1961-02-25

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	3	Leicester City	Highbury	31,721
Henderson	Lineups		Keyworth 2, Appleton
Birmingham City	4	2	West Ham United	St Andrew's	16,856
Harris 2 (1p), Bloomfield, Neal	Lineups		Musgrove, Scott
Burnley	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Turf Moor	26,492
Miller	Lineups		MacLeod
Cardiff City	3	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Ninian Park	24,396
Walsh, Donnelly, Tapscott	Lineups		Farmer 2
Fulham	4	3	Blackpool	Craven Cottage	19,342
Cook, Hill, Johnson, Leggat	Lineups		Charnley, Hauser 2
Manchester City	0	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Maine Road	40,278
	Lineups		Medwin
Newcastle United	2	1	Aston Villa	St James' Park	21,275
White 2	Lineups		McParland
Nottingham Forest	3	2	Manchester United	City Ground	26,850
Booth, Rowland, Addison	Lineups		Charlton, Quixall
Preston North End	1	0	Everton	Deepdale	17,812
Fullam	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	Chelsea	Hillsborough	21,936
Finney	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	3	2	Bolton Wanderers	The Hawthorns	15,171
Allen, Hope, Burnside	Lineups		Stevens, Bannister

				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	31	11	3	1	51	21	14	0	2	40	16	2.459	53	W	D	W	L	W	1961-03-11	Cardiff City	A
2	1	Sheffield Wednesday	30	14	1	1	36	11	4	7	3	25	23	1.794	44	W	W	W	W	W	1961-03-11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
3	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	13	2	1	49	25	6	3	6	31	33	1.379	43	L	D	W	L	W	1961-03-04	Blackpool	A
4	0	Burnley	29	8	1	6	41	30	9	1	4	37	23	1.472	36	D	W	L	L	L	1961-03-11	Chelsea	H
5	1	Leicester City	30	8	3	3	36	21	6	2	8	29	33	1.204	33	W	W	W	W	D	1961-03-11	West Bromwich Albion	A
6	-1	Everton	30	8	3	3	32	17	6	2	8	30	39	1.107	33	L	D	L	L	L	1961-03-04	Fulham	H
7	2	Cardiff City	31	10	3	3	29	18	2	5	8	20	37	0.891	32	W	W	W	D	L	1961-03-04	Bolton Wanderers	A
8	-1	Aston Villa	29	10	2	3	36	22	3	3	8	23	35	1.035	31	L	L	D	D	D	1961-03-04	Arsenal	H
9	-1	Arsenal	31	10	1	5	38	28	3	4	8	25	37	0.969	31	L	W	L	D	L	1961-03-04	Aston Villa	A
10	0	Manchester United	30	10	3	2	39	14	2	2	11	20	44	1.017	29	L	W	L	D	L	1961-03-04	Manchester City	A
11	1	Blackburn Rovers	30	8	2	4	33	23	3	5	8	24	37	0.95	29	D	D	W	D	D	1961-03-04	Preston North End	H
12	1	Nottingham Forest	31	7	3	6	27	28	5	2	8	21	31	0.814	29	W	L	W	W	W	1961-03-11	Blackpool	H
13	-2	West Ham United	29	11	2	2	47	23	1	2	11	18	40	1.032	28	L	W	L	W	D	1961-03-04	West Bromwich Albion	H
14	3	Birmingham City	29	8	2	4	26	20	3	2	10	19	37	0.789	26	W	L	W	W	L	1961-03-04	Chelsea	A
