Great Britain and Ireland in 1966
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Source: the site's football, rugby, cricket and Gaelic records, national-team ratings and the Universal Index for the live tables · as of 20 Oct 2026
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plFirst Division
facupFA Cup
def. Sheffield Wednesday, 3-2
six-nationsSix Nations
spflDivision One
hurlingAll-Ireland hurling
Cork
def. Kilkenny, 3-09 to 1-10
gaelic-footballAll-Ireland football
Galway
def. Meath, 1-10 to 0-07
super-leagueNorthern RFL Championship
The year, month by month
Jan to Feb: nothing in this view
March
- FootballLeague CupWest Bromwich Albiondef. West Ham United, 5-3 agg
- Season
- 1965-66
- Runner-up
- West Ham United
- Venue
- The Hawthorns
- Date
- 23 Mar
- Note
- Two-legged final
- Rugby unionSix NationsWales
- Season
- 1966
- Date
- 26 Mar
April
- FootballSecond DivisionManchester City
- Season
- 1965-66
- FootballThird DivisionHull City
- Season
- 1965-66
- FootballFourth DivisionDoncaster Rovers
- Season
- 1965-66
- FootballScottish CupRangersdef. Celtic
- Season
- 1965-66
- Runner-up
- Celtic
May
- FootballDivision OneCeltic
- Season
- 1966
- Date
- 7 May
- FootballFirst DivisionLiverpool
- Season
- 1966
- Date
- 10 May
- FootballFA CupEvertondef. Sheffield Wednesday, 3-2
- Season
- 1966
- Runner-up
- Sheffield Wednesday
- Venue
- Wembley Stadium
- Date
- 14 May
- Rugby leagueChallenge CupSt Helensdef. Wigan, 21-2
- Season
- 1966
- Runner-up
- Wigan
- Venue
- Wembley Stadium
- Date
- 21 May
- Note
- 1965-66 season
- Rugby leagueNorthern RFL ChampionshipSt. Helens
- Season
- 1965-66
- Date
- 28 May
- FootballLeague of IrelandWaterford FC
- Season
- 1965-66
- FootballNIFL PremiershipLinfield FC
- Season
- 1965-66
- Note
- Irish Football League
June: nothing in this view
July
- TennisWimbledon (women)Billie Jean Moffitt King
- Season
- 1966
- Date
- 1 Jul
- Note
- Wimbledon Women's
- TennisWimbledon (men)Manuel Santana
- Season
- 1966
- Date
- 2 Jul
- Note
- Wimbledon Men's
- GolfThe OpenJack Nicklaus
- Season
- 1966
- Date
- 9 Jul
- Note
- The Open Championship
August
- FootballCommunity ShieldLiverpooldef. Everton
- Season
- 1966
- Runner-up
- Everton
September
- Gaelic gamesAll-Ireland hurlingCorkdef. Kilkenny, 3-09 to 1-10
- Season
- 1966
- Runner-up
- Kilkenny
- Venue
- Croke Park, Dublin
- Date
- 4 Sep
- CricketCounty ChampionshipYorkshire
- Season
- 1966
- Date
- 6 Sep
- Gaelic gamesAll-Ireland footballGalwaydef. Meath, 1-10 to 0-07
- Season
- 1966
- Runner-up
- Meath
- Venue
- Croke Park, Dublin
- Date
- 25 Sep
October
- FootballScottish League CupCelticdef. Rangers
- Season
- 1966-67
- Runner-up
- Rangers
Nov to Dec: nothing in this view
Events without a day are listed under the month they usually fall in.
The year in perspective
Champions crowned
- Football12
- Gaelic games2
- Rugby league2
- Tennis2
- Cricket1
- Golf1
- Rugby union1
Not tracked yet
- Champion rows without a date left off the ledger: challenge_cup_finals.csv 1922
- Lane finals filled from the researched rows (no champions file holds the competition): wfacup, slb, loi, pwr, wsix
- Challenge Cup: no result or not-held entry for 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1922, 1940
- Championship play-off final: no result or not-held entry for 2015, 2023
- Second Division: no result or not-held entry for 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946
- County Championship: no result or not-held entry for 2020
- Cymru Premier: no result or not-held entry for 2000, 2005, 2006
- All-Ireland football: no result or not-held entry for 1890, 1891, 1897, 1902, 1911, 1918, 1920, 1921
- All-Ireland hurling: no result or not-held entry for 1891, 1897, 1899, 1911, 1916, 1918, 1920, 1921
- League One play-off final: no result or not-held entry for 2015, 2023
- Third Division North: no result or not-held entry for 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946
- Third Division South: no result or not-held entry for 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946
- League Two play-off final: no result or not-held entry for 2015, 2023
- Irish League (all-Ireland, to 1921): no result or not-held entry for 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919
- NIFL Premiership: no result or not-held entry for 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947
- Community Shield: no result or not-held entry for 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1929, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950
- Scottish Cup: no result or not-held entry for 1909, 1915, 1940
- Scottish League Cup: no result or not-held entry for 1948, 1968, 1977, 1983, 1999, 2020, 2022
- Six Nations: no result or not-held entry for 1885, 1888, 1889, 1897, 1898, 1972
- Division One: no result or not-held entry for 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955
- Northern RFL Championship: no result or not-held entry for 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945
- Northern RFU Championship: no result or not-held entry for 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919
- British and Irish Lions: no tour in 2026, so the lane is not drawn (expected)
- Researched rows adjusted or left off because a date is not sourced: urc-2627-reg left off: end not sourced; super-league-2026-final folded into the block that contains it; wfacup-2526-final folded into the block that contains it; eng-cricket-w-2026-nz left off: end not sourced; eng-cricket-w-2026-ind left off: end not sourced; cymru-2627-reg left off: end not sourced
- Not tracked yet: English women's rugby and cricket before the research files, the Lions outside a tour year (the lane is drawn only when a tour is held), Gaelic games below the senior inter-county finals, and a home winners board for Wimbledon and The Open (nationality is not held)