1961-04-08

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	0	Blackpool	Highbury	36,301
Herd	Lineups
Birmingham City	2	3	Tottenham Hotspur	St Andrew's	40,961
Harris 2 (1p)	Lineups		White, Smith R, Allen
Burnley	2	0	Bolton Wanderers	Turf Moor	22,998
Pointer, Fenton	Lineups
Cardiff City	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Ninian Park	16,192
Edwards	Lineups		Pickering
Fulham	1	1	Aston Villa	Craven Cottage	23,042
Leggat	Lineups		Hitchens
Manchester City	2	1	Chelsea	Maine Road	27,720
Law, Bonetti OG	Lineups		Tambling
Newcastle United	0	4	Everton	St James' Park	30,342
	Lineups		Bingham 2, Vernon, Wignall
Nottingham Forest	1	1	West Ham United	City Ground	23,081
Vowden	Lineups		Dick
Preston North End	1	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Deepdale	18,210
Thompson P	Lineups		Mannion, Stobart
Sheffield Wednesday	2	2	Leicester City	Hillsborough	29,904
Wilkinson, Fantham	Lineups		Walsh, McLintock
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Manchester United	The Hawthorns	28,033
Howe	Lineups		Pearson

				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	38	13	3	2	61	25	16	1	3	48	23	2.271	62	W	W	W	W	D	1961-04-17	Sheffield Wednesday	H
2	0	Sheffield Wednesday	38	15	4	1	44	15	7	8	3	29	24	1.872	56	D	D	D	W	W	1961-04-17	Tottenham Hotspur	A
3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	16	2	1	57	27	7	5	8	37	42	1.362	53	W	L	W	D	W	1961-04-15	Burnley	H
4	0	Burnley	36	10	3	6	52	36	9	3	5	40	28	1.438	44	W	L	D	W	D	1961-04-12	Manchester United	A
5	0	Everton	39	11	4	4	38	21	8	2	10	38	45	1.152	44	W	D	W	W	L	1961-04-15	Cardiff City	H
6	1	Arsenal	39	12	3	5	43	30	3	8	8	31	43	1.014	41	W	W	D	D	D	1961-04-15	Chelsea	A
7	-1	Blackburn Rovers	39	11	3	5	44	29	3	9	8	28	41	1.029	40	D	D	D	L	D	1961-04-15	West Bromwich Albion	H
8	0	Aston Villa	38	11	3	5	43	27	4	6	9	28	42	1.029	39	D	W	L	L	L	1961-04-15	Preston North End	H
9	0	Leicester City	36	9	4	3	43	24	6	4	10	31	37	1.213	38	D	W	D	L	D	1961-04-10	Cardiff City	H
10	0	Manchester United	38	12	4	2	45	16	3	4	13	26	54	1.014	38	D	W	W	L	L	1961-04-12	Burnley	H
11	0	West Bromwich Albion	39	9	3	8	40	32	7	2	10	21	36	0.897	37	D	W	W	W	W	1961-04-15	Blackburn Rovers	A
12	0	Nottingham Forest	38	8	6	6	32	31	6	2	10	24	37	0.824	36	D	W	W	L	D	1961-04-15	Bolton Wanderers	A
13	1	Cardiff City	38	11	4	5	33	25	2	5	11	22	48	0.753	35	D	L	L	L	L	1961-04-10	Leicester City	A
14	-1	Birmingham City	38	10	4	5	35	28	4	2	13	24	46	0.797	34	L	W	L	W	D	1961-04-15	Manchester United	A
15	0	Chelsea	38	8	5	5	54	42	5	2	13	37	49	1	33	L	L	W	L	W	1961-04-15	Arsenal	H
