1961-10-21

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	5	1	Manchester United	Highbury	54,245
Skirton 2, Eastham, Barnwell, Ward	Lineups		Viollet
Birmingham City	3	2	Chelsea	St Andrew's	20,079
Harris, Bloomfield 2	Lineups		Tambling (p), Bridges
Bolton Wanderers	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Burnden Park	14,755
Stevens	Lineups
Burnley	2	1	Cardiff City	Turf Moor	22,765
Harris, Robson	Lineups		Ward
Everton	1	0	Sheffield United	Goodison Park	42,888
Vernon	Lineups
Fulham	2	0	West Ham United	Craven Cottage	32,375
Mullery, Leggat	Lineups
Ipswich Town	3	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Portman Road	28,778
Crawford 2, Phillips,	Lineups		Jones 2
Leicester City	0	2	Blackpool	Filbert Street	17,424
	Lineups		Charnley 2 (1p)
Manchester City	3	0	Nottingham Forest	Maine Road	20,258
Barlow, Dobing, Hayes	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	Blackburn Rovers	Hillsborough	24,510
Griffin	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Aston Villa	The Hawthorns	39,071	Largest home gate 1961-62
Jackson	Lineups		Jones OG

				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	13	6	0	0	16	7	4	1	2	25	18	1.64	21	W	L	W	W	W	1961-10-28	Tottenham Hotspur	A
2	0	West Ham United	14	5	2	0	16	9	2	1	4	14	16	1.2	17	L	W	L	W	W	1961-10-28	Sheffield Wednesday	H
3	2	Everton	14	6	0	2	21	10	2	0	4	8	9	1.526	16	W	W	W	W	L	1961-10-28	Chelsea	A
4	2	Ipswich Town	14	5	0	2	23	16	2	2	3	15	15	1.226	16	W	L	W	W	L	1961-10-28	Blackpool	A
5	2	Fulham	14	4	1	2	17	14	2	3	2	11	10	1.167	16	W	D	W	L	W	1961-10-28	Sheffield United	A
6	-3	Tottenham Hotspur	13	5	1	0	13	7	2	1	4	8	11	1.167	16	L	W	W	W	L	1961-10-28	Burnley	H
7	4	Manchester City	14	4	0	3	13	11	3	1	3	14	15	1.038	15	W	L	L	D	L	1961-10-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
8	-4	Manchester United	13	4	0	2	13	9	2	3	2	9	13	1	15	L	L	D	L	W	1961-10-28	Bolton Wanderers	H
9	3	Sheffield Wednesday	13	4	2	1	18	12	2	0	4	9	7	1.421	14	W	L	W	L	L	1961-10-28	West Ham United	A
10	-2	Nottingham Forest	14	4	1	1	11	5	1	3	4	11	20	0.88	14	L	D	L	D	L	1961-10-28	West Bromwich Albion	H
11	2	Aston Villa	13	4	1	1	13	6	1	2	4	8	13	1.105	13	D	W	L	W	L	1961-10-28	Birmingham City	H
12	4	Arsenal	13	3	3	0	18	8	1	2	4	7	15	1.087	13	W	D	W	L	D	1961-10-28	Cardiff City	A
13	-4	Cardiff City	14	2	3	2	15	13	2	2	3	9	10	1.043	13	L	D	W	D	D	1961-10-28	Arsenal	H
14	-4	Leicester City	14	4	0	3	10	10	2	1	4	15	17	0.926	13	L	W	W	L	W	1961-10-28	Blackburn Rovers	A
15	2	Blackpool	14	4	0	3	14	10	1	3	3	9	16	0.885	13	W	W	L	W	L	1961-10-28	Ipswich Town	H
