1961-12-02

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	2	West Ham United	Highbury	47,206
Strong, Skirton	Lineups		Tindall 2
Birmingham City	3	0	Cardiff City	St Andrew's	20,939
Leek 2, Hellawell	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Burnden Park	12,855
Holden	Lineups		Lawther
Burnley	4	2	Sheffield United	Turf Moor	21,526
Robson, Richardson OG, Pointer, Connelly	Lineups		Adamson OG, Allchurch
Everton	5	1	Manchester United	Goodison Park	48,099
Vernon 2, Collins, Fell, Young	Lineups		Herd
Fulham	0	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Craven Cottage	22,109
	Lineups		Murray
Ipswich Town	5	2	Chelsea	Portman Road	22,726
Stephenson, Moran, Crawford 3	Lineups		Murray, Tambling
Leicester City	0	2	Aston Villa	Filbert Street	21,000
	Lineups		Wylie, Dougan
Manchester City	2	4	Blackpool	Maine Road	15,971
Barlow, Dobing	Lineups		Charnley 2, Horne, Peterson
Sheffield Wednesday	3	0	Nottingham Forest	Hillsborough	30,083
Young 2, Fantham	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	2	4	Tottenham Hotspur	The Hawthorns	28,701
Kevan, Smith	Lineups		Medwin, White, Allen, Howe 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	19	8	1	0	26	12	5	1	4	33	26	1.553	28	W	W	D	L	W	1961-12-09	Chelsea	A
2	0	Ipswich Town	20	8	0	2	33	19	3	3	4	19	18	1.405	25	W	W	W	L	W	1961-12-09	Aston Villa	A
3	0	Everton	20	9	0	2	30	11	2	2	5	11	14	1.64	24	W	L	W	D	W	1961-12-09	Cardiff City	A
4	1	Sheffield Wednesday	20	6	3	1	24	13	4	0	6	16	13	1.538	23	W	W	D	L	L	1961-12-09	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
5	1	Tottenham Hotspur	19	7	1	1	22	13	3	2	5	12	16	1.172	23	W	L	D	W	L	1961-12-09	Birmingham City	H
6	-2	West Ham United	20	6	3	1	24	16	3	2	5	21	25	1.098	23	D	W	L	D	W	1961-12-09	Bolton Wanderers	H
7	1	Arsenal	20	5	4	1	23	14	2	3	5	12	21	1	21	D	W	W	W	L	1961-12-09	Sheffield United	A
8	3	Aston Villa	19	6	1	2	19	11	2	3	5	11	17	1.071	20	W	W	D	W	L	1961-12-09	Ipswich Town	H
9	-2	Leicester City	20	6	0	4	16	12	3	2	5	20	22	1.059	20	L	W	W	D	W	1961-12-09	Nottingham Forest	A
10	0	Bolton Wanderers	20	5	3	2	17	13	3	1	6	14	17	1.033	20	D	W	D	L	W	1961-12-09	West Ham United	A
11	2	Blackpool	20	4	2	4	17	15	3	4	3	15	19	0.941	20	W	L	W	D	D	1961-12-09	West Bromwich Albion	H
12	-3	Fulham	20	4	1	5	17	17	3	4	3	17	16	1.03	19	L	W	L	L	L	1961-12-09	Manchester United	A
13	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	4	3	2	18	15	3	1	7	15	19	0.971	18	W	L	D	W	L	1961-12-09	Sheffield Wednesday	H
14	-2	Cardiff City	20	3	4	3	18	18	3	2	5	10	16	0.824	18	L	L	L	W	W	1961-12-09	Everton	H
15	5	Birmingham City	20	5	2	4	23	25	2	2	5	10	18	0.767	18	W	L	W	L	D	1961-12-09	Tottenham Hotspur	A
