1961-10-28

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	1	3	Birmingham City	Villa Park	39,790
McParland	Lineups		Harris 2, Orritt
Blackburn Rovers	2	1	Leicester City	Ewood Park	11,113
McEvoy, Lawther	Lineups		Keyworth
Blackpool	1	1	Ipswich Town	Bloomfield Road	19,773
Parry	Lineups		Phillips
Cardiff City	1	1	Arsenal	Ninian Park	25,096
Pickrell	Lineups		Charles
Chelsea	1	1	Everton	Stamford Bridge	25,535
Brabrook	Lineups		Vernon
Manchester United	0	3	Bolton Wanderers	Old Trafford	31,442
	Lineups		McAdams, Hill, Pilkington
Nottingham Forest	4	4	West Bromwich Albion	City Ground	20,424
Addison 2, Palmer (p), Jones OG	Lineups		Howe (p), Clark, Kevan, Smith
Sheffield United	2	2	Fulham	Bramall Lane	19,601
Pace, Hodgson	Lineups		Cook, Mullery
Tottenham Hotspur	4	2	Burnley	White Hart Lane	56,772
Jones 2, Saul, Clayton	Lineups		Pointer 2
West Ham United	2	3	Sheffield Wednesday	Upton Park	26,453
Bond, Dick	Lineups		Griffin 2, Megson
Wolverhampton Wanderers	4	1	Manchester City	Molineux	22,821
Durandt, Hinton, Lazarus, Murray (p)	Lineups		Barlow

				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	14	6	0	0	16	7	4	1	3	27	22	1.483	21	L	W	L	W	W	1961-11-04	Aston Villa	H
2	4	Tottenham Hotspur	14	6	1	0	17	9	2	1	4	8	11	1.25	18	W	L	W	W	W	1961-11-04	Everton	A
3	0	Everton	15	6	0	2	21	10	2	1	4	9	10	1.5	17	D	W	W	W	W	1961-11-04	Tottenham Hotspur	H
4	0	Ipswich Town	15	5	0	2	23	16	2	3	3	16	16	1.219	17	D	W	L	W	W	1961-11-04	Nottingham Forest	H
5	0	Fulham	15	4	1	2	17	14	2	4	2	13	12	1.154	17	D	W	D	W	L	1961-11-04	Cardiff City	H
6	-4	West Ham United	15	5	2	1	18	12	2	1	4	14	16	1.143	17	L	L	W	L	W	1961-11-04	Manchester City	A
7	2	Sheffield Wednesday	14	4	2	1	18	12	3	0	4	12	9	1.429	16	W	W	L	W	L	1961-11-04	Manchester United	H
8	-1	Manchester City	15	4	0	3	13	11	3	1	4	15	19	0.933	15	L	W	L	L	D	1961-11-04	West Ham United	H
9	1	Nottingham Forest	15	4	2	1	15	9	1	3	4	11	20	0.897	15	D	L	D	L	D	1961-11-04	Ipswich Town	A
10	-2	Manchester United	14	4	0	3	13	12	2	3	2	9	13	0.88	15	L	L	L	D	L	1961-11-04	Sheffield Wednesday	A
11	1	Arsenal	14	3	3	0	18	8	1	3	4	8	16	1.083	14	D	W	D	W	L	1961-11-04	Chelsea	H
12	1	Cardiff City	15	2	4	2	16	14	2	2	3	9	10	1.042	14	D	L	D	W	D	1961-11-04	Fulham	A
13	3	Bolton Wanderers	15	4	1	2	13	11	2	1	5	13	16	0.963	14	W	W	L	L	L	1961-11-04	Sheffield United	H
14	1	Blackpool	15	4	1	3	15	11	1	3	3	9	16	0.889	14	D	W	W	L	W	1961-11-04	Birmingham City	A
15	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	15	3	3	1	14	12	2	0	6	11	13	1	13	W	L	L	W	L	1961-11-04	Leicester City	A
