1961-09-16

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	2	6	Burnley	St Andrew's	18,764
Bloomfield, Hellawell	Lineups		Pointer 3, McIlroy, Robson, Harris
Blackburn Rovers	4	2	Aston Villa	Ewood Park	15,611
Lawther 2, Douglas 2	Lineups		Tindall, Burrows
Blackpool	1	3	Nottingham Forest	Bloomfield Road	23,737
Charnley	Lineups		Vowden, Booth, Le Flem
Cardiff City	1	2	Manchester United	Ninian Park	29,251
Ward	Lineups		Dawson, Quixall
Everton	5	2	Ipswich Town	Goodison Park	35,259
Temple 3, Bingham, Young	Lineups		Moran, Phillips
Fulham	2	1	Leicester City	Craven Cottage	19,831
Leggat, Chamberlain	Lineups		Keyworth
Manchester City	2	1	Bolton Wanderers	Maine Road	27,275
Baker, Hayes	Lineups		Stevens
Sheffield United	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Bramall Lane	38,497	Largest home gate 1961-62
Pace	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	White Hart Lane	45,334
Mackay	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	4	0	Arsenal	The Hawthorns	20,298
Clark, Jackson, Burnside, Kevan	Lineups
West Ham United	2	1	Chelsea	Upton Park	27,530
Dick, Musgrove	Lineups		Bridges

				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	Burnley	8	4	0	0	12	5	2	1	1	13	11	1.563	13	W	W	W	W	L	1961-09-20	Leicester City	A
2	0	Manchester City	8	3	0	1	8	6	3	0	1	10	8	1.286	12	W	L	W	L	W	1961-09-20	Everton	H
3	1	Manchester United	7	3	0	0	10	3	2	1	1	6	6	1.778	11	W	W	W	L	W	1961-09-18	Aston Villa	A
4	2	Tottenham Hotspur	8	3	1	0	10	7	1	1	2	4	5	1.167	10	W	L	D	W	L	1961-09-23	Nottingham Forest	A
5	2	West Ham United	8	3	1	0	8	5	1	1	2	8	9	1.143	10	W	W	L	W	W	1961-09-18	Blackpool	H
6	-3	Sheffield Wednesday	7	2	1	0	10	4	2	0	2	9	5	2.111	9	L	D	W	L	W	1961-09-20	Arsenal	H
7	-2	Ipswich Town	8	3	0	1	14	8	1	1	2	8	10	1.222	9	L	W	W	W	W	1961-09-18	Blackburn Rovers	A
8	3	Nottingham Forest	7	2	0	1	5	3	1	2	1	8	7	1.3	8	W	L	L	D	W	1961-09-19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
9	-1	Bolton Wanderers	8	2	1	0	6	4	1	1	3	8	12	0.875	8	L	W	D	W	W	1961-09-20	Fulham	H
10	5	Blackburn Rovers	8	2	2	0	7	4	1	0	3	5	11	0.8	8	W	W	L	W	D	1961-09-18	Ipswich Town	H
11	5	Sheffield United	8	3	1	1	5	4	0	1	2	2	9	0.538	8	W	L	D	L	W	1961-09-23	West Ham United	H
12	-3	Leicester City	8	2	0	1	3	1	1	1	3	11	12	1.077	7	L	W	L	W	D	1961-09-20	Burnley	H
13	5	Fulham	8	2	1	1	9	8	0	2	2	3	5	0.923	7	W	D	D	D	L	1961-09-20	Bolton Wanderers	A
14	-1	Chelsea	8	2	2	0	10	3	0	0	4	6	13	1	6	L	W	L	D	W	1961-09-20	Cardiff City	H
15	-3	Cardiff City	8	2	1	2	11	9	0	1	2	2	4	1	6	L	L	W	L	L	1961-09-20	Chelsea	A
