1961-10-07

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	3	0	Blackpool	Highbury	41,166
Charles 2, Ward	Lineups
Birmingham City	3	6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	St Andrew's	29,159
Harris 2 (1p), Bloomfield	Lineups		Mason 2, Deeley, Lazarus, Murray, Slater
Everton	6	0	Nottingham Forest	Goodison Park	42,431
Fell 2, Vernon 2, Gabriel, Young	Lineups
Fulham	3	1	Aston Villa	Craven Cottage	22,229
Leggat, Cook, Metchick	Lineups		McEwan
Ipswich Town	4	2	West Ham United	Portman Road	28,059
Crawford 2, Phillips 2	Lineups		Sealey, Musgrove
Leicester City	4	1	Sheffield United	Filbert Street	17,952
Riley, Walsh, Wills, Chalmers	Lineups		Allchurch
Manchester City	1	2	Cardiff City	Maine Road	20,143
Sambrook	Lineups		Hole, King J
Sheffield Wednesday	5	3	Chelsea	Hillsborough	25,217
Fantham 2, Craig, Dobson, Griffin	Lineups		Tambling 3
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Manchester United	The Hawthorns	25,645
Kevan,	Lineups		Dawson

				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	11	5	0	0	14	6	4	1	1	24	16	1.727	19	W	W	W	W	W	1961-10-14	West Ham United	A
2	1	Manchester United	11	4	0	1	13	7	2	3	1	8	8	1.4	15	D	L	W	D	W	1961-10-14	Birmingham City	H
3	-1	West Ham United	12	4	2	0	14	8	2	1	3	14	14	1.273	15	L	W	W	D	W	1961-10-14	Burnley	H
4	2	Ipswich Town	12	4	0	2	20	14	2	2	2	14	13	1.259	14	W	W	L	D	L	1961-10-14	Sheffield United	A
5	3	Fulham	12	3	1	2	15	14	2	2	2	10	9	1.087	13	W	L	W	W	W	1961-10-14	Nottingham Forest	A
6	-1	Manchester City	12	3	0	3	10	11	3	1	2	14	13	1	13	L	D	L	L	W	1961-10-14	Tottenham Hotspur	A
7	-3	Nottingham Forest	12	4	0	1	10	4	1	3	3	11	17	1	13	L	D	L	W	W	1961-10-14	Fulham	H
8	1	Sheffield Wednesday	11	3	2	1	17	12	2	0	3	9	6	1.444	12	W	L	L	D	L	1961-10-16	Aston Villa	A
9	3	Everton	12	5	0	2	20	10	1	0	4	5	9	1.316	12	W	W	L	W	W	1961-10-14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
10	1	Cardiff City	12	2	2	2	13	11	2	2	2	8	8	1.105	12	W	D	D	W	L	1961-10-18	West Bromwich Albion	H
11	-4	Tottenham Hotspur	10	4	1	0	11	7	1	1	3	4	7	1.071	12	W	L	W	L	D	1961-10-09	Bolton Wanderers	A
12	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	12	2	3	0	10	8	2	0	5	11	12	1.05	11	W	L	W	W	D	1961-10-14	Everton	H
13	5	Leicester City	12	4	0	2	10	8	1	1	4	12	16	0.917	11	W	L	W	L	L	1961-10-14	Chelsea	A
14	-4	Aston Villa	11	3	1	1	12	6	1	1	4	7	12	1.056	10	L	W	L	W	D	1961-10-16	Sheffield Wednesday	H
15	5	Arsenal	11	2	3	0	13	7	1	1	4	7	15	0.909	10	W	L	D	D	L	1961-10-14	Blackburn Rovers	A
16	-3	Bolton Wanderers	11	3	1	1	11	9	1	1	4	9	14	0.87	10	L	W	L	L	W	1961-10-09	Tottenham Hotspur	H