16	0	West Ham United	38	12	3	4	51	28	1	4	14	21	54	0.878	33	D	L	D	W	D	1961-04-15	Manchester City	H
17	0	Bolton Wanderers	38	8	4	7	34	27	3	5	11	19	40	0.791	31	L	L	W	D	D	1961-04-15	Nottingham Forest	H
18	0	Fulham	39	8	7	5	38	38	4	0	15	27	53	0.714	31	D	L	L	D	D	1961-04-15	Leicester City	A
19	0	Manchester City	37	9	4	6	36	28	2	4	12	32	55	0.819	30	W	D	L	L	D	1961-04-15	West Ham United	A
20	0	Newcastle United	39	6	7	7	47	48	3	3	13	30	56	0.74	28	L	D	D	L	L	1961-04-15	Blackpool	A
21	0	Preston North End	38	7	5	7	26	21	3	3	13	14	44	0.615	28	L	D	L	W	D	1961-04-15	Aston Villa	A
22	0	Blackpool	38	8	2	9	39	30	2	5	12	21	38	0.882	27	L	L	L	W	W	1961-04-15	Newcastle United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	Lincoln City	Goldstone Ground	14,952
Laverick	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	3	1	Norwich City	Eastville	18,234
Jones 2, Hooper	Lineups		Allcock
Derby County	4	1	Plymouth Argyle	Baseball Ground	12,098
Curry 2, Powell, Hutchinson	Lineups		Carter
Ipswich Town	2	2	Portsmouth	Portman Road	18,538
Curtis, Phillips	Lineups		Howells, Cutler
Leeds United	2	2	Swansea Town	Elland Road	11,862
Charlton 2	Lineups		Webster, Reynolds
Leyton Orient	0	1	Sunderland	Brisbane Road	12,765
	Lineups		Sharkey
Liverpool	2	1	Charlton Athletic	Anfield Road	26,390
Hunt 2	Lineups		Summers
Middlesbrough	2	1	Luton Town	Ayresome Park	13,017
Clough 2	Lineups		Legate
Rotherham United	1	2	Sheffield United	Millmoor	19,549	Largest home gate 1960-61
Houghton	Lineups		Russell, Allchurch
Scunthorpe United	0	1	Huddersfield Town	Old Showground	8,352
	Lineups		Massie
Southampton	0	1	Stoke City	The Dell	12,972
	Lineups		Mudie
Footnotes
Lincoln City relegated

				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	38	14	3	3	51	24	9	4	5	36	27	1.706	53	D	L	W	W	L	1961-04-15	Lincoln City	A
2	0	Sheffield United	38	13	2	3	40	19	10	4	6	31	26	1.578	52	W	W	D	W	D	1961-04-15	Southampton	H
3	0	Liverpool	38	13	5	2	46	21	7	4	7	35	31	1.558	49	W	L	D	W	D	1961-04-15	Norwich City	A
4	1	Middlesbrough	39	12	6	2	41	20	5	6	8	36	47	1.149	46	W	W	L	L	W	1961-04-15	Swansea Town	A
5	-1	Norwich City	39	13	3	3	39	19	5	6	9	24	32	1.235	45	L	W	L	W	W	1961-04-15	Liverpool	H
6	0	Sunderland	38	11	4	3	42	20	5	8	7	28	32	1.346	44	W	L	W	L	L	1961-04-15	Derby County	H
7	0	Southampton	38	11	4	5	54	33	6	4	8	25	36	1.145	42	L	D	L	D	L	1961-04-15	Sheffield United	A
8	0	Swansea Town	39	12	4	3	44	23	4	6	10	25	44	1.03	42	D	W	W	D	D	1961-04-15	Middlesbrough	H
9	0	Plymouth Argyle	39	12	3	4	44	29	4	4	12	29	48	0.948	39	L	L	W	L	D	1961-04-15	Bristol Rovers	H
10	2	Derby County	37	9	6	4	43	28	5	4	9	29	38	1.091	38	W	D	W	W	D	1961-04-15	Sunderland	A
