1961-10-14

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

Home International						Venue	Gate	Notes
	Wales	1	1	England		Ninian Park, Cardiff	61,566
	Williams G	Lineups		Douglas

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	0	0	Arsenal	Ewood Park	14,024
	Lineups
Blackpool	2	1	Bolton Wanderers	Bloomfield Road	22,062
Horne, Peterson	Lineups		McAdams
Chelsea	1	3	Leicester City	Stamford Bridge	21,377
Block	Lineups		Wills, McLintock 2
Manchester United	0	2	Birmingham City	Old Trafford	30,674
	Lineups		Orritt, Hellawell
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Fulham	City Ground	21,705
Addison	Lineups		Leggat
Sheffield United	2	1	Ipswich Town	Bramall Lane	22,194
Russell, Pace	Lineups		Leadbetter
Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	Manchester City	White Hart Lane	40,561
Medwin, White	Lineups
West Ham United	2	1	Burnley	Upton Park	32,238
Crawford, Dick	Lineups		Harris
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	3	Everton	Molineux	31,648
	Lineups		Young, Slater OG, Gabriel

				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	12	5	0	0	14	6	4	1	2	25	18	1.625	19	L	W	W	W	W	1961-10-21	Cardiff City	H
2	1	West Ham United	13	5	2	0	16	9	2	1	3	14	14	1.304	17	W	L	W	W	D	1961-10-21	Fulham	A
3	2	Tottenham Hotspur	12	5	1	0	13	7	2	1	3	6	8	1.267	16	W	W	W	L	W	1961-10-21	Ipswich Town	A
4	-2	Manchester United	12	4	0	2	13	9	2	3	1	8	8	1.235	15	L	D	L	W	D	1961-10-21	Arsenal	A
5	5	Everton	13	5	0	2	20	10	2	0	4	8	9	1.474	14	W	W	W	L	W	1961-10-21	Sheffield United	H
6	-2	Ipswich Town	13	4	0	2	20	14	2	2	3	15	15	1.207	14	L	W	W	L	D	1961-10-21	Tottenham Hotspur	H
7	-1	Fulham	13	3	1	2	15	14	2	3	2	11	10	1.083	14	D	W	L	W	W	1961-10-21	West Ham United	H
8	0	Nottingham Forest	13	4	1	1	11	5	1	3	3	11	17	1	14	D	L	D	L	W	1961-10-21	Manchester City	A
9	4	Leicester City	13	4	0	2	10	8	2	1	4	15	17	1	13	W	W	L	W	L	1961-10-21	Blackpool	H
10	-3	Manchester City	13	3	0	3	10	11	3	1	3	14	15	0.923	13	L	L	D	L	L	1961-10-21	Nottingham Forest	H
11	-2	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
12	-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
13	5	Sheffield United	12	4	1	2	8	9	1	1	3	5	14	0.565	12	W	L	W	L	W	1961-10-21	Everton	A
14	-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	13	2	3	1	10	11	2	0	5	11	12	0.913	11	L	W	L	W	W	1961-10-21	Bolton Wanderers	A
15	0	Arsenal	12	2	3	0	13	7	1	2	4	7	15	0.909	11	D	W	L	D	D	1961-10-21	Manchester United	H
16	4	Blackpool	13	4	0	3	14	10	0	3	3	7	16	0.808	11	W	L	W	L	D	1961-10-21	Leicester City	A