17	-3	Blackburn Rovers	11	2	3	1	10	8	1	1	3	6	12	0.8	10	L	D	D	W	W	1961-10-14	Arsenal	H
18	-3	Sheffield United	11	3	1	2	6	8	1	1	3	5	14	0.5	10	L	W	L	W	L	1961-10-14	Ipswich Town	H
19	0	West Bromwich Albion	12	2	3	2	10	8	1	0	4	6	11	0.842	9	D	D	L	W	W	1961-10-18	Cardiff City	A
20	-3	Blackpool	12	3	0	3	12	9	0	3	3	7	16	0.76	9	L	W	L	D	L	1961-10-14	Bolton Wanderers	H
21	0	Chelsea	12	2	3	1	13	7	0	0	6	9	22	0.759	7	L	L	D	L	L	1961-10-14	Leicester City	H
22	0	Birmingham City	12	2	1	4	12	22	0	2	3	4	12	0.471	7	L	W	D	L	L	1961-10-14	Manchester United	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Derby County	1	1	Sunderland	Baseball Ground	16,452
Curry	Lineups		Hurley
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Norwich City	Leeds Road	14,910
McHale	Lineups		Waites
Leyton Orient	3	0	Stoke City	Brisbane Road	10,621
Foster, Graham, Dunmore	Lineups
Luton Town	4	0	Bury	Kenilworth Road	10,315
Turner 2, Ashworth 2	Lineups
Middlesbrough	2	0	Liverpool	Ayresome Park	24,123
White 2 OG	Lineups
Newcastle United	4	1	Charlton Athletic	St James' Park	22,957
McGuigan 2, Allchurch, OG	Lineups		Hewie
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	Leeds United	Home Park	10,144
Maloy	Lineups		McConnell
Preston North End	1	0	Bristol Rovers	Deepdale	11,331
Biggs	Lineups
Southampton	6	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	The Dell	16,314
Paine 2, O'Brien 2, Clifton, Penk	Lineups		Laverick
Swansea Town	2	1	Scunthorpe United	Vetch Field	12,479
Davies R, Dodson	Lineups		Thomas
Walsall	5	0	Rotherham United	Fellows Park	12,038
Wilson 2, Meek, Taylor, Richards	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	12	5	0	0	17	1	5	1	1	14	5	5.167	21	L	W	W	W	W	1961-10-14	Walsall	H
2	0	Southampton	12	3	1	2	15	7	4	1	1	12	4	2.455	16	W	D	W	W	W	1961-10-13	Scunthorpe United	A
3	2	Leyton Orient	12	4	0	2	12	5	2	2	2	11	8	1.769	14	W	L	D	L	W	1961-10-14	Sunderland	A
4	3	Luton Town	12	4	0	2	19	13	3	0	3	11	11	1.25	14	W	L	W	W	W	1961-10-14	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
5	5	Walsall	12	4	1	2	12	10	2	1	2	9	9	1.105	14	W	D	L	L	W	1961-10-14	Liverpool	A
6	-2	Derby County	12	4	1	1	14	9	2	1	3	11	15	1.042	14	D	W	W	L	W	1961-10-14	Rotherham United	A
7	-4	Rotherham United	11	4	0	0	12	4	3	0	4	11	19	1	14	L	L	W	W	W	1961-10-14	Derby County	H
8	-2	Huddersfield Town	12	4	2	0	14	6	1	1	4	7	13	1.105	13	D	L	D	W	L	1961-10-14	Leeds United	A
9	-1	Plymouth Argyle	12	2	2	2	9	10	3	1	2	8	9	0.895	13	D	W	D	L	W	1961-10-14	Bristol Rovers	A
