1961-09-09

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	3	0	Manchester City	Highbury	41,478
Griffiths, Skirton, Sears OG	Lineups
Aston Villa	2	4	West Ham United	Villa Park	31,903
Crowe, McParland	Lineups		Dick 2, Scott, Sealey
Burnley	3	1	West Bromwich Albion	Turf Moor	22,001
Pointer 2, Connelly	Lineups		Burnside
Cardiff City	1	2	Bolton Wanderers	Ninian Park	22,076
Ward	Lineups		Holden, McAdams
Chelsea	6	1	Sheffield United	Stamford Bridge	22,026
Brabrook, Tambling 3, Bridges 2	Lineups		Pace
Ipswich Town	4	1	Birmingham City	Portman Road	20,017
Moran, Crawford, Phillips 2	Lineups		Singer
Leicester City	2	0	Everton	Filbert Street	19,889
Wills, Walsh	Lineups
Manchester United	1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Old Trafford	57,135	Largest home gate 1961-62
Quixall	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	1	2	Blackburn Rovers	City Ground	22,649
Vowden	Lineups		Douglas, Crowe
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Fulham	Hillsborough	33,853
Fantham	Lineups		Metchick
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	2	Blackpool	Molineux	22,669
Murray 2	Lineups		Charnley 2 (1p)

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Burnley	7	4	0	0	12	5	1	1	1	7	9	1.357	11	W	W	W	L	W	1961-09-16	Birmingham City	A
2	-1	Manchester City	7	2	0	1	6	5	3	0	1	10	8	1.231	10	L	W	L	W	W	1961-09-16	Bolton Wanderers	H
3	0	Sheffield Wednesday	6	2	1	0	10	4	2	0	1	9	4	2.375	9	D	W	L	W	W	1961-09-16	Sheffield United	A
4	1	Manchester United	6	3	0	0	10	3	1	1	1	4	5	1.75	9	W	W	L	W	W	1961-09-16	Cardiff City	A
5	1	Ipswich Town	7	3	0	1	14	8	1	1	1	6	5	1.538	9	W	W	W	W	L	1961-09-16	Everton	A
6	-2	Tottenham Hotspur	7	2	1	0	9	7	1	1	2	4	5	1.083	8	L	D	W	L	W	1961-09-16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
7	2	West Ham United	7	2	1	0	6	4	1	1	2	8	9	1.077	8	W	L	W	W	L	1961-09-16	Chelsea	H
8	2	Bolton Wanderers	7	2	1	0	6	4	1	1	2	7	10	0.929	8	W	D	W	W	L	1961-09-16	Manchester City	A
9	4	Leicester City	7	2	0	1	3	1	1	1	2	10	10	1.182	7	W	L	W	D	W	1961-09-16	Fulham	A
10	5	Arsenal	6	1	2	0	9	6	1	0	2	5	6	1.167	6	W	L	D	L	W	1961-09-16	West Bromwich Albion	A
11	-4	Nottingham Forest	6	2	0	1	5	3	0	2	1	5	6	1.111	6	L	L	D	W	W	1961-09-16	Blackpool	A
12	-4	Cardiff City	7	2	1	1	10	7	0	1	2	2	4	1.091	6	L	W	L	L	W	1961-09-16	Manchester United	H
13	4	Chelsea	7	2	2	0	10	3	0	0	3	5	11	1.071	6	W	L	D	W	L	1961-09-16	West Ham United	A
14	0	Blackpool	7	2	0	2	7	6	0	2	1	5	6	1	6	D	W	L	D	L	1961-09-16	Nottingham Forest	H