16	-2	West Bromwich Albion	20	4	4	3	20	14	1	3	5	16	24	0.947	17	L	L	W	D	W	1961-12-09	Blackpool	A
17	-2	Nottingham Forest	20	5	2	2	18	12	1	3	7	12	26	0.789	17	L	L	L	W	L	1961-12-09	Leicester City	H
18	-2	Sheffield United	19	6	2	2	16	13	1	1	7	8	24	0.649	17	L	W	L	W	L	1961-12-09	Arsenal	H
19	-1	Manchester City	20	4	1	5	20	22	3	1	6	17	24	0.804	16	L	L	D	L	L	1961-12-09	Blackburn Rovers	A
20	2	Blackburn Rovers	19	4	4	2	14	11	1	2	6	7	19	0.7	16	D	L	L	W	L	1961-12-09	Manchester City	H
21	-2	Manchester United	19	4	1	4	16	18	2	3	5	12	25	0.651	16	L	L	L	D	L	1961-12-09	Fulham	H
22	-1	Chelsea	20	4	4	2	20	12	1	1	8	18	32	0.864	15	L	W	D	W	W	1961-12-09	Burnley	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Derby County	3	3	Leeds United	Baseball Ground	16,408
Palmer (p), Hutchinson, Bell OG	Lineups		Peyton, Mayers, Bell
Huddersfield Town	2	0	Bury	Leeds Road	11,914
Kerray, Coddington (p)	Lineups
Leyton Orient	2	0	Norwich City	Brisbane Road	12,908
Dunmore 2	Lineups
Luton Town	4	3	Rotherham United	Kenilworth Road	9,886
Ashworth, McKechnie, Walden, McGuffie	Lineups		Kirkman, Sawyer, Taylor
Middlesbrough	2	2	Stoke City	Ayresome Park	21,066
Peacock, Harris	Lineups		Thompson, Asprey
Newcastle United	2	2	Sunderland	St James' Park	53,991	Largest home gate 1961-62
McGuigan, White	Lineups		Clough 2
Plymouth Argyle	5	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Home Park	10,414
Kirby, Williams JSJ, Maloy, Carter, McAnearney	Lineups
Preston North End	4	1	Scunthorpe United	Deepdale	8,326
Biggs 3, Dawson (p)	Lineups		Thomas
Southampton	2	0	Liverpool	The Dell	21,445	Largest home gate 1961-62
O'Brien, Mulgrew	Lineups
Swansea Town	1	0	Charlton Athletic	Vetch Field	10,848
Hinton OG	Lineups
Walsall	0	0	Bristol Rovers	Fellows Park	9,429
	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	20	7	2	0	32	6	7	1	3	19	11	3	31	L	W	W	D	W	1961-12-09	Plymouth Argyle	H
2	0	Leyton Orient	20	7	1	2	21	8	3	4	3	17	13	1.81	25	W	W	W	D	W	1961-12-16	Newcastle United	H
3	4	Southampton	20	5	3	3	21	11	4	2	3	16	14	1.48	23	W	L	W	L	D	1961-12-09	Stoke City	A
4	4	Luton Town	20	6	1	3	27	20	4	2	4	19	16	1.278	23	W	D	D	D	W	1961-12-09	Bristol Rovers	A
5	0	Sunderland	20	7	1	1	23	10	2	4	5	14	21	1.194	23	D	D	L	W	D	1961-12-09	Swansea Town	H
6	-3	Rotherham United	19	5	3	0	20	10	4	2	5	22	28	1.105	23	L	W	D	D	W	1961-12-08	Huddersfield Town	H
7	-1	Derby County	20	6	3	1	24	14	3	2	5	19	25	1.103	23	D	L	D	W	W	1961-12-09	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
8	-4	Scunthorpe United	20	7	2	1	33	15	2	2	6	13	24	1.179	22	L	L	D	W	W	1961-12-16	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