16	-6	Arsenal	7	1	2	0	9	6	1	0	3	5	10	0.875	6	L	W	L	D	L	1961-09-20	Sheffield Wednesday	A
17	-3	Blackpool	8	2	0	3	8	9	0	2	1	5	6	0.867	6	L	D	W	L	D	1961-09-18	West Ham United	A
18	2	Everton	8	3	0	2	10	9	0	0	3	1	6	0.733	6	W	L	L	L	W	1961-09-20	Manchester City	A
19	-2	Aston Villa	6	1	0	1	5	5	1	1	2	6	8	0.846	5	L	L	W	D	W	1961-09-18	Manchester United	H
20	2	West Bromwich Albion	8	2	1	2	7	5	0	0	3	2	7	0.75	5	W	L	D	L	L	1961-09-20	Birmingham City	A
21	-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	6	1	2	0	7	6	0	0	3	2	5	0.818	4	L	D	L	D	W	1961-09-19	Nottingham Forest	A
22	-1	Birmingham City	8	1	1	2	6	13	0	1	3	3	11	0.375	4	L	L	D	L	D	1961-09-20	West Bromwich Albion	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	Liverpool	Goldstone Ground	19,366
	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	2	1	Leyton Orient	Eastville	11,824
Hooper, Jones	Lineups		Dunmore (p)
Derby County	3	2	Preston North End	Baseball Ground	13,263
Davies, Hutchinson, Powell	Lineups		Thompson 2
Leeds United	3	1	Stoke City	Elland Road	9,578
McCole, Peyton, Bremner	Lineups		Thompson
Luton Town	1	4	Southampton	Kenilworth Road	13,209
Turner	Lineups		O'Brien 3, Penk
Middlesbrough	1	0	Huddersfield Town	Ayresome Park	14,003
Peacock	Lineups
Newcastle United	2	2	Swansea Town	St James' Park	23,644
Leek, Allchurch	Lineups		Williams H 2
Norwich City	3	1	Sunderland	Carrow Road	21,910
Savino, Conway, Hill	Lineups		McPheat
Walsall	1	0	Plymouth Argyle	Fellows Park	14,848
Taylor	Lineups

				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	7	3	0	0	10	1	3	1	0	8	2	6	13	D	W	W	W	W	1961-09-20	Newcastle United	A
2	3	Walsall	8	3	0	1	7	8	2	1	1	7	5	1.077	11	W	W	D	L	W	1961-09-19	Southampton	H
3	-1	Scunthorpe United	8	4	1	0	18	7	0	1	2	4	8	1.467	10	W	L	W	W	W	1961-09-18	Bristol Rovers	A
4	4	Southampton	8	1	1	2	8	6	3	0	1	9	3	1.889	9	W	W	D	W	L	1961-09-19	Walsall	A
5	-2	Leyton Orient	7	2	0	1	5	3	2	1	1	8	4	1.857	9	L	W	W	W	W	1961-09-20	Huddersfield Town	H
6	-2	Huddersfield Town	7	3	0	0	8	2	1	1	2	7	9	1.364	9	L	W	W	L	W	1961-09-20	Leyton Orient	A
7	2	Derby County	8	3	0	1	12	8	1	1	2	7	10	1.056	9	W	L	W	D	L	1961-09-19	Swansea Town	A
8	-2	Bury	7	2	0	2	7	5	2	0	1	4	3	1.375	8	L	L	W	W	W	1961-09-19	Sunderland	H
9	-2	Rotherham United	6	2	0	0	7	1	2	0	2	8	12	1.154	8	L	W	W	L	W	1961-09-20	Charlton Athletic	A
10	4	Norwich City	8	3	1	1	11	6	0	1	2	3	7	1.077	8	W	L	W	L	L	1961-09-20	Leeds United	A
