1961-03-25

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	0	0	West Ham United	Highbury	27,505
	Lineups
Birmingham City	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	St Andrew's	19,301
Hellawell	Lineups		Pickering
Burnley	1	1	Aston Villa	Turf Moor	17,726
Lawson	Lineups		Hitchens
Fulham	0	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Craven Cottage	38,536	Largest home gate 1960-61
	Lineups
Manchester City	0	0	Bolton Wanderers	Maine Road	21,816
	Lineups
Newcastle United	1	6	Chelsea	St James' Park	28,975
Neale	Lineups		Greaves 4, Tindall 2
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	City Ground	24,124
Addison	Lineups		Murray (p)
Preston North End	0	0	Leicester City	Deepdale	12,619
	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	5	1	Manchester United	Hillsborough	35,901
Young 3, Craig, Cantwell OG	Lineups		Charlton
West Bromwich Albion	3	0	Everton	The Hawthorns	20,590
Kevan 2, Jackson	Lineups

				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	34	11	3	2	52	23	14	1	3	42	19	2.238	54	D	L	L	W	D	1961-03-31	Chelsea	H
2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	34	15	2	1	41	12	6	7	3	27	23	1.943	51	W	W	W	D	W	1961-03-31	Newcastle United	A
3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	36	15	2	1	56	27	6	5	7	34	39	1.364	49	D	W	D	W	L	1961-04-01	Manchester City	H
4	0	Burnley	32	8	3	6	46	35	9	2	4	37	23	1.431	39	D	D	D	D	W	1961-03-31	Nottingham Forest	H
5	1	Blackburn Rovers	35	11	2	4	42	25	3	7	8	25	38	1.063	37	D	W	W	D	W	1961-03-31	Everton	H
6	-1	Everton	35	10	3	4	35	19	6	2	10	31	44	1.048	37	L	L	W	L	W	1961-03-31	Blackburn Rovers	A
7	0	Aston Villa	33	10	3	3	38	24	4	5	8	27	38	1.048	36	D	W	D	D	L	1961-03-28	West Bromwich Albion	H
8	0	Arsenal	35	10	3	5	38	28	3	6	8	28	40	0.971	35	D	D	D	D	L	1961-03-31	Fulham	A
9	1	Leicester City	32	8	3	3	36	21	6	3	9	29	34	1.182	34	D	L	W	W	W	1961-03-31	West Ham United	A
10	-1	Cardiff City	34	11	3	4	32	22	2	5	9	20	40	0.839	34	L	W	L	W	W	1961-03-31	Birmingham City	H
11	0	Manchester United	34	10	4	2	40	15	3	3	12	25	51	0.985	33	L	D	D	W	L	1961-03-31	Blackpool	A
12	1	Chelsea	34	7	5	4	46	38	5	2	11	34	43	0.988	31	W	D	D	W	L	1961-03-31	Tottenham Hotspur	A
13	-1	Nottingham Forest	34	7	5	6	28	29	5	2	9	21	32	0.803	31	D	L	D	W	L	1961-03-31	Burnley	A
14	2	West Bromwich Albion	35	8	2	8	37	30	5	2	10	19	36	0.848	30	W	W	W	W	L	1961-03-28	Aston Villa	A
15	-1	Birmingham City	34	9	4	4	31	24	3	2	12	22	45	0.768	30	D	W	L	D	L	1961-03-31	Cardiff City	A
16	-1	West Ham United	34	11	2	4	49	27	1	3	13	19	48	0.907	29	D	L	L	L	L	1961-03-31	Leicester City	H
