1961-04-01

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	1	2	Nottingham Forest	Villa Park	25,780
McParland	Lineups		Booth, Quigley
Blackburn Rovers	1	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Ewood Park	21,355
McEvoy	Lineups		Young
Blackpool	0	1	West Bromwich Albion	Bloomfield Road	20,809
	Lineups		Lovatt
Bolton Wanderers	1	1	Arsenal	Burnden Park	18,618
Neill OG	Lineups		Henderson
Chelsea	6	1	Cardiff City	Stamford Bridge	22,697
Greaves, Tambling, Tindall 2, Bridges, Harrington OG	Lineups		Durban
Everton	1	0	Birmingham City	Goodison Park	31,872
Temple	Lineups
Leicester City	2	2	Burnley	Filbert Street	27,838
Leek, Walsh	Lineups		Connelly, McIlroy
Manchester United	3	1	Fulham	Old Trafford	24,937
Charlton, Quixall, Viollet	Lineups		O'Connell
Tottenham Hotspur	5	0	Preston North End	White Hart Lane	46,325
Jones 3, White, Saul	Lineups
West Ham United	1	1	Newcastle United	Upton Park	18,997
Musgrove	Lineups		Scanlon
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	Manchester City	Molineux	25,365
Murray	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	36	13	3	2	61	25	14	1	3	42	19	2.341	58	W	W	D	L	L	1961-04-03	Chelsea	A
2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	36	15	2	1	41	12	7	8	3	29	24	1.944	54	D	W	W	W	W	1961-04-03	Newcastle United	H
3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	16	2	1	57	27	6	5	7	34	39	1.379	51	W	D	W	D	W	1961-04-03	West Bromwich Albion	A
4	0	Burnley	34	9	3	6	50	36	9	3	4	39	25	1.459	42	D	W	D	D	D	1961-04-03	Nottingham Forest	A
5	0	Everton	37	11	3	4	36	19	7	2	10	34	45	1.094	41	W	W	L	L	W	1961-04-03	Blackburn Rovers	H
6	0	Blackburn Rovers	37	11	3	5	44	29	3	7	8	25	38	1.03	38	D	L	D	W	W	1961-04-03	Everton	A
7	1	Arsenal	37	10	3	5	38	28	3	8	8	31	43	0.972	37	D	D	D	D	D	1961-04-03	Fulham	H
8	-1	Aston Villa	35	10	3	5	39	27	4	5	8	27	38	1.015	36	L	L	D	W	D	1961-04-03	Bolton Wanderers	A
9	0	Leicester City	34	8	4	3	38	23	6	3	10	29	35	1.155	35	D	L	D	L	W	1961-04-03	West Ham United	H
10	1	Manchester United	36	11	4	2	43	16	3	3	13	25	53	0.986	35	W	L	L	D	D	1961-04-03	Blackpool	H
11	1	West Bromwich Albion	37	8	2	8	37	30	7	2	10	21	36	0.879	34	W	W	W	W	W	1961-04-03	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
12	-2	Cardiff City	36	11	3	5	32	24	2	5	10	21	46	0.757	34	L	L	L	W	L	1961-04-03	Birmingham City	A
13	1	Chelsea	36	8	5	4	52	39	5	2	12	36	47	1.023	33	W	L	W	D	D	1961-04-03	Tottenham Hotspur	H
14	2	Nottingham Forest	36	7	5	6	28	29	6	2	10	24	37	0.788	33	W	L	D	L	D	1961-04-03	Burnley	H
15	0	West Ham United	36	12	3	4	51	28	1	3	13	19	48	0.921	32	D	W	D	L	L	1961-04-03	Leicester City	A
