1961-09-30

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	2	1	Bolton Wanderers	St Andrew's	17,214
Bloomfield, Auld	Lineups		Stevens
Blackburn Rovers	1	2	Sheffield United	Ewood Park	16,677
Lawther	Lineups		Pace 2
Blackpool	4	0	Chelsea	Bloomfield Road	24,191
Charnley 3, Peterson	Lineups
Cardiff City	2	2	Nottingham Forest	Ninian Park	20,502
Ward, King J	Lineups		Le Flem, Baker OG
Everton	4	1	Arsenal	Goodison Park	43,310
Vernon 2, Bingham, Gabriel	Lineups		Charles
Fulham	3	5	Burnley	Craven Cottage	30,665
Cook 2, Leggat	Lineups		Connelly 3, McIlroy, Pointer
Manchester United	0	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Old Trafford	39,457
	Lineups		Broadbent, Kirkham
Sheffield Wednesday	1	4	Ipswich Town	Hillsborough	26,565
Fantham	Lineups		Crawford, Phillips 2, Leadbetter
Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	Aston Villa	White Hart Lane	38,099
Dyson	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	2	2	Manchester City	The Hawthorns	20,820
Kevan 2	Lineups		Baker, Jones OG
West Ham United	4	1	Leicester City	Upton Park	26,746
Dick 2, Sealey, Woosnam	Lineups		McLintock

				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	0	Burnley	11	5	0	0	14	6	4	1	1	24	16	1.727	19	W	W	W	W	W	1961-10-14	West Ham United	A
2	1	West Ham United	11	4	2	0	14	8	2	1	2	12	10	1.444	15	W	W	D	W	W	1961-10-07	Ipswich Town	A
3	-1	Manchester United	10	4	0	1	13	7	2	2	1	7	7	1.429	14	L	W	D	W	W	1961-10-07	West Bromwich Albion	A
4	0	Nottingham Forest	11	4	0	1	10	4	1	3	2	11	11	1.4	13	D	L	W	W	W	1961-10-07	Everton	A
5	0	Manchester City	11	3	0	2	9	9	3	1	2	14	13	1.045	13	D	L	L	W	L	1961-10-07	Cardiff City	H
6	2	Ipswich Town	11	3	0	2	16	12	2	2	2	14	13	1.2	12	W	L	D	L	W	1961-10-07	West Ham United	H
7	2	Tottenham Hotspur	10	4	1	0	11	7	1	1	3	4	7	1.071	12	W	L	W	L	D	1961-10-09	Bolton Wanderers	A
8	-2	Fulham	11	2	1	2	12	13	2	2	2	10	9	1	11	L	W	W	W	D	1961-10-07	Aston Villa	H
9	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	10	2	2	1	12	9	2	0	3	9	6	1.4	10	L	L	D	L	D	1961-10-07	Chelsea	H
10	2	Cardiff City	11	2	2	2	13	11	1	2	2	6	7	1.056	10	D	D	W	L	L	1961-10-07	Manchester City	A
11	5	Everton	11	4	0	2	14	10	1	0	4	5	9	1	10	W	L	W	W	L	1961-10-07	Nottingham Forest	H
12	-2	Bolton Wanderers	11	3	1	1	11	9	1	1	4	9	14	0.87	10	L	W	L	L	W	1961-10-09	Tottenham Hotspur	H
13	-2	Blackburn Rovers	11	2	3	1	10	8	1	1	3	6	12	0.8	10	L	D	D	W	W	1961-10-14	Arsenal	H
14	3	Sheffield United	10	3	1	2	6	8	1	1	2	4	10	0.556	10	W	L	W	L	D	1961-10-07	Leicester City	A
