1961-04-22

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Highbury	34,209
Henderson	Lineups		Stobart 2, Broadbent, Mason, Murray
Birmingham City	0	2	Blackpool	St Andrew's	17,834
	Lineups		Peterson, Crawford
Burnley	4	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Turf Moor	28,991
Harris 2, Robson, McIlroy	Lineups		Baker, Smith R
Cardiff City	1	1	West Ham United	Ninian Park	9,549
Donnelly	Lineups		Dick
Fulham	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Craven Cottage	17,020
Leggat	Lineups		Thomas
Manchester City	4	1	Aston Villa	Maine Road	25,235
Law 2, Barlow, Hayes	Lineups		Crowe
Newcastle United	4	1	Bolton Wanderers	St James' Park	18,820
Tuohy, McGuigan, Keith, McKinney (p)	Lineups		Pilkington
Nottingham Forest	2	2	Leicester City	City Ground	25,803
Booth, Le Flem	Lineups		Cheesebrough, Leek
Preston North End	2	4	Manchester United	Deepdale	21,252
Thompson P, Richardson	Lineups		Charlton 2, Setters 2
Sheffield Wednesday	1	2	Everton	Hillsborough	26,601
Wilkinson	Lineups		Wignall 2
West Bromwich Albion	3	0	Chelsea	The Hawthorns	17,691
Kevan 2, Robson	Lineups
Footnotes
Preston North End relegated

				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	40	14	3	2	63	26	16	1	4	50	27	2.132	64	L	W	W	W	W	1961-04-26	Nottingham Forest	H
2	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	17	2	1	59	28	8	5	8	42	43	1.423	57	W	W	W	L	W	1961-04-29	Fulham	H
3	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	40	15	4	2	45	17	7	8	4	30	26	1.744	56	L	L	D	D	D	1961-04-26	Chelsea	A
4	0	Everton	41	12	4	4	43	22	9	2	10	40	46	1.221	48	W	W	W	D	W	1961-04-29	Arsenal	H
5	0	Burnley	40	11	4	6	58	40	9	3	7	41	36	1.303	47	W	D	L	L	W	1961-04-27	Birmingham City	A
6	1	Manchester United	41	14	4	2	55	17	4	4	13	30	56	1.164	44	W	W	W	D	W	1961-04-29	Cardiff City	H
7	-1	Leicester City	40	11	4	4	50	27	6	5	10	33	39	1.258	43	D	W	L	W	D	1961-04-26	Manchester City	H
8	0	Blackburn Rovers	41	12	3	5	46	30	3	10	8	29	42	1.042	43	D	W	D	D	D	1961-04-29	Newcastle United	H
9	0	Aston Villa	41	12	3	5	44	27	4	6	11	30	49	0.974	41	L	L	W	D	W	1961-04-29	Sheffield Wednesday	H
10	0	Arsenal	41	12	3	6	44	35	3	8	9	32	46	0.938	41	L	L	W	W	D	1961-04-29	Everton	A
11	0	West Bromwich Albion	41	10	3	8	43	32	7	2	11	22	38	0.929	39	W	L	D	W	W	1961-04-29	Tottenham Hotspur	A
12	0	Nottingham Forest	40	8	7	6	34	33	6	2	11	25	40	0.808	37	D	L	D	W	W	1961-04-26	Tottenham Hotspur	A
13	1	West Ham United	41	12	4	4	52	29	1	6	14	24	57	0.884	36	D	D	D	D	L	1961-04-29	Burnley	H
14	1	Cardiff City	41	11	5	5	34	26	2	5	13	23	56	0.695	36	D	L	L	D	L	1961-04-29	Manchester United	A
15	-2	Chelsea	40	9	5	5	57	43	5	2	14	37	52	0.989	35	L	W	L	L	W	1961-04-26	Sheffield Wednesday	H
