1961-04-15

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

Home International						Venue	Gate	Notes
	England	9	3	Scotland		Wembley Stadium, London	97,350
	Robson, Greaves 3, Douglas, Smith 2, Haynes 2	Lineups		Mackay, Wilson 2

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	1	0	Preston North End	Villa Park	24,028
Thomson	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	2	1	West Bromwich Albion	Ewood Park	14,669
Bray, Pickering	Lineups		Kevan
Blackpool	2	1	Newcastle United	Bloomfield Road	19,381
Parry, Charnley	Lineups		Woods
Bolton Wanderers	3	1	Nottingham Forest	Burnden Park	18,601
Hartle, Birch, Hill	Lineups		Booth
Chelsea	3	1	Arsenal	Stamford Bridge	38,233
Tambling, Tindall, Neill OG	Lineups		Strong
Everton	5	1	Cardiff City	Goodison Park	34,382
Collins 3 (1p), Young 2	Lineups		Ward
Leicester City	1	2	Fulham	Filbert Street	30,997
Walsh	Lineups		O'Connell, Leggat
Manchester United	4	1	Birmingham City	Old Trafford	28,376
Pearson 2, Quixall, Viollet	Lineups		Foulkes OG
West Ham United	1	1	Manchester City	Upton Park	17,982
Sealey	Lineups		Barlow
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	1	Burnley	Molineux	25,558
Durandt, Kirkham	Lineups		Harris

				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	40	17	2	1	59	28	7	5	8	37	42	1.371	55	W	W	L	W	D	1961-04-22	Arsenal	A
4	1	Everton	40	12	4	4	43	22	8	2	10	38	45	1.209	46	W	W	D	W	W	1961-04-22	Sheffield Wednesday	A
5	-1	Burnley	38	10	3	6	52	36	9	3	7	41	36	1.292	44	L	L	W	L	D	1961-04-18	West Ham United	H
6	2	Manchester United	40	14	4	2	55	17	3	4	13	26	54	1.141	42	W	W	D	W	W	1961-04-22	Preston North End	A
7	2	Blackburn Rovers	40	12	3	5	46	30	3	9	8	28	41	1.042	42	W	D	D	D	L	1961-04-22	Fulham	A
8	2	Aston Villa	39	12	3	5	44	27	4	6	9	28	42	1.043	41	W	D	W	L	L	1961-04-19	Leicester City	A
9	-3	Arsenal	40	12	3	5	43	30	3	8	9	32	46	0.987	41	L	W	W	D	D	1961-04-22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
10	-3	Leicester City	38	10	4	4	47	26	6	4	10	31	37	1.238	40	L	W	D	W	D	1961-04-19	Aston Villa	H
11	0	West Bromwich Albion	40	9	3	8	40	32	7	2	11	22	38	0.886	37	L	D	W	W	W	1961-04-22	Chelsea	H
12	0	Nottingham Forest	39	8	6	6	32	31	6	2	11	25	40	0.803	36	L	D	W	W	L	1961-04-22	Leicester City	H
13	2	Chelsea	39	9	5	5	57	43	5	2	13	37	49	1.022	35	W	L	L	W	L	1961-04-22	West Bromwich Albion	A
14	-1	Cardiff City	40	11	4	5	33	25	2	5	13	23	56	0.691	35	L	L	D	L	L	1961-04-22	West Ham United	H
15	1	West Ham United	39	12	4	4	52	29	1	4	14	21	54	0.88	34	D	D	L	D	W	1961-04-18	Burnley	A
16	-2	Birmingham City	39	10	4	5	35	28	4	2	14	25	50	0.769	34	L	L	W	L	W	1961-04-22	Blackpool	H