15	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	10	2	3	0	10	8	1	0	4	5	8	0.938	9	W	W	D	L	L	1961-10-02	Aston Villa	A
16	5	Blackpool	11	3	0	3	12	9	0	3	2	7	13	0.864	9	W	L	D	L	D	1961-10-07	Arsenal	A
17	-4	Leicester City	11	3	0	2	6	7	1	1	4	12	16	0.783	9	L	W	L	L	W	1961-10-07	Sheffield United	H
18	-4	Aston Villa	9	2	1	1	11	6	1	1	3	6	9	1.133	8	L	W	D	L	L	1961-10-02	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
19	0	West Bromwich Albion	11	2	2	2	9	7	1	0	4	6	11	0.833	8	D	L	W	W	L	1961-10-07	Manchester United	H
20	-5	Arsenal	10	1	3	0	10	7	1	1	4	7	15	0.773	8	L	D	D	L	W	1961-10-07	Blackpool	H
21	-3	Chelsea	11	2	3	1	13	7	0	0	5	6	17	0.792	7	L	D	L	L	W	1961-10-07	Sheffield Wednesday	A
22	0	Birmingham City	11	2	1	3	9	16	0	2	3	4	12	0.464	7	W	D	L	L	L	1961-10-07	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Sunderland	Goldstone Ground	17,070
McNab OG	Lineups		Hurley
Bury	2	1	Rotherham United	Gigg Lane	11,038
Holden, Beaumont	Lineups		Waterhouse
Charlton Athletic	0	4	Liverpool	The Valley	14,238
	Lineups		Hunt 2, Lewis, St John
Derby County	1	0	Huddersfield Town	Baseball Ground	13,455
Hutchinson	Lineups
Leeds United	1	2	Preston North End	Elland Road	9,360
Charlton	Lineups		Thompson 2
Middlesbrough	1	1	Southampton	Ayresome Park	13,880
Kaye	Lineups		O'Brien
Newcastle United	4	1	Luton Town	St James' Park	22,452
Allchurch, White, Hale, Hughes	Lineups		McGuffie
Norwich City	2	2	Bristol Rovers	Carrow Road	18,869
Waites 2	Lineups		Hooper (p), Jones
Walsall	0	0	Swansea Town	Fellows Park	12,640
	Lineups

				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	10	4	0	0	15	1	5	1	0	14	3	7.25	19	W	W	W	D	W	1961-10-04	Newcastle United	H
2	1	Southampton	11	2	1	2	9	6	4	1	1	12	4	2.1	14	D	W	W	W	W	1961-10-07	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
3	-1	Rotherham United	10	4	0	0	12	4	3	0	3	11	14	1.278	14	L	W	W	W	L	1961-10-07	Walsall	A
4	5	Derby County	11	4	0	1	13	8	2	1	3	11	15	1.043	13	W	W	L	W	L	1961-10-07	Sunderland	H
5	-1	Leyton Orient	11	3	0	2	9	5	2	2	2	11	8	1.538	12	L	D	L	W	L	1961-10-07	Stoke City	H
6	0	Huddersfield Town	11	4	1	0	13	5	1	1	4	7	13	1.111	12	L	D	W	L	L	1961-10-07	Norwich City	H
7	-2	Luton Town	11	3	0	2	15	13	3	0	3	11	11	1.083	12	L	W	W	W	L	1961-10-07	Bury	H
8	-1	Plymouth Argyle	11	2	1	2	8	9	3	1	2	8	9	0.889	12	W	D	L	W	L	1961-10-07	Leeds United	H
9	5	Bury	11	4	0	2	12	8	2	0	3	4	11	0.842	12	W	L	L	W	L	1961-10-07	Luton Town	A
10	0	Walsall	11	3	1	2	7	10	2	1	2	9	9	0.842	12	D	L	L	W	W	1961-10-07	Rotherham United	H
11	-3	Scunthorpe United	11	4	2	0	20	9	0	1	4	5	14	1.087	11	D	L	L	W	L	1961-10-07	Swansea Town	A