10	2	Sunderland	12	4	0	1	12	6	1	2	4	11	17	1	12	D	D	W	W	L	1961-10-14	Leyton Orient	H
11	2	Norwich City	12	3	2	1	13	8	1	2	3	6	11	1	12	D	D	L	W	W	1961-10-14	Swansea Town	H
12	3	Swansea Town	12	3	2	1	13	10	0	4	2	9	16	0.846	12	W	D	D	W	D	1961-10-14	Norwich City	A
13	-4	Bury	12	4	0	2	12	8	2	0	4	4	15	0.696	12	L	W	L	L	W	1961-10-14	Newcastle United	H
14	3	Middlesbrough	11	4	1	2	15	10	0	2	2	6	9	1.105	11	W	D	L	D	L	1961-10-14	Charlton Athletic	A
15	-4	Scunthorpe United	12	4	2	0	20	9	0	1	5	6	16	1.04	11	L	D	L	L	W	1961-10-13	Southampton	H
16	-2	Brighton & Hove Albion	12	1	3	2	6	9	2	2	2	10	14	0.696	11	L	D	L	W	D	1961-10-14	Luton Town	H
17	1	Newcastle United	12	3	2	2	12	8	1	0	4	2	6	1	10	W	L	W	L	L	1961-10-14	Bury	A
18	1	Preston North End	12	2	2	2	8	8	2	0	4	7	11	0.789	10	W	W	D	W	L	1961-10-14	Stoke City	A
19	-3	Stoke City	12	3	1	2	11	6	0	2	4	7	14	0.9	9	L	D	W	L	L	1961-10-14	Preston North End	H
20	1	Leeds United	12	2	1	3	7	8	1	1	4	5	15	0.522	8	D	L	L	L	W	1961-10-14	Huddersfield Town	H
21	-1	Bristol Rovers	12	3	0	3	10	8	0	1	5	4	13	0.667	7	L	D	W	W	W	1961-10-14	Plymouth Argyle	H
22	0	Charlton Athletic	12	0	2	4	6	14	1	0	5	6	19	0.364	4	L	L	L	L	L	1961-10-14	Middlesbrough	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford	1	2	Northampton Town	Park Avenue	10,738
Atkinson	Lineups		Holton, Lines
Brentford	1	0	Swindon Town	Griffin Park	7,540
Rainford	Lineups
Bristol City	1	1	Hull City	Ashton Gate	10,088
Atyeo	Lineups		Connor OG
Grimsby Town	4	1	Lincoln City	Blundell Park	9,061
Portwood 3, Cullen	Lineups		Harbertson
Newport County	2	4	Queens Park Rangers	Somerton Park	5,440
Bowman, Harris	Lineups		McClelland, Bedford, Barber, Evans
Notts County	2	1	Portsmouth	Meadow Lane	9,889
Bircumshaw P 2	Lineups		Gordon
Peterborough United	1	2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	London Road	17,258
Emery	Lineups		Weller, Bumstead
Port Vale	1	3	Watford	Vale Park	10,120
Steele	Lineups		Fairbrother 2, Bunce
Shrewsbury Town	1	5	Crystal Palace	Gay Meadow	7,909
Rowley	Lineups		Byrne 2, Allen 2, Uphill
Southend United	1	2	Barnsley	Roots Hall	8,823
Houghton OG	Lineups		Bartlett, Oliver

				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	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	14	5	2	0	16	6	3	4	0	12	6	2.333	22	W	W	D	W	W	1961-10-12	Notts County	A
2	0	Portsmouth	13	3	4	0	10	6	4	1	1	11	6	1.75	19	L	D	W	W	W	1961-10-11	Hull City	H
3	0	Reading	14	4	1	2	14	9	5	0	2	17	15	1.292	19	W	D	L	L	W	1961-10-09	Port Vale	A
4	0	Peterborough United	14	4	0	3	19	15	5	1	1	18	16	1.194	19	L	W	W	L	W	1961-10-09	Newport County	H
