1961-09-23

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	1	Birmingham City	Highbury	31,749
Skirton	Lineups		Harris (p)
Aston Villa	5	0	Blackpool	Villa Park	34,035
Burrows 2, McParland 3	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	3	2	West Bromwich Albion	Burnden Park	14,155
Hill, Pilkington, Phythian	Lineups		Kevan, Hope
Burnley	2	1	Everton	Turf Moor	35,776
Pointer 2	Lineups		Thomson
Chelsea	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Stamford Bridge	23,301
Brabrook	Lineups		Crowe
Ipswich Town	2	4	Fulham	Portman Road	23,050
Crawford 2	Lineups		Cook, Cohen, Haynes, O'Connell
Leicester City	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Filbert Street	21,338
Riley (p)	Lineups
Manchester United	3	2	Manchester City	Old Trafford	56,345
Stiles, Viollet, Ewing OG	Lineups		Kennedy, Stiles OG
Nottingham Forest	2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	City Ground	40,875	Largest home gate 1961-62
Cobb, Quigley	Lineups
Sheffield United	1	4	West Ham United	Bramall Lane	21,034
Pace	Lineups		Dick 2, Musgrove, Sealey
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	Cardiff City	Molineux	26,643
Farmer	Lineups		Harrington

				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	10	5	0	0	14	6	3	1	1	19	13	1.737	17	W	W	W	W	W	1961-09-30	Fulham	A
2	0	Manchester United	9	4	0	0	13	5	2	2	1	7	7	1.667	14	W	D	W	W	W	1961-09-30	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
3	1	West Ham United	10	3	2	0	10	7	2	1	2	12	10	1.294	13	W	D	W	W	L	1961-09-30	Leicester City	H
4	2	Nottingham Forest	9	4	0	1	10	4	1	2	1	8	7	1.636	12	W	W	W	L	L	1961-09-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
5	-2	Manchester City	10	3	0	2	9	9	3	0	2	12	11	1.05	12	L	L	W	L	W	1961-09-30	West Bromwich Albion	A
6	3	Fulham	10	2	1	1	9	8	2	2	2	10	9	1.118	11	W	W	W	D	D	1961-09-30	Burnley	H
7	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	9	2	2	0	11	5	2	0	3	9	6	1.818	10	L	D	L	D	W	1961-09-30	Ipswich Town	H
8	-1	Ipswich Town	10	3	0	2	16	12	1	2	2	10	12	1.083	10	L	D	L	W	W	1961-09-30	Sheffield Wednesday	A
9	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	9	3	1	0	10	7	1	1	3	4	7	1	10	L	W	L	D	W	1961-09-30	Aston Villa	H
10	3	Bolton Wanderers	10	3	1	1	11	9	1	1	3	8	12	0.905	10	W	L	L	W	D	1961-09-30	Birmingham City	A
11	-1	Blackburn Rovers	10	2	3	0	9	6	1	1	3	6	12	0.833	10	D	D	W	W	L	1961-09-30	Sheffield United	H
12	-1	Cardiff City	10	2	1	2	11	9	1	2	2	6	7	1.063	9	D	W	L	L	W	1961-09-30	Nottingham Forest	H
13	5	Leicester City	10	3	0	2	6	7	1	1	3	11	12	0.895	9	W	L	L	W	L	1961-09-30	West Ham United	A
14	6	Aston Villa	8	2	1	1	11	6	1	1	2	6	8	1.214	8	W	D	L	L	W	1961-09-30	Tottenham Hotspur	A