15	-1	Chelsea	30	6	4	4	42	35	4	1	11	24	38	0.904	25	L	D	D	W	L	1961-03-04	Birmingham City	H
16	2	Fulham	31	8	3	5	33	33	3	0	12	22	44	0.714	25	W	L	L	L	L	1961-03-04	Everton	A
17	-2	Manchester City	28	7	3	4	29	20	2	3	9	28	46	0.864	24	L	W	D	D	L	1961-03-04	Manchester United	H
18	-2	Bolton Wanderers	30	6	3	6	27	25	3	3	9	17	32	0.772	24	L	L	D	W	W	1961-03-04	Cardiff City	H
19	0	West Bromwich Albion	32	6	2	8	33	30	4	2	10	17	35	0.769	24	W	L	L	L	L	1961-03-04	West Ham United	A
20	0	Newcastle United	31	6	6	4	45	36	2	1	12	25	51	0.805	23	W	L	L	D	D	1961-03-08	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
21	1	Preston North End	30	6	3	6	20	18	2	2	11	10	35	0.566	21	W	W	W	L	L	1961-03-04	Blackburn Rovers	A
22	-1	Blackpool	29	6	1	7	32	26	1	4	10	19	35	0.836	19	L	L	D	W	L	1961-03-04	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	2	Norwich City	Goldstone Ground	13,130
Thurlow OG, Laverick	Lineups		Hill, Allcock
Bristol Rovers	4	1	Luton Town	Eastville	13,102
Bradford 2, Petherbridge, Hooper	Lineups		Mabbutt OG
Derby County	2	3	Swansea Town	Baseball Ground	8,841
Curry, Parry	Lineups		Webster, Williams G, Reynolds
Ipswich Town	2	1	Charlton Athletic	Portman Road	14,365
Crawford 2	Lineups		Summers
Leeds United	2	4	Sunderland	Elland Road	15,136
Smith, Bremner	Lineups		Lawther, Goodchild 3
Liverpool	2	0	Lincoln City	Anfield Road	24,759
Morrissey, Lewis	Lineups
Middlesbrough	3	1	Plymouth Argyle	Ayresome Park	16,606
Hamilton, Yeoman, Walker (p)	Lineups		Maloy
Rotherham United	1	0	Portsmouth	Millmoor	6,284
Swann	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	1	1	Sheffield United	Old Showground	10,873
Godfrey	Lineups		Pace
Southampton	4	2	Huddersfield Town	The Dell	14,368
O'Brien 2, Paine, Reeves	Lineups		Kerray, McHale

				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	32	13	1	2	38	15	7	3	6	25	23	1.658	44	D	W	W	L	W	1961-03-07	Ipswich Town	H
2	0	Ipswich Town	30	12	2	2	44	19	6	4	4	27	21	1.775	42	W	W	D	D	D	1961-03-07	Sheffield United	A
3	0	Liverpool	30	10	4	2	37	18	7	2	5	29	22	1.65	40	W	W	W	W	D	1961-03-04	Portsmouth	A
4	0	Middlesbrough	30	9	5	2	33	16	5	5	4	31	33	1.306	38	W	W	L	W	W	1961-03-04	Norwich City	A
5	1	Sunderland	31	9	4	2	38	16	4	7	5	27	28	1.477	37	W	W	W	L	W	1961-03-11	Rotherham United	A
6	1	Southampton	30	11	2	3	51	28	5	3	6	18	27	1.255	37	W	L	D	W	W	1961-03-11	Plymouth Argyle	H
7	-2	Norwich City	31	11	3	1	32	15	3	6	7	18	28	1.163	37	D	D	W	W	W	1961-03-04	Middlesbrough	H
8	0	Plymouth Argyle	30	10	3	2	36	22	4	1	10	25	39	1	32	L	L	W	W	D	1961-03-04	Leeds United	H
9	0	Scunthorpe United	30	6	7	2	30	19	4	4	7	25	31	1.1	31	D	W	L	L	D	1961-03-04	Stoke City	A