17	0	Blackburn Rovers	12	2	4	1	10	8	1	1	3	6	12	0.8	11	D	L	D	D	W	1961-10-21	Sheffield Wednesday	A
18	-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
19	-3	Bolton Wanderers	13	3	1	2	12	11	1	1	5	10	16	0.815	10	L	L	L	W	L	1961-10-21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
20	-1	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
21	1	Birmingham City	13	2	1	4	12	22	1	2	3	6	12	0.529	9	W	L	W	D	L	1961-10-21	Chelsea	H
22	-1	Chelsea	13	2	3	2	14	10	0	0	6	9	22	0.719	7	L	L	L	D	L	1961-10-21	Birmingham City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	Luton Town	Goldstone Ground	14,186
Nicholas, Laverick	Lineups		Lornie
Bristol Rovers	4	3	Plymouth Argyle	Eastville	14,418
Jones 2, Bradford, Hooper	Lineups		Brown, Maloy, Williams JSJ
Bury	2	7	Newcastle United	Gigg Lane	13,809
Jackson, Calder	Lineups		McGuigan, Leek 2, Hale 2, Suddick, Neale
Charlton Athletic	1	0	Middlesbrough	The Valley	12,156
Edwards	Lineups
Leeds United	1	0	Huddersfield Town	Elland Road	19,162
Charlton	Lineups
Liverpool	6	1	Walsall	Anfield Road	42,229
Lewis, Melia, Hunt 3, St John	Lineups		Yeats OG
Norwich City	2	1	Swansea Town	Carrow Road	20,697
Waites 2	Lineups		Webster
Rotherham United	2	2	Derby County	Millmoor	12,385
Houghton, Madden	Lineups		Curry 2
Stoke City	1	1	Preston North End	Victoria Ground	8,409
Adam	Lineups		Biggs
Sunderland	2	1	Leyton Orient	Roker Park	36,780
Clough 2	Lineups		Dunmore

				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	13	6	0	0	23	2	5	1	1	14	5	5.286	23	W	L	W	W	W	1961-10-21	Derby County	A
2	0	Southampton	13	3	1	2	15	7	4	1	2	13	9	1.75	16	L	W	D	W	W	1961-10-18	Preston North End	H
3	3	Derby County	13	4	1	1	14	9	2	2	3	13	17	1.038	15	D	D	W	W	L	1961-10-21	Liverpool	H
4	3	Rotherham United	12	4	1	0	14	6	3	0	4	11	19	1	15	D	L	L	W	W	1961-10-21	Leyton Orient	A
5	-2	Leyton Orient	13	4	0	2	12	5	2	2	3	12	10	1.6	14	L	W	L	D	L	1961-10-21	Rotherham United	H
6	-2	Luton Town	13	4	0	2	19	13	3	0	4	12	13	1.192	14	L	W	L	W	W	1961-10-21	Scunthorpe United	H
7	5	Norwich City	13	4	2	1	15	9	1	2	3	6	11	1.05	14	W	D	D	L	W	1961-10-21	Southampton	A
8	3	Sunderland	13	5	0	1	14	7	1	2	4	11	17	1.042	14	W	D	D	W	W	1961-10-21	Preston North End	A
9	-4	Walsall	13	4	1	2	12	10	2	1	3	10	15	0.88	14	L	W	D	L	L	1961-10-21	Charlton Athletic	H
10	-2	Scunthorpe United	13	5	2	0	25	10	0	1	5	6	16	1.192	13	W	L	D	L	L	1961-10-21	Luton Town	A
11	-2	Huddersfield Town	13	4	2	0	14	6	1	1	5	7	14	1.05	13	L	D	L	D	W	1961-10-21	Bristol Rovers	H
12	-2	Plymouth Argyle	13	2	2	2	9	10	3	1	3	11	13	0.87	13	L	D	W	D	L	1961-10-21	Stoke City	H