15	0	Arsenal	9	1	3	0	10	7	1	1	3	6	11	0.889	8	D	D	L	W	L	1961-09-30	Everton	A
16	-4	Everton	10	3	0	2	10	9	1	0	4	5	9	0.833	8	L	W	W	L	L	1961-09-30	Arsenal	H
17	-3	Sheffield United	9	3	1	2	6	8	0	1	2	2	9	0.471	8	L	W	L	D	L	1961-09-30	Blackburn Rovers	A
18	1	Chelsea	10	2	3	1	13	7	0	0	4	6	13	0.95	7	D	L	L	W	L	1961-09-30	Blackpool	A
19	-2	West Bromwich Albion	10	2	1	2	7	5	1	0	4	6	11	0.813	7	L	W	W	L	D	1961-09-30	Manchester City	H
20	-4	Blackpool	10	2	0	3	8	9	0	3	2	7	13	0.682	7	L	D	L	D	W	1961-09-30	Chelsea	H
21	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	8	1	3	0	8	7	0	0	4	3	8	0.733	5	D	L	L	D	L	1961-09-27	Nottingham Forest	H
22	0	Birmingham City	10	1	1	3	7	15	0	2	3	4	12	0.407	5	D	L	L	L	D	1961-09-30	Bolton Wanderers	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bristol Rovers	4	0	Leeds United	Eastville	13,653
Hooper 2, Bradford, Jones	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	0	1	Luton Town	The Valley	10,176
	Lineups		Turner
Huddersfield Town	4	2	Walsall	Leeds Road	15,100
Stokes 3, Sharples OG	Lineups		Younger, Wilson
Liverpool	5	0	Bury	Anfield Road	46,609
Melia 2, St John, Hunt, Lewis	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	2	3	Derby County	Home Park	13,996
Maloy, Jackson	Lineups		Swallow 2, Fincham OG
Preston North End	3	2	Leyton Orient	Deepdale	9,969
Thompson, Biggs, Humes	Lineups		McDonald, Foster
Rotherham United	2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Millmoor	8,722
Perry, Weston	Lineups		Goodchild
Southampton	1	0	Newcastle United	The Dell	20,064
O'Brien	Lineups
Stoke City	3	1	Norwich City	Victoria Ground	8,646
Adam 2, Thompson	Lineups		Conway
Sunderland	4	0	Scunthorpe United	Roker Park	35,112
Herd 2, Fogarty 2	Lineups
Swansea Town	3	3	Middlesbrough	Vetch Field	14,730
Reynolds 2, Williams G	Lineups		Livingstone 2, Kaye

				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	9	4	0	0	15	1	4	1	0	10	3	6.25	17	W	W	D	W	W	1961-09-30	Charlton Athletic	A
2	1	Southampton	10	2	1	2	9	6	4	0	1	11	3	2.222	13	W	W	W	W	D	1961-09-30	Middlesbrough	A
3	4	Rotherham United	8	3	0	0	9	2	3	0	2	10	12	1.357	12	W	W	L	W	W	1961-09-26	Charlton Athletic	H
4	-2	Leyton Orient	9	3	0	1	8	3	2	1	2	10	7	1.8	11	L	W	L	W	W	1961-09-27	Huddersfield Town	A
5	5	Huddersfield Town	9	4	0	0	12	4	1	1	3	7	12	1.188	11	W	L	L	W	W	1961-09-27	Leyton Orient	H
6	5	Derby County	10	3	0	1	12	8	2	1	3	11	15	1	11	W	L	W	L	W	1961-09-30	Huddersfield Town	H
7	-3	Walsall	10	3	0	2	7	10	2	1	2	9	9	0.842	11	L	L	W	W	D	1961-09-30	Swansea Town	H
8	5	Luton Town	9	2	0	2	12	11	3	0	2	10	7	1.222	10	W	W	L	L	L	1961-09-27	Middlesbrough	H