12	-1	Sunderland	11	4	0	1	12	6	1	1	4	10	16	1	11	D	W	W	L	L	1961-10-07	Derby County	A
13	-1	Norwich City	11	3	2	1	13	8	1	1	3	5	10	1	11	D	L	W	W	L	1961-10-07	Huddersfield Town	A
14	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	11	1	3	2	6	9	2	2	1	9	8	0.882	11	D	L	W	D	W	1961-10-07	Southampton	A
15	1	Swansea Town	11	2	2	1	11	9	0	4	2	9	16	0.8	10	D	D	W	D	W	1961-10-07	Scunthorpe United	H
16	-1	Stoke City	11	3	1	2	11	6	0	2	3	7	11	1.059	9	D	W	L	L	W	1961-10-07	Leyton Orient	A
17	0	Middlesbrough	10	3	1	2	13	10	0	2	2	6	9	1	9	D	L	D	L	W	1961-10-07	Liverpool	H
18	3	Newcastle United	10	2	2	2	8	7	1	0	3	2	4	0.909	8	W	L	L	D	L	1961-10-04	Liverpool	A
19	1	Preston North End	11	1	2	2	7	8	2	0	4	7	11	0.737	8	W	D	W	L	L	1961-10-07	Bristol Rovers	H
20	-1	Bristol Rovers	11	3	0	3	10	8	0	1	4	4	12	0.7	7	D	W	W	W	L	1961-10-07	Preston North End	A
21	-3	Leeds United	11	2	1	3	7	8	1	0	4	4	14	0.5	7	L	L	L	W	L	1961-10-07	Plymouth Argyle	A
22	0	Charlton Athletic	11	0	2	4	6	14	1	0	4	5	15	0.379	4	L	L	L	L	W	1961-10-07	Newcastle United	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	3	0	Watford	Oakwell	5,678
Oliver, Tindill, McNeice OG	Lineups
Crystal Palace	2	2	Southend United	Selhurst Park	15,388
Byrne, Lewis	Lineups		Brand 2
Halifax Town	1	3	Northampton Town	The Shay	5,737
Smith C (p)	Lineups		Leck, Lines 2
Notts County	8	1	Newport County	Meadow Lane	6,356
Bircumshaw P 3, Herrity W OG, Withers 2, Horobin, Newsham	Lineups		Harris
Peterborough United	6	0	Brentford	London Road	12,533
Bly 2, Emery 2, Smith, Hails	Lineups
Port Vale	2	0	Coventry City	Vale Park	9,821
Longbottom, Poole	Lineups
Portsmouth	1	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Fratton Park	22,654	Largest home gate 1961-62
Gordon	Lineups		Dowsett
Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Hull City	Loftus Road	10,076
Francis	Lineups		McSeveney
Shrewsbury Town	4	1	Reading	Gay Meadow	8,529
McLaughlin, Starkey, Rowley, Kenning	Lineups		Allen
Swindon Town	4	0	Lincoln City	County Ground	9,593
Jackson, Hunt E 2, Hunt R	Lineups
Torquay United	1	3	Bradford	Plainmoor	4,826
Pym	Lineups		Atkinson, Gibson, Spratt

				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	Portsmouth	12	3	4	0	10	6	4	1	0	10	4	2	19	D	W	W	W	D	1961-10-07	Notts County	A
2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	12	4	2	0	14	5	2	4	0	10	5	2.4	18	D	W	W	W	D	1961-10-04	Notts County	H
3	2	Peterborough United	12	4	0	2	18	13	4	1	1	15	14	1.222	17	W	L	W	W	W	1961-10-02	Newport County	A
4	-1	Reading	12	3	0	2	11	7	5	0	2	17	15	1.273	16	L	L	W	L	W	1961-10-04	Port Vale	H
