1961-09-02

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	5	Leicester City	St Andrew's	21,950
Bloomfield	Lineups		Keyworth, Wills 2, Walsh 2
Blackburn Rovers	2	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Ewood Park	15,379
Clayton, Haverty	Lineups		Farmer
Blackpool	2	3	Manchester United	Bloomfield Road	28,156
Charnley 2 (1p)	Lineups		Viollet 2, Charlton
Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Arsenal	Burnden Park	18,414
McAdams 2	Lineups		Charles
Chelsea	0	0	Fulham	Stamford Bridge	37,998
	Lineups
Everton	0	4	Sheffield Wednesday	Goodison Park	42,596
	Lineups		Kay, McAnearney (p), Craig, Ellis
Manchester City	1	3	Burnley	Maine Road	38,171
Baker	Lineups		McIlroy 2, Harris
Sheffield United	0	2	Aston Villa	Bramall Lane	21,336
	Lineups		Burrows, Dougan
Tottenham Hotspur	3	2	Cardiff City	White Hart Lane	37,834
Blanchflower (p), Jones, Smith R	Lineups		King J, Ward
West Bromwich Albion	1	3	Ipswich Town	The Hawthorns	19,016
Jackson	Lineups		Moran 2, Crawford
West Ham United	3	2	Nottingham Forest	Upton Park	23,795
Scott, Sealey, Musgrove	Lineups		Addison 2

				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	1	Sheffield Wednesday	5	2	0	0	9	3	2	0	1	9	4	2.571	8	W	L	W	W	W	1961-09-09	Fulham	H
2	-1	Manchester City	5	2	0	1	6	5	2	0	0	8	5	1.4	8	L	W	W	W	W	1961-09-06	Everton	A
3	1	Manchester United	5	2	0	0	9	3	1	1	1	4	5	1.625	7	W	L	W	W	D	1961-09-09	Tottenham Hotspur	H
4	1	Tottenham Hotspur	5	2	1	0	9	7	1	0	1	3	3	1.2	7	W	L	W	D	W	1961-09-04	Sheffield United	A
5	2	Burnley	5	2	0	0	7	4	1	1	1	7	9	1.077	7	W	L	W	W	D	1961-09-05	Leicester City	H
6	-3	Nottingham Forest	5	2	0	0	4	1	0	2	1	5	6	1.286	6	L	D	W	W	D	1961-09-09	Blackburn Rovers	H
7	3	West Ham United	5	2	1	0	6	4	0	1	1	4	5	1.111	6	W	W	L	D	D	1961-09-04	Blackpool	A
8	6	Aston Villa	4	1	0	0	3	1	1	1	1	4	4	1.4	5	W	D	W	L	#	1961-09-09	West Ham United	H
9	3	Ipswich Town	5	1	0	1	8	6	1	1	1	6	5	1.273	5	W	W	L	L	D	1961-09-05	Blackburn Rovers	H
10	7	Leicester City	5	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	10	8	1.222	5	W	D	W	L	L	1961-09-05	Burnley	A
11	7	Bolton Wanderers	5	2	1	0	6	4	0	0	2	3	7	0.818	5	W	W	L	L	D	1961-09-06	Fulham	A
12	-6	Sheffield United	5	2	0	1	3	3	0	1	1	1	3	0.667	5	L	W	L	D	W	1961-09-04	Tottenham Hotspur	H
13	-4	Arsenal	5	0	2	0	6	6	1	0	2	5	6	0.917	4	L	D	L	W	D	1961-09-09	Manchester City	H
14	1	Chelsea	5	1	2	0	4	2	0	0	2	3	6	0.875	4	D	W	L	L	D	1961-09-06	Cardiff City	A
15	-4	Cardiff City	5	1	1	0	4	3	0	1	2	2	4	0.857	4	L	L	W	D	D	1961-09-06	Chelsea	H