11	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	8	1	2	2	5	8	1	2	0	7	6	0.857	8	D	W	W	L	D	1961-09-18	Stoke City	A
12	4	Middlesbrough	6	3	0	1	10	5	0	1	1	1	3	1.375	7	W	D	W	W	L	1961-09-20	Luton Town	H
13	-2	Plymouth Argyle	7	1	1	1	5	6	2	0	2	5	7	0.769	7	L	D	W	W	L	1961-09-20	Preston North End	H
14	5	Leeds United	8	2	1	1	6	5	1	0	3	4	10	0.667	7	W	L	L	L	D	1961-09-20	Norwich City	H
15	-3	Luton Town	7	2	0	2	12	11	1	0	2	5	5	1.063	6	L	L	L	W	W	1961-09-20	Middlesbrough	A
16	-3	Stoke City	8	2	1	1	8	4	0	1	3	5	9	1	6	L	W	L	D	W	1961-09-18	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
17	1	Newcastle United	7	1	2	1	3	4	1	0	2	2	3	0.714	6	D	L	L	L	W	1961-09-20	Liverpool	H
18	-1	Swansea Town	8	1	1	1	5	5	0	3	2	9	16	0.667	6	D	W	L	L	L	1961-09-19	Derby County	H
19	-4	Sunderland	7	2	0	1	5	6	1	0	3	7	12	0.667	6	L	W	W	L	W	1961-09-19	Bury	A
20	0	Charlton Athletic	7	0	2	1	6	7	1	0	3	3	12	0.474	4	W	L	L	L	D	1961-09-20	Rotherham United	H
21	0	Preston North End	7	0	1	2	3	5	1	0	3	5	9	0.571	3	L	L	L	W	L	1961-09-20	Plymouth Argyle	A
22	0	Bristol Rovers	8	1	0	3	4	7	0	0	4	2	10	0.353	2	W	L	L	L	L	1961-09-18	Scunthorpe United	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	0	3	Crystal Palace	Oakwell	6,699
	Lineups		Uphill, Allen, Byrne
Halifax Town	2	0	Watford	The Shay	5,922
Large, Barnett	Lineups
Lincoln City	1	1	Bristol City	Sincil Bank	4,090
McClelland	Lineups		Williams
Notts County	3	1	Brentford	Meadow Lane	7,979
Edwards, Hateley, Newsham	Lineups		Edgley
Peterborough United	2	1	Grimsby Town	London Road	14,804
Emery, Bly	Lineups		Cullen
Port Vale	3	2	Bradford	Vale Park	9,279
Steele, Llewellyn, Longbottom	Lineups		Hannigan, Spratt
Portsmouth	2	2	Newport County	Fratton Park	14,006
Middleton, Campbell J	Lineups		Bowman, Buchanan
Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Loftus Road	13,088
Lazarus	Lineups		Coxon
Shrewsbury Town	1	1	Coventry City	Gay Meadow	7,602
Rowley	Lineups		Farmer
Southend United	0	2	Reading	Roots Hall	10,240
	Lineups		Watson OG, Webb
Swindon Town	1	1	Hull City	County Ground	9,325
Hunt R	Lineups		Crickmore
Torquay United	1	2	Northampton Town	Plainmoor	5,707
Astall	Lineups		Holton, Terry

				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	Reading	8	2	0	1	6	3	5	0	0	16	7	2.2	14	W	W	W	W	L	1961-09-20	Grimsby Town	H
2	0	Portsmouth	8	2	3	0	7	5	2	1	0	6	3	1.625	12	D	W	D	W	D	1961-09-20	Torquay United	A
3	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	8	2	2	0	6	3	1	3	0	6	4	1.714	11	D	W	D	D	D	1961-09-18	Northampton Town	A
4	4	Crystal Palace	8	2	1	1	10	8	2	2	0	6	2	1.6	11	W	D	L	D	D	1961-09-20	Lincoln City	H