9	1	Huddersfield Town	20	6	3	1	21	9	2	2	6	11	19	1.143	21	W	W	L	D	D	1961-12-08	Rotherham United	A
10	4	Plymouth Argyle	20	5	2	3	21	17	3	2	5	13	24	0.829	20	W	D	W	L	L	1961-12-09	Liverpool	A
11	-2	Norwich City	20	6	2	2	20	15	1	4	5	8	20	0.8	20	L	W	L	W	D	1961-12-09	Middlesbrough	H
12	1	Swansea Town	20	6	3	1	19	13	0	5	5	12	28	0.756	20	W	L	D	D	W	1961-12-09	Sunderland	A
13	-2	Newcastle United	20	5	4	2	24	12	2	1	6	12	14	1.385	19	D	L	W	D	D	1961-12-16	Leyton Orient	A
14	-2	Walsall	20	5	4	2	21	14	2	1	6	13	23	0.919	19	D	L	W	L	D	1961-12-16	Sunderland	A
15	2	Stoke City	20	6	2	2	20	9	0	4	6	10	20	1.034	18	D	W	D	W	L	1961-12-09	Southampton	H
16	0	Bury	20	5	2	3	18	18	3	0	7	7	23	0.61	18	L	D	W	D	L	1961-12-16	Norwich City	H
17	-2	Brighton & Hove Albion	20	3	5	2	12	12	2	3	5	13	30	0.595	18	L	D	L	D	D	1961-12-09	Derby County	H
18	0	Leeds United	20	4	3	3	13	10	2	2	6	14	24	0.794	17	D	W	W	D	L	1961-12-16	Charlton Athletic	A
19	0	Middlesbrough	19	5	2	4	21	18	1	2	5	9	14	0.938	16	D	W	L	L	L	1961-12-09	Norwich City	A
20	0	Preston North End	21	3	2	5	14	15	2	4	5	10	16	0.774	16	W	D	L	L	L	1961-12-09	Charlton Athletic	A
21	0	Bristol Rovers	20	5	0	5	19	18	1	2	7	9	22	0.7	14	D	L	L	L	W	1961-12-09	Luton Town	H
22	0	Charlton Athletic	19	2	2	5	11	16	1	1	8	10	26	0.5	9	L	L	L	L	W	1961-12-09	Preston North End	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford	1	1	Watford	Park Avenue	8,948
Spratt	Lineups		Brown
Brentford	1	0	Lincoln City	Griffin Park	7,976
Summers	Lineups
Bristol City	2	1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Ashton Gate	14,285
Atyeo 2	Lineups		Bumstead
Coventry City	1	0	Northampton Town	Highfield Road	13,669
Dixon	Lineups
Grimsby Town	1	0	Hull City	Blundell Park	6,871
Rafferty	Lineups
Newport County	2	2	Swindon Town	Somerton Park	4,506
Smith 2	Lineups		Jackson, Atkins
Notts County	0	0	Queens Park Rangers	Meadow Lane	7,980
	Lineups
Peterborough United	0	1	Portsmouth	London Road	14,289
	Lineups		Gordon
Port Vale	0	1	Crystal Palace	Vale Park	9,761
	Lineups		Smillie
Reading	1	0	Torquay United	Elm Park	7,854
Wheeler	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	4	1	Barnsley	Gay Meadow	5,635
Rowley 2, Hines, McLaughlin	Lineups		Smillie
Southend United	2	1	Halifax Town	Roots Hall	4,754
Grievson, Stanley OG	Lineups		Redfearn

				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	21	7	3	0	21	7	4	5	2	18	13	1.95	30	L	D	D	W	W	1961-12-09	Bradford	H
2	0	Portsmouth	20	7	4	0	21	10	5	1	3	14	10	1.75	29	W	L	W	W	L	1961-12-09	Port Vale	H
3	1	Reading	21	7	1	2	20	12	6	0	5	20	23	1.143	27	W	W	W	L	W	1961-12-09	Lincoln City	A
