1961-03-18

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Semi Final						Venue	Gate
D 1	Leicester City	0	0	Sheffield United	D 2	Elland Road, Leeds	52,095
		Lineups
D 1	Tottenham Hotspur	3	0	Burnley	D 1	Villa Park, Birmingham	69,968
	Jones, Smith R 2	Lineups

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	4	1	Manchester City	Ewood Park	19,733
Pickering 2, Dobing, Thomas	Lineups		Hayes
Bolton Wanderers	0	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Burnden Park	19,418
	Lineups		Fantham
Chelsea	1	1	Preston North End	Stamford Bridge	22,031
Tindall	Lineups		Thompson P
Everton	1	0	Nottingham Forest	Goodison Park	27,579
Bingham	Lineups
Manchester United	1	1	Arsenal	Old Trafford	29,732
Moir	Lineups		Charles
West Ham United	1	2	Fulham	Upton Park	18,742
Obeney	Lineups		Cook, Langley (p)
Wolverhampton Wanderers	5	1	Birmingham City	Molineux	23,835
Farmer 4, Murray	Lineups		Singer

				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	32	11	3	1	51	21	14	0	3	42	19	2.325	53	L	W	D	W	L	1961-03-22	Newcastle United	H
2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	33	14	2	1	36	11	6	7	3	27	23	1.853	49	W	W	D	W	W	1961-03-25	Manchester United	H
3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	15	2	1	56	27	6	4	7	33	38	1.369	48	W	D	W	L	L	1961-03-25	Nottingham Forest	A
4	0	Burnley	30	8	2	6	45	34	9	1	4	37	23	1.439	37	D	D	W	L	L	1961-03-21	Blackpool	A
5	0	Everton	33	10	3	3	34	17	6	2	9	31	41	1.121	37	W	L	W	L	D	1961-03-22	Aston Villa	H
6	5	Blackburn Rovers	33	10	2	4	38	24	3	6	8	24	37	1.016	34	W	D	W	D	D	1961-03-20	West Ham United	H
7	2	Arsenal	34	10	2	5	38	28	3	6	8	28	40	0.971	34	D	D	D	L	W	1961-03-25	West Ham United	H
8	-2	Cardiff City	33	11	3	3	32	20	2	5	9	20	40	0.867	34	W	L	W	W	W	1961-03-24	Blackpool	H
9	-2	Leicester City	31	8	3	3	36	21	6	2	9	29	34	1.182	33	L	W	W	W	W	1961-03-25	Preston North End	A
10	0	Manchester United	33	10	4	2	40	15	3	3	11	24	46	1.049	33	D	D	W	L	W	1961-03-25	Sheffield Wednesday	A
11	-3	Aston Villa	31	10	3	3	38	24	3	4	8	24	36	1.033	33	D	D	L	L	D	1961-03-22	Everton	A
12	0	Nottingham Forest	33	7	4	6	27	28	5	2	9	21	32	0.8	30	L	D	W	L	W	1961-03-25	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
13	1	Chelsea	33	7	5	4	46	38	4	2	11	28	42	0.925	29	D	D	W	L	D	1961-03-25	Newcastle United	A
14	-1	West Ham United	32	11	2	4	49	27	1	2	12	18	44	0.944	28	L	L	L	L	W	1961-03-20	Blackburn Rovers	A
15	0	West Bromwich Albion	34	7	2	8	34	30	5	2	10	19	36	0.803	28	W	W	W	L	L	1961-03-25	Everton	H
16	3	Fulham	34	8	4	5	35	35	4	0	13	24	46	0.728	28	W	D	L	W	L	1961-03-25	Tottenham Hotspur	H