17	0	Bolton Wanderers	39	9	4	7	37	28	3	5	11	19	40	0.824	33	W	L	L	W	D	1961-04-18	Preston North End	A
18	0	Fulham	40	8	7	5	38	38	5	0	15	29	54	0.728	33	W	D	L	L	D	1961-04-22	Blackburn Rovers	H
19	0	Manchester City	38	9	4	6	36	28	2	5	12	33	56	0.821	31	D	W	D	L	L	1961-04-19	Blackpool	H
20	2	Blackpool	39	9	2	9	41	31	2	5	12	21	38	0.899	29	W	L	L	L	W	1961-04-19	Manchester City	A
21	-1	Newcastle United	40	6	7	7	47	48	3	3	14	31	58	0.736	28	L	L	D	D	L	1961-04-22	Bolton Wanderers	H
22	-1	Preston North End	39	7	5	7	26	21	3	3	14	14	45	0.606	28	L	L	D	L	W	1961-04-18	Bolton Wanderers	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Charlton Athletic	4	3	Rotherham United	The Valley	10,351
Werge 2, Lawrie, Leary	Lineups		Weston 2, Bambridge
Huddersfield Town	1	0	Leyton Orient	Leeds Road	12,247
Massie	Lineups
Lincoln City	1	4	Ipswich Town	Sincil Bank	7,820
Nelson OG	Lineups		Leadbetter, Crawford, Stephenson, Phillips
Luton Town	3	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Kenilworth Road	9,104
McGuffie, Legate, Ashworth	Lineups		Nicholas
Norwich City	2	1	Liverpool	Carrow Road	21,204
Hill, Whitehouse	Lineups		Hickson
Plymouth Argyle	5	0	Bristol Rovers	Home Park	14,026
Anderson, Kirby 2, Carter 2	Lineups
Portsmouth	2	2	Scunthorpe United	Fratton Park	15,223
Saunders, Brown	Lineups		Kaye, Godfrey
Sheffield United	2	1	Southampton	Bramall Lane	21,225
Allchurch 2	Lineups		Maughan
Stoke City	0	0	Leeds United	Victoria Ground	7,130
	Lineups
Sunderland	1	2	Derby County	Roker Park	21,122
McPheat	Lineups		Curry, Hutchinson
Swansea Town	3	2	Middlesbrough	Vetch Field	15,335
Saunders, Davies R, Reynolds	Lineups		Peacock, Clough

				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	39	14	3	3	51	24	10	4	5	40	28	1.75	55	W	D	L	W	W	1961-04-22	Sunderland	H
2	0	Sheffield United	39	14	2	3	42	20	10	4	6	31	26	1.587	54	W	W	W	D	W	1961-04-19	Derby County	H
3	0	Liverpool	39	13	5	2	46	21	7	4	8	36	33	1.519	49	L	W	L	D	W	1961-04-22	Stoke City	H
4	1	Norwich City	40	14	3	3	41	20	5	6	9	24	32	1.25	47	W	L	W	L	W	1961-04-22	Leyton Orient	A
5	-1	Middlesbrough	40	12	6	2	41	20	5	6	9	38	50	1.129	46	L	W	W	L	L	1961-04-22	Portsmouth	H
6	0	Sunderland	39	11	4	4	43	22	5	8	7	28	32	1.315	44	L	W	L	W	L	1961-04-17	Southampton	H
7	1	Swansea Town	40	13	4	3	47	25	4	6	10	25	44	1.043	44	W	D	W	W	D	1961-04-22	Rotherham United	A
8	-1	Southampton	39	11	4	5	54	33	6	4	9	26	38	1.127	42	L	L	D	L	D	1961-04-17	Sunderland	A
9	0	Plymouth Argyle	40	13	3	4	49	29	4	4	12	29	48	1.013	41	W	L	L	W	L	1961-04-22	Scunthorpe United	A