16	-8	Everton	5	2	0	1	5	5	0	0	2	1	4	0.667	4	L	W	L	L	W	1961-09-06	Manchester City	H
17	5	Blackburn Rovers	5	1	2	0	3	2	0	0	2	2	8	0.5	4	W	D	L	L	D	1961-09-05	Ipswich Town	A
18	-5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4	1	1	0	5	4	0	0	2	2	4	0.875	3	L	D	W	L	#	1961-09-09	Blackpool	H
19	-3	Blackpool	5	1	0	2	5	6	0	1	1	3	4	0.8	3	L	D	L	W	L	1961-09-04	West Ham United	H
20	0	Fulham	5	1	0	1	5	5	0	1	2	2	4	0.778	3	D	L	W	L	L	1961-09-06	Bolton Wanderers	H
21	-2	Birmingham City	5	1	1	1	4	7	0	0	2	2	7	0.429	3	L	D	L	L	W	1961-09-06	West Bromwich Albion	A
22	-1	West Bromwich Albion	5	1	0	2	3	5	0	0	2	1	4	0.444	2	L	L	L	W	L	1961-09-06	Birmingham City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	2	Bury	Goldstone Ground	12,522
	Lineups		Holden, Watson
Bristol Rovers	2	3	Sunderland	Eastville	12,209
Bradford 2	Lineups		McPheat, Fogarty, Sykes OG
Leeds United	1	3	Rotherham United	Elland Road	12,610
McCole	Lineups		Kirkman 3
Luton Town	3	4	Huddersfield Town	Kenilworth Road	14,436
McKechnie, Lornie, Coddington OG	Lineups		Dinsdale, Stokes 2, Saward
Middlesbrough	1	0	Preston North End	Ayresome Park	16,100
McNeil	Lineups
Newcastle United	0	2	Plymouth Argyle	St James' Park	28,235
	Lineups		Kirby, Carter
Norwich City	1	2	Liverpool	Carrow Road	28,049
Yates OG	Lineups		Hunt 2
Southampton	5	1	Swansea Town	The Dell	12,003
Paine 2, O'Brien 2, OG	Lineups		Webster
Stoke City	1	1	Derby County	Victoria Ground	13,834
Mudie	Lineups		Parry
Walsall	1	5	Leyton Orient	Fellows Park	15,963
Younger	Lineups		Foster, Dunmore, Graham 3

				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	Liverpool	5	2	0	0	8	0	3	0	0	8	2	8	10	W	W	W	W	W	1961-09-09	Scunthorpe United	H
2	1	Bury	5	2	0	0	6	1	2	0	1	4	3	2.5	8	W	W	W	W	L	1961-09-09	Southampton	H
3	5	Leyton Orient	5	1	0	1	3	3	2	1	0	7	2	2	7	W	W	W	L	D	1961-09-09	Derby County	H
4	3	Huddersfield Town	5	2	0	0	6	1	1	1	1	7	8	1.444	7	W	L	W	W	D	1961-09-09	Newcastle United	H
5	-3	Luton Town	5	2	0	1	11	7	1	0	1	3	2	1.556	6	L	W	W	L	W	1961-09-09	Swansea Town	A
6	4	Rotherham United	4	1	0	0	4	0	2	0	1	6	7	1.429	6	W	L	W	W	#	1961-09-09	Norwich City	H
7	-2	Scunthorpe United	5	2	1	0	11	4	0	1	1	3	6	1.4	6	W	W	L	D	D	1961-09-05	Bristol Rovers	H
8	-4	Walsall	5	2	0	1	6	8	1	0	1	3	2	0.9	6	L	W	W	L	W	1961-09-06	Southampton	A
9	4	Plymouth Argyle	5	1	0	1	4	5	2	0	1	5	6	0.818	6	W	W	L	L	W	1961-09-09	Middlesbrough	H
10	2	Derby County	5	1	0	1	3	3	1	1	1	7	8	0.909	5	D	L	L	W	W	1961-09-06	Swansea Town	H
11	-5	Newcastle United	5	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	0.667	5	L	L	W	W	D	1961-09-09	Huddersfield Town	A
