1960–61 Football League

The 1960–61 season was the 62nd completed season of The Football League.

The Football League

Season	1960–61
Champions	Tottenham Hotspur
New Club in League	Peterborough United
← 1959–60 1961–62 →

First Division

Main article: 1960–61 Football League First Division

First Division

Season	1960–61
Champions	Tottenham Hotspur 2nd English title
Relegated	Newcastle United Preston North End
European Cup	Tottenham Hotspur
Cup Winners' Cup	Leicester City
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Sheffield Wednesday Nottingham Forest Birmingham City
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,724 (3.73 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Greaves (41 goals)[1]
← 1959–60 1961–62 →

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tottenham Hotspur (C)	42	31	4	7	115	55	2.091	66	Qualified for the European Cup
2	Sheffield Wednesday	42	23	12	7	78	47	1.660	58	Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	25	7	10	103	75	1.373	57
4	Burnley	42	22	7	13	102	77	1.325	51
5	Everton	42	22	6	14	87	69	1.261	50
6	Leicester City[a]	42	18	9	15	87	70	1.243	45	Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
7	Manchester United	42	18	9	15	88	76	1.158	45
8	Aston Villa	42	17	9	16	78	77	1.013	43
9	Blackburn Rovers	42	15	13	14	77	76	1.013	43
10	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	5	19	67	71	0.944	41
11	Arsenal	42	15	11	16	77	85	0.906	41
12	Chelsea	42	15	7	20	98	100	0.980	37
13	Manchester City	42	13	11	18	79	90	0.878	37
14	Nottingham Forest	42	14	9	19	62	78	0.795	37	Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
15	Cardiff City	42	13	11	18	60	85	0.706	37
16	West Ham United	42	13	10	19	77	88	0.875	36
17	Fulham	42	14	8	20	72	95	0.758	36
18	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	11	19	58	73	0.795	35
19	Birmingham City	42	14	6	22	62	84	0.738	34	Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
20	Blackpool	42	12	9	21	68	73	0.932	33
21	Newcastle United (R)	42	11	10	21	86	109	0.789	32	Relegated to the Second Division
22	Preston North End (R)	42	10	10	22	43	71	0.606	30