11	-1	Scunthorpe United	37	8	7	4	37	25	5	4	9	26	35	1.05	37	L	W	L	W	W	1961-04-11	Charlton Athletic	H
12	-1	Charlton Athletic	37	10	3	6	54	39	3	7	8	33	43	1.061	36	L	D	W	L	W	1961-04-11	Scunthorpe United	A
13	2	Bristol Rovers	38	12	4	4	49	34	2	3	13	21	45	0.886	35	W	W	L	L	W	1961-04-15	Plymouth Argyle	A
14	-1	Luton Town	38	11	4	3	41	25	2	4	14	21	49	0.838	34	L	L	D	D	W	1961-04-15	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
15	1	Leeds United	38	6	6	7	32	36	7	2	10	34	43	0.835	34	D	L	D	L	L	1961-04-15	Stoke City	A
16	-2	Rotherham United	38	8	6	5	29	19	3	5	11	22	33	0.981	33	L	D	L	W	L	1961-04-15	Charlton Athletic	A
17	1	Stoke City	37	8	5	5	36	23	3	6	10	11	27	0.94	33	W	D	L	D	L	1961-04-10	Leyton Orient	A
18	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	8	6	6	31	25	4	3	11	23	41	0.818	33	W	W	L	W	D	1961-04-15	Luton Town	A
19	1	Huddersfield Town	39	5	5	9	28	33	7	4	9	28	36	0.812	33	W	D	L	W	D	1961-04-15	Leyton Orient	H
20	-3	Leyton Orient	38	8	5	6	27	28	4	3	12	24	46	0.689	32	L	D	L	D	W	1961-04-10	Stoke City	H
21	0	Portsmouth	38	8	5	5	30	23	1	5	14	26	61	0.667	28	D	L	W	L	W	1961-04-15	Scunthorpe United	H
22	0	Lincoln City	39	4	4	11	27	39	3	4	13	18	45	0.536	22	L	D	W	D	L	1961-04-15	Ipswich Town	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Brentford	2	2	Hull City	Griffin Park	6,390
Towers, McLeod	Lineups		Bulless, Price
Bury	1	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Gigg Lane	12,075
Hubbard	Lineups		Coxon
Chesterfield	4	1	Bradford City	Saltergate Recreation Ground	5,388
Frost 2, Havenhand, Foley	Lineups		Devitt
Halifax Town	2	1	Bristol City	The Shay	4,883
Holmes 2	Lineups		Virgin
Port Vale	3	1	Newport County	Vale Park	6,302
Fidler, Oscroft, Llewellyn	Lineups		McSeveney
Shrewsbury Town	4	1	Queens Park Rangers	Gay Meadow	8,386
McLaughlin, Baker, Ambler, Starkey	Lineups		Evans
Southend United	2	0	Barnsley	Roots Hall	7,167
Jones, Fryatt	Lineups
Swindon Town	3	0	Grimsby Town	County Ground	10,170
Woodruff, Jobling OG, Hunt	Lineups
Torquay United	1	1	Colchester United	Plainmoor	4,144
Hancock	Lineups		Hill
Tranmere Rovers	2	0	Coventry City	Prenton Park	11,416
Gubbins 2	Lineups
Walsall	2	1	Notts County	Fellows Park	14,508
Taylor 2	Lineups		Christie OG
Watford	2	0	Reading	Vicarage Road	10,247
Holton, Benning	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	42	17	3	2	59	17	10	4	6	43	28	2.267	61	D	W	W	D	W	1961-04-15	Bradford City	A
2	0	Walsall	42	18	4	0	60	19	7	1	12	29	37	1.589	55	W	W	L	W	W	1961-04-15	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
