1966–67 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season

Tranmere Rovers F.C.

1966–67 season
Chairman	Fred C. Lloyd
Manager	Dave Russell
Stadium	Prenton Park
Football League Fourth Division	4th (of 24)
Top goalscorer	League: Yardley (15) All: Yardley (16)
Highest home attendance	15,555 vs Southport (28 April 1967)
Lowest home attendance	3,495 vs Exeter City (3 September 1966)
Average home league attendance	7,839
Team colours
← 1965–66 1967–68 →

Dave Russell managed Tranmere Rovers F.C. to promotion in 1966–67. Tranmere had narrowly failed to win promotion in the previous two years and newcomers included Barry Ashworth and Graham Williams, while young players Jim Cumbes and Roy McFarland established regular first-team slots. Rovers were early pace-setters after losing just one of their first 15 games, including a 5–0 victory over Crewe Alexandra. George Yardley was signed from Luton Town, then George Hudson arrived from Northampton. Four successive wins maintained Tranmere's promotion challenge and they finished fourth after losing only two of their last 12 games.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD		Pts
1	Stockport County	46		16	5	2	41	18		10	7	6	28	24		69	42	1.643	+27		64
2	Southport	46		19	2	2	47	15		4	11	8	22	27		69	42	1.643	+27		59
3	Barrow	46		12	8	3	35	18		12	3	8	41	36		76	54	1.407	+22		59
4	Tranmere Rovers	46		14	6	3	42	20		8	8	7	24	23		66	43	1.535	+23		58
5	Crewe Alexandra	46		14	5	4	42	26		7	7	9	28	29		70	55	1.273	+15		54
6	Southend United	46		15	5	3	44	12		7	4	12	26	37		70	49	1.429	+21		53
7	Wrexham	46		11	12	0	46	20		5	8	10	30	42		76	62	1.226	+14		52
8	Hartlepools United	46		15	3	5	44	29		7	4	12	22	35		66	64	1.031	+2		51
9	Brentford	46		13	7	3	36	19		5	6	12	22	37		58	56	1.036	+2		49
10	Aldershot	46		14	4	5	48	19		4	8	11	24	38		72	57	1.263	+15		48
11	Bradford City	46		13	4	6	48	31		6	6	11	26	31		74	62	1.194	+12		48
12	Halifax Town	46		10	11	2	37	27		5	3	15	22	41		59	68	0.868	–9		44
13	Port Vale	46		9	7	7	33	27		5	8	10	22	31		55	58	0.948	–3		43
14	Exeter City	46		11	6	6	30	24		3	9	11	20	36		50	60	0.833	–10		43
15	Chesterfield	46		13	6	4	33	16		4	2	17	27	47		60	63	0.952	–3		42
16	Barnsley	46		8	7	8	30	28		5	8	10	30	36		60	64	0.938	–4		41
17	Luton Town	46		15	5	3	47	23		1	4	18	12	50		59	73	0.808	–14		41
18	Newport County	46		9	9	5	35	23		3	7	13	21	40		56	63	0.889	–7		40
19	Chester	46		8	5	10	24	32		7	5	11	30	46		54	78	0.692	–24		40
20	Notts County	46		10	7	6	31	25		3	4	16	22	47		53	72	0.736	–19		37
21	Rochdale	46		10	4	9	30	27		3	7	13	23	48		53	75	0.707	–22		37
22	York City	46		11	5	7	45	31		1	6	16	20	48		65	79	0.823	–14		35
23	Bradford Park Avenue	46		7	6	10	30	34		4	7	12	22	45		52	79	0.658	–27		35
24	Lincoln City	46		7	8	8	39	39		2	5	16	19	43		58	82	0.707	–24		31

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)