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Leicester City qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round as the 1960–61 FA Cup runners-up, since the winners, Tottenham Hotspur, had already qualified for the European Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BIR	BLB	BLP	BOL	BUR	CAR	CHE	EVE	FUL	LEI	MCI	MUN	NEW	NOT	PNE	SHW	TOT	WBA	WHU	WOL
Arsenal		2–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	5–1	2–5	2–3	1–4	3–2	4–2	1–3	5–4	2–1	5–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–3	1–0	0–0	1–5
Aston Villa	2–2		6–2	2–2	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–1	3–2	3–2	2–1	1–3	5–1	3–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	4–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–2
Birmingham City	2–0	1–1		1–1	0–2	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–4	1–0	0–2	3–2	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–3	1–1	2–3	3–1	4–2	1–2
Blackburn Rovers	2–4	4–1	2–0		2–0	3–1	1–4	2–2	3–1	1–3	5–1	1–1	4–1	1–2	2–4	4–1	1–0	1–1	1–4	2–1	4–1	2–1
Blackpool	1–1	5–3	1–2	2–0		0–1	0–0	6–1	1–4	1–4	2–5	5–1	3–3	2–0	2–1	4–0	0–1	0–1	1–3	0–1	3–0	5–2
Bolton Wanderers	1–1	3–0	2–2	0–0	3–1		3–5	3–0	4–1	3–4	0–3	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	3–1	0–2
Burnley	3–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–0		1–2	4–4	1–3	5–0	3–2	1–3	5–3	5–3	4–1	5–0	3–4	4–2	0–1	2–2	5–3
Cardiff City	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–1		2–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–3	3–0	3–2	1–3	2–0	0–1	3–2	3–1	1–1	3–2
Chelsea	3–1	2–4	3–2	5–2	2–2	1–1	2–6	6–1		3–3	2–1	1–3	6–3	1–2	4–2	4–3	1–1	0–2	2–3	7–1	3–2	3–3
Everton	4–1	1–2	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–2	0–3	5–1	1–1		1–0	3–1	4–2	4–0	5–0	1–0	0–0	4–2	1–3	1–1	4–1	3–1
Fulham	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	4–3	2–2	0–1	2–2	3–2	2–3		4–2	1–0	4–4	4–3	1–0	2–0	1–6	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–3
Leicester City	2–1	3–1	3–2	2–4	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–0	1–3	4–1	1–2		1–2	6–0	5–3	1–1	5–2	2–1	1–2	2–2	5–1	2–0
Manchester City	0–0	4–1	2–1	4–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	4–2	2–1	2–1	3–2	3–1		1–3	3–3	1–2	2–3	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–2	2–4
Manchester United	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–3	2–0	3–1	6–0	3–3	6–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	5–1		3–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	6–1	1–3
Newcastle United	3–3	2–1	2–2	3–1	4–3	4–1	0–1	5–0	1–6	0–4	7–2	1–3	1–3	1–1		2–2	0–0	0–1	3–4	3–2	5–5	4–4
Nottingham Forest	3–5	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	4–2	2–2	2–2	3–2	0–2		2–0	1–2	0–4	1–2	1–1	1–1
Preston North End	2–0	1–1	2–3	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–3	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–4	2–3	0–1		2–2	0–1	2–1	4–0	1–2
Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	1–2	2–0	5–4	4–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	2–2	3–1	5–1	1–1	1–0	5–1		2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0
Tottenham Hotspur	4–2	6–2	6–0	5–2	3–1	3–1	4–4	3–2	4–2	2–0	5–1	2–3	1–1	4–1	1–2	1–0	5–0	2–1		1–2	2–0	1–1
West Bromwich Albion	2–3	0–2	1–2	1–2	3–1	3–2	0–2	1–1	3–0	3–0	2–4	1–0	6–3	1–1	6–0	1–2	3–1	2–2	1–3		1–0	2–1
West Ham United	6–0	5–2	4–3	3–2	3–3	2–1	1–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–4	5–2	1–1	0–3	1–2		5–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers	5–3	3–2	5–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	2–2	6–1	4–1	2–4	3–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	5–3	3–0	4–1	0–4	4–2	4–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Arsenal

Chelsea

Fulham

Tottenham

West Ham

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1960–1961

Arsenal

Aston Villa

Birmingham

Blackburn Rovers

Blackpool

Bolton

Burnley

Cardiff City

Chelsea

Everton

Fulham

Leicester City

Manchester City

Manchester United

Newcastle

Nottingham Forest

Preston North End

Sheffield Wednesday

Tottenham

West Bromwich Albion

West Ham

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1960–1961 teams

Second Division

Second Division

Season	1960–61
Champions	Ipswich Town
Promoted	Ipswich Town Sheffield United
Relegated	Portsmouth Lincoln City
Cup Winners' Cup	Swansea Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,609 (3.48 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ray Crawford (39 goals)[1]
← 1959–60 1961–62 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ipswich Town (C, P)	42	26	7	9	100	55	1.818	59	Promotion to the First Division
2	Sheffield United (P)	42	26	6	10	81	51	1.588	58
3	Liverpool	42	21	10	11	87	58	1.500	52
4	Norwich City	42	20	9	13	70	53	1.321	49
5	Middlesbrough	42	18	12	12	83	74	1.122	48
6	Sunderland	42	17	13	12	75	60	1.250	47
7	Swansea Town	42	18	11	13	77	73	1.055	47	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round
8	Southampton	42	18	8	16	84	81	1.037	44
9	Scunthorpe United	42	14	15	13	69	64	1.078	43
10	Charlton Athletic	42	16	11	15	97	91	1.066	43
11	Plymouth Argyle	42	17	8	17	81	82	0.988	42
12	Derby County	42	15	10	17	80	80	1.000	40
13	Luton Town	42	15	9	18	71	79	0.899	39
14	Leeds United	42	14	10	18	75	83	0.904	38
15	Rotherham United	42	12	13	17	65	64	1.016	37
16	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	14	9	19	61	75	0.813	37
17	Bristol Rovers	42	15	7	20	73	92	0.793	37
18	Stoke City	42	12	12	18	51	59	0.864	36
19	Leyton Orient	42	14	8	20	55	78	0.705	36
20	Huddersfield Town	42	13	9	20	62	71	0.873	35
21	Portsmouth (R)	42	11	11	20	64	91	0.703	33	Relegation to the Third Division
22	Lincoln City (R)	42	8	8	26	48	95	0.505	24