16	3	Manchester City	40	10	5	6	41	30	2	5	12	33	56	0.86	34	W	D	D	W	D	1961-04-26	Leicester City	A
17	-1	Bolton Wanderers	41	9	4	7	37	28	3	6	12	20	44	0.792	34	L	D	W	L	L	1961-04-29	Preston North End	H
18	-1	Birmingham City	40	10	4	6	35	30	4	2	14	25	50	0.75	34	L	L	L	W	L	1961-04-27	Burnley	H
19	-1	Fulham	41	8	8	5	39	39	5	0	15	29	54	0.731	34	D	W	D	L	L	1961-04-29	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
20	0	Blackpool	41	9	2	9	41	31	3	6	12	24	39	0.929	32	W	D	W	L	L	1961-04-29	Manchester City	H
21	1	Newcastle United	41	7	7	7	51	49	3	3	14	31	58	0.766	30	W	L	L	D	D	1961-04-29	Blackburn Rovers	A
22	-1	Preston North End	41	7	6	8	28	25	3	3	14	14	45	0.6	29	L	D	L	L	D	1961-04-29	Bolton Wanderers	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	Huddersfield Town	Goldstone Ground	13,088
Nicholas 2	Lineups		O'Grady
Bristol Rovers	3	1	Sheffield United	Eastville	13,046
Bradford, Jarman, Jones	Lineups		Hodgson
Derby County	2	3	Charlton Athletic	Baseball Ground	10,221
Curry, Upton	Lineups		Edwards 2, Upton OG
Ipswich Town	4	0	Sunderland	Portman Road	21,115
Curtis, Elsworthy, Crawford, Phillips	Lineups
Leeds United	7	0	Lincoln City	Elland Road	8,432
McCole 2 (1p), Bell, Peyton, McConnell, Bremner, Drysdale OG	Lineups
Leyton Orient	1	0	Norwich City	Brisbane Road	12,106
Johnston	Lineups
Liverpool	3	0	Stoke City	Anfield Road	13,389
Hunt, Hickson, Lewis	Lineups
Middlesbrough	3	0	Portsmouth	Ayresome Park	9,339
Waldock 2, Clough	Lineups
Rotherham United	3	3	Swansea Town	Millmoor	6,527
Houghton, Waterhouse, Weston	Lineups		Jones 2, Williams G
Scunthorpe United	2	0	Plymouth Argyle	Old Showground	5,762
Thomas, Bonson	Lineups
Southampton	3	2	Luton Town	The Dell	7,016
Paine, Reeves, Clifton	Lineups		Morton, Fairchild
Footnotes
Ipswich Town promoted

				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	1	Ipswich Town	40	15	3	3	55	24	10	4	5	40	28	1.827	57	W	W	D	L	W	1961-04-24	Derby County	A
2	-1	Sheffield United	41	15	2	3	45	21	10	4	7	32	29	1.54	56	L	W	W	W	W	1961-04-29	Middlesbrough	H
3	0	Liverpool	40	14	5	2	49	21	7	4	8	36	33	1.574	51	W	L	W	L	D	1961-04-29	Sunderland	A
4	2	Middlesbrough	41	13	6	2	44	20	5	6	9	38	50	1.171	48	W	L	W	W	L	1961-04-29	Sheffield United	A
5	-1	Norwich City	41	14	3	3	41	20	5	6	10	24	33	1.226	47	L	W	L	W	L	1961-04-29	Southampton	H
6	-1	Sunderland	41	12	4	4	46	23	5	8	8	28	36	1.254	46	L	W	L	W	L	1961-04-29	Liverpool	H
7	0	Swansea Town	41	13	4	3	47	25	4	7	10	28	47	1.042	45	D	W	D	W	W	1961-04-29	Ipswich Town	H
8	0	Southampton	41	12	4	5	57	35	6	4	10	27	41	1.105	44	W	L	L	L	D	1961-04-29	Norwich City	A
9	3	Scunthorpe United	40	9	8	4	39	25	5	5	9	28	37	1.081	41	W	D	D	L	W	1961-04-25	Leeds United	A
10	1	Charlton Athletic	40	11	3	6	58	42	4	8	8	36	45	1.08	41	W	W	D	L	D	1961-04-26	Luton Town	A