16	-3	Birmingham City	36	9	4	4	31	24	4	2	13	24	46	0.786	32	L	W	D	W	L	1961-04-03	Cardiff City	H
17	0	Fulham	37	8	6	5	37	37	4	0	14	25	49	0.721	30	L	D	D	W	D	1961-04-03	Arsenal	A
18	0	Bolton Wanderers	35	7	4	7	31	27	3	5	9	19	34	0.82	29	D	D	L	D	W	1961-04-03	Aston Villa	H
19	0	Blackpool	36	8	2	9	39	30	2	5	10	21	35	0.923	27	L	W	W	D	L	1961-04-03	Manchester United	A
20	0	Manchester City	35	8	4	6	34	27	2	3	12	31	54	0.802	27	L	L	D	L	L	1961-04-03	Preston North End	A
21	1	Newcastle United	37	6	7	6	47	44	3	2	13	29	55	0.768	27	D	L	L	W	D	1961-04-03	Sheffield Wednesday	A
22	-1	Preston North End	36	7	4	6	24	18	3	3	13	14	44	0.613	27	L	W	D	D	W	1961-04-03	Manchester City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Charlton Athletic	2	1	Bristol Rovers	The Valley	9,139
Summers, Leary	Lineups		Jones
Huddersfield Town	1	3	Ipswich Town	Leeds Road	16,459
McHale	Lineups		Crawford, Phillips 2
Lincoln City	5	2	Middlesbrough	Sincil Bank	5,115
Smith (p), Bannister, Chapman 3	Lineups		Clough, Peacock
Luton Town	1	1	Leeds United	Kenilworth Road	11,137
Tracey (p)	Lineups		Bremner
Norwich City	0	2	Derby County	Carrow Road	22,315
	Lineups		Curry, Hutchinson
Plymouth Argyle	3	2	Leyton Orient	Home Park	14,814
Carter, McAnearney, Wright	Lineups		Dunmore, Facey (p)
Portsmouth	4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Fratton Park	20,993
Saunders 2, Gordon, Brown	Lineups
Sheffield United	1	1	Liverpool	Bramall Lane	28,853
Russell	Lineups		Morrissey
Stoke City	1	4	Rotherham United	Victoria Ground	8,241
King	Lineups		Sawyer 2, Perry, Weston
Sunderland	2	0	Scunthorpe United	Roker Park	18,242
Fogarty, McPheat	Lineups
Swansea Town	4	1	Southampton	Vetch Field	13,708
Jones 2, Webster 2	Lineups		Penk

				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	36	14	2	3	49	22	9	4	4	35	24	1.826	52	W	W	L	W	W	1961-04-03	Middlesbrough	A
2	0	Sheffield United	36	13	2	3	40	19	8	4	6	27	24	1.558	48	D	W	D	L	D	1961-04-03	Portsmouth	A
3	0	Liverpool	36	12	5	2	44	20	7	4	6	32	27	1.617	47	D	W	D	L	W	1961-04-04	Bristol Rovers	A
4	0	Norwich City	37	12	3	3	36	19	5	6	8	23	29	1.229	43	L	W	W	L	L	1961-04-03	Sunderland	H
5	2	Sunderland	36	11	4	3	42	20	4	8	6	27	29	1.408	42	W	L	L	W	D	1961-04-03	Norwich City	A
6	-1	Middlesbrough	37	10	6	2	36	18	5	6	8	36	47	1.108	42	L	L	W	L	D	1961-04-03	Ipswich Town	H
7	-1	Southampton	36	11	3	4	53	31	6	4	8	25	36	1.164	41	L	D	L	L	W	1961-04-03	Leyton Orient	H
8	0	Plymouth Argyle	37	12	3	3	43	27	4	4	11	28	44	1	39	W	L	D	L	D	1961-04-03	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
9	0	Swansea Town	37	11	4	3	41	22	4	5	10	23	42	1	39	W	D	D	W	W	1961-04-03	Luton Town	H