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	B&HA	BRR	CHA	DER	HUD	IPS	LEE	LEY	LIN	LIV	LUT	MID	NWC	PLY	POR	ROT	SCU	SHU	SOU	STK	SUN	SWA
Brighton & Hove Albion		6–1	3–5	3–2	2–1	2–4	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–0
Bristol Rovers	0–1		3–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	4–4	4–2	3–1	4–3	4–1	2–3	3–1	2–5	2–0	2–1	3–3	3–1	4–2	1–0	1–0	4–2
Charlton Athletic	3–1	2–1		3–1	2–3	0–2	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–3	4–0	6–6	0–1	6–4	7–4	4–3	1–1	2–3	1–3	3–1	2–2	6–2
Derby County	4–1	1–1	2–3		1–1	1–4	2–3	3–1	3–1	1–4	4–1	1–0	0–0	4–1	6–2	3–0	2–5	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–3
Huddersfield Town	0–1	4–0	2–2	1–3		1–3	0–1	1–0	4–1	2–4	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–5	3–3	0–1	1–2	0–1	3–1	0–0	4–2	3–1
Ipswich Town	4–0	3–2	2–1	4–1	4–2		4–0	6–2	3–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	4–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	3–3	2–1	4–0	0–3
Leeds United	3–2	1–1	1–0	3–3	1–4	2–5		1–3	7–0	2–2	1–2	4–4	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	3–0	0–1	2–4	2–2
Leyton Orient	2–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–3	0–1		1–2	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–4	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–2
Lincoln City	2–1	1–2	2–2	3–4	0–0	1–4	2–3	2–0		1–2	1–1	5–2	1–4	3–1	2–3	0–1	0–2	0–5	0–3	1–1	1–2	2–0
Liverpool	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	5–0	2–0		2–2	3–4	2–1	1–1	3–3	2–1	3–2	4–2	0–1	3–0	1–1	4–0
Luton Town	3–1	4–2	4–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–1	0–1	3–0	2–1		6–1	0–2	3–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–4	4–1	4–1	3–3	2–2
Middlesbrough	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1		2–0	3–1	3–0	2–2	1–3	3–1	5–0	1–0	1–0	3–1
Norwich City	2–2	2–1	4–0	0–2	2–0	0–3	3–2	3–2	5–1	2–1	2–1	4–1		1–0	3–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	5–0	1–0	3–0	0–0
Plymouth Argyle	1–2	5–0	6–4	4–2	2–1	1–2	3–1	3–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	3–3	3–0		5–1	3–3	3–1	2–0	1–3	3–1	1–0	1–0
Portsmouth	4–0	3–0	1–1	3–2	1–3	1–0	3–1	1–2	3–0	2–2	3–2	0–3	3–0	0–2		2–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1
Rotherham United	5–2	4–0	2–3	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–1	2–0	1–0	5–2	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–0		4–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	3–3
Scunthorpe United	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	4–0	3–2	2–2	3–1	2–3	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	5–1	1–1		1–1	2–0	1–1	3–3	1–2
Sheffield United	2–1	2–3	1–0	3–1	3–1	1–3	3–2	4–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	3–0	3–1	3–1	2–0		2–1	4–1	0–1	3–0
Southampton	4–2	4–2	1–2	5–1	4–2	1–1	2–4	1–1	2–3	4–1	3–2	3–2	2–2	1–1	5–1	3–2	4–2	0–1		0–1	3–2	5–0
Stoke City	0–2	2–0	5–3	2–1	2–2	2–4	0–0	1–2	0–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	9–0	1–0	1–4	2–0	2–0	1–2		0–0	1–3
Sunderland	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–2	1–2	2–0	2–3	4–1	2–2	1–1	7–1	2–0	0–3	2–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	4–0		2–1
Swansea Town	2–3	2–1	3–3	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	3–1	3–2	4–1	1–2	4–0	2–1	2–2	3–0	4–1	0–0	3–3