17	0	Fulham	35	8	5	5	35	35	4	0	13	24	46	0.728	29	D	W	D	L	W	1961-03-31	Arsenal	H
18	0	Bolton Wanderers	34	7	3	7	30	26	3	5	9	19	34	0.817	28	D	L	D	W	L	1961-04-01	Arsenal	H
19	0	Manchester City	33	8	4	5	32	24	2	3	11	31	53	0.818	27	D	L	L	W	L	1961-03-31	Preston North End	H
20	0	Newcastle United	35	6	7	5	47	43	3	1	13	28	54	0.773	26	L	W	D	L	W	1961-03-31	Sheffield Wednesday	H
21	0	Blackpool	34	7	2	8	37	29	2	5	10	21	35	0.906	25	W	D	L	D	W	1961-03-31	Manchester United	H
22	0	Preston North End	34	7	4	6	24	18	2	3	12	11	37	0.636	25	D	D	W	L	W	1961-03-31	Manchester City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	Swansea Town	Goldstone Ground	12,942
	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	1	0	Sunderland	Eastville	15,261
Hooper	Lineups
Derby County	1	1	Huddersfield Town	Baseball Ground	9,524
Hutchinson	Lineups		Dinsdale
Ipswich Town	0	1	Luton Town	Portman Road	21,744
	Lineups		McGuffie
Leeds United	1	2	Sheffield United	Elland Road	13,688
Shaw OG	Lineups		Hodgson, Allchurch
Leyton Orient	2	1	Portsmouth	Brisbane Road	10,181
Graham, Johnston	Lineups		Saunders
Middlesbrough	1	0	Stoke City	Ayresome Park	8,736
Clough	Lineups
Rotherham United	0	2	Norwich City	Millmoor	7,352
	Lineups		Larkin, Lythgoe
Scunthorpe United	3	1	Lincoln City	Old Showground	6,981
Bonson 2, Marriott	Lineups		Chapman
Southampton	1	2	Charlton Athletic	The Dell	18,527
Paine	Lineups		Lucas, Tocknell

				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	34	13	2	3	46	21	8	4	4	32	23	1.773	48	L	W	W	W	W	1961-03-31	Middlesbrough	H
2	0	Sheffield United	35	13	1	3	39	18	8	4	6	27	24	1.571	47	W	D	L	D	W	1961-04-01	Liverpool	H
3	0	Liverpool	34	11	5	2	41	20	7	3	6	31	26	1.565	44	D	L	W	D	W	1961-03-31	Bristol Rovers	H
4	2	Middlesbrough	35	10	6	2	36	18	5	6	6	33	39	1.211	42	W	L	D	D	L	1961-03-31	Ipswich Town	A
5	2	Norwich City	35	12	3	2	36	17	4	6	8	20	29	1.217	41	W	L	L	W	D	1961-03-31	Sunderland	A
6	-2	Sunderland	34	10	4	2	40	17	4	8	6	27	29	1.457	40	L	W	D	W	W	1961-03-31	Norwich City	H
7	-2	Southampton	34	11	3	4	53	31	6	3	7	23	31	1.226	40	L	L	W	D	W	1961-03-29	Leyton Orient	A
8	0	Plymouth Argyle	35	11	3	3	40	25	4	4	10	28	42	1.015	37	D	L	D	D	W	1961-03-31	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
9	0	Swansea Town	35	10	4	3	37	21	4	4	10	21	40	0.951	36	D	W	W	W	W	1961-03-31	Luton Town	A
10	0	Scunthorpe United	34	7	7	3	34	22	5	4	8	26	33	1.091	35	W	W	L	L	D	1961-04-01	Sunderland	A
11	1	Charlton Athletic	33	9	3	5	50	35	3	6	7	30	39	1.081	33	W	W	D	W	L	1961-03-31	Huddersfield Town	H
12	3	Luton Town	34	11	2	3	38	22	2	4	12	19	44	0.864	32	W	W	L	W	D	1961-03-31	Swansea Town	H
