1960-12-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Highbury	43,555
Eastham	Lineups		Ellis
Birmingham City	2	1	Newcastle United	St Andrew's	29,435
Bloomfield, Hellawell	Lineups		Woods
Burnley	1	3	Everton	Turf Moor	44,232	Largest home gate 1960-61
Pointer	Lineups		Bingham, Collins (p), Harris B
Cardiff City	3	1	West Bromwich Albion	Ninian Park	25,214
Tapscott 3	Lineups		Macready
Fulham	1	0	Manchester City	Craven Cottage	20,240
Chamberlain	Lineups
Leicester City	2	0	Bolton Wanderers	Filbert Street	23,806
Wills, Keyworth	Lineups
Manchester United	6	0	Chelsea	Old Trafford	50,164
Dawson 3, Nicholson 2, Charlton	Lineups
Preston North End	0	1	Nottingham Forest	Deepdale	12,705
	Lineups		Quigley
West Ham United	0	3	Tottenham Hotspur	Upton Park	34,351	Largest home gate 1960-61
	Lineups		White, Allen, Brown OG
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	2	Aston Villa	Molineux	43,558
Farmer 2, Murray (p)	Lineups		Hitchens 2

				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	Tottenham Hotspur	24	9	2	0	39	13	12	0	1	37	13	2.923	44	W	W	W	W	D	1960-12-31	Blackburn Rovers	H
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	9	2	1	33	20	6	2	4	27	27	1.277	34	W	W	L	W	W	1960-12-31	Chelsea	H
3	0	Everton	23	8	2	1	30	11	6	2	4	28	26	1.568	32	W	L	W	W	L	1960-12-27	Burnley	H
4	0	Sheffield Wednesday	23	10	1	1	27	10	2	6	3	14	18	1.464	31	D	D	D	W	L	1960-12-31	Birmingham City	H
5	0	Burnley	22	7	0	4	32	21	7	1	3	32	21	1.524	29	L	W	W	D	W	1960-12-27	Everton	A
6	0	Aston Villa	24	10	0	2	31	16	3	2	7	21	32	1.083	28	L	L	W	L	W	1960-12-31	Blackpool	H
7	1	Arsenal	24	9	1	3	30	18	1	3	7	12	25	0.977	24	D	D	L	W	L	1960-12-31	Nottingham Forest	A
8	-1	West Ham United	23	9	1	2	39	21	1	2	8	15	30	1.059	23	L	L	W	D	W	1960-12-31	Bolton Wanderers	A
9	1	Fulham	24	7	3	2	27	21	3	0	9	21	39	0.8	23	W	L	L	D	L	1960-12-31	West Bromwich Albion	H
10	4	Manchester United	23	7	2	2	28	11	2	2	8	17	33	1.023	22	W	W	W	D	W	1960-12-31	Manchester City	H
11	2	Leicester City	24	5	3	3	21	17	4	1	8	22	29	0.935	22	W	L	L	L	D	1960-12-31	Everton	H
12	-3	Blackburn Rovers	23	6	1	4	28	21	3	2	7	19	29	0.94	21	L	L	L	W	L	1960-12-27	Blackpool	H
13	2	Cardiff City	23	7	2	3	18	10	1	3	7	14	31	0.78	21	W	W	W	L	W	1960-12-27	West Bromwich Albion	A
14	-3	Chelsea	23	5	2	4	37	31	4	0	8	21	27	1	20	L	L	L	L	W	1960-12-31	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
15	-3	Manchester City	22	6	2	3	23	16	2	2	7	20	33	0.878	20	L	W	L	L	L	1960-12-31	Manchester United	A
16	1	Nottingham Forest	24	4	3	5	18	20	4	1	7	17	27	0.745	20	W	W	W	W	D	1960-12-31	Arsenal	H