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Charlton Athletic

Leyton Orient

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1960–1961

Brighton & Hove

Bristol Rovers

Charlton

Derby County

Huddersfield

Ipswich Town

Leeds United

Leyton Orient

Lincoln City

Liverpool

Luton Town

Middlesbrough

Norwich City

Portsmouth

Plymouth Argyle

Rotherham

Scunthorpe & Lindsey

Sheffield United

Southampton

Stoke

Sunderland

Swansea Town

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1960–1961 teams

Third Division

Football League
Third Division

Season	1960–61
Champions	Bury (1st title)
Promoted	Walsall
Relegated	Bradford City, Chesterfield, Colchester United, Tranmere Rovers
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,842 (3.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tony Richards (Walsall), 36 [1]
← 1959–60 1961–62 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bury	46	18	3	2	62	17	12	5	6	46	28	2.400	68	Division Champions, promoted
2	Walsall	46	19	4	0	62	20	9	2	12	36	40	1.633	62	Promoted
3	Queens Park Rangers	46	18	4	1	58	23	7	6	10	35	37	1.550	60
4	Watford	46	12	7	4	52	27	8	5	10	33	45	1.181	52
5	Notts County	46	16	3	4	52	24	5	6	12	30	53	1.065	51
6	Grimsby Town	46	14	4	5	48	32	6	6	11	29	37	1.116	50
7	Port Vale	46	15	3	5	63	30	2	12	9	33	49	1.215	49
8	Barnsley	46	15	5	3	56	30	6	2	15	27	50	1.038	49
9	Halifax Town	46	14	7	2	42	22	2	10	11	29	56	0.910	49
10	Shrewsbury Town	46	13	7	3	54	26	2	9	12	29	49	1.107	46
11	Hull City	46	13	6	4	51	28	4	6	13	22	45	1.000	46
12	Torquay United	46	8	12	3	37	26	6	5	12	38	57	0.904	45
13	Newport County	46	12	7	4	51	30	5	4	14	30	60	0.900	45
14	Bristol City	46	15	4	4	50	19	2	6	15	20	49	1.029	44
15	Coventry City	46	14	6	3	54	25	2	6	15	26	58	0.964	44
16	Swindon Town	46	13	6	4	41	16	1	9	13	21	39	1.127	43
17	Brentford	46	10	9	4	41	28	3	8	12	15	42	0.800	43
18	Reading	46	13	5	5	48	29	1	7	15	24	54	0.867	40
19	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	8	7	8	34	39	7	3	13	24	37	0.763	40
20	Southend United	46	10	8	5	38	26	4	3	16	22	50	0.789	39
21	Tranmere Rovers	46	11	5	7	53	50	4	3	16	26	65	0.687	38	Relegated
22	Bradford City	46	8	8	7	37	36	3	6	14	28	51	0.747	36
23	Colchester United	46	8	5	10	40	44	3	6	14	28	57	0.673	33
24	Chesterfield	46	9	6	8	42	29	1	6	16	25	58	0.770	32