10	1	Charlton Athletic	35	10	3	6	54	39	3	6	7	30	39	1.077	35	W	L	W	W	D	1961-04-03	Huddersfield Town	A
11	-1	Scunthorpe United	35	7	7	3	34	22	5	4	9	26	35	1.053	35	L	W	W	L	L	1961-04-03	Leeds United	H
12	0	Luton Town	36	11	4	3	41	25	2	4	12	19	44	0.87	34	D	D	W	W	L	1961-04-03	Swansea Town	A
13	1	Derby County	34	7	6	4	36	27	5	3	9	28	37	1	33	W	D	L	W	D	1961-04-03	Rotherham United	H
14	-1	Leeds United	36	6	5	7	30	34	7	2	9	32	40	0.838	33	D	L	L	W	L	1961-04-03	Scunthorpe United	A
15	2	Rotherham United	35	8	5	4	27	16	3	5	10	22	30	1.065	32	W	L	L	L	D	1961-04-03	Derby County	A
16	-1	Bristol Rovers	36	10	4	4	42	30	2	3	13	21	45	0.84	31	L	L	W	W	L	1961-04-04	Liverpool	H
17	-1	Leyton Orient	36	8	5	5	27	27	4	2	12	23	45	0.694	31	L	D	W	W	L	1961-04-03	Southampton	A
18	0	Stoke City	35	8	4	5	36	23	2	6	10	10	27	0.92	30	L	D	L	W	W	1961-04-03	Lincoln City	H
19	0	Huddersfield Town	37	5	4	9	26	31	6	4	9	27	36	0.791	30	L	W	D	L	W	1961-04-03	Charlton Athletic	H
20	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	36	7	6	6	30	25	3	3	11	21	40	0.785	29	L	W	D	L	D	1961-04-03	Plymouth Argyle	A
21	0	Portsmouth	36	8	5	4	29	21	1	4	14	24	59	0.663	27	W	L	W	L	D	1961-04-03	Sheffield United	H
22	0	Lincoln City	37	4	4	11	27	39	3	3	12	18	44	0.542	21	W	D	L	L	L	1961-04-03	Stoke City	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	5	1	Port Vale	Oakwell	5,680
Bartlett 2, Beaumont 2, Tindill	Lineups		Poole H
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	0	Chesterfield	Dean Court	7,760
Dowsett	Lineups
Bradford City	2	1	Southend United	Valley Parade	6,267
Hawksworth, Lawlor	Lineups		McKinven
Bristol City	0	0	Shrewsbury Town	Ashton Gate	8,659
	Lineups
Colchester United	3	1	Swindon Town	Layer Road	3,182
Hunt R, King, Wright P	Lineups		Woodruff
Coventry City	2	0	Halifax Town	Highfield Road	8,756
Hill P, Hewitt	Lineups
Grimsby Town	0	0	Brentford	Blundell Park	7,734
	Lineups
Hull City	3	2	Watford	Boothferry Park	7,267
Crickmore, Collinson, Holah	Lineups		Holton, Crisp
Newport County	2	2	Torquay United	Somerton Park	3,872
Sherwood, McSeveney	Lineups		Cox, Smith H (p)
Notts County	0	3	Bury	Meadow Lane	10,489
	Lineups		Hubbard, Calder, Holden
Queens Park Rangers	1	0	Walsall	Loftus Road	14,288
Longbottom	Lineups
Reading	1	2	Tranmere Rovers	Elm Park	6,141
Wheeler	Lineups		Williams, Arnell

				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	40	16	2	2	56	16	10	4	6	43	28	2.25	58	W	D	W	W	W	1961-04-04	Grimsby Town	H
2	0	Queens Park Rangers	39	16	4	1	51	21	6	5	7	26	27	1.604	53	W	W	L	L	D	1961-04-03	Swindon Town	A
3	0	Walsall	40	16	4	0	55	18	7	1	12	29	37	1.527	51	L	W	W	W	W	1961-04-03	Colchester United	H