5	2	Port Vale	12	4	1	1	10	3	2	2	2	9	11	1.357	15	W	W	D	W	W	1961-10-04	Reading	A
6	-2	Grimsby Town	12	4	1	1	13	6	3	0	3	7	9	1.333	15	L	W	D	W	L	1961-10-03	Swindon Town	A
7	-1	Hull City	12	4	0	1	10	3	1	4	2	9	11	1.357	14	D	D	L	W	D	1961-10-07	Bristol City	A
8	1	Shrewsbury Town	12	3	2	1	18	11	2	2	2	6	7	1.333	14	W	W	L	L	D	1961-10-02	Southend United	A
9	-1	Queens Park Rangers	11	3	2	2	20	12	2	1	1	10	7	1.579	13	D	W	L	D	D	1961-10-07	Newport County	A
10	5	Bradford	11	4	0	1	14	7	2	0	4	11	14	1.19	12	W	W	W	L	W	1961-10-07	Northampton Town	H
11	0	Crystal Palace	12	2	2	3	14	15	2	2	1	8	5	1.1	12	D	L	L	L	W	1961-10-03	Watford	A
12	0	Southend United	12	3	1	1	7	5	1	3	3	8	9	1.071	12	D	L	W	W	L	1961-10-02	Shrewsbury Town	H
13	-3	Halifax Town	11	3	1	1	8	5	2	1	3	9	13	0.944	12	L	L	W	W	L	1961-10-06	Reading	A
14	4	Notts County	12	4	2	1	18	7	0	1	4	7	14	1.19	11	W	L	L	L	W	1961-10-04	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
15	-2	Bristol City	12	3	0	3	8	6	2	1	3	6	8	1	11	W	W	L	L	D	1961-10-03	Brentford	H
16	-2	Coventry City	12	4	1	1	13	7	0	2	4	5	14	0.857	11	L	W	L	L	D	1961-10-06	Torquay United	H
17	-1	Watford	12	2	4	1	12	10	1	0	4	7	13	0.826	10	L	D	W	L	L	1961-10-03	Crystal Palace	H
18	-1	Lincoln City	12	2	1	3	8	13	1	3	2	8	12	0.64	10	L	W	L	W	D	1961-10-07	Grimsby Town	A
19	0	Northampton Town	12	0	2	3	4	9	3	1	3	11	8	0.882	9	W	L	L	L	W	1961-10-03	Barnsley	H
20	2	Barnsley	12	2	1	3	14	13	1	1	4	8	18	0.71	8	W	W	L	D	L	1961-10-03	Northampton Town	A
21	2	Swindon Town	12	1	4	1	11	9	1	0	5	7	20	0.621	8	W	L	W	D	D	1961-10-03	Grimsby Town	H
22	-2	Torquay United	12	1	0	6	13	17	2	0	3	7	12	0.69	6	L	L	W	L	L	1961-10-06	Coventry City	A
23	-2	Newport County	11	1	0	4	7	10	1	2	3	7	17	0.519	6	L	L	L	D	L	1961-10-02	Peterborough United	H
24	0	Brentford	12	2	1	2	7	5	0	0	7	2	22	0.333	5	L	L	W	W	L	1961-10-03	Bristol City	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	6	1	Darlington	Recreation Ground	6,940
Hasty 2, Norris 3, Howfield	Lineups		Spence
Barrow	1	0	Chesterfield	Holker Street	4,017
Hale	Lineups
Bradford City	5	1	Hartlepools United	Valley Parade	4,347
Layne, Cartlidge, Hockey, Wilkie OG, Hawksworth (p)	Lineups		Lithgo
Carlisle United	2	1	Southport	Brunton Park	7,558
Oliphant (p), Darvell OG	Lineups		Jones
Chester	1	1	Wrexham	Sealand Road	14,462	Largest home gate 1961-62
Davies	Lineups		Bennion
Colchester United	3	0	Tranmere Rovers	Layer Road	5,861
Hunt B, King 2	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	2	0	Workington	Gresty Road	5,094
Stark, Smith	Lineups