15	4	Blackburn Rovers	7	1	2	0	3	2	1	0	3	5	11	0.615	6	W	L	W	D	L	1961-09-16	Aston Villa	H
16	-5	Sheffield United	7	2	1	1	4	4	0	1	2	2	9	0.462	6	L	D	L	W	L	1961-09-16	Sheffield Wednesday	H
17	-5	Aston Villa	5	1	0	1	5	5	1	1	1	4	4	1	5	L	W	D	W	L	1961-09-16	Blackburn Rovers	A
18	-2	Fulham	7	1	1	1	7	7	0	2	2	3	5	0.833	5	D	D	D	L	W	1961-09-16	Leicester City	H
19	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5	1	2	0	7	6	0	0	2	2	4	0.9	4	D	L	D	W	L	1961-09-16	Tottenham Hotspur	A
20	-2	Everton	7	2	0	2	5	7	0	0	3	1	6	0.462	4	L	L	L	W	L	1961-09-16	Ipswich Town	H
21	-1	Birmingham City	7	1	1	1	4	7	0	1	3	3	11	0.389	4	L	D	L	D	L	1961-09-16	Burnley	H
22	0	West Bromwich Albion	7	1	1	2	3	5	0	0	3	2	7	0.417	3	L	D	L	L	L	1961-09-16	Arsenal	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bury	0	2	Southampton	Gigg Lane	12,987
	Lineups		O'Brien, Mulgrew
Charlton Athletic	2	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	The Valley	10,242
Kinsey 2	Lineups		Laverick 2, Nicholas
Huddersfield Town	2	1	Newcastle United	Leeds Road	18,078
Kerray, Massie	Lineups		White
Leyton Orient	2	0	Derby County	Brisbane Road	12,316
Swallow OG, Dunmore (p)	Lineups
Liverpool	2	1	Scunthorpe United	Anfield Road	46,837
Hemstead OG, A'Court	Lineups		Godfrey
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	Middlesbrough	Home Park	16,213
Kirby	Lineups		Day
Preston North End	2	3	Walsall	Deepdale	12,638
Biggs, Gutteridge OG	Lineups		Richards, Wilson, Hodgkisson
Rotherham United	3	1	Norwich City	Millmoor	8,622
Houghton, Perry, OG	Lineups		Punton
Stoke City	2	1	Bristol Rovers	Victoria Ground	9,075
Thompson 2 (1p)	Lineups		Bradford
Sunderland	2	1	Leeds United	Roker Park	30,737
Clough 2	Lineups		McCole
Swansea Town	3	2	Luton Town	Vetch Field	11,813
Webster 2, Reynolds	Lineups		Turner (p), Fleming

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Liverpool	6	3	0	0	10	1	3	0	0	8	2	6	12	W	W	W	W	W	1961-09-16	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
2	2	Leyton Orient	6	2	0	1	5	3	2	1	0	7	2	2.4	9	W	W	W	W	L	1961-09-16	Bristol Rovers	A
3	2	Huddersfield Town	6	3	0	0	8	2	1	1	1	7	8	1.5	9	W	W	L	W	W	1961-09-16	Middlesbrough	A
4	3	Walsall	7	2	0	1	6	8	2	1	1	7	5	1	9	W	D	L	W	W	1961-09-16	Plymouth Argyle	H
5	-3	Bury	6	2	0	1	6	3	2	0	1	4	3	1.667	8	L	W	W	W	W	1961-09-15	Charlton Athletic	H
6	3	Rotherham United	5	2	0	0	7	1	2	0	1	6	7	1.625	8	W	W	L	W	W	1961-09-15	Scunthorpe United	A
7	-4	Scunthorpe United	7	3	1	0	13	5	0	1	2	4	8	1.308	8	L	W	W	W	L	1961-09-15	Rotherham United	H
