1961-04-03

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	4	2	Fulham	Highbury	20,010
Henderson 2, Barnwell 2	Lineups		Langley (p), Leggat
Birmingham City	2	1	Cardiff City	St Andrew's	20,065
Harris, Orritt	Lineups		Moore
Bolton Wanderers	3	0	Aston Villa	Burnden Park	21,721
McAdams 3	Lineups
Chelsea	2	3	Tottenham Hotspur	Stamford Bridge	57,103	Largest home gate 1960-61
Greaves, Blunstone	Lineups		Norman, Smith R, Medwin
Everton	2	2	Blackburn Rovers	Goodison Park	41,991
Bingham, Young	Lineups		Thomas, Pickering
Leicester City	5	1	West Ham United	Filbert Street	23,776
Cheesebrough 3, Riley, McIlmoyle	Lineups		Kirkup
Manchester United	2	0	Blackpool	Old Trafford	39,169
Nicholson, Hauser OG	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	3	1	Burnley	City Ground	27,981
Addison 2, Vowden	Lineups		Lochhead
Preston North End	1	1	Manchester City	Deepdale	25,358
Wylie	Lineups		Baker
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Newcastle United	Hillsborough	35,273
Craig (p)	Lineups		Woods
West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	The Hawthorns	34,108
Kevan, Burnside	Lineups		Stobart

				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	37	13	3	2	61	25	15	1	3	45	21	2.304	60	W	W	W	D	L	1961-04-08	Birmingham City	A
2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	37	15	3	1	42	13	7	8	3	29	24	1.919	55	D	D	W	W	W	1961-04-08	Leicester City	H
3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	16	2	1	57	27	6	5	8	35	41	1.353	51	L	W	D	W	D	1961-04-08	Preston North End	A
4	0	Burnley	35	9	3	6	50	36	9	3	5	40	28	1.406	42	L	D	W	D	D	1961-04-08	Bolton Wanderers	H
5	0	Everton	38	11	4	4	38	21	7	2	10	34	45	1.091	42	D	W	W	L	L	1961-04-08	Newcastle United	A
6	0	Blackburn Rovers	38	11	3	5	44	29	3	8	8	27	40	1.029	39	D	D	L	D	W	1961-04-08	Cardiff City	A
7	0	Arsenal	38	11	3	5	42	30	3	8	8	31	43	1	39	W	D	D	D	D	1961-04-08	Blackpool	H
8	1	Leicester City	35	9	4	3	43	24	6	3	10	29	35	1.22	37	W	D	L	D	L	1961-04-08	Sheffield Wednesday	A
9	1	Manchester United	37	12	4	2	45	16	3	3	13	25	53	1.014	37	W	W	L	L	D	1961-04-08	West Bromwich Albion	A
10	-2	Aston Villa	36	10	3	5	39	27	4	5	9	27	41	0.971	36	L	L	L	D	W	1961-04-04	Bolton Wanderers	H
11	0	West Bromwich Albion	38	9	2	8	39	31	7	2	10	21	36	0.896	36	W	W	W	W	W	1961-04-08	Manchester United	H
12	2	Nottingham Forest	37	8	5	6	31	30	6	2	10	24	37	0.821	35	W	W	L	D	L	1961-04-08	West Ham United	H
13	3	Birmingham City	37	10	4	4	33	25	4	2	13	24	46	0.803	34	W	L	W	D	W	1961-04-08	Tottenham Hotspur	H
14	-2	Cardiff City	37	11	3	5	32	24	2	5	11	22	48	0.75	34	L	L	L	L	W	1961-04-08	Blackburn Rovers	H
15	-2	Chelsea	37	8	5	5	54	42	5	2	12	36	47	1.011	33	L	W	L	W	D	1961-04-08	Manchester City	A
16	-1	West Ham United	37	12	3	4	51	28	1	3	14	20	53	0.877	32	L	D	W	D	L	1961-04-08	Nottingham Forest	A
17	1	Bolton Wanderers	36	8	4	7	34	27	3	5	9	19	34	0.869	31	W	D	D	L	D	1961-04-04	Aston Villa	A
18	-1	Fulham	38	8	6	5	37	37	4	0	15	27	53	0.711	30	L	L	D	D	W	1961-04-08	Aston Villa	H
19	1	Manchester City	36	8	4	6	34	27	2	4	12	32	55	0.805	28	D	L	L	D	L	1961-04-08	Chelsea	H
20	1	Newcastle United	38	6	7	6	47	44	3	3	13	30	56	0.77	28	D	D	L	L	W	1961-04-08	Everton	H