3	0	Queens Park Rangers	41	16	4	1	51	21	6	5	9	27	32	1.472	53	L	L	W	W	L	1961-04-15	Halifax Town	H
4	2	Port Vale	42	15	2	5	62	29	2	10	8	31	45	1.257	46	W	D	L	W	L	1961-04-15	Colchester United	A
5	-1	Grimsby Town	41	12	4	3	41	26	6	6	10	28	35	1.131	46	L	L	D	D	L	1961-04-15	Torquay United	H
6	1	Torquay United	41	8	12	2	36	20	6	5	8	34	44	1.094	45	D	D	D	D	D	1961-04-12	Barnsley	A
7	1	Watford	41	10	6	4	40	23	7	5	9	31	43	1.076	45	W	L	L	W	W	1961-04-11	Coventry City	H
8	-3	Notts County	42	13	3	4	44	21	5	6	11	30	52	1.014	45	L	D	L	L	L	1961-04-15	Shrewsbury Town	H
9	0	Barnsley	38	12	4	2	45	22	6	2	12	26	46	1.044	42	L	D	W	L	D	1961-04-10	Halifax Town	A
10	0	Newport County	41	12	6	3	50	28	4	4	12	26	52	0.95	42	L	D	D	L	D	1961-04-15	Southend United	H
11	1	Halifax Town	40	12	6	1	38	18	1	10	10	26	50	0.941	42	W	D	L	W	D	1961-04-10	Barnsley	H
12	-1	Hull City	40	12	4	4	48	26	4	5	11	20	39	1.046	41	D	D	W	W	L	1961-04-12	Swindon Town	A
13	2	Shrewsbury Town	39	11	6	2	44	22	2	8	10	25	42	1.078	40	W	D	D	W	L	1961-04-12	Bradford City	H
14	-1	Coventry City	40	13	5	2	51	22	1	6	13	20	45	1.06	39	L	D	W	L	L	1961-04-11	Watford	A
15	-1	Bristol City	42	13	4	4	45	19	2	5	14	18	46	0.969	39	L	D	D	D	L	1961-04-15	Tranmere Rovers	H
16	0	Brentford	41	9	7	4	37	25	3	8	10	15	35	0.867	39	D	D	W	D	D	1961-04-14	Reading	A
17	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	8	7	6	33	34	6	2	13	21	35	0.783	37	D	W	W	L	D	1961-04-15	Walsall	H
18	1	Southend United	42	9	8	5	34	25	3	3	14	20	45	0.771	35	W	L	L	L	D	1961-04-15	Newport County	A
19	1	Tranmere Rovers	42	10	4	7	50	48	4	3	14	25	59	0.701	35	W	D	W	W	W	1961-04-15	Bristol City	A
20	1	Swindon Town	40	10	5	4	35	14	1	7	13	20	38	1.058	34	W	W	L	L	W	1961-04-12	Hull City	H
21	-3	Reading	40	10	5	5	36	27	1	6	13	21	49	0.75	33	L	W	W	L	L	1961-04-14	Brentford	H
22	0	Bradford City	41	8	7	6	36	34	2	5	13	22	45	0.734	32	L	D	W	L	W	1961-04-12	Shrewsbury Town	A
23	0	Chesterfield	42	9	5	8	40	27	1	5	14	20	50	0.779	30	W	D	L	L	W	1961-04-15	Barnsley	A
24	0	Colchester United	42	6	5	9	32	37	3	5	14	26	55	0.63	28	D	L	W	L	D	1961-04-15	Port Vale	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	0	1	Exeter City	Peel Park	2,702
	Lineups		Donaldson
Aldershot	4	0	Hartlepools United	Recreation Ground	5,153
Taylor, Hasty, Deakin, Lawlor	Lineups
Bradford	0	0	Carlisle United	Park Avenue	10,467
	Lineups
Chester	0	3	Darlington	Sealand Road	3,515
	Lineups		Rayment, Milner 2
Crewe Alexandra	0	1	Southport	Gresty Road	6,481
	Lineups		Jones E
Gillingham	0	0	Rochdale	Priestfield Stadium	4,807
	Lineups
Millwall	3	0	Stockport County	The Den, New Cross	7,876
Burridge, Bumpstead, Broadfoot	Lineups
