1961-11-14
| Cup and International Matches |
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| League Cup Round 3 | Venue | Gate | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D 1 | Nottingham Forest | 1 | 2 | Blackburn Rovers | D 1 | City Ground | 11,071 | |
| Quigley | Lineups | Ratcliffe, Lawther | ||||||
| D 2 | Preston North End | 0 | 0 | Rotherham United | D 2 | Deepdale | 7,871 | |
| Lineups | ||||||||
| D 4 | Rochdale | 1 | 0 | Charlton Athletic | D 2 | Spotland | 5,298 | |
| Whitaker | Lineups | |||||||
| Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 1.5 | 23 | L | W | L | W | L | 1961-11-18 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H |
| 2 | 0 | Everton | 17 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 1.619 | 20 | D | W | D | W | W | 1961-11-18 | Blackburn Rovers | H |
| 3 | 0 | West Ham United | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 1.176 | 20 | D | W | L | L | W | 1961-11-18 | Birmingham City | A |
| 4 | 0 | Tottenham Hotspur | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 1.16 | 20 | W | L | W | L | W | 1961-11-18 | Sheffield Wednesday | A |
| 5 | 0 | Ipswich Town | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 1.176 | 19 | L | W | D | W | L | 1961-11-18 | Manchester United | H |
| 6 | 0 | Sheffield Wednesday | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 1.36 | 18 | L | L | W | W | W | 1961-11-18 | Tottenham Hotspur | H |
| 7 | 0 | Cardiff City | 17 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1.12 | 18 | W | W | D | L | D | 1961-11-18 | Leicester City | A |
| 8 | 0 | Fulham | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 1.032 | 17 | L | L | D | W | D | 1961-11-18 | Blackpool | H |
| 9 | 0 | Nottingham Forest | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 0.906 | 17 | W | L | D | L | D | 1961-11-18 | Arsenal | A |
| 10 | 0 | Leicester City | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 1 | 16 | D | W | L | L | W | 1961-11-18 | Cardiff City | H |
| 11 | 0 | Bolton Wanderers | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 16 | L | W | W | W | L | 1961-11-18 | Aston Villa | H |
| 12 | 8 | Arsenal | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 0.933 | 16 | W | L | L | D | W | 1961-11-18 | Nottingham Forest | H |
| 13 | -1 | Blackpool | 17 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 0.897 | 16 | D | D | D | W | W | 1961-11-18 | Fulham | A |
| 14 | -1 | Manchester United | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 0.833 | 16 | D | L | L | L | L | 1961-11-18 | Ipswich Town | A |
| 15 | -1 | West Bromwich Albion | 17 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 1.034 | 15 | D | W | D | D | D | 1961-11-18 | Sheffield United | H |
| 16 | -1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 0.964 | 15 | W | L | W | L | L | 1961-11-18 | Burnley | A |
| 17 | -1 | Aston Villa | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 0.962 | 15 | W | L | L | D | W | 1961-11-18 | Bolton Wanderers | A |
| 18 | -1 | Manchester City | 17 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 0.842 | 15 | L | L | L | W | L | 1961-11-18 | Chelsea | H |
| 19 | -1 | Blackburn Rovers | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 0.769 | 15 | W | L | W | L | D | 1961-11-18 | Everton | A |
| 20 | -1 | Sheffield United | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 0.621 | 15 | W | L | D | L | W | 1961-11-18 | West Bromwich Albion | A |
| 21 | 0 | Birmingham City | 17 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 0.625 | 14 | L | D | W | W | W | 1961-11-18 | West Ham United | H |
| 22 | 0 | Chelsea | 17 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 0.833 | 12 | W | W | D | L | L | 1961-11-18 | Manchester City | A |