17	1	Birmingham City	24	6	2	4	21	18	2	2	8	16	32	0.74	20	W	D	D	L	W	1960-12-31	Sheffield Wednesday	A
18	-2	Newcastle United	24	5	4	4	38	30	2	0	9	14	35	0.8	18	L	D	D	D	L	1960-12-31	Burnley	A
19	0	Bolton Wanderers	23	4	2	6	21	23	2	2	7	11	24	0.681	16	L	W	D	L	W	1960-12-31	West Ham United	H
20	0	Blackpool	22	5	1	6	29	25	1	2	7	11	22	0.851	15	W	W	L	L	D	1960-12-27	Blackburn Rovers	A
21	0	West Bromwich Albion	23	4	1	6	23	21	2	2	8	12	27	0.729	15	L	D	W	L	L	1960-12-27	Cardiff City	H
22	0	Preston North End	23	4	2	5	14	14	1	2	9	7	27	0.512	14	L	L	D	L	L	1960-12-31	Cardiff City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Charlton Athletic	6	4	Plymouth Argyle	The Valley	11,196
Edwards 2, Leary, Townsend, Summers 2	Lineups		Anderson, Williams JSJ, Kirby 2
Huddersfield Town	0	0	Stoke City	Leeds Road	13,783
	Lineups
Liverpool	2	1	Rotherham United	Anfield Road	39,426
Hunt, Lewis	Lineups		Kirkman
Luton Town	3	0	Lincoln City	Kenilworth Road	15,283
Fleming 2, Ashworth	Lineups
Middlesbrough	2	0	Leyton Orient	Ayresome Park	15,996
Clough, Kaye	Lineups
Norwich City	0	3	Ipswich Town	Carrow Road	30,884
	Lineups		Crawford 2, Phillips
Southampton	4	2	Bristol Rovers	The Dell	21,901
Reeves 2, Page, O'Brien	Lineups		Jones, Jarman
Sunderland	1	1	Sheffield United	Roker Park	46,099
Hurley	Lineups		Pace
Swansea Town	4	0	Portsmouth	Vetch Field	11,947
Davies R 2, Reynolds 2	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	Sheffield United	24	10	1	1	28	11	5	2	5	16	17	1.571	33	D	D	L	L	L	1960-12-27	Sunderland	H
2	0	Liverpool	22	8	3	1	26	13	5	2	3	21	15	1.679	31	W	D	W	W	W	1960-12-27	Rotherham United	A
3	0	Ipswich Town	23	8	1	2	30	14	6	2	4	25	19	1.667	31	W	W	W	L	W	1960-12-27	Norwich City	H
4	1	Southampton	23	9	1	3	43	23	4	2	4	16	21	1.341	29	W	W	L	L	W	1960-12-31	Portsmouth	A
5	2	Middlesbrough	22	7	4	2	25	13	2	5	2	21	25	1.211	27	W	D	W	D	L	1960-12-31	Liverpool	A
6	-2	Norwich City	23	8	3	1	26	13	2	4	5	9	16	1.207	27	L	D	L	W	D	1960-12-27	Ipswich Town	A
7	-1	Scunthorpe United	22	5	6	0	24	13	4	2	5	20	21	1.294	26	D	W	L	D	W	1960-12-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
8	1	Sunderland	23	5	4	2	23	13	1	7	4	18	21	1.206	23	D	D	W	W	D	1960-12-27	Sheffield United	A
9	-1	Plymouth Argyle	22	7	2	2	26	16	3	1	7	19	31	0.957	23	L	L	L	W	W	1960-12-27	Charlton Athletic	H
10	2	Stoke City	23	4	4	3	23	12	2	5	5	6	14	1.115	21	D	D	W	L	D	1960-12-31	Norwich City	A
11	3	Charlton Athletic	22	5	3	4	34	29	2	4	4	17	22	1	21	W	D	W	L	L	1960-12-27	Plymouth Argyle	A
12	-2	Derby County	23	5	5	2	26	17	3	0	8	18	29	0.957	21	L	L	W	L	D	1960-12-27	Leeds United	A