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	B&BA	BRA	BRE	BRI	BRY	CHF	COL	COV	GRI	HAL	HUL	NPC	NTC	PTV	QPR	REA	SHR	STD	SWI	TOR	TRA	WAL	WAT
Barnsley		2–3	5–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	3–0	4–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–3	5–2	5–1	3–3	1–1	4–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–1
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1–2		2–2	0–1	2–2	0–3	1–0	4–4	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	3–2	2–1	1–3	2–1	0–3	0–1
Bradford City	1–4	3–1		3–1	2–0	0–1	3–2	0–1	4–1	1–3	2–2	0–0	1–2	2–2	3–3	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–3	1–1	1–2	2–2
Brentford	0–0	2–2	2–2		2–0	1–5	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–2	2–4	3–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	4–0	1–1	2–1	2–3	4–1	3–1	2–1
Bristol City	4–0	1–0	1–2	3–0		1–2	3–0	5–0	2–0	2–1	3–2	1–2	3–0	2–1	3–4	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	4–1
Bury	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–0		3–3	4–0	1–0	2–0	4–1	3–0	4–1	7–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	6–0	3–0	3–4	0–2
Chesterfield	5–1	0–1	4–1	1–1	3–0	2–2		2–3	4–1	2–3	3–0	1–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	2–3	0–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–0
Colchester United	4–2	0–1	2–4	2–4	0–1	0–2	4–3		4–3	1–1	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–3	0–3	0–4	1–4
Coventry City	5–2	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–2	3–1	2–0		0–0	2–0	4–0	4–1	2–2	1–1	4–4	2–1	3–2	3–0	1–1	5–1	4–1	1–2	0–1
Grimsby Town	3–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	5–2	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–3		6–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–5	3–1	3–1	0–2	1–0	3–2	4–2	4–1	3–1	1–3
Halifax Town	1–0	2–1	3–2	1–0	2–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	2–2	0–0		3–0	2–1	0–1	3–3	1–1	1–0	1–1	6–2	1–1	3–2	5–0	1–0	0–0
Hull City	2–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	3–3	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–3	4–2		5–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	2–3	4–2	2–1	3–2
Newport County	2–3	2–0	1–0	0–1	4–1	0–0	5–1	3–2	3–3	1–1	1–1	3–1		2–2	2–1	1–3	5–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–0	4–2	5–1
Notts County	5–1	3–2	2–1	0–0	3–0	0–3	1–0	4–2	3–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	6–0		2–2	2–1	4–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	4–1	3–1	3–1
Port Vale	2–0	3–0	2–4	3–2	1–1	4–3	7–1	3–0	3–1	3–2	2–3	4–1	3–1	1–3		0–1	1–1	4–1	4–0	4–1	0–3	5–0	1–1	3–0
Queens Park Rangers	4–2	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	3–2	2–1	2–0	5–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0		5–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	3–3	9–2	1–0	2–1
Reading	0–1	4–3	3–1	4–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–4	2–3	2–0	2–1	3–1		2–1	3–0	1–1	5–1	1–2	3–2	1–1
Shrewsbury Town	1–2	2–1	2–0	3–0	4–2	2–1	4–2	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	5–0	4–0	1–1	4–1	6–1		2–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–2
Southend	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–3	1–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	4–2	3–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–1		0–2	3–2	1–2	1–2	6–1
Swindon Town	1–0	0–1	4–0	1–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	0–2	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	6–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–1		3–1	1–0	1–0	1–2
Torquay United	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–6	4–2	2–0	2–1	1–1		5–2	3–0	2–2
Tranmere	2–1	4–3	1–0	2–0	3–2	1–7	1–1	7–2	2–0	3–6	6–2	1–0	2–4	2–3	3–3	1–2	1–1	4–2	2–1	2–2	2–2		1–4	0–2
Walsall	1–0	2–0	4–0	4–0	4–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	6–2	4–3	2–2	3–2	5–1	2–1	3–0	3–1		5–2
Watford	1–2	0–1	2–2	6–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	7–2	2–0	4–3	2–2	4–1	2–2	0–0	0–3	2–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	2–2	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Brentford

Queens Park Rangers

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1960–1961

Barnsley

Bournemouth

Bradford C.