5	1	Grimsby Town	14	5	1	1	17	7	3	1	3	7	9	1.5	18	W	D	L	W	D	1961-10-10	Swindon Town	H
6	-1	Port Vale	14	4	1	2	11	6	2	3	2	9	11	1.176	16	L	D	W	W	D	1961-10-09	Reading	H
7	2	Queens Park Rangers	12	3	2	2	20	12	3	1	1	14	9	1.619	15	W	D	W	L	D	1961-10-09	Lincoln City	H
8	0	Hull City	13	4	0	1	10	3	1	5	2	10	12	1.333	15	D	D	D	L	W	1961-10-11	Portsmouth	A
9	-2	Shrewsbury Town	14	3	2	2	19	16	2	3	2	7	8	1.083	15	L	D	W	W	L	1961-10-14	Portsmouth	A
10	3	Crystal Palace	14	2	2	3	14	15	3	2	2	15	9	1.208	14	W	L	D	L	L	1961-10-11	Watford	H
11	-1	Bristol City	14	4	1	3	12	7	2	1	3	6	8	1.2	14	D	W	W	W	L	1961-10-10	Brentford	A
12	3	Watford	14	3	4	1	15	12	2	0	4	10	14	0.962	14	W	W	L	D	W	1961-10-11	Crystal Palace	A
13	4	Notts County	14	5	2	1	20	8	0	1	5	8	16	1.167	13	W	L	W	L	L	1961-10-12	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
14	4	Northampton Town	14	1	2	3	7	10	4	1	3	13	9	1.053	13	W	W	W	L	L	1961-10-11	Barnsley	A
15	-4	Southend United	14	3	2	2	9	8	1	3	3	8	9	1	13	L	D	D	L	W	1961-10-14	Queens Park Rangers	A
16	-4	Bradford	12	4	0	2	15	9	2	0	4	11	14	1.13	12	L	W	W	W	L	1961-10-09	Coventry City	A
17	-3	Halifax Town	12	3	1	1	8	5	2	1	4	11	16	0.905	12	L	L	L	W	W	1961-10-11	Torquay United	A
18	-2	Coventry City	13	4	2	1	15	9	0	2	4	5	14	0.87	12	D	L	W	L	L	1961-10-09	Bradford	H
19	2	Barnsley	14	2	1	3	14	13	2	1	5	11	22	0.714	10	W	L	W	W	L	1961-10-11	Northampton Town	H
20	-1	Lincoln City	13	2	1	3	8	13	1	3	3	9	16	0.586	10	L	L	W	L	W	1961-10-09	Queens Park Rangers	A
21	-1	Swindon Town	14	1	5	1	11	9	1	0	6	7	21	0.6	9	L	D	W	L	W	1961-10-10	Grimsby Town	A
22	0	Torquay United	13	1	0	6	13	17	2	1	3	9	14	0.71	7	D	L	L	W	L	1961-10-11	Halifax Town	H
23	1	Brentford	14	3	1	2	8	5	0	0	8	2	25	0.333	7	W	L	L	L	W	1961-10-10	Bristol City	H
24	-1	Newport County	13	1	0	6	11	17	1	2	3	7	17	0.529	6	L	L	L	L	L	1961-10-09	Peterborough United	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Barrow	3	1	Oldham Athletic	Holker Street	3,284
Darwin 2 (2p), Robertson	Lineups		Johnstone
Chesterfield	1	3	Carlisle United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,239
Rackstraw	Lineups		Walker 3
Crewe Alexandra	5	1	Darlington	Gresty Road	5,261
Lord 4, Haydock	Lineups		Spence
Doncaster Rovers	6	1	Tranmere Rovers	Belle Vue	8,003
Swallow 2, Leighton 2, Lodge, King OG	Lineups		Finney
Exeter City	1	1	Hartlepools United	St James Park	4,173
Welsh	Lineups		Edgar
Gillingham	3	1	Bradford City	Priestfield Stadium	7,264
Ridley 2, Pulley	Lineups		Reid
Mansfield Town	2	0	Stockport County	Field Mill	10,632
Stringfellow 2	Lineups
Millwall	2	1	Aldershot	The Den, New Cross	12,976