4	0	Grimsby Town	39	12	4	3	41	26	6	6	8	28	30	1.232	46	D	D	L	W	D	1961-04-04	Bury	A
5	0	Notts County	39	13	2	4	44	21	5	6	9	29	47	1.074	44	L	L	D	L	W	1961-04-03	Brentford	A
6	0	Port Vale	40	14	2	5	59	28	2	9	8	30	44	1.236	43	L	W	L	D	L	1961-04-04	Coventry City	A
7	1	Torquay United	39	8	10	2	35	19	6	5	8	34	44	1.095	43	D	D	D	W	L	1961-04-03	Bristol City	H
8	-1	Watford	39	9	6	3	38	22	7	5	9	31	43	1.062	43	L	W	W	W	W	1961-04-03	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
9	1	Barnsley	36	12	3	2	44	21	6	2	11	26	44	1.077	41	W	L	D	L	W	1961-04-03	Halifax Town	H
10	-1	Newport County	39	12	5	3	49	27	4	4	11	25	49	0.974	41	D	L	D	L	L	1961-04-03	Shrewsbury Town	H
11	1	Hull City	38	12	3	4	46	24	4	4	11	18	37	1.049	39	W	W	L	W	D	1961-04-03	Chesterfield	H
12	-1	Halifax Town	38	11	6	1	36	17	1	9	10	25	49	0.924	39	L	W	D	L	D	1961-04-03	Barnsley	A
13	1	Coventry City	38	13	4	2	50	21	1	6	12	20	43	1.094	38	W	L	L	D	L	1961-04-04	Port Vale	H
14	-1	Bristol City	40	13	4	4	45	19	2	4	13	17	44	0.984	38	D	D	L	L	W	1961-04-03	Torquay United	A
15	0	Shrewsbury Town	37	10	6	2	40	21	2	7	10	24	41	1.032	37	D	W	L	D	W	1961-04-03	Newport County	A
16	0	Brentford	38	8	6	4	32	23	3	7	10	15	35	0.81	35	D	D	W	D	L	1961-04-03	Notts County	H
17	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	40	8	7	6	33	34	5	1	13	19	34	0.765	34	W	L	D	D	W	1961-04-03	Watford	A
18	-1	Southend United	39	8	8	4	32	24	3	3	13	20	42	0.788	33	L	D	L	W	D	1961-04-03	Reading	A
19	1	Tranmere Rovers	40	9	4	7	48	48	4	2	14	24	58	0.679	32	W	W	W	L	W	1961-04-03	Bradford City	A
20	1	Bradford City	39	8	6	6	35	33	2	5	12	21	41	0.757	31	W	L	W	W	L	1961-04-03	Tranmere Rovers	H
21	-2	Swindon Town	38	8	5	4	31	14	1	7	13	20	38	0.981	30	L	L	W	L	L	1961-04-03	Queens Park Rangers	H
22	0	Reading	37	9	5	5	33	27	0	6	12	20	47	0.716	29	L	L	L	W	D	1961-04-03	Southend United	H
23	0	Chesterfield	40	8	5	8	36	26	1	4	14	18	48	0.73	27	L	L	W	W	W	1961-04-03	Hull City	A
24	0	Colchester United	40	6	5	9	32	37	3	4	13	25	51	0.648	27	W	L	D	L	L	1961-04-03	Walsall	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Crystal Palace	2	1	Oldham Athletic	Selhurst Park	13,964
Byrne 2	Lineups		Bazley
Darlington	1	1	Workington	Feethams Ground	4,069
Baxter	Lineups		McGarry
Doncaster Rovers	3	1	Aldershot	Belle Vue	3,520
Leighton, Ballagher, Swallow	Lineups		Deakin
Exeter City	2	1	York City	St James Park	5,090
Gordon, Rees	Lineups		Hoggart
Hartlepools United	4	2	Northampton Town	Victoria Park	3,460
Parkes 3 (2p), Folland	Lineups		Edwards 2
Mansfield Town	5	1	Millwall	Field Mill	4,574
Stringfellow 2, Coates 2, Wragg	Lineups		Burridge