17	-1	Bolton Wanderers	33	7	3	7	30	26	3	4	9	19	34	0.817	27	L	D	W	L	L	1961-03-25	Manchester City	A
18	-1	Birmingham City	32	8	3	4	27	21	3	2	12	22	45	0.742	27	L	D	L	W	L	1961-03-22	Manchester City	H
19	-1	Manchester City	31	8	3	5	32	24	2	3	10	29	50	0.824	26	L	W	L	L	W	1961-03-22	Birmingham City	A
20	0	Newcastle United	33	6	7	4	46	37	2	1	13	26	53	0.8	24	D	L	W	L	L	1961-03-22	Tottenham Hotspur	A
21	0	Preston North End	33	7	3	6	24	18	2	3	12	11	37	0.636	24	D	W	L	W	W	1961-03-25	Leicester City	H
22	0	Blackpool	32	7	1	8	37	29	1	5	10	19	35	0.875	22	L	D	W	L	L	1961-03-21	Burnley	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Charlton Athletic	2	0	Leyton Orient	The Valley	12,353
Hewie, Edwards	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	1	0	Middlesbrough	Leeds Road	11,788
Massie	Lineups
Lincoln City	0	3	Southampton	Sincil Bank	5,182
	Lineups		O'Brien 2, Paine
Luton Town	2	1	Rotherham United	Kenilworth Road	10,179
McGuffie, Fleming	Lineups		Kirkman
Norwich City	0	1	Scunthorpe United	Carrow Road	20,598
	Lineups		Godfrey
Plymouth Argyle	1	2	Ipswich Town	Plainmoor, Torquay	9,879
Carter	Lineups		Crawford, Phillips
Portsmouth	3	1	Leeds United	Fratton Park	16,230
Campbell, Saunders, Priscott	Lineups		Charlton
Stoke City	2	0	Bristol Rovers	Victoria Ground	7,826
Ratcliffe, Bullock (p)	Lineups
Sunderland	2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Roker Park	26,782
Lawther, McPheat	Lineups		Laverick
Swansea Town	2	0	Liverpool	Vetch Field	13,181
Williams G 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	Ipswich Town	33	13	2	2	46	20	8	4	4	32	23	1.814	48	W	W	W	W	W	1961-03-25	Luton Town	H
2	0	Sheffield United	34	13	1	3	39	18	7	4	6	25	23	1.561	45	D	L	D	W	W	1961-03-25	Leeds United	A
3	0	Liverpool	33	11	4	2	40	19	7	3	6	31	26	1.578	43	L	W	D	W	W	1961-03-24	Plymouth Argyle	H
4	2	Sunderland	33	10	4	2	40	17	4	8	5	27	28	1.489	40	W	D	W	W	W	1961-03-25	Bristol Rovers	A
5	2	Southampton	32	11	3	3	52	29	6	3	6	21	27	1.304	40	W	D	W	L	D	1961-03-20	Bristol Rovers	A
6	-2	Middlesbrough	34	9	6	2	35	18	5	6	6	33	39	1.193	40	L	D	D	L	W	1961-03-25	Stoke City	H
7	-2	Norwich City	34	12	3	2	36	17	3	6	8	18	29	1.174	39	L	L	W	D	D	1961-03-25	Rotherham United	A
8	0	Plymouth Argyle	34	11	3	3	40	25	4	3	10	27	41	1.015	36	L	D	D	W	L	1961-03-24	Liverpool	A
9	0	Swansea Town	34	10	4	3	37	21	4	3	10	21	40	0.951	35	W	W	W	W	W	1961-03-25	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
10	1	Scunthorpe United	33	6	7	3	31	21	5	4	8	26	33	1.056	33	W	L	L	D	W	1961-03-25	Lincoln City	H
11	-1	Leeds United	34	6	5	6	29	32	7	1	9	31	39	0.845	32	L	W	L	L	L	1961-03-25	Sheffield United	H