12	-3	Leeds United	5	1	1	1	3	4	1	0	1	3	6	0.6	5	L	D	L	W	W	1961-09-06	Norwich City	A
13	6	Southampton	5	1	0	2	7	5	1	0	1	3	2	1.429	4	W	L	L	W	L	1961-09-06	Walsall	H
14	4	Middlesbrough	4	2	0	1	9	5	0	0	1	0	2	1.286	4	W	W	L	L	#	1961-09-09	Plymouth Argyle	A
15	-1	Stoke City	5	1	1	1	6	3	0	1	1	3	4	1.286	4	D	W	L	D	L	1961-09-05	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
16	-5	Norwich City	5	1	1	1	6	5	0	1	1	2	4	0.889	4	L	L	D	D	W	1961-09-06	Leeds United	H
17	3	Sunderland	5	1	0	1	3	5	1	0	2	6	9	0.643	4	W	L	W	L	L	1961-09-09	Leeds United	H
18	-2	Brighton & Hove Albion	5	0	1	2	3	7	0	2	0	4	4	0.636	3	L	D	D	L	D	1961-09-05	Stoke City	H
19	-4	Swansea Town	5	0	1	1	2	3	0	2	1	4	8	0.545	3	L	L	D	D	D	1961-09-06	Derby County	A
20	-3	Preston North End	5	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	2	3	6	0.5	3	L	W	L	D	L	1961-09-09	Walsall	H
21	0	Charlton Athletic	5	0	2	0	4	4	0	0	3	1	11	0.333	2	L	L	D	D	L	1961-09-09	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
22	0	Bristol Rovers	5	0	0	3	2	6	0	0	2	0	6	0.167	0	L	L	L	L	L	1961-09-05	Scunthorpe United	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	2	3	Reading	Oakwell	6,676
Swindells, Bartlett	Lineups		Allen 2, Whitehouse
Halifax Town	1	1	Crystal Palace	The Shay	9,583	Largest home gate 1961-62
Large	Lineups		Allen
Lincoln City	0	3	Hull City	Sincil Bank	6,495
	Lineups		Chilton, Crickmore, Henderson
Newport County	6	1	Brentford	Somerton Park	5,757
Buchanan 3, Robertson 2, Bowman	Lineups		Edgley
Northampton Town	1	1	Port Vale	County Ground	9,573
Terry	Lineups		Llewellyn
Notts County	2	0	Grimsby Town	Meadow Lane	9,289
Forrest, Welbourne OG	Lineups
Peterborough United	3	4	Bristol City	London Road	14,768
Bly, McNamee, Emery	Lineups		Williams 2, Etheridge, Low
Queens Park Rangers	0	1	Portsmouth	Loftus Road	13,010
	Lineups		Saunders
Shrewsbury Town	4	1	Bradford	Gay Meadow	6,664
McLaughlin 2, Kenning, Rowley	Lineups		Gibson
Southend United	2	0	Coventry City	Roots Hall	9,248
Corthine, Fryatt	Lineups
Swindon Town	1	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	County Ground	9,825
Hunt R	Lineups		Coxon
Torquay United	3	4	Watford	Plainmoor	6,329
Jenkins, Mills, Pym	Lineups		Williams 3, Stokes

				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	1	Halifax Town	5	2	1	0	5	2	1	1	0	3	1	2.667	8	D	W	D	W	W	1961-09-04	Coventry City	A
2	1	Crystal Palace	5	2	0	0	7	2	1	2	0	3	2	2.5	8	D	D	W	W	W	1961-09-06	Northampton Town	H
3	4	Shrewsbury Town	5	2	1	0	10	5	1	1	0	1	0	2.2	8	W	D	W	D	W	1961-09-05	Watford	A