16	-5	Aston Villa	14	4	1	2	14	9	1	2	4	8	13	1	13	L	D	W	L	W	1961-11-04	Burnley	A
17	-3	Leicester City	15	4	0	3	10	10	2	1	5	16	19	0.897	13	L	L	W	W	L	1961-11-04	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
18	2	Blackburn Rovers	14	3	4	1	12	9	1	1	4	6	13	0.818	13	W	L	D	L	D	1961-11-04	West Bromwich Albion	A
19	2	Birmingham City	15	3	1	4	15	24	2	2	3	9	13	0.649	13	W	W	W	L	W	1961-11-04	Blackpool	H
20	-3	Sheffield United	14	4	2	2	10	11	1	1	4	5	15	0.577	13	D	L	W	L	W	1961-11-04	Bolton Wanderers	A
21	-2	West Bromwich Albion	15	2	4	2	11	9	1	2	4	12	17	0.885	12	D	D	D	D	D	1961-11-04	Blackburn Rovers	H
22	0	Chelsea	15	2	4	2	15	11	0	0	7	11	25	0.722	8	D	L	L	L	L	1961-11-04	Arsenal	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	Middlesbrough	Goldstone Ground	13,387
Goodchild 2	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	4	1	Swansea Town	Eastville	12,768
Jones 3, Bradford	Lineups		Webster
Charlton Athletic	4	0	Derby County	The Valley	12,384
Edwards, Leary, Kinsey, Tocknell	Lineups
Leeds United	1	1	Southampton	Elland Road	10,145
McConnell	Lineups		O'Brien
Liverpool	3	3	Leyton Orient	Anfield Road	36,612
Hunt 2, Leishman	Lineups		Dunmore 2, Foster
Norwich City	0	4	Luton Town	Carrow Road	18,845
	Lineups		Ashworth 2, Legate, Scott OG
Rotherham United	2	2	Preston North End	Millmoor	10,069
Houghton, Weston	Lineups		Wilson D, Dawson
Stoke City	3	0	Huddersfield Town	Victoria Ground	35,974	Largest home gate 1961-62
Adam, Thompson 2 (1p)	Lineups
Sunderland	5	0	Plymouth Argyle	Roker Park	30,023
Hooper 2 (1p), Clough 3	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	15	6	1	0	26	5	5	1	2	14	7	3.333	24	D	L	W	L	W	1961-11-04	Preston North End	A
2	0	Southampton	16	3	3	2	17	9	4	2	2	14	10	1.632	19	D	D	D	L	W	1961-11-04	Bristol Rovers	H
3	2	Sunderland	15	6	0	1	19	7	2	2	4	12	17	1.292	18	W	W	W	D	D	1961-11-04	Huddersfield Town	A
4	-1	Scunthorpe United	15	6	2	0	28	12	1	1	5	8	17	1.241	17	W	W	W	L	D	1961-11-04	Middlesbrough	A
5	1	Rotherham United	14	4	2	0	16	8	3	1	4	12	20	1	17	D	D	D	L	L	1961-11-04	Plymouth Argyle	A
6	-2	Derby County	15	5	1	1	16	9	2	2	4	13	21	0.967	17	L	W	D	D	W	1961-11-04	Bury	H
7	0	Leyton Orient	15	4	1	2	13	6	2	3	3	15	13	1.474	16	D	D	L	W	L	1961-11-04	Charlton Athletic	H
8	5	Luton Town	15	4	0	3	20	15	4	0	4	16	13	1.286	16	W	L	L	W	L	1961-11-04	Leeds United	H
9	-1	Huddersfield Town	15	5	2	0	18	7	1	1	6	7	17	1.042	15	L	W	L	D	L	1961-11-04	Sunderland	H
10	-1	Norwich City	15	4	2	2	15	13	1	3	3	8	13	0.885	15	L	D	W	D	D	1961-11-04	Newcastle United	A