8	4	Southampton	7	1	1	2	8	6	2	0	1	5	2	1.625	7	W	D	W	L	L	1961-09-16	Luton Town	A
9	-3	Derby County	7	2	0	1	9	6	1	1	2	7	10	1	7	L	W	D	L	L	1961-09-16	Preston North End	H
10	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	7	1	1	2	5	8	1	2	0	7	6	0.857	7	W	W	L	D	D	1961-09-16	Liverpool	H
11	0	Plymouth Argyle	6	1	1	1	5	6	2	0	1	5	6	0.833	7	D	W	W	L	L	1961-09-16	Walsall	A
12	-4	Luton Town	6	2	0	1	11	7	1	0	2	5	5	1.333	6	L	L	W	W	L	1961-09-16	Southampton	H
13	4	Stoke City	7	2	1	1	8	4	0	1	2	4	6	1.2	6	W	L	D	W	L	1961-09-16	Leeds United	A
14	-4	Norwich City	7	2	1	1	8	5	0	1	2	3	7	0.917	6	L	W	L	L	D	1961-09-16	Sunderland	H
15	3	Sunderland	6	2	0	1	5	6	1	0	2	6	9	0.733	6	W	W	L	W	L	1961-09-16	Norwich City	A
16	0	Middlesbrough	5	2	0	1	9	5	0	1	1	1	3	1.25	5	D	W	W	L	L	1961-09-16	Huddersfield Town	H
17	2	Swansea Town	7	1	1	1	5	5	0	2	2	7	14	0.632	5	W	L	L	L	D	1961-09-16	Newcastle United	A
18	-4	Newcastle United	6	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	2	2	3	0.6	5	L	L	L	W	W	1961-09-16	Swansea Town	H
19	-4	Leeds United	7	1	1	1	3	4	1	0	3	4	10	0.5	5	L	L	L	D	L	1961-09-16	Stoke City	H
20	0	Preston North End	6	0	1	2	3	5	1	0	2	3	6	0.545	3	L	L	W	L	D	1961-09-16	Derby County	A
21	0	Charlton Athletic	6	0	2	1	6	7	0	0	3	1	11	0.389	2	L	L	L	D	D	1961-09-15	Bury	A
22	0	Bristol Rovers	7	0	0	3	2	6	0	0	4	2	10	0.25	0	L	L	L	L	L	1961-09-16	Leyton Orient	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2	1	Halifax Town	Dean Court	9,672
Weller, Archer	Lineups		Redfearn
Bradford	6	2	Peterborough United	Park Avenue	11,866
Spratt 2, Atkinson, Dick, Buchanan, Hannigan	Lineups		Bly, Smith (p)
Brentford	0	0	Southend United	Griffin Park	7,135
	Lineups
Bristol City	0	1	Port Vale	Ashton Gate	10,670
	Lineups		Poole
Coventry City	2	2	Notts County	Highfield Road	13,329
Hewitt, Dixon	Lineups		Horobin, Bircumshaw P
Crystal Palace	2	2	Queens Park Rangers	Selhurst Park	27,179
Smillie, Allen	Lineups		Lazarus 2
Grimsby Town	2	1	Shrewsbury Town	Blundell Park	7,650
Portwood, Cockerill	Lineups		McLaughlin
Hull City	4	0	Torquay United	Boothferry Park	9,535
McSeveney 2, Henderson 2	Lineups
Northampton Town	2	2	Lincoln City	County Ground	11,850
Dixon 2	Lineups		Harbertson, Barrett
Portsmouth	3	2	Barnsley	Fratton Park	16,014
Saunders, Middleton, Cutler	Lineups		Oliver, Beaumont
Watford	2	0	Swindon Town	Vicarage Road	10,339
Trollope OG, Williams	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Reading	7	2	0	1	6	3	4	0	0	14	7	2	12	W	W	W	L	W	1961-09-16	Southend United	A