Brentford

Bristol City

Bury

Chesterfield

Colchester

Coventry

Grimsby Town

Halifax Town

Hull

Newport County

Notts County

Port Vale

QPR

Reading

Shrewsbury

Southend

Swindon

Torquay

Tranmere

Walsall

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1960–1961

Fourth Division

Football League
Fourth Division

Season	1960–61
Champions	Peterborough United (1st title)
Promoted	Bradford Park Avenue, Crystal Palace, Northampton Town
Failed re-election	none
New Club in League	Peterborough United
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,810 (3.28 per match)
Top goalscorer	Terry Bly (Peterborough United), 52 [1]
← 1959–60 1961–62 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Peterborough United[a]	46	18	3	2	85	30	10	7	6	49	35	2.062	66	Division Champions, promoted
2	Crystal Palace	46	16	4	3	64	28	13	2	8	46	41	1.594	64	Promoted
3	Northampton Town	46	16	4	3	53	25	9	6	8	37	37	1.452	60
4	Bradford (Park Avenue)	46	16	5	2	49	22	10	3	10	35	52	1.135	60
5	York City	46	17	3	3	50	14	4	6	13	30	46	1.333	51
6	Millwall	46	13	3	7	56	33	8	5	10	41	53	1.128	50
7	Darlington	46	11	7	5	41	24	7	6	10	37	46	1.114	49
8	Workington	46	14	3	6	38	28	7	4	12	36	48	0.974	49
9	Crewe Alexandra	46	11	4	8	40	29	9	5	9	21	38	0.910	49
10	Aldershot	46	16	4	3	55	19	2	5	16	24	50	1.145	45
11	Doncaster Rovers	46	15	0	8	52	33	4	7	12	24	45	0.974	45
12	Oldham Athletic	46	13	4	6	57	38	6	3	14	22	50	0.898	45
13	Stockport County	46	14	4	5	31	21	4	5	14	26	45	0.864	45
14	Southport	46	12	6	5	47	27	7	0	16	22	40	1.030	44
15	Gillingham	46	9	7	7	45	34	6	6	11	19	32	0.970	43
16	Wrexham	46	12	4	7	38	22	5	4	14	24	34	1.107	42
17	Rochdale	46	13	7	3	43	19	4	1	18	17	47	0.909	42
18	Accrington Stanley	46	12	4	7	44	32	4	4	15	30	56	0.841	40
19	Carlisle United	46	10	7	6	43	37	3	6	14	18	42	0.772	39
20	Mansfield Town	46	10	3	10	39	34	6	3	14	32	44	0.910	38
21	Exeter City	46	12	3	8	39	32	2	7	14	27	62	0.702	38	Re-elected
22	Barrow	46	10	6	7	33	28	3	5	15	19	51	0.658	37
23	Hartlepools United	46	10	4	9	46	40	2	4	17	25	63	0.689	32
24	Chester	46	9	7	7	38	35	2	2	19	23	69	0.587	31

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. New club in the league; elected from Midland League