5	4	Peterborough United	8	3	0	1	12	10	2	1	1	8	10	1	11	W	L	D	L	W	1961-09-20	Shrewsbury Town	A
6	-1	Queens Park Rangers	8	2	1	2	13	9	2	1	0	8	4	1.615	10	D	D	W	L	W	1961-09-23	Watford	A
7	-1	Shrewsbury Town	8	2	2	0	11	6	1	2	1	3	3	1.556	10	D	L	D	W	D	1961-09-20	Peterborough United	H
8	-1	Hull City	8	3	0	0	8	1	1	2	2	7	9	1.5	10	D	W	D	W	W	1961-09-21	Watford	H
9	1	Halifax Town	8	3	1	0	7	2	1	1	2	5	6	1.5	10	W	L	L	D	W	1961-09-23	Hull City	A
10	-6	Grimsby Town	8	3	0	1	8	5	2	0	2	5	5	1.3	10	L	W	W	L	W	1961-09-20	Reading	A
11	3	Notts County	8	3	2	0	8	3	0	1	2	5	9	1.083	9	W	D	D	W	D	1961-09-21	Port Vale	H
12	-1	Coventry City	8	3	1	0	10	4	0	2	2	4	10	1	9	D	D	W	L	D	1961-09-19	Brentford	A
13	3	Port Vale	8	2	1	1	7	3	1	1	2	5	8	1.091	8	W	W	D	D	L	1961-09-21	Notts County	A
14	4	Northampton Town	8	0	2	1	3	4	2	1	2	6	4	1.125	7	W	D	W	D	L	1961-09-18	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
15	-3	Watford	8	1	3	1	8	7	1	0	2	7	9	0.938	7	L	W	D	W	L	1961-09-21	Hull City	A
16	1	Bristol City	8	1	0	3	2	4	2	1	1	6	5	0.889	7	D	L	L	W	W	1961-09-18	Southend United	A
17	-4	Southend United	8	2	1	1	6	5	0	2	2	1	4	0.778	7	L	D	D	W	D	1961-09-18	Bristol City	H
18	-3	Bradford	8	3	0	1	12	7	0	0	4	6	12	0.947	6	L	W	L	L	L	1961-09-18	Newport County	A
19	0	Newport County	8	1	0	2	6	5	1	2	2	6	9	0.857	6	D	L	W	W	D	1961-09-18	Bradford	H
20	0	Lincoln City	8	1	1	2	4	8	0	3	1	5	7	0.6	6	D	D	D	L	W	1961-09-20	Crystal Palace	A
21	0	Torquay United	8	1	0	4	12	12	1	0	2	4	9	0.762	4	L	L	W	L	L	1961-09-20	Portsmouth	H
22	0	Barnsley	8	0	1	3	5	11	1	0	3	7	12	0.522	3	L	L	L	L	D	1961-09-19	Swindon Town	A
23	0	Swindon Town	8	0	3	1	6	8	0	0	4	3	13	0.429	3	D	L	L	D	D	1961-09-19	Barnsley	H
24	0	Brentford	8	0	1	2	1	4	0	0	5	2	14	0.167	1	L	D	L	L	L	1961-09-19	Coventry City	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	3	1	Oldham Athletic	Recreation Ground	5,331
Woan 2, Hasty	Lineups		Shackleton
Barrow	1	1	Workington	Holker Street	4,339
Hale	Lineups		Commons
Bradford City	0	1	Accrington Stanley	Valley Parade	5,716
	Lineups		Hamilton
Carlisle United	1	0	Darlington	Brunton Park	6,247
Oliphant (p)	Lineups
Chester	2	0	Southport	Sealand Road	6,357
Hennin, Davies	Lineups
Colchester United	6	1	Hartlepools United	Layer Road	5,036
Foster 2, Hunt B 2, Millar 2	Lineups		Edgar
Crewe Alexandra	0	3	Wrexham	Gresty Road	10,439	Largest home gate 1961-62
	Lineups		Evans, Metcalf 2
Mansfield Town	3	1	York City	Field Mill	8,884
Straw 2, Hollett	Lineups		Gould