10	0	Derby County	38	9	6	4	43	28	6	4	9	31	39	1.104	40	W	W	D	W	W	1961-04-19	Sheffield United	A
11	1	Charlton Athletic	39	11	3	6	58	42	3	8	8	33	43	1.071	39	W	D	L	D	W	1961-04-22	Derby County	A
12	-1	Scunthorpe United	39	8	8	4	37	25	5	5	9	28	37	1.048	39	D	D	L	W	L	1961-04-22	Plymouth Argyle	H
13	1	Luton Town	39	12	4	3	44	26	2	4	14	21	49	0.867	36	W	L	L	D	D	1961-04-22	Southampton	A
14	1	Leeds United	39	6	6	7	32	36	7	3	10	34	43	0.835	35	D	D	L	D	L	1961-04-22	Lincoln City	H
15	-2	Bristol Rovers	39	12	4	4	49	34	2	3	14	21	50	0.833	35	L	W	W	L	L	1961-04-19	Portsmouth	A
16	4	Huddersfield Town	40	6	5	9	29	33	7	4	9	28	36	0.826	35	W	W	D	L	W	1961-04-22	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
17	1	Stoke City	39	8	6	5	36	23	3	6	11	12	30	0.906	34	D	L	W	D	L	1961-04-22	Liverpool	A
18	-2	Leyton Orient	40	9	5	6	30	29	4	3	13	24	47	0.711	34	L	W	L	D	L	1961-04-22	Norwich City	H
19	-2	Rotherham United	39	8	6	5	29	19	3	5	12	25	37	0.964	33	L	L	D	L	W	1961-04-18	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
20	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	39	8	6	6	31	25	4	3	12	24	44	0.797	33	L	W	W	L	W	1961-04-18	Rotherham United	A
21	0	Portsmouth	39	8	6	5	32	25	1	5	14	26	61	0.674	29	D	D	L	W	L	1961-04-19	Bristol Rovers	H
22	0	Lincoln City	40	4	4	12	28	43	3	4	13	18	45	0.523	22	L	L	D	W	D	1961-04-22	Leeds United	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	3	1	Chesterfield	Oakwell	6,493
Beaumont, Smillie, Wood B	Lineups		Foley
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	0	3	Walsall	Dean Court	10,535
	Lineups		Taylor 3
Bradford City	0	1	Bury	Valley Parade	10,533
	Lineups		Holden
Bristol City	2	0	Tranmere Rovers	Ashton Gate	8,504
Atyeo, Tait	Lineups
Colchester United	2	0	Port Vale	Layer Road	3,437
King 2	Lineups
Grimsby Town	4	2	Torquay United	Blundell Park	5,437
Hunt 3, Hill	Lineups		Northcott T 2
Hull City	0	0	Swindon Town	Boothferry Park	5,514
	Lineups
Newport County	1	2	Southend United	Somerton Park	2,917
Sherwood	Lineups		Fryatt, Dicks
Notts County	2	1	Shrewsbury Town	Meadow Lane	7,271
Hateley, Forrest	Lineups		Rowley
Queens Park Rangers	5	1	Halifax Town	Loftus Road	9,069
Bedford 4, Lazarus	Lineups		Allan

				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	43	17	3	2	59	17	11	4	6	44	28	2.289	63	W	D	W	W	D	1961-04-22	Hull City	H
2	0	Walsall	43	18	4	0	60	19	8	1	12	32	37	1.643	57	W	W	W	L	W	1961-04-22	Grimsby Town	H
3	0	Queens Park Rangers	42	17	4	1	56	22	6	5	9	27	32	1.537	55	W	L	L	W	W	1961-04-17	Halifax Town	A