Peterborough United	4	1	Crewe Alexandra	London Road	12,717
Ripley 2, Rayner, Hails	Lineups		Keery
Rochdale	0	0	Barrow	Spotland	2,785
	Lineups
Southport	1	2	Chester	Haig Avenue	3,295
Blain	Lineups		Kelly, Pritchard
Stockport County	0	3	Accrington Stanley	Edgeley Park	4,190
	Lineups		Hudson, Sturrock 2
Wrexham	0	1	Bradford	Racecourse Ground	5,183
	Lineups		Buchanan

				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	37	15	3	2	73	27	9	5	3	38	22	2.265	56	W	W	W	W	D	1961-04-03	Bradford	H
2	0	Crystal Palace	40	13	4	3	59	26	11	2	7	42	39	1.554	54	W	L	L	L	L	1961-04-03	Millwall	A
3	0	York City	40	16	3	2	46	12	4	5	10	27	35	1.553	48	L	W	D	W	W	1961-04-08	Peterborough United	H
4	0	Northampton Town	37	12	4	3	40	22	7	5	6	29	29	1.353	47	L	W	D	W	D	1961-04-03	Exeter City	A
5	1	Bradford	37	13	3	2	42	18	7	3	9	26	44	1.097	46	W	L	L	W	D	1961-04-03	Peterborough United	A
6	-1	Millwall	40	11	3	6	49	28	7	5	8	36	45	1.164	44	L	W	W	W	W	1961-04-03	Crystal Palace	H
7	0	Crewe Alexandra	39	11	3	6	38	25	7	5	7	19	31	1.018	44	L	W	W	W	W	1961-04-03	Wrexham	A
8	0	Workington	41	12	3	6	35	28	6	4	10	31	41	0.957	43	D	W	W	L	W	1961-04-03	Rochdale	A
9	0	Darlington	39	9	7	4	35	21	6	4	9	31	40	1.082	41	D	L	D	D	L	1961-04-03	Barrow	A
10	1	Oldham Athletic	40	12	3	5	55	35	5	3	12	19	41	0.974	40	L	W	D	L	D	1961-04-03	Mansfield Town	A
11	-1	Stockport County	37	13	3	4	27	17	4	3	10	20	32	0.959	40	L	W	D	L	W	1961-04-03	Aldershot	A
12	0	Southport	40	11	4	5	38	21	6	0	14	20	36	1.018	38	L	L	L	L	W	1961-04-03	Gillingham	A
13	4	Doncaster Rovers	39	14	0	6	41	26	2	5	12	17	40	0.879	37	W	W	L	W	L	1961-04-03	Accrington Stanley	A
14	-1	Wrexham	40	10	4	6	33	19	4	4	12	22	30	1.122	36	L	L	D	W	W	1961-04-03	Crewe Alexandra	H
15	-1	Aldershot	39	12	4	3	40	15	2	4	14	21	44	1.034	36	L	L	D	W	D	1961-04-03	Stockport County	H
16	0	Rochdale	38	12	4	2	35	12	4	0	16	16	40	0.981	36	D	L	L	W	L	1961-04-03	Workington	H
17	-2	Gillingham	37	8	3	6	40	30	5	6	9	18	29	0.983	35	W	L	L	W	D	1961-04-03	Southport	H
18	1	Exeter City	39	11	3	6	34	26	1	6	12	24	55	0.716	33	W	L	W	L	L	1961-04-03	Northampton Town	H
19	2	Accrington Stanley	37	9	3	6	35	26	4	3	12	25	46	0.833	32	W	L	L	D	L	1961-04-03	Doncaster Rovers	H
20	-2	Carlisle United	40	7	7	6	37	36	3	5	12	15	37	0.712	32	W	W	D	L	L	1961-04-03	Chester	A
21	-1	Barrow	39	9	4	6	28	24	3	4	13	15	42	0.652	32	D	W	L	L	W	1961-04-03	Darlington	H
22	0	Mansfield Town	38	8	3	7	31	26	5	2	13	28	40	0.894	31	W	L	W	D	L	1961-04-03	Oldham Athletic	H
23	0	Chester	42	8	7	5	34	28	2	1	19	19	65	0.57	28	W	L	L	L	L	1961-04-03	Carlisle United	H
24	0	Hartlepools United	41	8	3	9	35	35	2	4	15	25	57	0.652	27	W	L	W	W	L	1961-04-08	Aldershot	A