Millwall	2	1	Chesterfield	The Den, New Cross	11,691
Burridge, Jones (p)	Lineups		Brady OG
Rochdale	2	3	Doncaster Rovers	Spotland	5,138
Hepton, Bimpson	Lineups		Veall, Ballagher, Leighton
Stockport County	3	1	Gillingham	Edgeley Park	4,365
Partridge, McDonnell, Porteous	Lineups		Livesey
Tranmere Rovers	3	4	Exeter City	Prenton Park	7,889
Gubbins, Arnell 2	Lineups		McGugan OG, Rees, Carter, Blue

				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	Colchester United	8	4	0	0	14	3	2	2	0	9	4	3.286	14	W	W	W	W	D	1961-09-21	Workington	A
2	0	Wrexham	8	3	0	1	12	4	3	0	1	8	3	2.857	12	W	W	L	W	W	1961-09-20	Tranmere Rovers	H
3	1	Millwall	8	3	1	1	9	3	2	0	1	4	5	1.625	11	W	W	W	W	D	1961-09-18	Stockport County	H
4	6	Chester	8	2	2	1	7	5	2	0	1	4	3	1.375	10	W	W	D	D	L	1961-09-19	Doncaster Rovers	A
5	3	Aldershot	8	3	2	0	11	5	1	0	2	4	6	1.364	10	W	L	W	D	W	1961-09-20	Gillingham	A
6	3	Carlisle United	8	3	1	0	6	2	1	1	2	3	5	1.286	10	W	L	D	W	D	1961-09-18	York City	A
7	-1	Workington	8	1	2	0	6	2	2	2	1	6	9	1.091	10	D	D	W	L	D	1961-09-21	Colchester United	H
8	-5	Rochdale	8	4	0	1	15	6	0	1	2	2	6	1.417	9	L	L	W	W	D	1961-09-18	Darlington	A
9	-4	York City	8	3	0	1	9	4	1	1	2	6	8	1.25	9	L	L	W	W	L	1961-09-18	Carlisle United	H
10	4	Mansfield Town	8	3	0	1	10	3	0	3	1	2	7	1.2	9	W	D	D	W	D	1961-09-23	Chesterfield	A
11	-4	Darlington	8	2	1	1	6	4	1	1	2	7	7	1.182	8	L	L	W	D	D	1961-09-18	Rochdale	H
12	4	Exeter City	8	3	0	0	9	2	1	0	4	6	13	1	8	W	W	L	L	L	1961-09-19	Southport	H
13	4	Accrington Stanley	8	2	1	1	4	2	1	1	2	4	6	1	8	W	W	D	L	D	1961-09-18	Barrow	A
14	-3	Southport	8	3	0	1	7	6	1	0	3	6	9	0.867	8	L	W	L	W	W	1961-09-19	Exeter City	A
15	-3	Crewe Alexandra	8	3	0	1	9	7	1	0	3	2	7	0.786	8	L	L	W	L	W	1961-09-20	Hartlepools United	H
16	-3	Bradford City	8	1	1	2	5	6	1	2	1	8	8	0.929	7	L	D	L	L	W	1961-09-18	Chesterfield	A
17	2	Stockport County	8	2	0	2	8	8	1	1	2	6	8	0.875	7	W	W	D	W	L	1961-09-18	Millwall	A
18	-3	Tranmere Rovers	8	3	0	2	12	10	0	0	3	3	7	0.882	6	L	L	W	W	L	1961-09-20	Wrexham	A
19	1	Barrow	7	1	2	1	5	4	1	0	2	1	4	0.75	6	D	L	L	D	L	1961-09-18	Accrington Stanley	H
20	-2	Oldham Athletic	8	1	2	0	9	6	0	1	4	2	10	0.688	5	L	D	L	L	W	1961-09-23	Stockport County	H
21	0	Chesterfield	8	2	0	1	5	3	0	1	4	4	13	0.563	5	L	W	L	D	W	1961-09-18	Bradford City	H
22	1	Doncaster Rovers	7	0	1	2	3	7	1	2	1	5	8	0.533	5	W	L	L	D	L	1961-09-19	Chester	H
23	-1	Hartlepools United	8	1	2	1	8	8	0	0	4	6	17	0.56	4	L	L	D	L	L	1961-09-20	Crewe Alexandra	A
24	0	Gillingham	8	0	1	2	3	5	0	0	5	7	19	0.417	1	L	L	L	L	L	1961-09-20	Aldershot	H