13	-2	Leeds United	22	3	4	4	16	21	5	1	5	25	25	0.891	21	W	D	D	W	L	1960-12-27	Derby County	H
14	4	Luton Town	22	8	1	3	28	17	0	3	7	10	25	0.905	20	W	W	L	W	W	1960-12-27	Lincoln City	A
15	-2	Rotherham United	22	5	4	2	20	11	1	3	7	11	20	1	19	L	L	W	D	L	1960-12-27	Liverpool	H
16	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	23	5	2	4	22	19	2	3	7	16	28	0.809	19	D	W	L	W	D	1960-12-27	Scunthorpe United	H
17	-2	Bristol Rovers	22	6	2	3	27	22	1	3	7	13	29	0.784	19	L	D	W	W	W	1960-12-31	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
18	-1	Portsmouth	22	6	1	1	16	7	1	4	9	21	47	0.685	19	L	W	D	D	W	1960-12-27	Swansea Town	H
19	0	Huddersfield Town	23	2	3	6	15	22	4	3	5	16	21	0.721	18	D	D	L	L	L	1960-12-31	Lincoln City	H
20	2	Swansea Town	22	4	4	3	23	18	1	2	8	10	28	0.717	16	W	D	L	L	W	1960-12-27	Portsmouth	A
21	0	Leyton Orient	21	2	2	5	11	18	4	2	6	19	27	0.667	16	L	L	D	L	L	1960-12-31	Scunthorpe United	H
22	-2	Lincoln City	23	3	2	6	17	19	3	2	7	14	28	0.66	16	L	L	W	L	D	1960-12-27	Luton Town	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	3	2	Grimsby Town	Oakwell	10,725
Oliver 2, Bartlett	Lineups		Cockerill 2
Bradford City	0	0	Hull City	Valley Parade	11,450	Largest home gate 1960-61
	Lineups
Bristol City	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	Ashton Gate	10,484
Tait	Lineups		Bedford
Bury	3	4	Walsall	Gigg Lane	13,182
Holden, Watson, Jackson	Lineups		Hodgkisson, Wilson, Richards, Taylor
Chesterfield	2	3	Shrewsbury Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,781
Foley 2	Lineups		Rowley 2, Hobson
Colchester United	1	1	Newport County	Layer Road	6,732
King	Lineups		McPherson
Coventry City	2	2	Notts County	Highfield Road	19,792	Largest home gate 1960-61
Straw, Hewitt	Lineups		Horobin, Forrest
Port Vale	5	0	Tranmere Rovers	Vale Park	14,029
Portwood 3, Llewellyn, Fidler	Lineups
Reading	4	3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Elm Park	8,576
Wheeler 2, Lacey, Buck	Lineups		Weller, Gibbs 2
Southend United	2	2	Halifax Town	Roots Hall	8,597
Duncan 2	Lineups		Whitelaw, Sinclair (p)

				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	Grimsby Town	25	9	2	1	29	17	5	4	4	23	20	1.405	34	L	W	W	D	L	1960-12-31	Hull City	H
2	0	Bury	23	8	1	2	35	12	7	2	3	28	12	2.625	33	L	L	W	L	W	1960-12-31	Port Vale	A
3	0	Queens Park Rangers	24	9	3	0	32	11	4	3	5	19	20	1.645	32	D	W	W	W	D	1960-12-27	Bristol City	H
4	1	Walsall	24	11	2	0	36	13	3	1	7	15	23	1.417	31	W	W	W	W	L	1960-12-31	Torquay United	A
5	-1	Torquay United	24	6	7	0	26	14	4	3	4	23	23	1.324	30	D	L	W	W	D	1960-12-27	Watford	A