13	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	13	2	3	2	8	10	2	2	2	10	14	0.75	13	W	L	D	L	W	1961-10-21	Newcastle United	A
14	3	Newcastle United	13	3	2	2	12	8	2	0	4	9	8	1.313	12	W	W	L	W	L	1961-10-21	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
15	-2	Swansea Town	13	3	2	1	13	10	0	4	3	10	18	0.821	12	L	W	D	D	W	1961-10-21	Leeds United	H
16	-2	Bury	13	4	0	3	14	15	2	0	4	4	15	0.6	12	L	L	W	L	L	1961-10-21	Middlesbrough	A
17	-2	Middlesbrough	12	4	1	2	15	10	0	2	3	6	10	1.05	11	L	W	D	L	D	1961-10-21	Bury	H
18	0	Preston North End	13	2	2	2	8	8	2	1	4	8	12	0.8	11	D	W	W	D	W	1961-10-18	Southampton	A
19	0	Stoke City	13	3	2	2	12	7	0	2	4	7	14	0.905	10	D	L	D	W	L	1961-10-21	Plymouth Argyle	A
20	0	Leeds United	13	3	1	3	8	8	1	1	4	5	15	0.565	10	W	D	L	L	L	1961-10-21	Swansea Town	A
21	0	Bristol Rovers	13	4	0	3	14	11	0	1	5	4	13	0.75	9	W	L	D	W	W	1961-10-21	Huddersfield Town	A
22	0	Charlton Athletic	13	1	2	4	7	14	1	0	5	6	19	0.394	6	W	L	L	L	L	1961-10-21	Walsall	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	2	0	Notts County	Oakwell	7,100
Bartlett, Oliver	Lineups
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1	0	Port Vale	Dean Court	13,675
Bain	Lineups
Crystal Palace	5	2	Peterborough United	Selhurst Park	28,886	Largest home & D 3 gate 1961-62
Allen 2, Byrne 2, Uphill	Lineups		Hudson 2
Halifax Town	0	0	Newport County	The Shay	5,402
	Lineups
Hull City	0	1	Bradford	Boothferry Park	12,096
	Lineups		Gibson
Lincoln City	1	2	Coventry City	Sincil Bank	5,009
Lightening OG	Lineups		Myerscough, Green OG
Northampton Town	7	0	Grimsby Town	County Ground	11,201
Holton 3, Leck, Spelman, Edwards, Mills	Lineups
Portsmouth	3	1	Shrewsbury Town	Fratton Park	16,683
Saunders, Chapman 2	Lineups		Starkey
Queens Park Rangers	5	3	Southend United	Loftus Road	10,665
Bedford 4, Angell	Lineups		Jones, Brand, Goulden
Torquay United	3	1	Brentford	Plainmoor	4,917
Northcott T 2, Pym	Lineups		Brooks
Watford	1	1	Bristol City	Vicarage Road	11,860
Walker	Lineups		Tait

				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	16	6	2	0	17	6	3	4	1	14	9	2.067	24	W	L	W	W	D	1961-10-21	Newport County	A
2	0	Portsmouth	15	5	4	0	15	8	4	1	1	11	6	1.857	23	W	W	L	D	W	1961-10-21	Brentford	A
3	0	Peterborough United	16	5	0	3	21	16	5	1	2	20	21	1.108	21	L	W	L	W	W	1961-10-21	Lincoln City	H
4	0	Reading	16	4	1	2	14	9	5	0	4	19	21	1.1	19	L	L	W	D	L	1961-10-20	Crystal Palace	H
5	1	Port Vale	16	5	1	2	13	7	2	3	3	9	12	1.158	18	L	W	L	D	W	1961-10-16	Southend United	A