16	4	Bolton Wanderers	14	4	1	2	13	11	1	1	5	10	16	0.852	12	W	L	L	L	W	1961-10-28	Manchester United	A
17	-3	Sheffield United	13	4	1	2	8	9	1	1	4	5	15	0.542	12	L	W	L	W	L	1961-10-28	Fulham	H
18	-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	14	2	3	1	10	11	2	0	6	11	13	0.875	11	L	L	W	L	W	1961-10-28	Manchester City	H
19	0	West Bromwich Albion	14	2	4	2	11	9	1	1	4	8	13	0.864	11	D	D	D	D	L	1961-10-28	Nottingham Forest	A
20	-2	Blackburn Rovers	13	2	4	1	10	8	1	1	4	6	13	0.762	11	L	D	L	D	D	1961-10-28	Leicester City	H
21	0	Birmingham City	14	3	1	4	15	24	1	2	3	6	12	0.583	11	W	W	L	W	D	1961-10-28	Aston Villa	A
22	0	Chelsea	14	2	3	2	14	10	0	0	7	11	25	0.714	7	L	L	L	L	D	1961-10-28	Everton	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Derby County	2	0	Liverpool	Baseball Ground	27,355	Largest home gate 1961-62
Curry, Hopkinson	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	4	1	Bristol Rovers	Leeds Road	11,845
Kerray, Stokes 2, Frowen OG	Lineups		Bradford
Leyton Orient	1	1	Rotherham United	Brisbane Road	10,581
Graham	Lineups		Perry
Luton Town	1	2	Scunthorpe United	Kenilworth Road	9,766
Ashworth	Lineups		Thomas, Kaye
Middlesbrough	2	1	Bury	Ayresome Park	15,188
Peacock, Harris	Lineups		Hubbard
Newcastle United	5	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	St James' Park	24,408
Tuohy, Leek 3, Hale	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	3	1	Stoke City	Home Park	10,070
Kirby, Brown, Carter	Lineups		Adam
Preston North End	0	1	Sunderland	Deepdale	17,973
	Lineups		Hurley
Southampton	2	2	Norwich City	The Dell	15,567
Reeves, Mulgrew	Lineups		Allcock, Punton
Swansea Town	2	1	Leeds United	Vetch Field	11,091
Reynolds, Davies R	Lineups		McConnell
Walsall	2	2	Charlton Athletic	Fellows Park	11,707
Richards, Hodgkisson	Lineups		Edwards, Leary

				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	14	6	0	0	23	2	5	1	2	14	7	4.111	23	L	W	L	W	W	1961-10-28	Leyton Orient	H
2	0	Southampton	15	3	3	2	17	9	4	1	2	13	9	1.667	18	D	D	L	W	D	1961-10-28	Leeds United	A
3	0	Derby County	14	5	1	1	16	9	2	2	3	13	17	1.115	17	W	D	D	W	W	1961-10-28	Charlton Athletic	A
4	4	Sunderland	14	5	0	1	14	7	2	2	4	12	17	1.083	16	W	W	D	D	W	1961-10-28	Plymouth Argyle	H
5	-1	Rotherham United	13	4	1	0	14	6	3	1	4	12	20	1	16	D	D	L	L	W	1961-10-28	Preston North End	H
6	-1	Leyton Orient	14	4	1	2	13	6	2	2	3	12	10	1.563	15	D	L	W	L	D	1961-10-28	Liverpool	A
7	3	Scunthorpe United	14	5	2	0	25	10	1	1	5	8	17	1.222	15	W	W	L	D	L	1961-10-27	Newcastle United	H
8	3	Huddersfield Town	14	5	2	0	18	7	1	1	5	7	14	1.19	15	W	L	D	L	D	1961-10-28	Stoke City	A
9	-2	Norwich City	14	4	2	1	15	9	1	3	3	8	13	1.045	15	D	W	D	D	L	1961-10-28	Luton Town	H