10	0	Leeds United	30	5	5	5	27	30	7	1	7	29	33	0.889	30	L	L	W	L	W	1961-03-04	Plymouth Argyle	A
11	2	Rotherham United	29	8	4	3	27	14	1	5	8	15	25	1.077	27	W	L	W	D	D	1961-03-04	Huddersfield Town	A
12	-1	Derby County	29	6	5	4	32	25	4	2	8	24	34	0.949	27	L	L	D	W	W	1961-03-04	Luton Town	A
13	-1	Charlton Athletic	29	7	3	5	45	34	2	5	7	26	36	1.014	26	L	D	W	W	L	1961-03-04	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
14	4	Swansea Town	29	6	4	3	30	19	3	3	10	19	39	0.845	25	W	W	W	L	W	1961-02-28	Bristol Rovers	H
15	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	30	6	4	6	28	25	3	3	8	19	31	0.839	25	D	L	L	L	W	1961-03-04	Charlton Athletic	A
16	-2	Huddersfield Town	30	4	4	7	24	27	5	3	7	22	28	0.836	25	L	D	L	W	L	1961-03-04	Rotherham United	H
17	-2	Luton Town	29	10	1	3	35	20	0	4	11	15	41	0.82	25	L	W	L	L	W	1961-03-04	Derby County	H
18	-1	Stoke City	28	5	4	4	29	18	2	5	8	8	23	0.902	23	L	L	L	W	L	1961-03-04	Scunthorpe United	H
19	2	Bristol Rovers	28	7	4	4	35	28	1	3	9	17	35	0.825	23	W	D	L	D	L	1961-02-28	Swansea Town	A
20	-1	Leyton Orient	27	5	2	5	18	22	4	2	9	21	39	0.639	22	W	L	W	L	L	1961-03-04	Swansea Town	A
21	-1	Portsmouth	31	6	4	4	20	18	1	4	12	23	55	0.589	22	L	D	L	L	L	1961-03-04	Liverpool	H
22	0	Lincoln City	31	3	3	9	20	31	3	3	10	16	38	0.522	18	L	L	L	L	D	1961-03-04	Bristol Rovers	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Brentford	1	1	Coventry City	Griffin Park	5,516
Summers	Lineups		Imlach (p)
Bury	2	1	Barnsley	Gigg Lane	9,004
Turner, Jackson	Lineups		Bartlett
Chesterfield	1	0	Newport County	Saltergate Recreation Ground	3,586
Havenhand	Lineups
Halifax Town	0	1	Notts County	The Shay	4,242
	Lineups		Hateley
Port Vale	3	2	Grimsby Town	Vale Park	9,367
Llewellyn, Portwood, Steele	Lineups		Rafferty 2
Shrewsbury Town	2	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Gay Meadow	5,946
Jones, Rowley	Lineups		Bolton
Southend United	2	1	Colchester United	Roots Hall	6,047
Fryatt, McKinven	Lineups		Eagles
Swindon Town	1	1	Reading	County Ground	9,711
Hunt	Lineups		Walker
Torquay United	1	2	Hull City	Plainmoor	4,587
Northcott T	Lineups		Crickmore, Price
Tranmere Rovers	1	2	Queens Park Rangers	Prenton Park	9,226
Williams	Lineups		Evans, Woods
Walsall	4	0	Bradford City	Fellows Park	8,216
Richards, Wilson, Taylor 2	Lineups
Watford	0	1	Bristol City	Vicarage Road	7,680
	Lineups		Porter OG

				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	Queens Park Rangers	33	13	4	0	45	18	6	4	6	26	26	1.614	46	W	W	L	W	W	1961-03-04	Port Vale	H
2	0	Bury	33	13	2	2	52	16	7	3	6	33	24	2.125	45	W	W	W	D	W	1961-03-04	Reading	A
3	0	Grimsby Town	33	11	2	2	35	21	6	5	7	28	28	1.286	41	L	W	W	D	L	1961-03-04	Shrewsbury Town	H