11	-2	Plymouth Argyle	41	13	3	4	49	29	4	4	13	29	50	0.987	41	L	W	L	L	W	1961-04-29	Rotherham United	H
12	-2	Derby County	40	9	6	5	45	31	6	4	10	32	42	1.055	40	L	L	W	W	D	1961-04-24	Ipswich Town	H
13	2	Leeds United	40	7	6	7	39	36	7	3	10	34	43	0.924	37	W	D	D	L	D	1961-04-25	Scunthorpe United	H
14	3	Bristol Rovers	41	13	4	4	52	35	2	3	15	21	53	0.83	37	W	L	L	W	W	1961-04-29	Huddersfield Town	A
15	-1	Rotherham United	41	9	7	5	37	24	3	5	12	25	37	1.016	36	D	W	L	L	D	1961-04-29	Plymouth Argyle	A
16	-3	Luton Town	40	12	4	3	44	26	2	4	15	23	52	0.859	36	L	W	L	L	D	1961-04-26	Charlton Athletic	H
17	2	Leyton Orient	41	10	5	6	31	29	4	3	13	24	47	0.724	36	W	L	W	L	D	1961-04-29	Lincoln City	A
18	-2	Huddersfield Town	41	6	5	9	29	33	7	4	10	29	38	0.817	35	L	W	W	D	L	1961-04-29	Bristol Rovers	H
19	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	41	9	6	6	33	26	4	3	13	26	49	0.787	35	W	L	L	W	W	1961-04-29	Stoke City	A
20	-2	Stoke City	40	8	6	5	36	23	3	6	12	12	33	0.857	34	L	D	L	W	D	1961-04-29	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
21	0	Portsmouth	41	9	6	5	35	25	1	5	15	26	64	0.685	31	L	W	D	D	L	1961-04-29	Derby County	H
22	0	Lincoln City	41	4	4	12	28	43	3	4	14	18	52	0.484	22	L	L	L	D	W	1961-04-29	Leyton Orient	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brentford	2	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Griffin Park	4,415
Summers, Towers	Lineups		Bumstead, Weller
Bury	3	0	Hull City	Gigg Lane	10,907
Hubbard 2, Calder	Lineups
Chesterfield	2	2	Reading	Saltergate Recreation Ground	3,817
Havenhand 2	Lineups		Wheeler, Lacey
Halifax Town	2	1	Newport County	The Shay	3,713
Green, Blackburn	Lineups		McPherson
Port Vale	1	1	Bristol City	Vale Park	4,068
Llewellyn	Lineups		Tait
Shrewsbury Town	2	2	Colchester United	Gay Meadow	6,891
McLaughlin, Baker	Lineups		Hunt R, Hunt B
Southend United	4	1	Coventry City	Roots Hall	7,748
Corthine 3, Fryatt	Lineups		Satchwell
Swindon Town	1	0	Notts County	County Ground	8,904
Jones F	Lineups
Torquay United	1	6	Queens Park Rangers	Plainmoor	5,436
Northcott T	Lineups		Evans 3, Lazarus, Bedford, Bettany OG
Tranmere Rovers	2	1	Barnsley	Prenton Park	9,748
Williams, Gubbins	Lineups		Bartlett
Walsall	2	1	Grimsby Town	Fellows Park	16,446	Largest home gate 1960-61
Richards (p), Taylor	Lineups		Rafferty
Watford	2	2	Bradford City	Vicarage Road	9,371
Holton, Harmer	Lineups		Devitt, Hockey
Footnotes
Bury champions
Chesterfield relegated
Colchester United relegated

				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	44	18	3	2	62	17	11	4	6	44	28	2.356	65	W	W	D	W	W	1961-04-24	Halifax Town	A
2	0	Walsall	44	19	4	0	62	20	8	1	12	32	37	1.649	59	W	W	W	W	L	1961-04-26	Shrewsbury Town	A