4	4	Portsmouth	5	1	1	0	2	1	2	1	0	6	3	2	8	W	D	D	W	W	1961-09-06	Lincoln City	H
5	0	Reading	5	1	0	1	4	2	3	0	0	11	6	1.875	8	W	L	W	W	W	1961-09-06	Bradford	A
6	-5	Peterborough United	5	2	0	1	10	9	2	0	0	4	2	1.273	8	L	W	W	W	W	1961-09-07	Notts County	A
7	-3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	5	1	1	0	3	1	1	2	0	5	3	2	7	D	D	W	D	W	1961-09-06	Hull City	H
8	1	Queens Park Rangers	5	1	0	2	6	7	2	0	0	6	2	1.333	6	L	W	W	L	W	1961-09-04	Swindon Town	H
9	-3	Grimsby Town	5	1	0	1	5	4	2	0	1	4	3	1.286	6	L	W	W	L	W	1961-09-05	Brentford	H
10	2	Bristol City	5	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	5	4	1.2	6	W	W	L	W	L	1961-09-05	Newport County	H
11	2	Hull City	5	2	0	0	4	1	1	0	2	5	7	1.125	6	W	W	W	L	L	1961-09-06	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
12	3	Southend United	5	2	1	0	6	3	0	0	2	1	4	1	5	W	D	L	L	W	1961-09-04	Port Vale	A
13	4	Notts County	5	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	2	3	7	0.857	5	W	D	L	L	W	1961-09-07	Peterborough United	H
14	-4	Coventry City	5	2	0	0	5	1	0	1	2	3	9	0.8	5	L	D	W	W	L	1961-09-04	Halifax Town	H
15	4	Watford	5	0	2	1	5	6	1	0	1	7	7	0.923	4	W	L	D	L	D	1961-09-05	Shrewsbury Town	H
16	-5	Bradford	5	2	0	0	5	2	0	0	3	4	9	0.818	4	L	L	W	W	L	1961-09-06	Reading	H
17	1	Port Vale	5	1	0	1	4	1	0	1	2	4	8	0.889	3	D	L	L	W	L	1961-09-04	Southend United	H
18	4	Newport County	5	1	0	2	6	5	0	1	1	1	4	0.778	3	W	D	L	L	L	1961-09-05	Bristol City	A
19	-5	Barnsley	5	0	1	2	5	8	1	0	1	3	3	0.727	3	L	D	L	W	L	1961-09-07	Torquay United	A
20	-4	Lincoln City	5	1	0	2	3	7	0	1	1	3	5	0.5	3	L	W	D	L	L	1961-09-06	Portsmouth	A
21	-1	Torquay United	5	0	0	3	5	8	1	0	1	4	5	0.692	2	L	L	L	W	L	1961-09-07	Barnsley	H
22	-1	Swindon Town	5	0	2	1	5	7	0	0	2	2	5	0.583	2	D	D	L	L	L	1961-09-04	Queens Park Rangers	A
23	0	Northampton Town	5	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	2	0	2	0.25	2	D	L	L	L	D	1961-09-06	Crystal Palace	A
24	0	Brentford	5	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	3	1	10	0.143	0	L	L	L	L	L	1961-09-05	Grimsby Town	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	1	Chesterfield	Recreation Ground	5,370
Woan	Lineups		Lunn
Barrow	0	2	Wrexham	Holker Street	3,292
	Lineups		Bennion, Evans
Bradford City	1	3	Stockport County	Valley Parade	6,872
Layne	Lineups		Anderson, McDonnell, Murdoch
Carlisle United	2	0	Oldham Athletic	Brunton Park	6,044
Whitelaw, Oliphant	Lineups
Chester	2	2	Darlington	Sealand Road	6,423
White, Jones	Lineups		Martin 2
Colchester United	3	2	Accrington Stanley	Layer Road	5,129
King 2, Millar	Lineups		Hudson, Devine (p)