4	0	Notts County	32	13	1	1	42	14	4	6	7	25	39	1.264	41	W	L	W	W	W	1961-03-04	Torquay United	H
5	0	Walsall	32	14	3	0	47	15	4	1	10	20	32	1.426	40	W	L	D	W	W	1961-03-04	Hull City	A
6	0	Port Vale	33	13	2	3	53	20	2	7	6	25	34	1.444	39	W	W	L	D	W	1961-02-28	Bradford City	A
7	0	Torquay United	33	8	9	1	34	17	4	3	8	26	40	1.053	36	L	L	L	D	D	1961-03-04	Notts County	A
8	1	Newport County	31	10	3	1	36	17	4	4	9	24	43	1	35	L	W	W	W	L	1961-03-04	Tranmere Rovers	H
9	-1	Halifax Town	32	10	5	1	35	17	1	8	7	21	39	1	35	L	D	D	D	D	1961-03-04	Colchester United	A
10	2	Coventry City	31	11	4	1	44	18	1	5	9	15	34	1.135	33	D	W	D	W	W	1961-03-03	Chesterfield	H
11	-1	Barnsley	29	10	3	1	37	18	5	0	10	21	36	1.074	33	L	W	W	W	L	1961-03-11	Brentford	A
12	-1	Watford	31	7	6	3	32	21	4	5	6	21	30	1.039	33	L	L	D	L	W	1961-03-06	Newport County	A
13	0	Bristol City	32	11	2	3	36	14	2	4	10	15	34	1.063	32	W	W	W	D	W	1961-02-27	Tranmere Rovers	A
14	1	Hull City	32	9	3	4	37	19	3	3	10	16	35	0.981	30	W	L	D	L	W	1961-03-04	Walsall	H
15	-1	Brentford	33	8	4	4	32	23	2	6	9	13	32	0.818	30	D	D	D	L	W	1961-03-04	Bradford City	A
16	0	Shrewsbury Town	31	8	5	2	34	20	1	6	9	21	39	0.932	29	W	D	L	L	L	1961-03-04	Grimsby Town	A
17	0	Southend United	33	8	6	4	32	24	2	3	10	17	35	0.831	29	W	D	D	W	L	1961-03-04	Bristol City	A
18	1	Swindon Town	31	6	5	4	25	14	1	7	8	15	26	1	26	D	L	D	D	L	1961-03-04	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
19	1	Reading	31	8	5	3	29	21	0	5	10	17	42	0.73	26	D	L	D	W	D	1961-03-04	Bury	H
20	-2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	34	6	6	5	29	31	4	0	13	18	34	0.723	26	L	D	L	L	L	1961-03-04	Swindon Town	H
21	0	Bradford City	29	5	5	3	24	21	1	5	10	17	34	0.745	22	L	L	W	L	D	1961-02-28	Port Vale	H
22	0	Tranmere Rovers	33	5	4	7	36	44	3	2	12	21	52	0.594	22	L	L	L	W	L	1961-02-27	Bristol City	H
23	0	Colchester United	33	4	5	7	25	27	2	3	12	22	44	0.662	20	L	D	L	L	L	1961-03-04	Halifax Town	H
24	0	Chesterfield	33	5	5	7	24	22	0	4	12	15	43	0.6	19	W	W	D	D	L	1961-03-03	Coventry City	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	3	0	Hartlepools United	Peel Park	2,059
Hudson, Swindells, Sturrock	Lineups
Aldershot	3	1	Exeter City	Recreation Ground	5,026
Lawlor, Richards, Taylor	Lineups		Carter
Barrow	0	3	Crystal Palace	Holker Street	3,724
	Lineups		Byrne, Heckman, Summersby
Bradford	1	0	Southport	Park Avenue	8,447
Spratt	Lineups
Chester	3	1	Rochdale	Sealand Road	3,877
Clempson, Hughes (p), Cooper	Lineups		Pollitt
Crewe Alexandra	3	0	Carlisle United	Gresty Road	4,299
Wheatley, Jones M, Keery	Lineups
Gillingham	0	1	Darlington	Priestfield Stadium	4,537
	Lineups		Harbertson