12	2	Charlton Athletic	32	9	3	5	50	35	2	6	7	28	38	1.068	31	W	D	W	L	D	1961-03-25	Southampton	A
13	-1	Rotherham United	33	8	5	3	27	14	2	5	10	18	29	1.047	30	L	L	D	W	W	1961-03-25	Norwich City	H
14	-1	Derby County	31	7	5	4	35	26	4	3	8	25	35	0.984	30	W	D	L	L	D	1961-03-20	Stoke City	A
15	0	Luton Town	33	11	2	3	38	22	1	4	12	18	44	0.848	30	W	L	W	D	L	1961-03-25	Ipswich Town	A
16	3	Stoke City	31	7	4	4	33	18	2	5	9	9	25	0.977	27	W	L	W	L	L	1961-03-20	Derby County	H
17	-1	Bristol Rovers	32	8	4	4	37	28	2	3	11	20	40	0.838	27	L	W	W	L	W	1961-03-20	Southampton	H
18	2	Huddersfield Town	33	5	4	8	25	28	5	3	8	23	31	0.814	27	W	L	L	L	D	1961-03-21	Leyton Orient	A
19	-2	Brighton & Hove Albion	33	6	5	6	28	25	3	3	10	21	36	0.803	26	L	D	L	D	L	1961-03-25	Swansea Town	H
20	-2	Leyton Orient	32	6	4	5	22	25	4	2	11	21	42	0.642	26	L	D	W	D	L	1961-03-21	Huddersfield Town	H
21	0	Portsmouth	34	7	5	4	25	21	1	4	13	23	57	0.615	25	W	L	D	L	D	1961-03-25	Leyton Orient	A
22	0	Lincoln City	34	3	3	11	21	36	3	3	11	17	41	0.494	18	L	L	L	L	L	1961-03-25	Scunthorpe United	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	1	Swindon Town	Oakwell	7,545
Beaumont, Oliver	Lineups		Hunt
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	1	Port Vale	Dean Court	8,735
Weller	Lineups		Portwood
Bradford City	0	3	Torquay United	Valley Parade	5,001
	Lineups		Cox 2, Pym
Bristol City	1	2	Bury	Ashton Gate	12,551
Adams OG	Lineups		Holden 2
Colchester United	1	4	Watford	Layer Road	4,648
Langman	Lineups		Nicholas 2, Walker, Bunce
Coventry City	1	2	Walsall	Highfield Road	14,387
Hewitt	Lineups		Wilson, Taylor
Grimsby Town	4	1	Tranmere Rovers	Blundell Park	6,117
Rafferty 3, Williams	Lineups		Williams
Hull City	4	2	Halifax Town	Boothferry Park	4,997
Chilton 2, Price, Clarke	Lineups		Large, South
Newport County	0	1	Brentford	Somerton Park	3,756
	Lineups		Summers
Notts County	1	2	Southend United	Meadow Lane	10,530
Hateley	Lineups		Corthine, Fryatt
Queens Park Rangers	1	2	Chesterfield	Loftus Road	8,858
Bedford	Lineups		Mays, Havenhand
Reading	2	1	Shrewsbury Town	Elm Park	5,301
Whitehouse 2	Lineups		McLaughlin

				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	Bury	36	14	2	2	53	16	9	3	6	38	26	2.167	51	W	W	W	W	W	1961-03-21	Southend United	H
2	0	Queens Park Rangers	36	14	4	1	47	20	6	5	6	26	26	1.587	49	L	D	W	W	W	1961-03-25	Bury	A
3	0	Walsall	36	14	4	0	49	17	6	1	11	25	36	1.396	45	W	W	D	L	W	1961-03-21	Swindon Town	H
4	1	Grimsby Town	36	12	2	3	39	24	6	6	7	28	28	1.288	44	W	D	L	L	W	1961-03-25	Watford	A