6	-1	Grimsby Town	16	5	1	2	17	8	3	1	4	7	16	1	18	L	L	W	D	L	1961-10-21	Queens Park Rangers	H
7	1	Queens Park Rangers	14	4	2	3	26	18	3	1	1	14	9	1.481	17	W	L	W	D	W	1961-10-17	Swindon Town	A
8	-1	Bristol City	16	4	1	3	12	7	3	2	3	9	9	1.313	17	D	W	D	W	W	1961-10-16	Newport County	A
9	1	Crystal Palace	16	3	3	3	20	18	3	2	2	15	9	1.296	17	W	D	W	L	D	1961-10-17	Northampton Town	A
10	4	Coventry City	15	5	2	1	18	9	1	2	4	7	15	1.042	16	W	W	D	L	W	1961-10-16	Bradford	A
11	2	Watford	16	3	5	1	16	13	2	1	4	11	15	0.964	16	D	D	W	W	L	1961-10-18	Shrewsbury Town	A
12	4	Northampton Town	16	2	2	3	14	10	4	1	4	15	12	1.318	15	W	L	W	W	W	1961-10-17	Crystal Palace	H
13	-4	Hull City	15	4	0	2	10	4	1	5	3	11	14	1.167	15	L	L	D	D	D	1961-10-28	Shrewsbury Town	H
14	-3	Notts County	16	6	2	1	23	10	0	1	6	8	18	1.107	15	L	W	W	L	W	1961-10-28	Watford	A
15	-3	Shrewsbury Town	15	3	2	2	19	16	2	3	3	8	11	1	15	L	L	D	W	W	1961-10-18	Watford	H
16	-1	Halifax Town	14	3	2	1	8	5	3	1	4	14	18	0.957	15	D	W	L	L	L	1961-10-21	Bradford	A
17	2	Bradford	14	4	0	2	15	9	3	0	5	12	17	1.038	14	W	L	L	W	W	1961-10-16	Coventry City	H
18	2	Barnsley	16	4	1	3	19	15	2	1	5	11	22	0.811	14	W	W	W	L	W	1961-10-20	Coventry City	A
19	-2	Southend United	15	3	2	2	9	8	1	3	4	11	14	0.909	13	L	L	D	D	L	1961-10-16	Port Vale	H
20	-2	Swindon Town	16	2	5	1	15	10	2	0	6	8	21	0.742	13	W	W	L	D	W	1961-10-17	Queens Park Rangers	H
21	0	Lincoln City	15	2	1	4	9	15	2	3	3	12	17	0.656	12	L	W	L	L	W	1961-10-21	Peterborough United	A
22	0	Torquay United	15	2	0	7	18	21	2	1	3	9	14	0.771	9	W	L	D	L	L	1961-10-21	Port Vale	A
23	1	Newport County	15	1	0	6	11	17	1	3	4	8	19	0.528	7	D	L	L	L	L	1961-10-16	Bristol City	H
24	-1	Brentford	16	3	1	3	8	7	0	0	9	3	28	0.314	7	L	L	W	L	L	1961-10-21	Portsmouth	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Accrington Stanley	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	Peel Park	2,713
Milner	Lineups
Aldershot	4	2	Mansfield Town	Recreation Ground	7,336
Taylor, Howfield 3	Lineups		Wagstaff, Chapman R
Bradford City	2	4	Millwall	Valley Parade	5,799
Layne, Holah	Lineups		Burridge 2, Broadfoot, Jones
Carlisle United	1	2	Gillingham	Brunton Park	7,713
Blackley	Lineups		Waldock, Ridley
Chester	1	1	York City	Sealand Road	6,399
Bellett	Lineups		Pierce
Colchester United	3	3	Chesterfield	Layer Road	6,043
McLeod, Harris (p), Hunt B	Lineups		Holmes T (p), Kerry, Frost
Darlington	1	0	Exeter City	Feethams Ground	5,462
Martin	Lineups
Hartlepools United	1	4	Wrexham	Victoria Park	6,798
Edgar	Lineups		Bennion, Metcalf, Hunter, Barnes K
Oldham Athletic	2	2	Rochdale	Boundary Park	17,029	Largest home gate 1961-62