4	0	Watford	43	11	6	4	47	25	8	5	9	32	43	1.162	49	W	W	W	L	L	1961-04-22	Bradford City	H
5	1	Grimsby Town	42	13	4	3	45	28	6	6	10	28	35	1.159	48	W	L	L	D	D	1961-04-18	Coventry City	H
6	2	Notts County	43	14	3	4	46	22	5	6	11	30	52	1.027	47	W	L	D	L	L	1961-04-22	Swindon Town	A
7	-2	Port Vale	43	15	2	5	62	29	2	10	9	31	47	1.224	46	L	W	D	L	W	1961-04-22	Bristol City	H
8	1	Barnsley	41	14	4	2	49	23	6	2	13	26	47	1.071	46	W	W	L	L	D	1961-04-19	Swindon Town	A
9	-2	Torquay United	43	8	12	2	36	20	6	5	10	36	49	1.043	45	L	L	D	D	D	1961-04-22	Queens Park Rangers	H
10	0	Halifax Town	42	13	6	1	39	18	1	10	11	27	55	0.904	44	L	W	W	D	L	1961-04-17	Queens Park Rangers	H
11	1	Hull City	42	12	5	4	48	26	4	6	11	21	40	1.045	43	D	D	D	D	W	1961-04-20	Reading	H
12	-1	Shrewsbury Town	41	12	6	2	46	22	2	8	11	26	44	1.091	42	L	W	W	D	D	1961-04-17	Newport County	H
13	0	Newport County	42	12	6	4	51	30	4	4	12	26	52	0.939	42	L	L	D	D	L	1961-04-17	Shrewsbury Town	A
14	1	Bristol City	43	14	4	4	47	19	2	5	14	18	46	1	41	W	L	D	D	D	1961-04-22	Port Vale	A
15	-1	Coventry City	42	13	5	3	51	23	1	6	14	22	52	0.973	39	L	L	L	D	W	1961-04-18	Grimsby Town	A
16	0	Brentford	42	9	7	4	37	25	3	8	11	15	39	0.813	39	L	D	D	W	D	1961-04-22	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
17	3	Southend United	43	9	8	5	34	25	4	3	14	22	46	0.789	37	W	W	L	L	L	1961-04-22	Coventry City	H
18	-1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	43	8	7	7	33	37	6	2	13	21	35	0.75	37	L	D	W	W	L	1961-04-22	Brentford	A
19	-1	Swindon Town	42	10	6	4	36	15	1	8	13	20	38	1.057	36	D	D	W	W	L	1961-04-19	Barnsley	H
20	-1	Reading	41	11	5	5	40	27	1	6	13	21	49	0.803	35	W	L	W	W	L	1961-04-20	Hull City	A
21	0	Tranmere Rovers	43	10	4	7	50	48	4	3	15	25	61	0.688	35	L	W	D	W	W	1961-04-22	Barnsley	H
22	0	Bradford City	43	8	7	7	36	35	2	5	14	22	47	0.707	32	L	L	L	D	W	1961-04-22	Watford	A
23	0	Chesterfield	43	9	5	8	40	27	1	5	15	21	53	0.763	30	L	W	D	L	L	1961-04-22	Reading	H
24	0	Colchester United	43	7	5	9	34	37	3	5	14	26	55	0.652	30	W	D	L	W	L	1961-04-22	Shrewsbury Town	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Carlisle United	2	1	Northampton Town	Brunton Park	3,985
Whitelaw, Walker	Lineups		Mills
Darlington	0	1	Crewe Alexandra	Feethams Ground	4,281
	Lineups		Jones M
Doncaster Rovers	3	4	Workington	Belle Vue	4,257
Leighton 2, Haigh	Lineups		Lunn OG, McGarry 2, Womack
Exeter City	2	3	Millwall	St James Park	4,641
Rees, Carter	Lineups		Broadfoot 2, Jones
Hartlepools United	5	1	Oldham Athletic	Victoria Park	4,078
Folland 5	Lineups		Robinson
Mansfield Town	1	0	Gillingham	Field Mill	4,070
Delapenha	Lineups