4	1	Crystal Palace	22	5	3	3	26	19	5	3	3	20	12	1.484	26	W	W	W	W	L	1961-12-09	Bristol City	H
5	-2	Peterborough United	21	7	0	4	29	23	5	2	3	23	25	1.083	26	L	W	L	D	W	1961-12-09	Barnsley	A
6	2	Bristol City	22	7	1	3	21	11	4	2	5	16	20	1.194	25	W	W	L	W	W	1961-12-09	Crystal Palace	A
7	0	Queens Park Rangers	20	6	2	3	32	20	3	4	2	15	12	1.469	24	D	L	W	W	D	1961-12-09	Shrewsbury Town	H
8	3	Grimsby Town	21	7	2	2	20	9	3	2	5	11	23	0.969	24	W	W	L	D	D	1961-12-09	Watford	A
9	-3	Northampton Town	22	3	4	3	22	13	6	1	5	21	15	1.536	23	L	W	W	D	W	1961-12-09	Brentford	H
10	3	Shrewsbury Town	22	5	4	3	31	23	3	3	4	11	15	1.105	23	W	D	W	L	D	1961-12-09	Queens Park Rangers	A
11	-1	Watford	22	5	5	1	21	15	3	2	6	16	24	0.949	23	D	L	W	W	W	1961-12-09	Grimsby Town	H
12	0	Bradford	21	7	2	2	25	13	3	0	7	16	24	1.108	22	D	W	L	L	W	1961-12-09	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
13	-4	Port Vale	22	6	2	3	18	10	2	4	5	12	19	1.034	22	L	D	L	D	W	1961-12-09	Portsmouth	A
14	2	Coventry City	21	6	3	2	20	12	1	4	5	9	20	0.906	21	W	L	D	L	D	1961-12-09	Hull City	A
15	-1	Hull City	19	5	0	3	13	6	2	5	4	13	15	1.238	19	L	W	L	W	L	1961-12-09	Coventry City	H
16	1	Notts County	20	7	3	1	24	10	0	2	7	12	24	1.059	19	D	W	D	L	L	1961-12-16	Bristol City	A
17	-2	Halifax Town	19	4	3	1	13	9	3	2	6	16	23	0.906	19	L	D	W	D	L	1961-12-23	Portsmouth	H
18	0	Barnsley	21	5	2	3	28	20	2	2	7	15	30	0.86	18	L	L	W	D	D	1961-12-09	Peterborough United	H
19	0	Southend United	22	5	2	4	16	14	1	4	6	12	20	0.824	18	W	L	L	L	D	1961-12-09	Swindon Town	A
20	0	Swindon Town	22	3	6	2	19	14	2	1	8	15	31	0.756	17	D	L	L	W	L	1961-12-09	Southend United	H
21	0	Lincoln City	20	3	2	4	12	16	2	3	6	16	24	0.7	15	L	L	W	D	L	1961-12-09	Reading	H
22	1	Brentford	21	5	2	3	14	11	0	1	10	6	32	0.465	13	W	D	L	D	W	1961-12-09	Northampton Town	A
23	-1	Torquay United	20	2	1	8	22	27	2	2	5	11	20	0.702	11	L	D	D	L	L	1961-12-09	Newport County	H
24	0	Newport County	22	2	1	8	16	23	1	3	7	9	30	0.472	10	D	L	L	L	L	1961-12-09	Torquay United	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Barrow	1	1	Southport	Holker Street	4,176
Maddison	Lineups		Blore
Chesterfield	2	3	Oldham Athletic	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,167
Rackstraw, Kerry	Lineups		Lister, Frizzell 2
Crewe Alexandra	1	1	Chester	Gresty Road	5,092
Riley	Lineups		Hennin
Doncaster Rovers	2	0	Bradford City	Belle Vue	4,501
Larkin, Ballagher	Lineups
Exeter City	0	2	Colchester United	St James Park	4,530
	Lineups		Hunt B 2
Gillingham	5	1	Accrington Stanley	Priestfield Stadium	5,987
Waldock, Farrall, Pulley 2, Hughes (p)	Lineups		Mulvey
Mansfield Town	3	1	Hartlepools United	Field Mill	6,619
Coates, Bilcliff OG, Morris	Lineups		Hinchliffe