Results

Home \ Away	ACC	ALD	BRW	BPA	CRL	CHE	CRE	CRY	DAR	DON	EXE	GIL	HAR	MAN	MIL	NOR	OLD	PET	ROC	SOU	STP	WRK	WRE	YOR
Accrington Stanley		1–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–3	2–3	2–2	2–2	0–1	3–0	3–0	1–4	3–3	3–2	5–1	3–2	2–0	2–1	4–1	1–2	0–3	2–0
Aldershot	3–1		2–1	3–0	2–1	3–2	5–0	2–1	1–3	5–0	3–1	0–1	4–0	2–0	0–2	2–2	4–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–2	0–0	0–0	6–1
Barrow	1–1	2–0		5–0	0–2	3–0	3–4	0–3	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	0–4	1–1	1–1
Bradford (Park Avenue)	2–2	1–0	4–0		0–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	5–2	0–0	1–3	2–1	2–1	1–3	5–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	4–2	4–0	3–1	3–3
Carlisle United	3–1	2–2	1–0	2–2		3–1	0–1	2–0	4–4	2–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–2	2–1	3–0	3–3	1–2	1–0	1–4	2–4	1–0	1–1
Chester	2–3	2–0	0–0	3–1	3–2		0–0	3–0	0–3	1–2	4–4	2–2	1–2	3–3	1–4	0–2	3–1	1–2	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–1
Crewe Alexandra	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	3–0	5–2		1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	2–2	0–2	2–1	3–1	3–0	0–1	4–1	1–2	2–1	1–5
Crystal Palace	9–2	2–1	4–2	4–1	1–1	5–1	0–0		3–2	5–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	4–1	0–2	2–3	2–1	0–2	4–1	5–0	2–1	4–2	3–2	1–0
Darlington	3–2	2–2	2–3	0–0	0–0	5–1	0–1	0–1		1–0	3–0	2–2	4–0	3–2	5–2	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	2–1
Doncaster Rovers	1–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	6–0	1–5	4–0		2–1	2–3	5–3	2–3	3–0	0–2	2–1	1–2	3–2	0–1	3–1	3–4	3–1	0–2
Exeter City	2–4	1–0	2–2	4–2	0–0	4–1	0–1	2–3	1–3	2–0		2–0	2–1	0–2	2–3	1–3	3–0	3–4	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–1
Gillingham	2–1	5–2	2–2	3–4	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–0	4–2		5–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–3	4–4	0–0	2–0	1–1	4–2	0–3	3–2
Hartlepool	4–1	3–1	0–2	2–4	0–1	4–4	1–2	2–4	5–0	2–1	0–0	1–0		3–2	2–2	4–2	5–1	0–2	2–0	1–5	0–2	4–1	0–0	1–3
Mansfield Town	0–0	2–0	5–1	1–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–3	1–0	2–1		5–1	4–2	1–2	1–0	0–2	1–2	2–2	2–0	0–3	1–3
Millwall	2–2	2–2	3–0	5–1	4–2	5–1	2–3	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	5–2	3–0		3–1	0–1	4–3	4–1	3–1	3–0	0–3	2–0	3–2
Northampton Town	2–1	2–1	3–0	0–1	0–0	3–2	4–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	3–1	3–1	3–3	1–0	2–2		1–0	0–3	5–1	3–1	4–2	3–2	3–0	3–0
Oldham Athletic	5–2	0–2	3–1	4–0	5–2	4–1	1–0	4–3	3–3	1–1	5–2	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–3	1–2		1–1	0–2	3–2	3–0	3–5	0–2	3–1
Peterborough United	3–0	7–1	6–2	3–1	5–0	6–0	4–1	4–1	5–1	6–2	7–1	2–0	3–2	2–1	4–2	3–3	2–2		4–3	3–4	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–1
Rochdale	3–2	1–1	0–0	2–3	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	4–0	1–2	4–0	1–1	3–0	2–2		0–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–0
Southport	3–0	1–1	4–1	2–3	3–0	1–2	2–0	3–3	1–4	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–1	4–1	2–0	2–0	3–3	0–1		1–0	3–0	2–2	2–2
Stockport County	0–3	2–0	1–0	2–3	2–0	1–1	0–1	5–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–1	0–6	1–0	2–0		1–0	1–0	2–0
Workington	2–1	0–4	3–1	1–3	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–3	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	3–0	1–1	0–3	3–0	3–1	1–0		3–1	2–0
Wrexham	3–0	3–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–2	3–1	2–2	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–2	2–2	0–1	2–0	3–0	1–3	2–1		4–0
York City	1–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	3–1	0–2	4–1	1–1	6–1	0–0	4–0	3–2	3–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	4–0	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Crystal Palace

Millwall

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division London teams 1960–1961

Accrington Stanley

Aldershot

Barrow

Bradford Park Avenue

Carlisle United

Chester

Crewe Alexandra

Crystal Palace

Darlington

Doncaster

Exeter City

Gillingham

Hartlepool

Mansfield Town

Millwall

Northampton Town

Oldham

Peterborough

Rochdale

Southport

Stockport

Workington

Wrexham

York City

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1960–1961

Television

This season saw the first ever live television coverage of a Football League game, when ITV broadcast the second half of Blackpool versus Bolton Wanderers on September 10, 1960, with commentary from Peter Lloyd and Billy Wright^[2][3]

See also

• 1960-61 in English football
• 1960 in association football
• 1961 in association football

References

1. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
2. McGhee, Frank (September 12, 1960). "TV Makes Pitch 200 Yards Wide!". Daily Mirror. p. 25.
3. Crist, Matthew (September 19, 2019). "Saturday Night Live: Remembering ITV's Failed Football Experiment". The Sportsman. Retrieved April 8, 2021.

• Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.