Peterborough United	3	0	Accrington Stanley	London Road	13,436
Bly 2, McNamee	Lineups
Rochdale	2	3	Bradford	Spotland	5,342
Hepton, Thompson (p)	Lineups		Spratt, Gibson, Walker
Southport	2	2	York City	Haig Avenue	3,880
Blain, Blore	Lineups		Wilkinson, Weir
Stockport County	1	0	Barrow	Edgeley Park	3,549
Fletcher	Lineups
Wrexham	3	1	Aldershot	Racecourse Ground	3,347
Morris 2, Metcalf	Lineups		Hasty

				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	41	17	3	2	79	28	10	5	4	41	25	2.264	62	W	L	W	W	W	1961-04-18	Rochdale	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	42	14	4	3	46	23	9	5	7	34	32	1.455	55	L	W	W	W	W	1961-04-17	Stockport County	A
4	0	Bradford	41	13	4	2	42	18	9	3	10	32	50	1.088	51	W	W	D	L	W	1961-04-20	Peterborough United	H
5	0	York City	42	16	3	3	46	13	4	6	10	29	37	1.5	49	D	L	L	W	D	1961-04-19	Accrington Stanley	A
6	0	Millwall	43	12	3	7	52	30	8	5	8	39	47	1.182	48	W	W	L	L	W	1961-04-22	Peterborough United	H
7	0	Crewe Alexandra	42	11	3	7	38	26	9	5	7	21	31	1.035	48	W	L	W	L	W	1961-04-19	Darlington	H
8	0	Workington	44	13	3	6	36	28	7	4	11	35	46	0.959	47	W	W	L	D	W	1961-04-22	Hartlepools United	H
9	0	Darlington	42	9	7	5	35	22	7	5	9	35	41	1.111	44	L	W	D	D	L	1961-04-19	Crewe Alexandra	A
10	0	Oldham Athletic	43	12	4	5	56	36	6	3	13	22	47	0.94	43	L	D	W	L	W	1961-04-22	Wrexham	H
11	0	Stockport County	41	14	3	4	28	17	4	4	12	23	39	0.911	43	W	D	L	L	L	1961-04-17	Northampton Town	H
12	2	Southport	43	11	5	5	40	23	7	0	15	21	38	1	41	D	W	L	L	L	1961-04-22	Accrington Stanley	A
13	-1	Aldershot	42	14	4	3	47	17	2	4	15	22	47	1.078	40	L	W	W	L	L	1961-04-19	Crystal Palace	A
14	-1	Rochdale	42	13	5	3	40	16	4	1	16	16	40	1	40	L	D	D	W	D	1961-04-18	Peterborough United	H
15	0	Doncaster Rovers	42	14	0	7	44	30	2	7	12	20	43	0.877	39	L	D	D	W	W	1961-04-17	Mansfield Town	A
16	1	Wrexham	44	11	4	7	36	21	4	4	14	22	34	1.055	38	W	L	L	L	L	1961-04-22	Oldham Athletic	A
17	-1	Gillingham	41	9	4	7	42	31	5	6	10	18	30	0.984	38	L	L	D	W	W	1961-04-17	Barrow	A
18	1	Carlisle United	44	9	7	6	40	37	3	6	13	17	40	0.74	37	W	W	D	L	W	1961-04-22	Aldershot	A
19	-1	Accrington Stanley	41	10	4	7	40	31	4	3	13	25	49	0.813	35	L	W	L	D	W	1961-04-19	York City	H
20	0	Exeter City	43	11	3	8	37	32	2	6	13	26	58	0.7	35	L	W	L	L	W	1961-04-22	Barrow	A
21	1	Mansfield Town	41	9	3	9	34	30	5	2	13	28	40	0.886	33	W	L	L	W	L	1961-04-17	Doncaster Rovers	H
22	-1	Barrow	41	9	5	6	29	25	3	4	14	15	43	0.647	33	L	D	D	W	L	1961-04-17	Gillingham	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	Hartlepools United	43	9	3	9	40	36	2	4	16	25	61	0.67	29	W	L	W	L	W	1961-04-22	Workington	A