9	-3	Scunthorpe United	10	4	1	0	18	7	0	1	4	5	14	1.095	10	L	L	W	L	W	1961-09-29	Stoke City	H
10	-2	Norwich City	10	3	1	1	11	6	1	1	3	5	10	1	10	L	W	W	L	W	1961-09-30	Bristol Rovers	H
11	-6	Bury	9	3	0	2	10	7	2	0	2	4	8	0.933	10	L	W	L	L	W	1961-09-27	Sunderland	A
12	-3	Brighton & Hove Albion	10	1	2	2	5	8	2	2	1	9	8	0.875	10	L	W	D	W	W	1961-09-30	Sunderland	H
13	-1	Plymouth Argyle	9	2	1	2	8	9	2	0	2	5	7	0.813	9	L	W	L	D	W	1961-09-26	Preston North End	A
14	0	Swansea Town	10	2	2	1	11	9	0	3	2	9	16	0.8	9	D	W	D	W	L	1961-09-30	Walsall	A
15	2	Stoke City	10	3	1	2	11	6	0	1	3	5	9	1.067	8	W	L	L	W	L	1961-09-29	Scunthorpe United	A
16	-1	Middlesbrough	8	3	0	2	12	9	0	2	1	4	6	1.067	8	D	L	W	D	W	1961-09-27	Luton Town	A
17	1	Sunderland	9	3	0	1	9	6	1	0	4	9	15	0.857	8	W	L	L	W	W	1961-09-27	Bury	H
18	-2	Leeds United	10	2	1	2	6	6	1	0	4	4	14	0.5	7	L	L	W	L	L	1961-09-30	Preston North End	H
19	1	Bristol Rovers	10	3	0	3	10	8	0	0	4	2	10	0.667	6	W	W	W	L	L	1961-09-30	Norwich City	A
20	-1	Newcastle United	9	1	2	2	4	6	1	0	3	2	4	0.6	6	L	L	D	L	L	1961-09-30	Luton Town	H
21	1	Preston North End	9	1	1	2	6	7	1	0	4	5	10	0.647	5	W	L	L	L	L	1961-09-26	Plymouth Argyle	H
22	-1	Charlton Athletic	9	0	2	3	6	10	1	0	3	3	12	0.409	4	L	L	W	L	L	1961-09-26	Rotherham United	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	5	0	Barnsley	Dean Court	10,441
Dowsett 2, Archer 2, Weller	Lineups
Bradford	2	0	Bristol City	Park Avenue	10,432
Atkinson, Spratt	Lineups
Brentford	4	0	Shrewsbury Town	Griffin Park	7,008
Edgley 2, Brooks, Rainford	Lineups
Coventry City	1	3	Peterborough United	Highfield Road	19,913	Largest home gate 1961-62
Farmer	Lineups		Ripley, Smith, Senior
Crystal Palace	1	2	Portsmouth	Selhurst Park	24,586
Heckman	Lineups		Saunders, Harris
Grimsby Town	1	1	Port Vale	Blundell Park	8,910
Cullen	Lineups		Poole
Hull City	1	2	Halifax Town	Boothferry Park	13,611
Bulless	Lineups		Priestley, Harrison
Lincoln City	1	3	Torquay United	Sincil Bank	4,693
Punter	Lineups		Laraman 2, Jenkins
Newport County	0	3	Southend United	Somerton Park	6,817
	Lineups		Jones, Brand, Kellard
Northampton Town	1	2	Swindon Town	County Ground	9,263
Holton	Lineups		Hunt E, Hunt R
Reading	4	2	Notts County	Elm Park	11,169
Webb, Whitehouse, Wheeler, Allen	Lineups		Horobin, Withers
Watford	3	2	Queens Park Rangers	Vicarage Road	15,555
Ryden, Fairbrother 2	Lineups		Towers, McClelland

				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	10	3	0	2	11	7	5	0	0	16	7	1.929	16	W	L	W	W	W	1961-09-26	Grimsby Town	A
2	0	Portsmouth	10	2	3	0	7	5	4	1	0	10	4	1.889	16	W	W	D	W	D	1961-09-27	Torquay United	H