Exeter City	1	5	Doncaster Rovers	St James Park	6,424	Largest home gate 1961-62
Gordon	Lineups		Haigh, Robinson, Swallow, Lodge, Broadbent
Mansfield Town	3	1	Gillingham	Field Mill	10,599
Wagstaff, Chapman R, Morris (p)	Lineups		Livesey
Oldham Athletic	4	2	Millwall	Boundary Park	9,898
Liddell, Frizzell 3	Lineups		Burridge 2
Rochdale	3	1	York City	Spotland	4,201
Hepton, Bimpson 2	Lineups		Weir

				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	12	6	0	0	23	4	3	2	1	11	8	2.833	20	W	W	L	W	W	1961-10-02	Chester	H
2	0	Aldershot	12	5	2	0	21	6	3	0	2	7	6	2.333	18	W	W	W	W	W	1961-10-02	Hartlepools United	A
3	0	Carlisle United	12	5	1	0	11	5	2	2	2	7	6	1.636	17	W	W	W	D	W	1961-10-02	Tranmere Rovers	A
4	0	Wrexham	12	4	0	2	17	6	3	1	2	9	6	2.167	15	D	L	L	W	W	1961-10-07	Southport	H
5	6	Mansfield Town	10	4	0	1	13	4	1	3	1	6	7	1.727	13	W	W	W	D	D	1961-10-02	Millwall	A
6	7	Doncaster Rovers	11	2	1	2	8	7	3	2	1	13	11	1.167	13	W	W	W	W	W	1961-10-07	Tranmere Rovers	H
7	-2	Stockport County	12	3	1	2	11	9	2	2	2	9	9	1.111	13	W	D	D	W	W	1961-10-02	Darlington	A
8	-2	York City	12	4	1	1	15	5	1	1	4	9	14	1.263	12	L	L	W	D	L	1961-10-02	Crewe Alexandra	H
9	-1	Southport	12	4	1	1	11	7	1	1	4	8	12	1	12	L	D	W	D	L	1961-10-03	Bradford City	H
10	-3	Millwall	12	3	1	2	10	6	2	1	3	8	13	0.947	12	L	D	L	L	W	1961-10-02	Mansfield Town	H
11	5	Crewe Alexandra	12	5	0	1	14	7	1	0	5	3	12	0.895	12	W	L	L	W	L	1961-10-02	York City	A
12	-3	Exeter City	12	3	1	1	11	8	2	1	4	9	15	0.87	12	L	D	W	D	W	1961-10-04	Workington	A
13	-3	Workington	12	2	2	1	9	5	2	2	3	7	17	0.727	12	L	L	W	L	D	1961-10-04	Exeter City	H
14	3	Rochdale	11	5	0	1	18	7	0	1	4	3	10	1.235	11	W	L	L	L	L	1961-10-07	Accrington Stanley	H
15	-3	Darlington	11	3	2	1	11	7	1	1	3	8	13	0.95	11	L	D	W	L	L	1961-10-02	Stockport County	H
16	-1	Chester	12	2	3	2	10	9	2	0	3	5	9	0.833	11	D	L	L	L	W	1961-10-02	Colchester United	A
17	1	Barrow	11	3	2	1	9	5	1	1	3	3	11	0.75	11	W	D	L	W	D	1961-10-04	Gillingham	A
18	2	Bradford City	11	2	1	2	10	7	1	3	2	12	13	1.1	10	W	D	L	L	D	1961-10-03	Southport	A
19	-5	Tranmere Rovers	12	5	0	2	18	11	0	0	5	3	14	0.84	10	L	W	W	L	L	1961-10-02	Carlisle United	H
20	-1	Accrington Stanley	12	2	2	2	6	6	1	1	4	5	11	0.647	9	L	D	L	L	W	1961-10-02	Oldham Athletic	H
21	1	Oldham Athletic	10	2	3	0	13	8	0	1	4	2	10	0.833	8	W	D	L	D	L	1961-10-02	Accrington Stanley	A
22	-1	Chesterfield	11	3	0	2	7	8	0	1	5	4	14	0.5	7	L	L	W	L	W	1961-10-07	Carlisle United	H
23	0	Hartlepools United	12	2	2	2	10	12	0	0	6	7	25	0.459	6	L	W	L	L	L	1961-10-02	Aldershot	H
24	0	Gillingham	12	1	1	3	6	7	0	0	7	8	26	0.424	3	L	L	W	L	L	1961-10-04	Barrow	H