3	0	Queens Park Rangers	44	17	4	1	56	22	7	6	9	34	34	1.607	58	W	D	W	L	L	1961-04-26	Reading	A
4	0	Watford	44	11	7	4	49	27	8	5	9	32	43	1.157	50	D	W	W	W	L	1961-04-25	Southend United	H
5	0	Grimsby Town	44	13	4	4	47	31	6	6	11	29	37	1.118	48	L	L	W	L	L	1961-04-25	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
6	1	Port Vale	44	15	3	5	63	30	2	10	9	31	47	1.221	47	D	L	W	D	L	1961-04-25	Brentford	A
7	-1	Notts County	44	14	3	4	46	22	5	6	12	30	53	1.013	47	L	W	L	D	L	1961-04-27	Hull City	H
8	3	Halifax Town	44	14	7	1	42	20	1	10	11	27	55	0.92	47	W	D	L	W	W	1961-04-24	Bury	H
9	-1	Barnsley	43	14	4	2	49	23	6	2	15	27	50	1.041	46	L	L	W	W	L	1961-04-24	Newport County	H
10	2	Shrewsbury Town	43	13	7	2	53	24	2	8	11	26	44	1.162	45	D	W	L	W	W	1961-04-26	Walsall	H
11	-2	Hull City	44	13	5	4	49	26	4	6	12	21	43	1.014	45	L	W	D	D	D	1961-04-27	Notts County	A
12	-2	Torquay United	44	8	12	3	37	26	6	5	10	36	49	0.973	45	L	L	L	D	D	1961-04-26	Swindon Town	A
13	1	Bristol City	44	14	4	4	47	19	2	6	14	19	47	1	42	D	W	L	D	D	1961-04-24	Coventry City	A
14	-1	Newport County	44	12	6	4	51	30	4	4	14	27	59	0.876	42	L	L	L	L	D	1961-04-24	Barnsley	A
15	0	Coventry City	44	13	5	3	51	23	2	6	15	26	58	0.951	41	L	W	L	L	L	1961-04-24	Bristol City	H
16	1	Swindon Town	44	12	6	4	38	15	1	8	13	20	38	1.094	40	W	W	D	D	W	1961-04-26	Torquay United	H
17	-1	Brentford	43	9	8	4	39	27	3	8	11	15	39	0.818	40	D	L	D	D	W	1961-04-25	Port Vale	H
18	0	Southend United	44	10	8	5	38	26	4	3	14	22	46	0.833	39	W	W	W	L	L	1961-04-25	Watford	A
19	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	44	8	7	7	33	37	6	3	13	23	37	0.757	38	D	L	D	W	W	1961-04-25	Grimsby Town	A
20	1	Tranmere Rovers	44	11	4	7	52	49	4	3	15	25	61	0.7	37	W	L	W	D	W	1961-04-24	Chesterfield	H
21	-1	Reading	43	11	5	5	40	27	1	7	14	23	52	0.797	36	D	L	W	L	W	1961-04-26	Queens Park Rangers	H
22	0	Bradford City	44	8	7	7	36	35	2	6	14	24	49	0.714	33	D	L	L	L	D	1961-04-24	Colchester United	A
23	0	Chesterfield	44	9	6	8	42	29	1	5	15	21	53	0.768	31	D	L	W	D	L	1961-04-24	Tranmere Rovers	A
24	0	Colchester United	44	7	5	9	34	37	3	6	14	28	57	0.66	31	D	W	D	L	W	1961-04-24	Bradford City	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	2	1	Southport	Peel Park	2,762
Devine 2 (1p)	Lineups		Blain
Aldershot	2	1	Carlisle United	Recreation Ground	3,826
Taylor 2	Lineups		Brayton
Barrow	1	1	Exeter City	Holker Street	2,754
Lowes	Lineups		Jenkins
Bradford	2	1	Mansfield Town	Park Avenue	10,249
Gibson, McCalman	Lineups		Stringfellow
Chester	1	2	Doncaster Rovers	Sealand Road	2,466
Davies	Lineups		Leighton, Ballagher
Crewe Alexandra	1	2	Crystal Palace	Gresty Road	6,163
Riley	Lineups		Summersby, Jones OG
Gillingham	1	1	Stockport County	Priestfield Stadium	4,287
Farrall	Lineups		Davock