Millwall	4	2	Darlington	The Den, New Cross	9,077
Jones 2, Townend, Broadfoot	Lineups		Rayment, Carr
Rochdale	1	0	Tranmere Rovers	Spotland	2,872
Cairns	Lineups
Workington	2	1	Aldershot	Borough Park	2,510
Commons, McGarry	Lineups		Eagles
Wrexham	2	2	Carlisle United	Racecourse Ground	11,204
Metcalf 2	Lineups		Walker 2
York City	1	0	Stockport County	Bootham Crescent	4,697
Weir	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	Wrexham	21	7	1	3	31	13	7	1	2	19	8	2.381	30	D	W	W	W	W	1961-12-09	Colchester United	A
2	0	Colchester United	21	7	3	0	34	12	5	3	3	17	17	1.759	30	W	W	D	D	L	1961-12-09	Wrexham	H
3	0	Aldershot	21	7	4	0	30	10	4	1	5	14	14	1.833	27	L	L	D	W	D	1961-12-09	York City	H
4	2	Millwall	21	7	2	2	24	10	3	3	4	15	22	1.219	25	W	D	L	D	W	1961-12-09	Accrington Stanley	A
5	-1	Carlisle United	21	6	2	2	15	12	4	3	4	15	15	1.111	25	D	L	D	W	L	1961-12-09	Doncaster Rovers	H
6	2	Workington	21	6	2	2	21	10	4	2	5	15	23	1.091	24	W	L	W	W	W	1961-12-09	Bradford City	A
7	-2	Tranmere Rovers	22	9	0	3	29	18	3	0	7	11	23	0.976	24	L	W	W	W	W	1961-12-09	Crewe Alexandra	H
8	1	York City	21	8	1	2	27	9	1	4	5	11	18	1.407	23	W	W	D	L	L	1961-12-09	Aldershot	A
9	-2	Southport	21	7	2	1	20	11	2	3	6	13	20	1.065	23	D	D	D	W	L	1961-12-09	Rochdale	H
10	1	Mansfield Town	20	6	1	3	19	8	3	3	4	12	18	1.192	22	W	L	W	W	L	1961-12-16	Exeter City	A
11	1	Barrow	21	6	4	1	25	11	1	3	6	8	21	1.031	21	D	L	W	D	D	1961-12-09	Hartlepools United	A
12	1	Crewe Alexandra	21	7	2	2	26	14	2	1	7	9	20	1.029	21	D	W	D	W	L	1961-12-09	Tranmere Rovers	A
13	-3	Darlington	21	6	3	1	16	7	2	2	7	15	32	0.795	21	L	D	D	W	L	1961-12-16	Southport	H
14	2	Oldham Athletic	20	4	5	1	26	15	3	1	6	13	19	1.147	20	W	W	L	W	D	1961-12-09	Gillingham	H
15	3	Rochdale	20	7	2	3	25	15	0	3	5	7	17	1	19	W	L	D	L	D	1961-12-09	Southport	A
16	-2	Stockport County	21	5	1	4	18	12	2	4	5	13	19	1	19	L	D	L	L	D	1961-12-16	Colchester United	H
17	-2	Exeter City	21	5	2	3	19	14	2	3	6	12	21	0.886	19	L	L	D	D	W	1961-12-09	Chester	A
18	1	Doncaster Rovers	20	4	2	3	17	11	3	2	6	16	24	0.943	18	W	D	L	L	L	1961-12-09	Carlisle United	A
19	-2	Bradford City	21	3	3	4	17	17	3	3	5	17	21	0.895	18	L	W	D	D	W	1961-12-09	Workington	H
20	1	Gillingham	21	6	1	3	23	12	1	2	8	12	36	0.729	17	W	W	D	D	W	1961-12-09	Oldham Athletic	A
21	-1	Chesterfield	20	4	1	4	15	16	2	3	6	12	20	0.75	16	L	D	W	L	W	1961-12-16	Workington	A
22	0	Chester	21	2	6	3	14	14	2	1	7	12	26	0.65	15	D	L	L	D	L	1961-12-09	Exeter City	H
23	0	Accrington Stanley	21	4	2	4	8	12	1	1	9	6	26	0.368	13	L	L	L	L	L	1961-12-09	Millwall	H
24	0	Hartlepools United	21	3	2	6	15	21	0	2	8	10	34	0.455	10	L	L	L	L	W	1961-12-09	Barrow	H