21	1	Preston North End	37	7	5	6	25	19	3	3	13	14	44	0.619	28	D	L	W	D	D	1961-04-08	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
22	-3	Blackpool	37	8	2	9	39	30	2	5	11	21	37	0.896	27	L	L	W	W	D	1961-04-08	Arsenal	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Derby County	3	0	Rotherham United	Baseball Ground	12,778
Thompson, Parry, Hannigan	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	2	2	Charlton Athletic	Leeds Road	12,542
Balderstone, Massie	Lineups		Lawrie, Leary
Middlesbrough	3	1	Ipswich Town	Ayresome Park	12,996
Yeoman, Harris (p), Clough	Lineups		Phillips
Norwich City	3	0	Sunderland	Carrow Road	22,574
Whitehouse 2, Allcock	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	1	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Home Park	14,826
Jennings OG	Lineups		Thorne 2
Portsmouth	1	2	Sheffield United	Fratton Park	21,993
Saunders	Lineups		Pace, Allchurch
Scunthorpe United	3	2	Leeds United	Old Showground	8,725
Godfrey, Thomas, Bakes	Lineups		Charlton 2 (1p)
Southampton	1	1	Leyton Orient	The Dell	12,199
Traynor	Lineups		Dunmore
Stoke City	0	0	Lincoln City	Victoria Ground	6,383
	Lineups
Swansea Town	3	1	Luton Town	Vetch Field	14,880
Davies R, Webster, Jones	Lineups		Groves

				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	37	14	2	3	49	22	9	4	5	36	27	1.735	52	L	W	W	L	W	1961-04-08	Portsmouth	H
2	0	Sheffield United	37	13	2	3	40	19	9	4	6	29	25	1.568	50	W	D	W	D	L	1961-04-08	Rotherham United	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	38	13	3	3	39	19	5	6	8	23	29	1.292	45	W	L	W	W	L	1961-04-08	Bristol Rovers	A
5	1	Middlesbrough	38	11	6	2	39	19	5	6	8	36	47	1.136	44	W	L	L	W	L	1961-04-08	Luton Town	H
6	-1	Sunderland	37	11	4	3	42	20	4	8	7	27	32	1.327	42	L	W	L	L	W	1961-04-08	Leyton Orient	A
7	0	Southampton	37	11	4	4	54	32	6	4	8	25	36	1.162	42	D	L	D	L	L	1961-04-08	Stoke City	H
8	1	Swansea Town	38	12	4	3	44	23	4	5	10	23	42	1.031	41	W	W	D	D	W	1961-04-08	Leeds United	A
9	-1	Plymouth Argyle	38	12	3	4	44	29	4	4	11	28	44	0.986	39	L	W	L	D	L	1961-04-08	Derby County	A
10	1	Scunthorpe United	36	8	7	3	37	24	5	4	9	26	35	1.068	37	W	L	W	W	L	1961-04-08	Huddersfield Town	H
11	-1	Charlton Athletic	36	10	3	6	54	39	3	7	7	32	41	1.075	36	D	W	L	W	W	1961-04-08	Liverpool	A
12	1	Derby County	35	8	6	4	39	27	5	3	9	28	37	1.047	35	W	W	D	L	W	1961-04-04	Rotherham United	A
13	-1	Luton Town	37	11	4	3	41	25	2	4	13	20	47	0.847	34	L	D	D	W	W	1961-04-08	Middlesbrough	A
14	0	Leeds United	37	6	5	7	30	34	7	2	10	34	43	0.831	33	L	D	L	L	W	1961-04-08	Swansea Town	H
15	0	Rotherham United	36	8	5	4	27	16	3	5	11	22	33	1	32	L	W	L	L	L	1961-04-04	Derby County	H
16	1	Leyton Orient	37	8	5	5	27	27	4	3	12	24	46	0.699	32	D	L	D	W	W	1961-04-08	Sunderland	H
17	1	Stoke City	36	8	5	5	36	23	2	6	10	10	27	0.92	31	D	L	D	L	W	1961-04-08	Southampton	A
18	-2	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
19	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	37	7	6	6	30	25	4	3	11	23	41	0.803	31	W	L	W	D	L	1961-04-08	Lincoln City	H
20	-1	Huddersfield Town	38	5	5	9	28	33	6	4	9	27	36	0.797	31	D	L	W	D	L	1961-04-08	Scunthorpe United	A
