English Second Division 1965/1966
Historical league standings at 31st August 1965
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| # | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GA |
| 1 | Huddersfield Town | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 5.50 |
| 2 | Coventry City | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1.67 |
| 3 | Manchester City | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1.50 |
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2.00 |
| 5 | Southampton | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2.00 |
| 6 | Rotherham United | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1.60 |
| 7 | Bristol City | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1.33 |
| 8 | Birmingham City | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1.17 |
| 9 | Cardiff City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1.25 |
| 10 | Carlisle United | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1.00 |
| 11 | Norwich City | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0.67 |
| 12 | Preston North End | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1.40 |
| 13 | Bury | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1.25 |
| 14 | Portsmouth | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1.00 |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1.00 |
| 16 | Plymouth Argyle | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0.75 |
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0.63 |
| 18 | Ipswich Town | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0.60 |
| 19 | Middlesbrough | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0.33 |
| 20 | Wolverhampton W'drs. | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0.88 |
| 21 | Leyton Orient | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0.30 |
| 22 | Derby County | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.22 |