6	0	Halifax Town	24	10	3	0	34	15	1	5	5	16	28	1.163	30	D	W	D	W	L	1960-12-31	Brentford	A
7	0	Newport County	22	7	3	0	29	13	3	4	5	20	28	1.195	27	D	W	W	L	W	1961-01-07	Southend United	A
8	0	Notts County	23	9	1	0	30	12	1	6	6	17	32	1.068	27	D	W	W	W	L	1960-12-27	Coventry City	H
9	0	Port Vale	23	8	2	3	35	14	2	4	4	19	26	1.35	26	W	L	W	W	W	1960-12-27	Tranmere Rovers	A
10	1	Barnsley	23	7	3	1	25	14	4	0	8	16	29	0.953	25	W	L	L	L	W	1960-12-31	Bristol City	H
11	-1	Watford	22	5	4	2	23	16	3	4	4	16	22	1.026	24	D	L	L	D	D	1960-12-27	Torquay United	H
12	0	Hull City	24	7	2	3	27	13	2	3	7	13	26	1.026	23	D	D	L	L	W	1960-12-27	Bradford City	H
13	0	Coventry City	24	7	4	1	30	15	1	3	8	14	30	0.978	23	D	W	W	W	W	1960-12-27	Notts County	A
14	2	Shrewsbury Town	22	5	5	1	24	15	1	4	6	14	27	0.905	21	W	W	D	D	W	1960-12-27	Chesterfield	H
15	-1	Brentford	24	6	2	4	24	19	1	4	7	7	24	0.721	20	W	L	W	L	L	1960-12-31	Halifax Town	H
16	-1	Swindon Town	23	5	1	4	16	9	1	6	6	13	19	1.036	19	L	D	L	D	L	1960-12-31	Shrewsbury Town	H
17	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	24	3	5	3	16	19	4	0	9	16	25	0.727	19	L	L	L	D	L	1960-12-27	Reading	H
18	0	Bristol City	23	7	2	3	27	13	0	2	9	9	28	0.878	18	D	L	L	W	L	1960-12-27	Queens Park Rangers	A
19	0	Southend United	24	5	4	4	21	17	1	2	8	13	27	0.773	18	D	L	D	L	L	1960-12-31	Chesterfield	H
20	0	Colchester United	24	4	4	4	20	18	2	2	8	15	30	0.729	18	D	L	D	W	W	1960-12-31	Reading	H
21	1	Reading	23	6	3	3	23	18	0	3	8	14	35	0.698	18	W	L	L	D	D	1960-12-27	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
22	-1	Bradford City	20	4	3	2	17	15	1	4	6	12	18	0.879	17	D	W	W	D	L	1960-12-27	Hull City	A
23	0	Tranmere Rovers	23	4	3	5	25	33	2	0	9	13	39	0.528	15	L	W	L	L	L	1960-12-27	Port Vale	H
24	0	Chesterfield	23	3	2	7	19	20	0	2	9	10	32	0.558	10	L	L	L	L	L	1960-12-27	Shrewsbury Town	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Chester	3	1	Oldham Athletic	Sealand Road	6,035
Kelly, Clempson 2	Lineups		Jarvis
Crewe Alexandra	2	1	Aldershot	Gresty Road	10,331
Stark, Tighe	Lineups		Lawlor
Darlington	2	2	Peterborough United	Feethams Ground	9,325	Largest home gate 1960-61
Milner, Hawkes	Lineups		Bly 2
Doncaster Rovers	3	1	Stockport County	Belle Vue	7,203
Senior, Swallow, Curtis (p)	Lineups		Curtis OG
Exeter City	2	3	Crystal Palace	St James Park	7,551
Jenkins, Wilkinson	Lineups		Gavin, Byrne, Summersby
Mansfield Town	2	1	Hartlepools United	Field Mill	6,283
Gauld, Fitzsimons	Lineups		Cooper
Millwall	1	2	Gillingham	The Den, New Cross	11,219
Burridge	Lineups		Pulley, Shepherd