10	2	Plymouth Argyle	14	3	2	2	12	11	3	1	3	11	13	0.958	15	W	L	D	W	D	1961-10-28	Sunderland	A
11	-2	Walsall	14	4	2	2	14	12	2	1	3	10	15	0.889	15	D	L	W	D	L	1961-10-24	Bury	A
12	2	Newcastle United	14	4	2	2	17	8	2	0	4	9	8	1.625	14	W	W	W	L	W	1961-10-27	Scunthorpe United	A
13	-7	Luton Town	14	4	0	3	20	15	3	0	4	12	13	1.143	14	L	L	W	L	W	1961-10-28	Norwich City	A
14	1	Swansea Town	14	4	2	1	15	11	0	4	3	10	18	0.862	14	W	L	W	D	D	1961-10-28	Bristol Rovers	A
15	3	Middlesbrough	13	5	1	2	17	11	0	2	3	6	10	1.095	13	W	L	W	D	L	1961-10-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
16	-3	Brighton & Hove Albion	14	2	3	2	8	10	2	2	3	10	19	0.621	13	L	W	L	D	L	1961-10-28	Middlesbrough	H
17	-1	Preston North End	15	2	2	3	8	9	2	2	4	8	12	0.762	12	L	D	D	W	W	1961-10-28	Rotherham United	A
18	-1	Bury	14	4	0	3	14	15	2	0	5	5	17	0.594	12	L	L	L	W	L	1961-10-24	Walsall	H
19	0	Stoke City	14	3	2	2	12	7	0	2	5	8	17	0.833	10	L	D	L	D	W	1961-10-28	Huddersfield Town	H
20	0	Leeds United	14	3	1	3	8	8	1	1	5	6	17	0.56	10	L	W	D	L	L	1961-10-28	Southampton	H
21	0	Bristol Rovers	14	4	0	3	14	11	0	1	6	5	17	0.679	9	L	W	L	D	W	1961-10-28	Swansea Town	H
22	0	Charlton Athletic	14	1	2	4	7	14	1	1	5	8	21	0.429	7	D	W	L	L	L	1961-10-28	Derby County	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford	2	0	Halifax Town	Park Avenue	11,996
Atkinson, Buchanan	Lineups
Brentford	3	2	Portsmouth	Griffin Park	9,622
Brooks, Edgley, Francis	Lineups		Saunders, Cutler
Bristol City	5	3	Swindon Town	Ashton Gate	12,893
Williams 2, Atyeo, Noake, Tait	Lineups		Hunt E 2 (1p), McPherson
Grimsby Town	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	Blundell Park	6,630
Rafferty	Lineups		Collins
Newport County	0	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Somerton Park	7,392
	Lineups		Bain
Peterborough United	5	4	Lincoln City	London Road	13,502
Emery 2 (1p), Bly, Hudson 2	Lineups		Linnecor 2, Punter 2
Port Vale	4	1	Torquay United	Vale Park	10,383
Jackson 2, Grainger, Llewellyn	Lineups		Spencer
Shrewsbury Town	1	3	Northampton Town	Gay Meadow	6,872
Rowley	Lineups		Holton, Edwards, Mills
Southend United	0	1	Watford	Roots Hall	9,478
	Lineups		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	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	17	6	2	0	17	6	4	4	1	15	9	2.133	26	W	W	L	W	W	1961-10-28	Southend United	H
2	0	Portsmouth	16	5	4	0	15	8	4	1	2	13	9	1.647	23	L	W	W	L	D	1961-10-28	Reading	H
3	1	Peterborough United	17	6	0	3	26	20	5	1	2	20	21	1.122	23	W	L	W	L	W	1961-10-28	Northampton Town	A
4	-1	Reading	17	5	1	2	16	10	5	0	4	19	21	1.129	21	W	L	L	W	D	1961-10-28	Portsmouth	A