13	-2	Leeds United	35	6	5	7	30	34	7	1	9	31	39	0.836	32	L	L	W	L	L	1961-04-01	Luton Town	A
14	0	Derby County	33	7	6	4	36	27	4	3	9	26	37	0.969	31	D	L	W	D	L	1961-04-01	Norwich City	A
15	2	Bristol Rovers	34	10	4	4	42	30	2	3	11	20	40	0.886	31	W	W	L	W	W	1961-03-31	Liverpool	A
16	-3	Rotherham United	34	8	5	4	27	16	2	5	10	18	29	1	30	L	L	L	D	W	1961-04-01	Stoke City	A
17	1	Leyton Orient	34	8	4	5	26	26	4	2	11	21	42	0.691	30	W	W	L	D	W	1961-03-29	Southampton	H
18	-2	Stoke City	33	8	4	4	35	19	2	5	10	9	26	0.978	29	L	W	W	L	W	1961-03-31	Lincoln City	A
19	0	Huddersfield Town	35	5	4	8	25	28	5	4	9	24	34	0.79	28	D	L	W	L	L	1961-03-31	Charlton Athletic	A
20	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	34	6	6	6	28	25	3	3	10	21	36	0.803	27	D	L	D	L	D	1961-03-31	Plymouth Argyle	H
21	0	Portsmouth	35	7	5	4	25	21	1	4	14	24	59	0.613	25	L	W	L	D	L	1961-04-01	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
22	0	Lincoln City	35	3	3	11	21	36	3	3	12	18	44	0.488	18	L	L	L	L	L	1961-03-31	Stoke City	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	0	0	Colchester United	Griffin Park	4,617
	Lineups
Bury	1	0	Queens Park Rangers	Gigg Lane	14,701	Largest home gate 1960-61
Calder	Lineups
Chesterfield	3	1	Notts County	Saltergate Recreation Ground	6,154
Rackstraw 2, Maddison	Lineups		Gissing
Halifax Town	1	0	Reading	The Shay	3,971
Large	Lineups
Port Vale	2	4	Bradford City	Vale Park	6,278
Poole H, Llewellyn	Lineups		Hockey, Duncan, Reid (p), Layne
Shrewsbury Town	2	1	Coventry City	Gay Meadow	8,562
Rowley, McLaughlin	Lineups		Holder
Southend United	0	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Roots Hall	7,609
	Lineups
Swindon Town	2	0	Newport County	County Ground	7,904
Hunt, D'Arcy	Lineups
Torquay United	1	1	Barnsley	Plainmoor	5,709
Cox	Lineups		Beaumont
Walsall	4	0	Bristol City	Fellows Park	10,115
Faulkner, Richards 2, Threasher OG	Lineups
Watford	2	0	Grimsby Town	Vicarage Road	10,384
Bunce, Holton	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	Bury	38	16	2	2	56	16	9	3	6	38	26	2.238	55	W	W	W	W	W	1961-03-31	Grimsby Town	A
2	0	Queens Park Rangers	37	14	4	1	47	20	6	5	7	26	27	1.553	49	L	L	D	W	W	1961-03-31	Swindon Town	H
3	0	Walsall	38	16	4	0	55	18	6	1	11	25	36	1.481	49	W	W	W	W	D	1961-03-31	Colchester United	A
4	0	Grimsby Town	37	12	2	3	39	24	6	6	8	28	30	1.241	44	L	W	D	L	L	1961-03-31	Bury	H
5	0	Notts County	38	13	2	3	44	18	5	6	9	29	47	1.123	44	L	D	L	W	L	1961-04-01	Bury	H
6	0	Port Vale	38	13	2	5	56	27	2	9	7	29	39	1.288	41	L	D	L	L	D	1961-03-31	Coventry City	H