3	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	10	3	2	0	11	3	2	3	0	9	4	2.857	15	W	W	D	W	D	1961-09-27	Northampton Town	H
4	0	Peterborough United	10	3	0	1	12	10	4	1	1	15	14	1.125	15	W	W	W	L	D	1961-09-25	Shrewsbury Town	H
5	1	Grimsby Town	10	3	1	1	9	6	3	0	2	7	6	1.333	13	D	W	L	W	W	1961-09-26	Reading	H
6	3	Halifax Town	9	3	1	0	7	2	2	1	2	7	7	1.556	12	W	W	L	L	D	1961-09-25	Queens Park Rangers	A
7	-2	Hull City	10	4	0	1	10	3	1	2	2	7	9	1.417	12	L	W	D	W	D	1961-09-26	Watford	A
8	6	Southend United	10	3	1	1	7	5	1	2	2	4	4	1.222	11	W	W	L	D	D	1961-09-26	Bristol City	A
9	-2	Crystal Palace	10	2	1	3	12	13	2	2	0	6	2	1.2	11	L	L	W	D	L	1961-09-27	Lincoln City	A
10	1	Port Vale	10	2	1	1	7	3	2	2	2	9	11	1.143	11	D	W	W	W	D	1961-09-25	Notts County	H
11	-3	Queens Park Rangers	9	2	1	2	13	9	2	1	1	10	7	1.438	10	L	D	D	W	L	1961-09-25	Halifax Town	H
12	3	Bradford	10	4	0	1	14	7	1	0	4	8	13	1.1	10	W	W	L	W	L	1961-09-30	Torquay United	A
13	-3	Shrewsbury Town	10	2	2	1	14	10	1	2	2	3	7	1	10	L	L	D	L	D	1961-09-25	Peterborough United	A
14	3	Watford	10	2	3	1	11	9	1	0	3	7	10	0.947	9	W	L	L	W	D	1961-09-26	Hull City	H
15	-3	Notts County	10	3	2	1	10	6	0	1	3	7	13	0.895	9	L	L	W	D	D	1961-09-25	Port Vale	A
16	-3	Coventry City	10	3	1	1	11	7	0	2	3	5	12	0.842	9	L	L	D	D	W	1961-09-25	Brentford	H
17	-1	Lincoln City	10	1	1	3	5	11	1	3	1	8	8	0.684	8	L	W	D	D	D	1961-09-27	Crystal Palace	H
18	0	Northampton Town	10	0	2	3	4	9	2	1	2	6	4	0.769	7	L	L	W	D	W	1961-09-27	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
19	0	Bristol City	10	1	0	3	2	4	2	1	3	6	8	0.667	7	L	L	D	L	L	1961-09-26	Southend United	H
20	1	Torquay United	10	1	0	5	12	14	2	0	2	7	10	0.792	6	W	L	L	L	W	1961-09-27	Portsmouth	A
21	-1	Newport County	10	1	0	4	7	10	1	2	2	6	9	0.684	6	L	L	D	L	W	1961-09-30	Notts County	A
22	1	Swindon Town	10	0	4	1	7	9	1	0	4	5	14	0.522	6	W	D	D	L	L	1961-09-27	Barnsley	A
23	1	Brentford	10	2	1	2	7	5	0	0	5	2	14	0.474	5	W	W	L	D	L	1961-09-25	Coventry City	A
24	-2	Barnsley	10	0	1	3	5	11	1	1	4	8	18	0.448	4	L	D	L	L	L	1961-09-27	Swindon Town	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	0	2	Aldershot	Peel Park	2,472
	Lineups		Woan, Tyrer
Chesterfield	0	4	Mansfield Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	10,939	Largest home gate 1961-62
	Lineups		Wagstaff 2, Chapman R 2
Darlington	3	3	Bradford City	Feethams Ground	7,519
Carr 3	Lineups		Layne, Harland, Cartlidge
Doncaster Rovers	3	0	Crewe Alexandra	Belle Vue	7,131
Swallow, Veall, Leighton	Lineups
Gillingham	3	1	Millwall	Priestfield Stadium	8,205
Johnston, Brady R OG, Livesey	Lineups		Broadfoot
Hartlepools United	0	3	Carlisle United	Victoria Park	3,831
	Lineups		Taylor 2, Walker