Frizzell 2	Lineups		Cairns, Bimpson
Southport	3	1	Doncaster Rovers	Haig Avenue	5,312
McCarthy, Blore, Fielding	Lineups		Robinson
Stockport County	3	0	Barrow	Edgeley Park	5,205
Murdoch, Ward, Anderson	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	3	2	Workington	Prenton Park	8,155
Arnell, Gubbins 2	Lineups		Kirkup, Hodgson

				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	16	7	1	0	31	9	3	3	2	13	15	1.833	24	D	D	L	W	W	1961-10-21	Gillingham	A
2	0	Aldershot	16	6	3	0	26	9	4	0	3	10	8	2.118	23	W	D	L	W	W	1961-10-21	Barrow	A
3	0	Carlisle United	16	5	1	2	12	10	4	2	2	13	7	1.471	21	L	L	W	W	W	1961-10-21	Millwall	A
4	0	Wrexham	15	4	0	3	19	9	5	1	2	15	7	2.125	19	W	W	L	D	L	1961-10-18	Doncaster Rovers	H
5	0	York City	16	6	1	1	24	7	1	3	4	10	15	1.545	18	D	D	W	W	L	1961-10-21	Tranmere Rovers	H
6	0	Millwall	15	5	1	2	16	7	3	1	3	12	15	1.273	18	W	W	W	L	D	1961-10-16	Mansfield Town	A
7	0	Southport	16	6	1	1	16	9	2	1	5	11	15	1.125	18	W	L	W	W	L	1961-10-21	Workington	A
8	5	Stockport County	16	5	1	2	17	9	2	2	4	9	14	1.13	17	W	W	L	L	W	1961-10-21	Rochdale	A
9	-1	Workington	16	4	2	1	16	7	2	2	5	10	23	0.867	16	L	L	W	W	L	1961-10-21	Southport	H
10	5	Rochdale	14	6	1	1	20	8	0	2	4	5	12	1.25	15	D	D	W	W	L	1961-10-18	Darlington	H
11	-2	Mansfield Town	13	5	0	1	15	4	1	3	3	8	15	1.211	15	L	W	L	W	W	1961-10-16	Millwall	H
12	-2	Doncaster Rovers	14	3	1	3	14	10	3	2	2	14	14	1.167	15	L	L	W	W	W	1961-10-18	Wrexham	A
13	-2	Barrow	15	5	2	1	19	6	1	1	5	5	17	1.043	15	L	W	W	L	W	1961-10-21	Aldershot	H
14	-2	Crewe Alexandra	16	6	1	1	19	8	1	0	7	5	17	0.96	15	L	D	W	L	W	1961-10-21	Oldham Athletic	H
15	-1	Exeter City	16	4	2	1	15	10	2	1	6	10	19	0.862	15	L	W	D	L	L	1961-10-21	Accrington Stanley	H
16	0	Darlington	15	5	2	1	15	7	1	1	5	9	21	0.857	15	W	L	L	W	L	1961-10-18	Rochdale	A
17	1	Tranmere Rovers	16	6	0	3	21	16	1	0	6	7	20	0.778	14	W	W	L	L	L	1961-10-21	York City	A
18	1	Chester	16	2	5	2	13	12	2	0	5	8	18	0.7	13	D	D	L	L	D	1961-10-21	Chesterfield	A
19	1	Accrington Stanley	16	4	2	2	8	6	1	1	6	5	17	0.565	13	W	L	L	W	L	1961-10-21	Exeter City	A
20	-3	Bradford City	15	3	1	3	13	11	1	3	4	14	18	0.931	12	L	W	L	L	W	1961-10-18	Chesterfield	H
21	0	Oldham Athletic	14	3	4	0	20	10	0	1	6	3	14	0.958	11	D	W	L	L	W	1961-10-21	Crewe Alexandra	A
22	0	Chesterfield	14	3	0	3	8	11	0	3	5	8	18	0.552	9	D	D	L	L	L	1961-10-18	Bradford City	A
23	1	Gillingham	16	3	1	3	12	10	1	0	8	10	34	0.5	9	W	L	W	W	L	1961-10-21	Colchester United	H
24	-1	Hartlepools United	16	2	2	4	11	18	0	2	6	9	27	0.444	8	L	D	D	L	L	1961-10-21	Doncaster Rovers	H