Gillingham	1	2	York City	Priestfield Stadium	5,222
Wilson	Lineups		Weir, Pierce
Mansfield Town	4	0	Doncaster Rovers	Field Mill	7,885
Chapman R 2, Straw, Stringfellow	Lineups
Millwall	5	0	Workington	The Den, New Cross	9,678
Jones 2, Burridge 2, Obeney	Lineups
Rochdale	3	0	Exeter City	Spotland	5,062
Whitaker 2, Milburn (p)	Lineups
Southport	2	0	Crewe Alexandra	Haig Avenue	4,088
Blain, Jones	Lineups

				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	2	Wrexham	5	2	0	0	7	1	2	0	1	5	3	3	8	W	W	W	L	W	1961-09-04	Workington	H
2	0	Colchester United	5	3	0	0	8	2	0	2	0	3	3	2.2	8	W	D	D	W	W	1961-09-05	Doncaster Rovers	A
3	3	Rochdale	5	3	0	0	10	2	0	1	1	2	3	2.4	7	W	D	L	W	W	1961-09-06	Gillingham	H
4	3	York City	5	2	0	0	7	2	1	1	1	5	5	1.714	7	W	L	W	W	D	1961-09-04	Exeter City	H
5	6	Carlisle United	5	2	1	0	5	2	1	0	1	2	3	1.4	7	W	D	W	L	W	1961-09-06	Chester	A
6	3	Aldershot	5	1	2	0	6	4	1	0	1	3	3	1.286	6	D	W	D	W	L	1961-09-06	Southport	H
7	1	Darlington	5	1	1	0	3	2	1	1	1	7	6	1.25	6	D	D	W	L	W	1961-09-04	Oldham Athletic	H
8	-4	Bradford City	5	1	1	1	5	5	1	1	0	4	3	1.125	6	L	W	D	W	D	1961-09-04	Tranmere Rovers	A
9	5	Southport	5	2	0	1	5	5	1	0	1	6	5	1.1	6	W	W	L	W	L	1961-09-06	Aldershot	A
10	-5	Crewe Alexandra	5	2	0	0	7	3	1	0	2	1	5	1	6	L	W	W	W	L	1961-09-06	Chesterfield	H
11	-10	Workington	5	1	1	0	5	1	1	1	1	2	6	1	6	L	D	W	D	W	1961-09-04	Wrexham	A
12	8	Millwall	5	1	1	1	6	2	1	0	1	3	5	1.286	5	W	D	W	L	L	1961-09-04	Barrow	H
13	8	Mansfield Town	5	2	0	1	7	2	0	1	1	1	6	1	5	W	D	L	L	W	1961-09-04	Accrington Stanley	A
14	-4	Barrow	5	1	1	1	4	3	1	0	1	1	3	0.833	5	L	D	L	W	W	1961-09-04	Millwall	A
15	1	Chester	5	1	1	1	4	4	1	0	1	1	2	0.833	5	D	L	W	L	W	1961-09-06	Carlisle United	H
16	-3	Oldham Athletic	5	1	1	0	7	4	0	1	2	1	4	1	4	L	W	D	D	L	1961-09-04	Darlington	A
17	-5	Exeter City	5	2	0	0	7	1	0	0	3	1	8	0.889	4	L	L	W	W	L	1961-09-04	York City	A
18	-3	Tranmere Rovers	5	2	0	1	6	4	0	0	2	2	5	0.889	4	W	L	L	L	W	1961-09-04	Bradford City	H
19	-2	Accrington Stanley	5	1	0	1	3	2	0	1	2	3	6	0.75	3	L	D	L	W	L	1961-09-04	Mansfield Town	H
20	-1	Hartlepools United	5	1	1	0	5	3	0	0	3	5	11	0.714	3	L	L	W	D	L	1961-09-04	Stockport County	H
21	-3	Doncaster Rovers	5	0	1	1	2	3	0	2	1	2	6	0.444	3	L	D	L	D	D	1961-09-05	Colchester United	H
22	0	Chesterfield	5	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	2	2	9	0.4	3	D	W	L	L	L	1961-09-06	Crewe Alexandra	A
23	1	Stockport County	5	0	0	2	2	6	1	0	2	4	6	0.5	2	W	L	L	L	L	1961-09-04	Hartlepools United	A
24	-1	Gillingham	5	0	1	2	3	5	0	0	2	3	10	0.4	1	L	L	L	L	D	1961-09-06	Rochdale	A