21	0	Portsmouth	37	8	5	5	30	23	1	4	14	24	59	0.659	27	L	W	L	W	L	1961-04-08	Ipswich Town	A
22	0	Lincoln City	38	4	4	11	27	39	3	4	12	18	44	0.542	22	D	W	D	L	L	1961-04-08	Brighton & Hove Albion	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	1	1	Halifax Town	Oakwell	8,995
Bartlett	Lineups		Holmes
Bradford City	1	1	Tranmere Rovers	Valley Parade	8,255
Layne	Lineups		Williams
Brentford	3	0	Notts County	Griffin Park	5,416
Summers, Towers 2	Lineups
Hull City	2	2	Chesterfield	Boothferry Park	7,162
Clarke 2	Lineups		Frost, Havenhand
Newport County	1	1	Shrewsbury Town	Somerton Park	2,892
McSeveney	Lineups		Ambler
Reading	3	0	Southend United	Elm Park	4,945
Wheeler 2, Reeves (p)	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	0	Queens Park Rangers	County Ground	11,568
Summerbee	Lineups
Torquay United	0	0	Bristol City	Plainmoor	6,863
	Lineups
Walsall	3	0	Colchester United	Fellows Park	12,985
Richards, Taylor 2	Lineups
Watford	0	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Vicarage Road	8,311
	Lineups		Coxon

				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	1	Walsall	41	17	4	0	58	18	7	1	12	29	37	1.582	53	W	L	W	W	W	1961-04-08	Notts County	H
3	-1	Queens Park Rangers	40	16	4	1	51	21	6	5	8	26	28	1.571	53	L	W	W	L	L	1961-04-08	Shrewsbury Town	A
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	2	Torquay United	40	8	11	2	35	19	6	5	8	34	44	1.095	44	D	D	D	D	W	1961-04-08	Colchester United	H
6	-1	Notts County	40	13	2	4	44	21	5	6	10	29	50	1.028	44	L	L	L	D	L	1961-04-04	Brentford	H
7	-1	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
8	0	Watford	40	9	6	4	38	23	7	5	9	31	43	1.045	43	L	L	W	W	W	1961-04-08	Reading	H
9	0	Barnsley	37	12	4	2	45	22	6	2	11	26	44	1.076	42	D	W	L	D	L	1961-04-08	Southend United	A
10	0	Newport County	40	12	6	3	50	28	4	4	11	25	49	0.974	42	D	D	L	D	L	1961-04-08	Port Vale	A
11	0	Hull City	39	12	4	4	48	26	4	4	11	18	37	1.048	40	D	W	W	L	W	1961-04-08	Brentford	A
12	0	Halifax Town	39	11	6	1	36	17	1	10	10	26	50	0.925	40	D	L	W	D	L	1961-04-08	Bristol City	H
13	1	Bristol City	41	13	4	4	45	19	2	5	13	17	44	0.984	39	D	D	D	L	L	1961-04-08	Halifax Town	A
14	-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
15	0	Shrewsbury Town	38	10	6	2	40	21	2	8	10	25	42	1.032	38	D	D	W	L	D	1961-04-08	Queens Park Rangers	H
16	0	Brentford	39	9	6	4	35	23	3	7	10	15	35	0.862	37	W	D	D	W	D	1961-04-04	Notts County	A
17	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	41	8	7	6	33	34	6	1	13	20	34	0.779	36	W	W	L	D	D	1961-04-08	Bury	A
18	0	Southend United	40	8	8	4	32	24	3	3	14	20	45	0.754	33	L	L	D	L	W	1961-04-04	Reading	H
19	0	Tranmere Rovers	41	9	4	7	48	48	4	3	14	25	59	0.682	33	D	W	W	W	L	1961-04-08	Coventry City	H
20	1	Swindon Town	39	9	5	4	32	14	1	7	13	20	38	1	32	W	L	L	W	L	1961-04-08	Grimsby Town	H
21	-1	Bradford City	40	8	7	6	36	34	2	5	12	21	41	0.76	32	D	W	L	W	W	1961-04-08	Chesterfield	A
22	0	Reading	38	10	5	5	36	27	0	6	12	20	47	0.757	31	W	L	L	L	W	1961-04-04	Southend United	A
23	0	Chesterfield	41	8	5	8	36	26	1	5	14	20	50	0.737	28	D	L	L	W	W	1961-04-08	Bradford City	H
24	0	Colchester United	41	6	5	9	32	37	3	4	14	25	54	0.626	27	L	W	L	D	L	1961-04-08	Torquay United	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	2	2	Doncaster Rovers	Peel Park	3,631