7	0	Torquay United	37	8	10	2	35	19	6	3	8	30	40	1.102	41	D	W	L	W	L	1961-03-31	Bristol City	A
8	1	Watford	37	9	6	3	38	22	6	5	8	28	40	1.065	41	W	W	W	L	W	1961-03-31	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
9	-1	Newport County	38	12	4	3	47	25	4	4	11	25	49	0.973	40	L	D	L	L	L	1961-04-01	Torquay United	H
10	0	Barnsley	34	11	3	2	39	20	6	2	10	25	39	1.085	39	D	L	W	W	D	1961-03-27	Chesterfield	A
11	0	Halifax Town	37	11	6	1	36	17	1	9	9	25	47	0.953	39	W	D	L	D	L	1961-04-01	Coventry City	A
12	0	Coventry City	36	12	4	2	48	21	1	6	11	19	40	1.098	36	L	D	L	L	W	1961-03-31	Port Vale	A
13	2	Shrewsbury Town	36	10	6	2	40	21	2	6	10	24	41	1.032	36	W	L	D	W	W	1961-04-01	Bristol City	A
14	-1	Bristol City	38	13	2	4	43	17	2	4	13	17	44	0.984	36	L	L	W	L	W	1961-03-31	Torquay United	H
15	-1	Hull City	36	11	3	4	43	22	3	4	11	16	36	1.017	35	L	W	D	W	W	1961-03-31	Chesterfield	A
16	0	Brentford	37	8	6	4	32	23	3	6	10	15	35	0.81	34	D	W	D	L	D	1961-04-01	Grimsby Town	A
17	0	Southend United	38	8	8	4	32	24	3	3	12	19	40	0.797	33	D	L	W	D	L	1961-04-01	Bradford City	A
18	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	38	7	7	5	32	33	5	1	13	19	34	0.761	32	D	D	W	W	L	1961-03-31	Watford	H
19	1	Swindon Town	36	8	5	4	31	14	1	7	11	18	32	1.065	30	W	L	L	W	L	1961-03-31	Queens Park Rangers	A
20	2	Bradford City	37	7	6	6	33	32	2	5	11	21	40	0.75	29	W	W	L	L	L	1961-03-31	Tranmere Rovers	A
21	-2	Reading	36	9	5	4	32	25	0	6	12	20	47	0.722	29	L	L	W	D	L	1961-04-01	Tranmere Rovers	H
22	-1	Tranmere Rovers	38	8	4	7	47	48	3	2	14	22	57	0.657	28	W	L	W	L	W	1961-03-31	Bradford City	H
23	1	Chesterfield	37	7	5	7	30	23	1	4	13	18	47	0.686	25	W	W	W	L	W	1961-03-27	Barnsley	H
24	-1	Colchester United	38	5	5	8	29	32	3	4	13	25	51	0.651	25	D	L	L	W	W	1961-03-31	Walsall	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	1	4	Mansfield Town	Peel Park	3,096
Sturrock	Lineups		Wagstaff 2, Wragg, Ogilvie (p)
Aldershot	2	1	Crystal Palace	Recreation Ground	11,389
Woan, Lawlor	Lineups		Petchey
Barrow	0	2	Carlisle United	Holker Street	3,422
	Lineups		Walker, Blackley
Bradford	1	3	Hartlepools United	Park Avenue	8,975
Spratt	Lineups		Johnson 2, Folland
Chester	1	2	Peterborough United	Sealand Road	5,493
Davies	Lineups		Hails, Bly
Crewe Alexandra	2	0	Exeter City	Gresty Road	6,271
Jones M, Haydock	Lineups
Gillingham	0	3	Wrexham	Stonebridge Road, Northfleet	3,934	*
	Lineups		Davies, Metcalf, Friday OG
Millwall	4	1	Rochdale	The Den, New Cross	7,126
Broadfoot 4	Lineups		Milburn (p)
Northampton Town	3	0	Doncaster Rovers	County Ground	8,604
Edwards, Leck 2	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	3	3	Darlington	Boundary Park	11,300
