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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.

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 perhaps most notably Colin Bell were all signed towards 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 the season (they being Alan Oakes, Mike Doyle, Colin Bell and Mike Summerbee) and a further three of those top ten players (Joe Corrigan, Tommy Booth and Willie Donachie) would join within the following three seasons after this season inspired a spectacular rise to success for the team.

Football League Second Division
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
N.B. Points awarded for a win: 2

Squad
Appearances for competitive matches only