5	4	Port Vale	18	6	1	2	17	8	2	3	4	10	16	1.125	20	W	L	L	W	L	1961-10-28	Lincoln City	A
6	-1	Queens Park Rangers	16	4	2	3	26	18	3	3	1	15	10	1.464	19	D	D	W	L	W	1961-10-28	Coventry City	H
7	3	Bristol City	18	5	1	3	17	10	3	2	4	10	12	1.227	19	W	L	D	W	D	1961-10-28	Torquay United	A
8	0	Grimsby Town	17	5	2	2	18	9	3	1	4	7	16	1	19	D	L	L	W	D	1961-10-28	Halifax Town	A
9	3	Northampton Town	18	2	3	3	15	11	5	1	4	18	13	1.375	18	W	D	W	L	W	1961-10-28	Peterborough United	H
10	-4	Crystal Palace	18	3	3	3	20	18	3	3	3	17	12	1.233	18	L	D	W	D	W	1961-10-28	Newport County	H
11	-4	Coventry City	17	5	3	1	19	10	1	3	4	7	15	1.04	18	D	D	W	W	D	1961-10-28	Queens Park Rangers	A
12	1	Watford	18	3	5	1	16	13	3	1	5	13	20	0.879	18	W	L	D	D	W	1961-10-28	Notts County	H
13	4	Bradford	16	5	1	2	17	9	3	0	5	12	17	1.115	17	W	D	W	L	L	1961-10-25	Newport County	H
14	-3	Shrewsbury Town	17	4	2	3	25	20	2	3	3	8	11	1.065	17	L	W	L	L	D	1961-10-25	Southend United	H
15	-1	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
16	-1	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
17	-1	Southend United	17	4	2	3	13	10	1	3	4	11	14	1	15	L	W	L	L	D	1961-10-25	Shrewsbury Town	A
18	0	Halifax Town	15	3	2	1	8	5	3	1	5	14	20	0.88	15	L	D	W	L	L	1961-10-28	Grimsby Town	H
19	0	Barnsley	17	4	1	3	19	15	2	2	5	12	23	0.816	15	D	W	W	W	L	1961-10-28	Brentford	H
20	0	Swindon Town	18	2	6	1	15	10	2	0	7	11	26	0.722	14	L	D	W	W	L	1961-10-28	Bradford	H
21	0	Lincoln City	16	2	1	4	9	15	2	3	4	16	22	0.676	12	L	L	W	L	L	1961-10-28	Port Vale	H
22	0	Torquay United	16	2	0	7	18	21	2	1	4	10	18	0.718	9	L	W	L	D	L	1961-10-28	Bristol City	H
23	0	Newport County	17	2	0	7	14	19	1	3	4	8	19	0.579	9	L	W	D	L	L	1961-10-25	Bradford	A
24	0	Brentford	17	4	1	3	11	9	0	0	9	3	28	0.378	9	W	L	L	W	L	1961-10-28	Barnsley	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barrow	2	2	Aldershot	Holker Street	4,729
Lowes, Darwin (p)	Lineups		Woan, Howfield
Chesterfield	4	1	Chester	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,436
Lovie 2, Rackstraw, Lunn	Lineups		Powell OG
Crewe Alexandra	3	5	Oldham Athletic	Gresty Road	6,504
Riley, Smith, Lord	Lineups		Lister 2, Frizzell, Colquhoun 2
Exeter City	3	0	Accrington Stanley	St James Park	4,948
Carter, Jenkins, Blue	Lineups
Gillingham	2	1	Colchester United	Priestfield Stadium	8,962	Largest home gate 1961-62
Hughes, Johnston	Lineups		Hunt B
Hartlepools United	3	0	Doncaster Rovers	Victoria Park	4,621
Malloy OG, Folland 2	Lineups
Mansfield Town	0	1	Bradford City	Field Mill	8,983
	Lineups		Layne
Millwall	3	0	Carlisle United	The Den, New Cross	11,701