Bazley, Johnstone, Rackley	Lineups		Baxter, Harbertson, Redfearn
Workington	3	1	Southport	Borough Park	1,750
McGarry, Dixon, Harburn	Lineups		Jones E
York City	0	0	Stockport County	Bootham Crescent	8,221
	Lineups
Notes
*Priestfield Stadium closed by FL bcause of crowd trouble at match 14/01/1961

				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	Peterborough United	36	14	3	2	69	26	9	5	3	38	22	2.229	54	W	W	W	D	W	1961-04-01	Crewe Alexandra	H
2	0	Crystal Palace	38	12	4	2	57	23	11	2	7	42	39	1.597	52	L	L	L	W	W	1961-03-31	Millwall	H
3	1	Northampton Town	36	12	4	3	40	22	7	5	5	27	25	1.426	47	W	D	W	D	W	1961-04-01	Hartlepools United	A
4	-1	York City	38	15	3	2	42	12	4	5	9	26	33	1.511	46	D	W	W	L	W	1961-03-31	Hartlepools United	H
5	0	Bradford	36	13	3	2	42	18	6	3	9	25	44	1.081	44	L	L	W	D	W	1961-04-01	Wrexham	A
6	0	Millwall	38	11	3	6	49	28	6	5	7	33	40	1.206	42	W	W	W	D	L	1961-03-31	Crystal Palace	A
7	0	Crewe Alexandra	37	10	3	6	36	24	7	5	6	18	27	1.059	42	W	W	W	L	L	1961-03-31	Wrexham	H
8	0	Darlington	37	9	6	3	32	17	6	4	9	31	40	1.105	40	D	D	L	D	D	1961-03-31	Barrow	H
9	1	Workington	39	11	3	6	32	28	6	3	10	30	40	0.912	40	W	L	W	L	L	1961-03-31	Rochdale	H
10	-1	Southport	38	11	4	3	36	17	6	0	14	20	36	1.057	38	L	L	W	L	W	1961-03-31	Gillingham	H
11	0	Stockport County	35	12	3	3	25	14	4	3	10	20	32	0.978	38	D	L	W	D	W	1961-03-31	Aldershot	H
12	0	Oldham Athletic	38	11	3	5	52	34	5	3	11	18	39	0.959	38	D	L	D	L	W	1961-03-31	Mansfield Town	H
13	1	Wrexham	37	10	4	5	33	18	4	3	11	21	28	1.174	35	W	W	W	L	D	1961-03-27	Aldershot	A
14	1	Aldershot	36	12	3	3	40	15	2	4	12	20	39	1.111	35	W	D	W	L	W	1961-03-27	Wrexham	H
15	-2	Rochdale	36	12	3	2	35	12	4	0	15	16	37	1.041	35	L	W	L	W	L	1961-03-31	Workington	A
16	0	Gillingham	36	8	3	6	40	30	4	6	9	16	28	0.966	33	L	L	W	D	L	1961-03-31	Southport	A
17	0	Doncaster Rovers	37	12	0	6	37	25	2	5	12	17	40	0.831	33	L	W	L	W	W	1961-03-31	Accrington Stanley	H
18	0	Exeter City	38	10	3	6	32	25	1	6	12	24	55	0.7	31	L	W	L	L	W	1961-04-01	York City	H
19	0	Accrington Stanley	35	9	3	6	35	26	3	3	11	22	45	0.803	30	L	D	L	W	L	1961-03-31	Doncaster Rovers	A
20	1	Carlisle United	39	6	7	6	34	35	3	5	12	15	37	0.681	30	W	D	L	L	D	1961-03-31	Chester	H
21	1	Mansfield Town	36	7	3	7	26	25	5	2	12	27	37	0.855	29	W	D	L	W	W	1961-03-31	Oldham Athletic	A
22	-2	Barrow	37	9	4	6	28	24	2	3	13	12	40	0.625	29	L	L	W	L	L	1961-03-31	Darlington	A
23	0	Chester	40	8	7	5	34	28	1	1	18	16	61	0.562	26	L	L	L	D	L	1961-03-31	Carlisle United	A
24	0	Hartlepools United	39	7	3	9	31	33	2	4	14	25	53	0.651	25	W	W	L	D	L	1961-03-31	York City	A