11	0	Walsall	15	4	2	2	14	12	2	1	4	11	17	0.862	15	L	D	L	W	D	1961-11-04	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
12	-2	Plymouth Argyle	15	3	2	2	12	11	3	1	4	11	18	0.793	15	L	W	L	D	W	1961-11-04	Rotherham United	H
13	4	Brighton & Hove Albion	15	3	3	2	10	10	2	2	3	10	19	0.69	15	W	L	W	L	D	1961-11-04	Walsall	A
14	-2	Newcastle United	15	4	2	2	17	8	2	0	5	11	11	1.474	14	L	W	W	W	L	1961-11-04	Norwich City	H
15	-1	Swansea Town	15	4	2	1	15	11	0	4	4	11	22	0.788	14	L	W	L	W	D	1961-11-04	Stoke City	H
16	-1	Bury	15	5	0	3	16	16	2	0	5	5	17	0.636	14	W	L	L	L	W	1961-11-04	Derby County	A
17	-1	Middlesbrough	14	5	1	2	17	11	0	2	4	6	12	1	13	L	W	L	W	D	1961-11-04	Scunthorpe United	H
18	0	Preston North End	16	2	2	3	8	9	2	3	4	10	14	0.783	13	D	L	D	D	W	1961-11-04	Liverpool	H
19	0	Stoke City	15	4	2	2	15	7	0	2	5	8	17	0.958	12	W	L	D	L	D	1961-11-04	Swansea Town	A
20	1	Bristol Rovers	15	5	0	3	18	12	0	1	6	5	17	0.793	11	W	L	W	L	D	1961-11-04	Southampton	A
21	-1	Leeds United	15	3	2	3	9	9	1	1	5	6	17	0.577	11	D	L	W	D	L	1961-11-04	Luton Town	A
22	0	Charlton Athletic	15	2	2	4	11	14	1	1	5	8	21	0.543	9	W	D	W	L	L	1961-11-04	Leyton Orient	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	2	2	Brentford	Oakwell	6,561
Oliver, Swindells	Lineups		Summers, Edgley
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3	0	Southend United	Dean Court	11,572
Bain, Archer 2	Lineups
Crystal Palace	2	0	Newport County	Selhurst Park	17,885
Summersby, Smillie	Lineups
Halifax Town	3	3	Grimsby Town	The Shay	5,032
Priestley, Large, Barnett	Lineups		Rafferty, Fidler 2
Hull City	3	1	Shrewsbury Town	Boothferry Park	6,229
McSeveney, Henderson, Crickmore	Lineups		Starkey
Lincoln City	1	1	Port Vale	Sincil Bank	4,708
Holmes	Lineups		Llewellyn
Northampton Town	2	2	Peterborough United	County Ground	17,324	Largest home gate 1961-62
Everitt, Holton	Lineups		Emery, Bly
Portsmouth	2	0	Reading	Fratton Park	18,811
Gordon, Saunders	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	4	1	Coventry City	Loftus Road	10,008
Barber 2, Bedford, Evans	Lineups		Hewitt
Swindon Town	3	2	Bradford	County Ground	9,400
Hunt R 2, McPherson	Lineups		Buchanan, Gibson
Torquay United	1	3	Bristol City	Plainmoor	5,052
Hancock	Lineups		Atyeo, Casey (p), Rogers
Watford	3	1	Notts County	Vicarage Road	10,086
Fairbrother, Bunce, Crisp	Lineups		Bircumshaw P

				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	18	7	2	0	20	6	4	4	1	15	9	2.333	28	W	W	W	L	W	1961-11-11	Coventry City	H
2	0	Portsmouth	17	6	4	0	17	8	4	1	2	13	9	1.765	25	W	L	W	W	L	1961-11-11	Bradford	H
3	0	Peterborough United	18	6	0	3	26	20	5	2	2	22	23	1.116	24	D	W	L	W	L	1961-11-11	Halifax Town	A