Rochdale	2	1	Wrexham	Spotland	3,305
Milburn (p), Cairns	Lineups		Roberts
Southport	4	1	Barrow	Haig Avenue	5,671
Hannaway, Jones E, Blain, Moss	Lineups		Lowes
Workington	2	1	Carlisle United	Borough Park	3,672
Bradbury, Kirkup	Lineups		McMillan
York City	0	1	Northampton Town	Bootham Crescent	7,291
	Lineups		Boyes OG

				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	Crystal Palace	24	7	3	1	36	15	8	2	3	31	26	1.634	35	W	W	W	D	W	1960-12-27	Exeter City	H
2	0	Peterborough United	25	7	3	2	38	22	6	4	3	26	20	1.524	33	D	W	W	L	W	1960-12-31	Carlisle United	H
3	0	Northampton Town	23	9	2	1	30	17	4	4	3	17	16	1.424	32	W	W	W	D	D	1960-12-27	York City	H
4	0	Bradford	24	9	2	1	34	13	4	2	6	18	32	1.156	30	W	W	W	L	D	1960-12-31	Oldham Athletic	A
5	0	Darlington	25	7	3	2	23	12	5	2	6	24	30	1.119	29	D	L	L	D	W	1960-12-31	Hartlepool United	H
6	0	Crewe Alexandra	24	8	2	3	26	13	3	4	4	11	17	1.233	28	W	W	D	D	L	1960-12-27	Aldershot	A
7	0	Aldershot	24	8	2	1	27	8	2	3	8	17	26	1.294	25	L	L	W	D	L	1960-12-27	Crewe Alexandra	H
8	3	Gillingham	22	7	3	2	35	21	2	4	4	12	18	1.205	25	W	W	W	L	D	1960-12-27	Millwall	H
9	3	Southport	24	7	3	2	26	14	4	0	8	15	25	1.051	25	W	W	L	W	W	1960-12-27	Barrow	A
10	-2	York City	23	9	2	2	32	11	0	4	6	12	22	1.333	24	L	L	L	L	D	1960-12-27	Northampton Town	A
11	-1	Millwall	24	7	2	4	33	21	3	2	6	21	28	1.102	24	L	W	W	L	L	1960-12-27	Gillingham	A
12	-3	Stockport County	22	6	3	1	16	6	4	1	7	19	26	1.094	24	L	L	W	L	L	1960-12-27	Doncaster Rovers	H
13	1	Rochdale	23	7	3	2	22	9	3	0	8	11	19	1.179	23	W	L	D	W	L	1960-12-27	Wrexham	A
14	-1	Barrow	24	7	3	2	23	12	2	2	8	11	29	0.829	23	L	L	W	D	W	1960-12-27	Southport	H
15	2	Workington	25	7	2	4	18	18	2	3	7	17	30	0.729	23	W	L	W	L	D	1960-12-27	Carlisle United	A
16	-1	Wrexham	24	6	2	4	21	13	3	1	8	13	19	1.063	21	L	L	L	D	D	1960-12-27	Rochdale	H
17	-1	Accrington Stanley	23	6	3	3	27	17	2	2	7	15	31	0.875	21	L	L	D	L	W	1960-12-31	York City	A
18	0	Doncaster Rovers	23	8	0	4	26	18	0	4	7	9	24	0.833	20	W	W	D	W	W	1960-12-27	Stockport County	A
19	2	Mansfield Town	22	6	2	3	18	14	2	1	8	12	24	0.789	19	W	W	L	W	L	1960-12-27	Hartlepool United	A
20	0	Carlisle United	24	3	5	3	23	23	2	3	8	13	27	0.72	18	L	D	L	D	D	1960-12-27	Workington	H
21	-2	Oldham Athletic	24	5	1	5	27	25	2	3	8	13	31	0.714	18	L	L	W	D	L	1960-12-27	Chester	H
22	1	Chester	24	6	4	2	25	20	0	1	11	9	31	0.667	17	W	L	L	L	D	1960-12-27	Oldham Athletic	A
23	-1	Hartlepool United	24	5	1	5	19	16	1	3	9	15	34	0.68	16	L	L	W	W	W	1960-12-27	Mansfield Town	H
24	0	Exeter City	24	4	3	5	16	19	0	4	8	16	36	0.582	15	L	D	L	D	L	1960-12-27	Crystal Palace	A