5	-1	Notts County	36	13	1	3	43	17	5	6	8	28	44	1.164	43	L	W	L	L	W	1961-03-23	Halifax Town	H
6	0	Port Vale	37	13	2	4	54	23	2	9	7	29	39	1.339	41	D	L	L	D	W	1961-03-25	Bradford City	H
7	1	Torquay United	36	8	9	2	34	18	6	3	8	30	40	1.103	40	W	L	W	L	L	1961-03-25	Barnsley	H
8	-1	Newport County	36	12	3	3	44	22	4	4	10	25	47	1	39	L	L	L	W	W	1961-03-20	Coventry City	H
9	0	Barnsley	32	11	3	1	39	19	6	1	10	24	38	1.105	38	W	W	D	L	W	1961-03-22	Watford	H
10	3	Watford	35	8	6	3	36	22	5	5	8	27	40	1.016	37	W	L	W	L	L	1961-03-22	Barnsley	A
11	-1	Bristol City	37	13	2	4	43	17	2	4	12	17	40	1.053	36	L	W	L	W	L	1961-03-25	Walsall	A
12	-1	Halifax Town	35	10	6	1	35	17	1	8	9	24	46	0.937	36	L	D	L	L	D	1961-03-23	Notts County	A
13	-1	Coventry City	34	12	4	2	48	21	1	5	10	15	35	1.125	35	L	L	W	D	W	1961-03-20	Newport County	A
14	1	Hull City	35	11	3	4	43	22	3	4	10	16	35	1.035	35	W	D	W	W	L	1961-03-24	Tranmere Rovers	A
15	-1	Shrewsbury Town	35	9	6	2	38	20	2	6	10	24	41	1.016	34	L	D	W	W	W	1961-03-25	Coventry City	H
16	0	Brentford	36	8	5	4	32	23	3	6	10	15	35	0.81	33	W	D	L	D	D	1961-03-25	Colchester United	H
17	0	Southend United	36	8	7	4	32	24	3	3	11	19	38	0.823	32	W	D	L	W	D	1961-03-21	Bury	A
18	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	37	7	7	5	32	33	5	0	13	19	34	0.761	31	D	W	W	L	D	1961-03-25	Southend United	A
19	1	Reading	34	9	5	4	32	25	0	6	10	19	44	0.739	29	W	D	L	D	L	1961-03-23	Bradford City	A
20	-1	Swindon Town	34	7	5	4	29	14	1	7	10	17	30	1.045	28	L	W	L	D	L	1961-03-21	Walsall	A
21	0	Tranmere Rovers	37	7	4	7	46	48	3	2	14	22	57	0.648	26	L	W	L	W	L	1961-03-24	Hull City	H
22	0	Bradford City	35	6	6	6	31	31	1	5	11	17	38	0.696	25	L	L	L	L	W	1961-03-23	Reading	H
23	0	Colchester United	37	5	5	8	29	32	3	3	13	25	51	0.651	24	L	L	W	W	L	1961-03-25	Brentford	A
24	0	Chesterfield	36	6	5	7	27	22	1	4	13	18	47	0.652	23	W	W	L	W	W	1961-03-25	Notts County	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Carlisle United	1	2	Millwall	Brunton Park	3,096
Whitelaw	Lineups		Jones 2 (1p)
Crystal Palace	2	3	Northampton Town	Selhurst Park	20,688
Summersby, Heckman	Lineups		Edwards 2, Leck
Darlington	2	2	Aldershot	Feethams Ground	5,106
Carr, Morton	Lineups		Taylor 2
Doncaster Rovers	2	0	Bradford	Belle Vue	6,494
Veall, Broadbent	Lineups
Exeter City	4	1	Chester	St James Park	3,642
Bond, Jenkins 2, Carter	Lineups		Edwards
Hartlepools United	1	0	Gillingham	Victoria Park	2,332
Godbold	Lineups
Mansfield Town	1	3	York City	Field Mill	5,062
Wragg	Lineups		Hoggart 2, Wilkinson
Peterborough United	2	1	Workington	London Road	11,888
Hails, Smith	Lineups		Harburn
Rochdale	3	2	Accrington Stanley	Spotland	4,067