2	1	Portsmouth	7	2	2	0	5	3	2	1	0	6	3	1.833	11	W	D	W	D	D	1961-09-16	Newport County	H
3	3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	7	2	2	0	6	3	1	2	0	5	3	1.833	10	W	D	D	D	W	1961-09-16	Queens Park Rangers	A
4	4	Grimsby Town	7	3	0	1	8	5	2	0	1	4	3	1.5	10	W	W	L	W	W	1961-09-16	Peterborough United	A
5	0	Queens Park Rangers	7	2	0	2	12	8	2	1	0	8	4	1.667	9	D	W	L	W	W	1961-09-16	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
6	-4	Shrewsbury Town	7	2	1	0	10	5	1	2	1	3	3	1.625	9	L	D	W	D	W	1961-09-16	Coventry City	H
7	3	Hull City	7	3	0	0	8	1	1	1	2	6	8	1.556	9	W	D	W	W	W	1961-09-16	Swindon Town	A
8	1	Crystal Palace	7	2	1	1	10	8	1	2	0	3	2	1.3	9	D	L	D	D	W	1961-09-16	Barnsley	A
9	-5	Peterborough United	7	2	0	1	10	9	2	1	1	8	10	0.947	9	L	D	L	W	W	1961-09-16	Grimsby Town	H
10	-3	Halifax Town	7	2	1	0	5	2	1	1	2	5	6	1.25	8	L	L	D	W	D	1961-09-16	Watford	H
11	0	Coventry City	7	3	1	0	10	4	0	1	2	3	9	1	8	D	W	L	D	W	1961-09-16	Shrewsbury Town	A
12	3	Watford	7	1	3	1	8	7	1	0	1	7	7	1.071	7	W	D	W	L	D	1961-09-16	Halifax Town	A
13	0	Southend United	7	2	1	0	6	3	0	2	2	1	4	1	7	D	D	W	D	L	1961-09-16	Reading	H
14	0	Notts County	7	2	2	0	5	2	0	1	2	5	9	0.909	7	D	D	W	D	L	1961-09-16	Brentford	H
15	5	Bradford	7	3	0	1	12	7	0	0	3	4	9	1	6	W	L	L	L	W	1961-09-16	Port Vale	A
16	3	Port Vale	7	1	1	1	4	1	1	1	2	5	8	1	6	W	D	D	L	L	1961-09-16	Bradford	H
17	-5	Bristol City	7	1	0	3	2	4	2	0	1	5	4	0.875	6	L	L	W	W	L	1961-09-16	Lincoln City	A
18	0	Northampton Town	7	0	2	1	3	4	1	1	2	4	3	1	5	D	W	D	L	L	1961-09-16	Torquay United	A
19	-3	Newport County	7	1	0	2	6	5	1	1	2	4	7	0.833	5	L	W	W	D	L	1961-09-16	Portsmouth	A
20	1	Lincoln City	7	1	0	2	3	7	0	3	1	5	7	0.571	5	D	D	L	W	D	1961-09-16	Bristol City	H
21	-4	Torquay United	7	1	0	3	11	10	1	0	2	4	9	0.789	4	L	W	L	L	L	1961-09-16	Northampton Town	H
22	0	Barnsley	7	0	1	2	5	8	1	0	3	7	12	0.6	3	L	L	L	D	L	1961-09-16	Crystal Palace	H
23	0	Swindon Town	7	0	2	1	5	7	0	0	4	3	13	0.4	2	L	L	D	D	L	1961-09-16	Hull City	H
24	0	Brentford	7	0	1	2	1	4	0	0	4	1	11	0.133	1	D	L	L	L	L	1961-09-16	Notts County	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	1	0	Carlisle United	Peel Park	2,905
Hudson	Lineups
Chesterfield	3	2	Gillingham	Saltergate Recreation Ground	3,993
Havenhand 2, Lunn	Lineups		Hunt, Godfrey
Darlington	0	2	Colchester United	Feethams Ground	8,958
	Lineups		Hunt B, King
Exeter City	2	1	Crewe Alexandra	St James Park	5,494
Gordon, Wilson	Lineups		Pennington
Hartlepools United	1	3	Chester	Victoria Park	4,838
Folland	Lineups		Cooper 2, Morris