Sturrock, Swallow OG	Lineups		Leighton 2
Aldershot	3	2	Stockport County	Recreation Ground	4,523
Deakin, Woan 2	Lineups		Partridge, Murdoch
Barrow	1	1	Darlington	Holker Street	4,585
Robertson	Lineups		Rayment
Chester	3	2	Carlisle United	Sealand Road	3,908
Pritchard, Kelly 2	Lineups		Walker, Blackley
Exeter City	1	3	Northampton Town	St James Park	5,903
Williams A (p)	Lineups		Edwards, Everitt, Moran
Gillingham	2	0	Southport	Priestfield Stadium	4,128
Farrall, Shepherd	Lineups
Mansfield Town	1	2	Oldham Athletic	Field Mill	6,882
Williams	Lineups		Johnstone 2
Millwall	0	2	Crystal Palace	The Den, New Cross	15,748
	Lineups		Heckman, Barnett
Peterborough United	3	1	Bradford	London Road	16,459
McNamee, Smith, Bly	Lineups		Scoular
Rochdale	2	0	Workington	Spotland	3,086
Cairns, Hepton	Lineups
Wrexham	0	1	Crewe Alexandra	Racecourse Ground	5,309
	Lineups		Jones M

				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	38	16	3	2	76	28	9	5	3	38	22	2.28	58	W	W	W	W	W	1961-04-08	York City	A
2	0	Crystal Palace	41	13	4	3	59	26	12	2	7	44	39	1.585	56	W	W	L	L	L	1961-04-08	Workington	A
3	1	Northampton Town	38	12	4	3	40	22	8	5	6	32	30	1.385	49	W	L	W	D	W	1961-04-04	Exeter City	H
4	-1	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
5	0	Bradford	38	13	3	2	42	18	7	3	10	27	47	1.062	46	L	W	L	L	W	1961-04-08	Carlisle United	H
6	1	Crewe Alexandra	40	11	3	6	38	25	8	5	7	20	31	1.036	46	W	L	W	W	W	1961-04-08	Southport	H
7	-1	Millwall	41	11	3	7	49	30	7	5	8	36	45	1.133	44	L	L	W	W	W	1961-04-08	Stockport County	H
8	0	Workington	42	12	3	6	35	28	6	4	11	31	43	0.93	43	L	D	W	W	L	1961-04-08	Crystal Palace	H
9	0	Darlington	40	9	7	4	35	21	6	5	9	32	41	1.081	42	D	D	L	D	D	1961-04-08	Chester	A
10	0	Oldham Athletic	41	12	3	5	55	35	6	3	12	21	42	0.987	42	W	L	W	D	L	1961-04-08	Doncaster Rovers	H
11	0	Stockport County	38	13	3	4	27	17	4	3	11	22	35	0.942	40	L	L	W	D	L	1961-04-08	Millwall	A
12	3	Aldershot	40	13	4	3	43	17	2	4	14	21	44	1.049	38	W	L	L	D	W	1961-04-08	Hartlepools United	H
13	3	Rochdale	39	13	4	2	37	12	4	0	16	16	40	1.019	38	W	D	L	L	W	1961-04-08	Gillingham	A
14	-2	Southport	41	11	4	5	38	21	6	0	15	20	38	0.983	38	L	L	L	L	L	1961-04-08	Crewe Alexandra	A
15	-2	Doncaster Rovers	40	14	0	6	41	26	2	6	12	19	42	0.882	38	D	W	W	L	W	1961-04-08	Oldham Athletic	A
16	1	Gillingham	38	9	3	6	42	30	5	6	9	18	29	1.017	37	W	W	L	L	W	1961-04-08	Rochdale	H
17	-3	Wrexham	41	10	4	7	33	20	4	4	12	22	30	1.1	36	L	L	L	D	W	1961-04-08	Northampton Town	A
18	1	Accrington Stanley	38	9	4	6	37	28	4	3	12	25	46	0.838	33	D	W	L	L	D	1961-04-08	Exeter City	H
19	-1	Exeter City	40	11	3	7	35	29	1	6	12	24	55	0.702	33	L	W	L	W	L	1961-04-04	Northampton Town	A
20	1	Barrow	40	9	5	6	29	25	3	4	13	15	42	0.657	33	D	D	W	L	L	1961-04-15	Stockport County	A
21	-1	Carlisle United	41	7	7	6	37	36	3	5	13	17	40	0.711	32	L	W	W	D	L	1961-04-08	Bradford	A
22	0	Mansfield Town	39	8	3	8	32	28	5	2	13	28	40	0.882	31	L	W	L	W	D	1961-04-12	Bradford	H
23	0	Chester	43	9	7	5	37	30	2	1	19	19	65	0.589	30	W	W	L	L	L	1961-04-08	Darlington	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