Cairns 2, Hepton	Lineups		Swindells, Smith
Southport	2	0	Oldham Athletic	Haig Avenue	7,398	Largest home gate 1960-61
Harrison, Fielding	Lineups
Stockport County	0	1	Crewe Alexandra	Edgeley Park	5,138
	Lineups		Haydock
Wrexham	1	0	Barrow	Racecourse Ground	4,161
Davis (p)	Lineups

				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	1	Peterborough United	35	14	3	2	69	26	8	5	3	36	21	2.234	52	W	W	D	W	W	1961-03-25	Chester	A
2	-1	Crystal Palace	37	12	4	2	57	23	11	2	6	41	37	1.633	52	L	L	W	W	W	1961-03-25	Aldershot	A
3	1	Northampton Town	34	11	3	3	37	22	7	5	5	27	25	1.362	44	W	D	W	L	L	1961-03-21	Carlisle United	H
4	-1	Bradford	35	13	3	1	41	15	6	3	9	25	44	1.119	44	L	W	D	W	D	1961-03-25	Hartlepools United	H
5	0	York City	36	14	2	2	40	12	4	5	9	26	33	1.467	43	W	L	W	D	W	1961-03-20	Southport	H
6	0	Millwall	37	10	3	6	45	27	6	5	7	33	40	1.164	40	W	W	D	L	W	1961-03-25	Rochdale	H
7	1	Crewe Alexandra	36	9	3	6	34	24	7	5	6	18	27	1.02	40	W	W	L	L	W	1961-03-25	Exeter City	H
8	-1	Darlington	36	9	6	3	32	17	6	3	9	28	37	1.111	39	D	L	D	D	W	1961-03-25	Oldham Athletic	A
9	3	Southport	36	11	4	3	36	17	6	0	12	19	31	1.146	38	W	L	W	L	L	1961-03-20	York City	A
10	-1	Workington	38	10	3	6	29	27	6	3	10	30	40	0.881	38	L	W	L	L	W	1961-03-25	Southport	H
11	-1	Stockport County	34	12	3	3	25	14	4	2	10	20	32	0.978	37	L	W	D	W	W	1961-03-25	York City	A
12	-1	Oldham Athletic	37	11	2	5	49	31	5	3	11	18	39	0.957	37	L	D	L	W	L	1961-03-25	Darlington	H
13	0	Rochdale	35	12	3	2	35	12	4	0	14	15	33	1.111	35	W	L	W	L	W	1961-03-25	Millwall	A
14	2	Wrexham	36	10	4	5	33	18	3	3	11	18	28	1.109	33	W	W	L	D	W	1961-03-25	Gillingham	A
15	0	Aldershot	35	11	3	3	38	14	2	4	12	20	39	1.094	33	D	W	L	W	L	1961-03-25	Crystal Palace	H
16	-2	Gillingham	35	8	3	5	40	27	4	6	9	16	28	1.018	33	L	W	D	L	L	1961-03-25	Wrexham	H
17	0	Doncaster Rovers	36	12	0	6	37	25	2	5	11	17	37	0.871	33	W	L	W	W	L	1961-03-25	Northampton Town	A
18	1	Exeter City	37	10	3	6	32	25	1	6	11	24	53	0.718	31	W	L	L	W	L	1961-03-25	Crewe Alexandra	A
19	-1	Accrington Stanley	33	9	3	5	34	22	3	2	11	22	45	0.836	29	L	W	L	W	W	1961-03-22	Mansfield Town	A
20	0	Barrow	36	9	4	5	28	22	2	3	13	12	40	0.645	29	L	W	L	L	L	1961-03-25	Carlisle United	H
21	0	Carlisle United	37	6	7	6	34	35	2	4	12	13	37	0.653	27	L	L	D	L	D	1961-03-21	Northampton Town	A
22	0	Mansfield Town	34	7	2	7	26	25	4	2	12	23	36	0.803	26	L	W	W	W	L	1961-03-22	Accrington Stanley	H
23	0	Chester	39	8	7	4	33	26	1	1	18	16	61	0.563	26	L	L	D	L	L	1961-03-25	Peterborough United	H
24	0	Hartlepools United	38	7	3	9	31	33	1	4	14	22	52	0.624	23	W	L	D	L	D	1961-03-25	Bradford	A