Jones, Broadfoot, Obeney	Lineups
Rochdale	3	3	Stockport County	Spotland	4,413
Hepton, Cairns, Bimpson	Lineups		Anderson, Ward, Murdoch
Workington	3	0	Southport	Borough Park	2,475
Timmins, Burkinshaw, Commons	Lineups
Wrexham	5	0	Darlington	Racecourse Ground	10,959
Bennion 2, Barnes R 2, Evans	Lineups
York City	1	2	Tranmere Rovers	Bootham Crescent	7,066
Weir	Lineups		Frye, Arnell

				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	1	Aldershot	17	6	3	0	26	9	4	1	3	12	10	2	24	D	W	D	L	W	1961-10-28	Rochdale	H
2	-1	Colchester United	17	7	1	0	31	9	3	3	3	14	17	1.731	24	L	D	D	L	W	1961-10-28	Millwall	H
3	0	Wrexham	17	6	0	3	27	10	5	1	2	15	7	2.471	23	W	W	W	W	L	1961-10-28	Accrington Stanley	A
4	1	Millwall	17	6	1	2	19	7	3	2	3	12	15	1.409	21	W	D	W	W	W	1961-10-28	Colchester United	A
5	-1	Carlisle United	17	5	1	2	12	10	4	2	3	13	10	1.25	21	L	L	L	W	W	1961-10-28	Mansfield Town	H
6	0	York City	17	6	1	2	25	9	1	3	4	10	15	1.458	18	L	D	D	W	W	1961-10-28	Southport	A
7	1	Stockport County	17	5	1	2	17	9	2	3	4	12	17	1.115	18	D	W	W	L	L	1961-10-28	Crewe Alexandra	H
8	-1	Southport	17	6	1	1	16	9	2	1	6	11	18	1	18	L	W	L	W	W	1961-10-28	York City	H
9	2	Workington	17	5	2	1	19	7	2	2	5	10	23	0.967	18	W	L	L	W	W	1961-10-28	Hartlepools United	A
10	6	Exeter City	17	5	2	1	18	10	2	1	6	10	19	0.966	17	W	L	W	D	L	1961-10-28	Oldham Athletic	A
11	-2	Darlington	17	5	2	1	15	7	2	1	6	12	27	0.794	17	L	W	W	L	L	1961-10-28	Doncaster Rovers	H
12	-2	Mansfield Town	15	5	1	2	15	5	1	3	3	8	15	1.15	16	L	D	L	W	L	1961-10-28	Carlisle United	A
13	-1	Rochdale	16	6	2	2	24	14	0	2	4	5	12	1.115	16	D	L	D	D	W	1961-10-28	Aldershot	A
14	0	Barrow	16	5	3	1	21	8	1	1	5	5	17	1.04	16	D	L	W	W	L	1961-10-28	Bradford City	A
15	2	Tranmere Rovers	17	6	0	3	21	16	2	0	6	9	21	0.811	16	W	W	W	L	L	1961-10-28	Chesterfield	H
16	-3	Doncaster Rovers	16	3	1	3	14	10	3	2	4	15	20	0.967	15	L	L	L	L	W	1961-10-28	Darlington	A
17	-2	Crewe Alexandra	17	6	1	2	22	13	1	0	7	5	17	0.9	15	L	L	D	W	L	1961-10-28	Stockport County	A
18	2	Bradford City	17	3	1	4	13	13	2	3	4	15	18	0.903	14	W	L	L	W	L	1961-10-28	Barrow	H
19	2	Oldham Athletic	15	3	4	0	20	10	1	1	6	8	17	1.037	13	W	D	W	L	L	1961-10-28	Exeter City	H
20	2	Chesterfield	16	4	0	3	12	12	1	3	5	10	18	0.733	13	W	W	D	D	L	1961-10-28	Tranmere Rovers	A
21	-3	Chester	17	2	5	2	13	12	2	0	6	9	22	0.647	13	L	D	D	L	L	1961-10-28	Gillingham	H
22	-3	Accrington Stanley	17	4	2	2	8	6	1	1	7	5	20	0.5	13	L	W	L	L	W	1961-10-28	Wrexham	H
23	0	Gillingham	17	4	1	3	14	11	1	0	8	10	34	0.533	11	W	W	L	W	W	1961-10-28	Chester	A
24	0	Hartlepools United	17	3	2	4	14	18	0	2	6	9	27	0.511	10	W	L	D	D	L	1961-10-28	Workington	H