4	2	Queens Park Rangers	17	5	2	3	30	19	3	3	1	15	10	1.552	21	W	D	D	W	L	1961-11-11	Port Vale	H
5	2	Bristol City	19	5	1	3	17	10	4	2	4	13	13	1.304	21	W	W	L	D	W	1961-11-11	Barnsley	A
6	-1	Port Vale	19	6	1	2	17	8	2	4	4	11	17	1.12	21	D	W	L	L	W	1961-11-11	Queens Park Rangers	A
7	-3	Reading	18	5	1	2	16	10	5	0	5	19	23	1.061	21	L	W	L	L	W	1961-11-11	Hull City	A
8	3	Crystal Palace	19	4	3	3	22	18	3	3	3	17	12	1.3	20	W	L	D	W	D	1961-11-11	Grimsby Town	H
9	0	Grimsby Town	18	5	2	2	18	9	3	2	4	10	19	1	20	D	D	L	L	W	1961-11-11	Crystal Palace	A
10	4	Watford	19	4	5	1	19	14	3	1	5	13	20	0.941	20	W	W	L	D	D	1961-11-11	Brentford	H
11	-1	Northampton Town	19	2	4	3	17	13	5	1	4	18	13	1.346	19	D	W	D	W	L	1961-11-11	Newport County	H
12	-4	Bradford	18	6	1	2	21	10	3	0	6	14	20	1.167	19	L	W	W	D	W	1961-11-11	Portsmouth	A
13	-1	Shrewsbury Town	19	4	3	3	26	21	2	3	4	9	14	1	18	L	D	L	W	L	1961-11-11	Swindon Town	A
14	-1	Coventry City	18	5	3	1	19	10	1	3	5	8	19	0.931	18	L	D	D	W	W	1961-11-11	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
15	1	Hull City	16	5	0	2	13	5	1	5	3	11	14	1.263	17	W	L	L	D	D	1961-11-11	Reading	H
16	-1	Southend United	19	4	2	3	13	10	1	4	5	12	18	0.893	16	L	D	L	W	L	1961-11-11	Lincoln City	A
17	1	Halifax Town	16	3	3	1	11	8	3	1	5	14	20	0.893	16	D	L	D	W	L	1961-11-11	Peterborough United	H
18	1	Barnsley	18	4	2	3	21	17	2	2	5	12	23	0.825	16	D	D	W	W	W	1961-11-11	Bristol City	H
19	1	Swindon Town	19	3	6	1	18	12	2	0	7	11	26	0.763	16	W	L	D	W	W	1961-11-11	Shrewsbury Town	H
20	-3	Notts County	17	6	2	1	23	10	0	1	7	9	21	1.032	15	L	L	W	W	L	1961-11-11	Torquay United	A
21	0	Lincoln City	17	2	2	4	10	16	2	3	4	16	22	0.684	13	D	L	L	W	L	1961-11-11	Southend United	H
22	2	Brentford	18	4	1	3	11	9	0	1	9	5	30	0.41	10	D	W	L	L	W	1961-11-11	Watford	A
23	-1	Torquay United	17	2	0	8	19	24	2	1	4	10	18	0.69	9	L	L	W	L	D	1961-11-11	Notts County	H
24	-1	Newport County	19	2	0	7	14	19	1	3	6	9	25	0.523	9	L	L	L	W	D	1961-11-11	Northampton Town	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	0	2	Wrexham	Peel Park	2,881
	Lineups		Metcalf, Davies
Aldershot	3	0	Rochdale	Recreation Ground	7,420
Woan, Hasty, Howfield	Lineups
Bradford City	1	1	Barrow	Valley Parade	8,161
McCole	Lineups		Brown
Carlisle United	1	0	Mansfield Town	Brunton Park	5,099
Taylor	Lineups
Chester	1	1	Gillingham	Sealand Road	4,439
Pritchard	Lineups		Farrall
Colchester United	2	2	Millwall	Layer Road	6,868
Hunt B, Abrey	Lineups		Obeney, McQuade
Darlington	1	0	Doncaster Rovers	Feethams Ground	5,202
Robson	Lineups