Burridge, Jones	Lineups		Woan
Rochdale	1	0	Accrington Stanley	Spotland	5,364
Whitaker	Lineups
Workington	4	1	Chester	Borough Park	3,145
Kirkup, Currie, Burkinshaw, Hughes OG	Lineups		Davies
Wrexham	2	3	Southport	Racecourse Ground	10,672
Bennion, Metcalf	Lineups		Blain 2 (1p), Blore
York City	5	0	Colchester United	Bootham Crescent	5,708
Weir 2, Wragg (p), Stainsby, 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	14	7	0	0	28	6	3	2	2	11	13	2.053	22	L	W	W	W	L	1961-10-11	Chester	A
2	1	Carlisle United	14	5	1	0	11	5	4	2	2	13	7	2	21	W	W	W	W	W	1961-10-10	Tranmere Rovers	H
3	-1	Aldershot	14	5	2	0	21	6	4	0	3	10	8	2.214	20	L	W	W	W	W	1961-10-09	Hartlepools United	H
4	1	York City	14	6	1	1	24	7	1	1	4	9	14	1.571	16	W	W	L	L	W	1961-10-11	Crewe Alexandra	A
5	1	Millwall	14	5	1	2	16	7	2	1	3	8	13	1.2	16	W	W	L	D	L	1961-10-14	Bradford City	A
6	1	Southport	14	5	1	1	13	8	2	1	4	11	14	1.091	16	W	W	L	D	W	1961-10-11	Bradford City	A
7	1	Workington	14	4	2	1	16	7	2	2	3	7	17	0.958	16	W	W	L	L	W	1961-10-11	Exeter City	A
8	-4	Wrexham	13	4	0	3	19	9	3	1	2	9	6	1.867	15	L	D	L	L	W	1961-10-10	Doncaster Rovers	A
9	1	Doncaster Rovers	12	3	1	2	14	8	3	2	1	13	11	1.421	15	W	W	W	W	W	1961-10-10	Wrexham	H
10	-1	Mansfield Town	12	5	0	1	15	4	1	3	2	6	11	1.4	15	W	L	W	W	W	1961-10-14	Aldershot	A
11	2	Crewe Alexandra	14	6	0	1	19	8	1	0	6	5	16	1	14	W	L	W	L	L	1961-10-11	York City	H
12	3	Rochdale	12	6	0	1	19	7	0	1	4	3	10	1.294	13	W	W	L	L	L	1961-10-11	Chesterfield	H
13	-2	Darlington	13	4	2	1	14	7	1	1	4	9	18	0.92	13	L	W	L	D	W	1961-10-09	Stockport County	A
14	-2	Stockport County	14	3	1	2	11	9	2	2	4	9	14	0.87	13	L	L	W	D	D	1961-10-09	Darlington	H
15	2	Barrow	13	4	2	1	12	6	1	1	4	5	14	0.85	13	W	L	W	D	L	1961-10-09	Gillingham	H
16	-2	Exeter City	14	3	2	1	12	9	2	1	5	10	18	0.815	13	D	L	L	D	W	1961-10-11	Workington	H
17	-1	Chester	14	2	3	2	10	9	2	0	5	8	18	0.667	11	L	L	D	L	L	1961-10-11	Colchester United	H
18	0	Accrington Stanley	14	3	2	2	7	6	1	1	5	5	12	0.667	11	L	W	L	D	L	1961-10-11	Oldham Athletic	A
19	0	Bradford City	13	2	1	2	10	7	1	3	4	14	18	0.96	10	L	L	W	D	L	1961-10-11	Southport	H
20	0	Tranmere Rovers	14	5	0	3	18	14	0	0	6	4	20	0.647	10	L	L	L	W	W	1961-10-10	Carlisle United	A
21	0	Oldham Athletic	12	2	3	0	13	8	0	1	6	3	14	0.727	8	L	L	W	D	L	1961-10-11	Accrington Stanley	H
22	2	Gillingham	14	3	1	3	12	10	0	0	7	8	26	0.556	7	W	W	L	L	W	1961-10-09	Barrow	A
23	-1	Chesterfield	12	3	0	3	8	11	0	1	5	4	14	0.48	7	L	L	L	W	L	1961-10-11	Rochdale	A
24	-1	Hartlepools United	14	2	2	3	10	14	0	1	6	8	26	0.45	7	D	L	L	W	L	1961-10-09	Aldershot	A