Oldham Athletic	0	0	Stockport County	Boundary Park	13,624
	Lineups
Southport	3	0	Colchester United	Haig Avenue	5,258
Jones, Blore, Blain	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	4	1	Chester	Prenton Park	9,182
Gubbins, Arnell 3	Lineups		Edwards
Workington	2	1	Rochdale	Borough Park	3,659
Commons, Wilson	Lineups		Wragg
Wrexham	1	2	Exeter City	Racecourse Ground	13,138
Barnes R	Lineups		Carter, Jenkins
York City	5	0	Barrow	Bootham Crescent	5,433
Woods, Wragg, Stainsby, Pierce, Gould	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	0	Colchester United	10	4	0	0	14	3	3	2	1	11	8	2.273	16	L	W	W	W	W	1961-09-25	Workington	H
2	0	Wrexham	10	4	0	2	17	6	3	0	1	8	3	2.778	14	L	W	W	W	L	1961-09-25	Tranmere Rovers	A
3	0	Aldershot	10	3	2	0	11	5	3	0	2	7	6	1.636	14	W	W	W	L	W	1961-09-27	Gillingham	H
4	1	Carlisle United	10	3	1	0	6	2	2	2	2	7	6	1.625	13	W	D	W	L	D	1961-09-27	York City	H
5	2	York City	10	4	1	1	15	5	1	1	2	6	8	1.615	12	W	D	L	L	W	1961-09-27	Carlisle United	A
6	4	Workington	10	2	2	1	9	5	2	2	1	6	9	1.071	12	W	L	D	D	W	1961-09-25	Colchester United	A
7	5	Mansfield Town	9	3	0	1	10	3	1	3	1	6	7	1.6	11	W	W	D	D	W	1961-09-30	Gillingham	H
8	-2	Darlington	10	3	2	1	11	7	1	1	2	7	7	1.286	11	D	W	L	L	W	1961-09-30	Aldershot	A
9	-5	Millwall	10	3	1	2	10	6	2	0	2	5	8	1.071	11	L	L	W	W	W	1961-09-25	Stockport County	A
10	5	Southport	10	4	0	1	10	6	1	1	3	7	10	1.063	11	W	D	L	W	L	1961-09-25	Exeter City	H
11	3	Exeter City	10	3	1	0	10	3	2	0	4	8	14	1.059	11	W	D	W	W	L	1961-09-25	Southport	A
12	1	Stockport County	10	2	0	2	8	8	2	2	2	9	9	1	10	D	W	W	W	D	1961-09-25	Millwall	H
13	-5	Chester	10	2	2	1	7	5	2	0	3	5	9	0.857	10	L	L	W	W	D	1961-09-27	Doncaster Rovers	H
14	-5	Crewe Alexandra	10	4	0	1	12	7	1	0	4	2	10	0.824	10	L	W	L	L	W	1961-09-25	Hartlepools United	A
15	-4	Rochdale	10	4	0	1	15	6	0	1	4	3	10	1.125	9	L	L	L	L	W	1961-09-30	York City	H
16	3	Doncaster Rovers	9	2	1	2	8	7	1	2	1	5	8	0.867	9	W	W	W	L	L	1961-09-27	Chester	A
17	1	Bradford City	10	1	1	2	5	6	1	3	2	12	13	0.895	8	D	L	L	D	L	1961-09-30	Hartlepools United	H
18	3	Tranmere Rovers	10	4	0	2	16	11	0	0	4	3	11	0.864	8	W	L	L	L	W	1961-09-25	Wrexham	H
19	-2	Accrington Stanley	10	2	1	2	4	4	1	1	3	5	9	0.692	8	L	L	W	W	D	1961-09-25	Barrow	H
20	-4	Barrow	9	2	2	1	8	5	1	0	3	1	9	0.643	8	L	W	D	L	L	1961-09-25	Accrington Stanley	A
21	-1	Chesterfield	10	3	0	2	7	8	0	1	4	4	13	0.524	7	L	W	L	W	L	1961-09-30	Barrow	A
22	0	Oldham Athletic	9	1	3	0	9	6	0	1	4	2	10	0.688	6	D	L	D	L	L	1961-09-30	Millwall	H
23	0	Hartlepools United	10	1	2	2	8	11	0	0	5	6	20	0.452	4	L	L	L	L	D	1961-09-25	Crewe Alexandra	H
24	0	Gillingham	10	1	1	3	6	7	0	0	5	7	19	0.5	3	W	L	L	L	L	1961-09-27	Aldershot	A