Hartlepools United	0	1	Workington	Victoria Park	5,076
	Lineups		Timmins
Oldham Athletic	1	1	Exeter City	Boundary Park	12,491
Johnstone	Lineups		McMillan
Southport	3	1	York City	Haig Avenue	4,934
Blain, Blore 2	Lineups		Stainsby
Stockport County	0	1	Crewe Alexandra	Edgeley Park	5,869
	Lineups		Wheatley
Tranmere Rovers	1	0	Chesterfield	Prenton Park	8,276
Gubbins	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	Aldershot	18	7	3	0	29	9	4	1	3	12	10	2.158	26	W	D	W	D	L	1961-11-11	Exeter City	H
2	1	Wrexham	18	6	0	3	27	10	6	1	2	17	7	2.588	25	W	W	W	W	W	1961-11-11	Stockport County	A
3	-1	Colchester United	18	7	2	0	33	11	3	3	3	14	17	1.679	25	D	L	D	D	L	1961-11-11	Barrow	H
4	1	Carlisle United	18	6	1	2	13	10	4	2	3	13	10	1.3	23	W	L	L	L	W	1961-11-11	Rochdale	H
5	-1	Millwall	18	6	1	2	19	7	3	3	3	14	17	1.375	22	D	W	D	W	W	1961-11-11	Tranmere Rovers	A
6	2	Southport	18	7	1	1	19	10	2	1	6	11	18	1.071	20	W	L	W	L	W	1961-11-11	Gillingham	H
7	2	Workington	18	5	2	1	19	7	3	2	5	11	23	1	20	W	W	L	L	W	1961-11-11	Accrington Stanley	A
8	3	Darlington	18	6	2	1	16	7	2	1	6	12	27	0.824	19	W	L	W	W	L	1961-11-11	York City	H
9	-3	York City	18	6	1	2	25	9	1	3	5	11	18	1.333	18	L	L	D	D	W	1961-11-11	Darlington	A
10	-3	Stockport County	18	5	1	3	17	10	2	3	4	12	17	1.074	18	L	D	W	W	L	1961-11-11	Wrexham	H
11	-1	Exeter City	18	5	2	1	18	10	2	2	6	11	20	0.967	18	D	W	L	W	D	1961-11-11	Aldershot	A
12	3	Tranmere Rovers	18	7	0	3	22	16	2	0	6	9	21	0.838	18	W	W	W	W	L	1961-11-11	Millwall	H
13	1	Barrow	17	5	3	1	21	8	1	2	5	6	18	1.038	17	D	D	L	W	W	1961-11-11	Colchester United	A
14	3	Crewe Alexandra	18	6	1	2	22	13	2	0	7	6	17	0.933	17	W	L	L	D	W	1961-11-11	Bradford City	A
15	-3	Mansfield Town	16	5	1	2	15	5	1	3	4	8	16	1.095	16	L	L	D	L	W	1961-11-11	Chester	A
16	-3	Rochdale	17	6	2	2	24	14	0	2	5	5	15	1	16	L	D	L	D	D	1961-11-11	Carlisle United	A
17	-1	Doncaster Rovers	17	3	1	3	14	10	3	2	5	15	21	0.935	15	L	L	L	L	L	1961-11-11	Oldham Athletic	A
18	0	Bradford City	18	3	2	4	14	14	2	3	4	15	18	0.906	15	D	W	L	L	W	1961-11-11	Crewe Alexandra	H
19	0	Oldham Athletic	16	3	5	0	21	11	1	1	6	8	17	1.036	14	D	W	D	W	L	1961-11-11	Doncaster Rovers	H
20	1	Chester	18	2	6	2	14	13	2	0	6	9	22	0.657	14	D	L	D	D	L	1961-11-11	Mansfield Town	H
21	-1	Chesterfield	17	4	0	3	12	12	1	3	6	10	19	0.71	13	L	W	W	D	D	1961-11-11	Hartlepools United	A
22	0	Accrington Stanley	18	4	2	3	8	8	1	1	7	5	20	0.464	13	L	L	W	L	L	1961-11-11	Workington	H
23	0	Gillingham	18	4	1	3	14	11	1	1	8	11	35	0.543	12	D	W	W	L	W	1961-11-11	Southport	A
24	0	Hartlepools United	18	3	2	5	14	19	0	2	6	9	27	0.5	10	L	W	L	D	D	1961-11-11	Chesterfield	H