Northampton Town	3	0	Wrexham	County Ground	11,507
Brown, Everitt, Lines	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	1	1	Doncaster Rovers	Boundary Park	13,554
Lister	Lineups		Ballagher
Workington	1	0	Crystal Palace	Borough Park	3,776
Hinchliffe (p)	Lineups
York City	0	1	Peterborough United	Bootham Crescent	11,768	Largest home gate 1960-61
	Lineups		Bly
Footnotes
Peterborough United promoted

				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	39	16	3	2	76	28	10	5	3	39	22	2.3	60	W	W	W	W	W	1961-04-11	Accrington Stanley	A
2	0	Crystal Palace	42	13	4	3	59	26	12	2	8	44	40	1.561	56	L	W	W	L	L	1961-04-19	Aldershot	H
3	0	Northampton Town	40	14	4	3	46	23	8	5	6	32	30	1.472	53	W	W	W	L	W	1961-04-12	Gillingham	A
4	0	York City	41	16	3	3	46	13	4	5	10	27	35	1.521	48	L	L	W	D	W	1961-04-15	Southport	A
5	0	Bradford	39	13	4	2	42	18	7	3	10	27	47	1.062	47	D	L	W	L	L	1961-04-12	Mansfield Town	A
6	1	Millwall	42	12	3	7	52	30	7	5	8	36	45	1.173	46	W	L	L	W	W	1961-04-15	Exeter City	A
7	-1	Crewe Alexandra	41	11	3	7	38	26	8	5	7	20	31	1.018	46	L	W	L	W	W	1961-04-15	Darlington	A
8	0	Workington	43	13	3	6	36	28	6	4	11	31	43	0.944	45	W	L	D	W	W	1961-04-15	Doncaster Rovers	A
9	0	Darlington	41	9	7	4	35	21	7	5	9	35	41	1.129	44	W	D	D	L	D	1961-04-15	Crewe Alexandra	H
10	0	Oldham Athletic	42	12	4	5	56	36	6	3	12	21	42	0.987	43	D	W	L	W	D	1961-04-15	Hartlepool United	A
11	1	Aldershot	41	14	4	3	47	17	2	4	14	21	44	1.115	40	W	W	L	L	D	1961-04-15	Wrexham	A
12	2	Southport	42	11	4	5	38	21	7	0	15	21	38	1	40	W	L	L	L	L	1961-04-15	York City	H
13	-2	Stockport County	39	13	3	4	27	17	4	3	12	22	38	0.891	40	L	L	L	W	D	1961-04-10	Rochdale	A
14	-1	Rochdale	40	13	4	2	37	12	4	1	16	16	40	1.019	39	D	W	D	L	L	1961-04-10	Stockport County	H
15	0	Doncaster Rovers	41	14	0	6	41	26	2	7	12	20	43	0.884	39	D	D	W	W	L	1961-04-15	Workington	H
16	0	Gillingham	39	9	4	6	42	30	5	6	9	18	29	1.017	38	D	W	W	L	L	1961-04-12	Northampton Town	H
17	0	Wrexham	42	10	4	7	33	20	4	4	13	22	33	1.038	36	L	L	L	L	D	1961-04-11	Carlisle United	A
18	1	Exeter City	42	11	3	7	35	29	2	6	13	26	58	0.701	35	W	L	L	W	L	1961-04-15	Millwall	H
19	-1	Accrington Stanley	39	9	4	7	37	29	4	3	12	25	46	0.827	33	L	D	W	L	L	1961-04-11	Peterborough United	H
20	1	Carlisle United	42	7	7	6	37	36	3	6	13	17	40	0.711	33	D	L	W	W	D	1961-04-11	Wrexham	H
21	-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
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	44	9	7	6	37	33	2	1	19	19	65	0.571	30	L	W	W	L	L	1961-04-22	Doncaster Rovers	H
24	0	Hartlepool United	42	8	3	9	35	35	2	4	16	25	61	0.625	27	L	W	L	W	W	1961-04-15	Oldham Athletic	H