Millwall	4	3	Peterborough United	The Den, New Cross	18,503	Largest home gate 1960-61
Burridge 2, Jones, Spears	Lineups		Bly 2, McNamee
Northampton Town	5	1	Rochdale	County Ground	9,535
Brown 2, Moran 3	Lineups		Cairns
Oldham Athletic	0	2	Wrexham	Boundary Park	9,927
	Lineups		Morris, Metcalf
Workington	2	0	Hartlepools United	Borough Park	2,246
Harburn 2	Lineups
York City	4	1	Darlington	Bootham Crescent	4,271
Gould 2, Hoggart, Weir	Lineups		Spence
Footnotes
Hartlepools United relegated

				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	44	17	3	2	79	28	10	6	6	46	32	2.083	63	L	L	D	W	L	1961-04-25	Southport	A
2	0	Crystal Palace	44	14	4	3	61	27	13	2	8	46	41	1.574	60	W	W	L	W	W	1961-04-26	Stockport County	H
3	0	Northampton Town	44	15	4	3	51	24	9	6	7	35	33	1.509	58	W	D	L	W	W	1961-04-25	Accrington Stanley	H
4	0	Bradford	43	15	4	2	45	19	9	3	10	32	50	1.116	55	W	W	W	W	D	1961-04-24	Millwall	H
5	0	York City	44	17	3	3	50	14	4	6	11	29	39	1.491	51	W	L	D	L	L	1961-04-26	Aldershot	A
6	1	Millwall	44	13	3	7	56	33	8	5	8	39	47	1.188	50	W	W	W	L	L	1961-04-24	Bradford	A
7	-1	Crewe Alexandra	44	11	4	8	40	29	9	5	7	21	31	1.017	49	L	D	W	L	W	1961-04-25	Oldham Athletic	A
8	0	Workington	45	14	3	6	38	28	7	4	11	35	46	0.986	49	W	W	W	L	D	1961-04-29	Wrexham	A
9	0	Darlington	44	9	7	5	35	22	7	6	10	37	46	1.059	45	L	D	L	W	D	1961-04-24	Exeter City	H
10	0	Stockport County	43	14	4	4	29	18	4	5	12	24	40	0.914	45	D	D	W	D	L	1961-04-26	Crystal Palace	A
11	0	Oldham Athletic	44	12	4	6	56	38	6	3	13	22	47	0.918	43	L	L	D	W	L	1961-04-25	Crewe Alexandra	H
12	2	Doncaster Rovers	44	14	0	7	44	30	4	7	12	24	45	0.907	43	W	W	L	D	D	1961-04-25	Mansfield Town	H
13	2	Aldershot	44	15	4	3	49	18	2	4	16	23	49	1.075	42	W	L	L	W	W	1961-04-26	York City	H
14	2	Gillingham	43	9	5	7	43	32	6	6	10	19	30	1	41	D	W	L	L	D	1961-04-27	Barrow	H
15	-3	Southport	44	11	5	5	40	23	7	0	16	22	40	0.984	41	L	D	W	L	L	1961-04-25	Peterborough United	H
16	-3	Rochdale	44	13	6	3	42	18	4	1	17	17	45	0.937	41	L	D	L	D	D	1961-04-24	Hartlepools United	A
17	0	Wrexham	45	11	4	7	36	21	5	4	14	24	34	1.091	40	W	W	L	L	L	1961-04-29	Workington	H
18	0	Accrington Stanley	43	12	4	7	44	32	4	3	13	25	49	0.852	39	W	W	L	W	L	1961-04-25	Northampton Town	A
19	0	Carlisle United	45	9	7	6	40	37	3	6	14	18	42	0.734	37	L	W	W	D	L	1961-04-29	Oldham Athletic	H
20	0	Exeter City	44	11	3	8	37	32	2	7	13	27	59	0.703	36	D	L	W	L	L	1961-04-24	Darlington	A
21	1	Barrow	43	9	6	7	30	27	3	4	14	15	43	0.643	34	D	L	L	D	D	1961-04-27	Gillingham	A
22	-1	Mansfield Town	43	9	3	10	35	32	5	2	14	29	42	0.865	33	L	L	W	L	L	1961-04-25	Doncaster Rovers	A
23	0	Chester	45	9	7	7	38	35	2	1	19	19	65	0.57	30	L	L	W	W	L	1961-04-29	Hartlepools United	A
24	0	Hartlepools United	44	9	3	9	40	36	2	4	17	25	63	0.657	29	L	W	L	W	L	1961-04-24	Rochdale	H