Oldham Athletic	2	2	Bradford City	Boundary Park	11,226
Johnstone, Shackleton	Lineups		Harland, Jarvis OG
Southport	2	1	Tranmere Rovers	Haig Avenue	6,438	Largest home gate 1961-62
Blain, Blore	Lineups		Finney
Workington	1	1	Mansfield Town	Borough Park	4,161
Timmins	Lineups		Straw
Wrexham	3	0	Rochdale	Racecourse Ground	11,982
Bennion 2, Davies	Lineups
York City	0	1	Millwall	Bootham Crescent	6,945
	Lineups		Jones

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Colchester United	7	3	0	0	8	2	2	2	0	9	4	2.833	12	W	W	W	D	D	1961-09-16	Hartlepools United	H
2	2	Wrexham	7	3	0	1	12	4	2	0	1	5	3	2.429	10	W	L	W	W	W	1961-09-16	Crewe Alexandra	A
3	-1	Rochdale	7	4	0	0	13	3	0	1	2	2	6	1.667	9	L	W	W	D	L	1961-09-16	Doncaster Rovers	H
4	6	Millwall	7	2	1	1	7	2	2	0	1	4	5	1.571	9	W	W	W	D	W	1961-09-16	Chesterfield	H
5	-2	York City	7	3	0	1	9	4	1	1	1	5	5	1.556	9	L	W	W	L	W	1961-09-16	Mansfield Town	A
6	3	Workington	7	1	2	0	6	2	2	1	1	5	8	1.1	9	D	W	L	D	W	1961-09-16	Barrow	A
7	-2	Darlington	7	2	1	1	6	4	1	1	1	7	6	1.3	8	L	W	D	D	W	1961-09-16	Carlisle United	A
8	-1	Aldershot	7	2	2	0	8	4	1	0	2	4	6	1.2	8	L	W	D	W	D	1961-09-16	Oldham Athletic	H
9	-3	Carlisle United	7	2	1	0	5	2	1	1	2	3	5	1.143	8	L	D	W	D	W	1961-09-16	Darlington	H
10	5	Chester	7	1	2	1	5	5	2	0	1	4	3	1.125	8	W	D	D	L	W	1961-09-16	Southport	H
11	3	Southport	7	3	0	1	7	6	1	0	2	6	7	1	8	W	L	W	W	L	1961-09-16	Chester	A
12	-4	Crewe Alexandra	7	3	0	0	9	4	1	0	3	2	7	1	8	L	W	L	W	W	1961-09-16	Wrexham	H
13	-2	Bradford City	7	1	1	1	5	5	1	2	1	8	8	1	7	D	L	L	W	D	1961-09-16	Accrington Stanley	H
14	-1	Mansfield Town	7	2	0	1	7	2	0	3	1	2	7	1	7	D	D	W	D	L	1961-09-16	York City	H
15	-3	Tranmere Rovers	7	3	0	1	9	6	0	0	3	3	7	0.923	6	L	W	W	L	L	1961-09-16	Exeter City	H
16	2	Exeter City	7	3	0	0	9	2	0	0	4	2	10	0.917	6	W	L	L	L	W	1961-09-16	Tranmere Rovers	A
17	3	Accrington Stanley	7	2	1	1	4	2	0	1	2	3	6	0.875	6	W	D	L	D	L	1961-09-16	Bradford City	A
18	3	Oldham Athletic	7	1	2	0	9	6	0	1	3	1	7	0.769	5	D	L	L	W	D	1961-09-16	Aldershot	A
19	-3	Stockport County	7	1	0	2	5	7	1	1	2	6	8	0.733	5	W	D	W	L	L	1961-09-16	Gillingham	H
20	-3	Barrow	6	1	1	1	4	3	1	0	2	1	4	0.714	5	L	L	D	L	W	1961-09-16	Workington	H
21	1	Chesterfield	7	2	0	1	5	3	0	1	3	3	11	0.571	5	W	L	D	W	L	1961-09-16	Millwall	A
22	-3	Hartlepools United	7	1	2	1	8	8	0	0	3	5	11	0.684	4	L	D	L	L	W	1961-09-16	Colchester United	A
23	0	Doncaster Rovers	6	0	1	2	3	7	0	2	1	2	6	0.385	3	L	L	D	L	D	1961-09-16	Rochdale	A
24	0	Gillingham	7	0	1	2	3	5	0	0	4	6	16	0.429	1	L	L	L	L	L	1961-09-16	Stockport County	A