,572
26 November 1966	Fulham	A	Craven Cottage	1 – 4	Young	14,579
3 December 1966	Nottingham Forest	H	Maine Road	1 – 1	Kennedy	24,013
10 December 1966	West Bromwich Albion	A	The Hawthorns	3 – 0	Pardoe, Jones, Crossan	16,908
17 December 1966	Southampton	H	Maine Road	1 – 1	Bell	20,104
27 December 1966	Sheffield Wednesday	A	Hillsborough	0 – 1		34,005
31 December 1966	Sunderland	A	Roker Park	0 – 1		28,826

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
28 January 1967	Third round	Leicester City	H	Maine Road	2 – 1	Doyle, Pardoe	38,529
18 February 1967	Fourth round	Cardiff City	A	Ninian Park	1 – 1	? (o.g.)	37,205
22 February 1967	Fourth round replay	Cardiff City	H	Maine Road	3 – 1	Bell, Young, Crossan	41,616
11 March 1967	Fifth round	Ipswich Town	H	Maine Road	1 – 1	Young	47,075
14 March 1967	Fifth round replay	Ipswich Town	A	Portman Road	3 – 0	Summerbee, ? (o.g.)	30,605
8 April 1967	Sixth round	Leeds United	A	Elland Road	0 – 1		48,887

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
14 September 1966	Second round	Bolton Wanderers	H	Maine Road	3 – 1	Bell, Murray, Pardoe	9,006
5 October 1966	Third round	West Bromwich Albion	A	The Hawthorns	2 – 4	Summerbee, Young	19,193

Squad statistics

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Harry Dowd	38 (0)	0	8	0	1	0	47 (0)	0
GK	Alan Ogley	04 (0)	0	0	0	1	0	05 (0)	0
DF	Dave Bacuzzi	15 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	15 (1)	0
DF	David Connor	29 (1)	4	8	0	0	0	37 (1)	4
DF	Mike Doyle	19 (1)	7	7	1	0	0	26 (1)	8
DF	Vic Gomersall	01 (0)	0	0	0	0	0	01 (0)	0
DF	George Heslop	34 (0)	0	8	0	1	0	43 (0)	0
DF	Glyn Pardoe	41 (1)	9	8	0	2	2	51 (1)	11
DF	Cliff Sear	19 (0)	1	3	0	2	0	24 (0)	1
MF	Colin Bell	11 (0)	4	0	0	0	0	11 (0)	4
MF	Roy Cheetham	12 (3)	0	2	0	1	0	15 (3)	0
MF	Stan Horne	15 (0)	0	5	0	1	0	21 (0)	0
MF	Bobby Kennedy	35 (0)	1	8	0	2	0	45 (0)	1
MF	Alan Oakes	41 (0)	1	8	0	2	0	51 (0)	1
FW	Ralph Brand	17 (0)	2	0	0	1	0	18 (0)	2
FW	Johnny Crossan	40 (0)	12	8	2	1	1	49 (0)	15
FW	Matt Gray	03 (3)	1	0	0	1	0	04 (3)	1
FW	Jimmy Murray	11 (0)	7	0	0	1	1	12 (0)	8
FW	Mike Summerbee	42 (0)	8	8	2	2	0	52 (0)	10
FW	Alf Wood	01 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	02 (1)	0
FW	Neil Young	35 (0)	14	7	3	2	0	44 (0)	17

Scorers

All

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

League

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

FA Cup

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

League Cup

Scorer	Goals
Glyn Pardoe	2
Johnny Crossan	1
Jimmy Murray

Transfers

In

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

Out

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

See also

• Manchester City F.C. seasons

External links

• Extensive Manchester City statistics site