Millwall	0	1	Doncaster Rovers	The Den, New Cross	7,990
	Lineups		Ballagher
Northampton Town	0	3	Peterborough United	County Ground	21,000	Largest home gate 1960-61
	Lineups		Bly, McNamee, Smith
Oldham Athletic	3	0	Stockport County	Boundary Park	14,962
Lister 2, Johnstone	Lineups
York City	2	1	Wrexham	Bootham Crescent	4,304
Hughes, Wragg	Lineups		Metcalf

				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	34	11	4	1	53	20	11	2	5	40	34	1.722	50	W	W	W	L	W	1961-03-04	Gillingham	H
2	0	Peterborough United	31	11	3	2	54	24	8	4	3	35	20	2.023	45	W	W	W	W	W	1961-03-04	Aldershot	H
3	1	Bradford	32	12	3	1	38	14	6	2	8	25	42	1.125	41	W	D	L	W	W	1961-03-04	Darlington	A
4	-1	Northampton Town	30	11	2	3	36	21	5	5	4	22	21	1.381	39	L	L	W	W	L	1961-03-04	Southport	A
5	0	York City	32	13	2	2	38	12	3	4	8	22	29	1.463	38	W	W	L	W	W	1961-03-04	Carlisle United	A
6	2	Darlington	32	9	4	3	30	15	6	2	8	26	33	1.167	36	W	L	W	L	L	1961-03-04	Bradford	H
7	3	Crewe Alexandra	32	9	3	5	33	22	5	5	5	16	24	1.065	36	W	L	D	W	L	1961-03-04	Rochdale	A
8	3	Oldham Athletic	34	11	1	5	48	30	5	3	9	18	34	1.031	36	W	L	W	W	W	1961-03-04	Exeter City	A
9	-3	Workington	35	9	3	6	26	26	6	3	8	29	37	0.873	36	L	W	W	W	L	1961-03-04	Stockport County	A
10	-3	Millwall	34	9	3	6	43	27	5	4	7	29	37	1.125	35	L	W	W	L	L	1961-03-04	Hartlepools United	A
11	-2	Southport	33	9	4	3	32	17	6	0	11	19	30	1.085	34	L	L	W	W	W	1961-03-04	Northampton Town	H
12	0	Rochdale	32	10	3	2	29	10	4	0	13	15	31	1.073	31	L	W	L	W	W	1961-03-04	Crewe Alexandra	H
13	2	Aldershot	32	10	3	3	37	14	2	3	11	17	30	1.227	30	W	L	L	L	L	1961-03-04	Peterborough United	A
14	-1	Gillingham	30	7	3	5	38	27	4	5	6	16	23	1.08	30	L	L	D	W	L	1961-03-04	Crystal Palace	A
15	-1	Stockport County	29	9	3	2	20	13	4	1	10	20	32	0.889	30	L	W	L	L	L	1961-03-04	Workington	H
16	0	Doncaster Rovers	33	10	0	6	32	25	2	5	10	17	35	0.817	29	W	L	W	D	L	1961-03-04	Barrow	H
17	4	Accrington Stanley	30	8	3	5	33	22	3	2	9	20	39	0.869	27	W	W	L	L	W	1961-03-04	Wrexham	A
18	-1	Barrow	33	8	4	5	26	21	2	3	11	12	36	0.667	27	L	L	W	L	L	1961-03-04	Doncaster Rovers	A
19	-1	Exeter City	33	8	3	5	25	23	1	6	10	23	50	0.658	27	L	W	L	W	W	1961-03-04	Oldham Athletic	H
20	-1	Wrexham	31	7	3	5	26	17	3	3	10	18	26	1.023	26	L	L	D	D	L	1961-03-04	Accrington Stanley	H
21	-1	Carlisle United	34	6	6	5	32	32	2	4	11	13	36	0.662	26	L	D	L	W	W	1961-03-04	York City	H
22	0	Chester	34	8	6	3	33	24	1	1	15	14	48	0.653	25	W	W	D	L	L	1961-03-04	Mansfield Town	A
23	0	Mansfield Town	31	6	2	6	22	21	3	2	12	21	35	0.768	22	W	L	L	L	L	1961-03-04	Chester	H
24	0	Hartlepools United	35	6	2	9	28	31	1	4	13	21	50	0.605	20	L	D	D	L	L	1961-03-04	Millwall	H