1961-12-09

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	3	0	Ipswich Town	Villa Park	31,924
McParland 2, Thomson	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	4	1	Manchester City	Ewood Park	13,862
Lawther, Byrom 2, Ratcliffe	Lineups		Kennedy
Blackpool	2	2	West Bromwich Albion	Bloomfield Road	13,076
Crawford, Peterson	Lineups		Burnside, Kevan
Cardiff City	0	0	Everton	Ninian Park	15,782
	Lineups
Chelsea	1	2	Burnley	Stamford Bridge	33,296
Tambling	Lineups		Pointer, Harris
Manchester United	3	0	Fulham	Old Trafford	22,193
Herd 2, Lawton	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	0	0	Leicester City	City Ground	22,374
	Lineups
Sheffield United	2	1	Arsenal	Bramall Lane	19,213
Simpson (p), Pace	Lineups		Strong
Tottenham Hotspur	3	1	Birmingham City	White Hart Lane	32,509
Allen 2, Mackay	Lineups		Leek
West Ham United	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	Upton Park	19,492
Woosnam	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Molineux	20,964
Hinton, Lazarus, Wharton	Lineups

				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	20	8	1	0	26	12	6	1	4	35	27	1.564	30	W	W	W	D	L	1961-12-16	Arsenal	H
2	1	Everton	21	9	0	2	30	11	2	3	5	11	14	1.64	25	D	W	L	W	D	1961-12-16	Aston Villa	A
3	-1	Ipswich Town	21	8	0	2	33	19	3	3	5	19	21	1.3	25	L	W	W	W	L	1961-12-16	Bolton Wanderers	H
4	1	Tottenham Hotspur	20	8	1	1	25	14	3	2	5	12	16	1.233	25	W	W	L	D	W	1961-12-16	Blackpool	H
5	1	West Ham United	21	7	3	1	25	16	3	2	5	21	25	1.122	25	W	D	W	L	D	1961-12-16	Manchester United	A
6	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	21	6	3	1	24	13	4	0	7	16	16	1.379	23	L	W	W	D	L	1961-12-16	West Bromwich Albion	H
7	1	Aston Villa	20	7	1	2	22	11	2	3	5	11	17	1.179	22	W	W	W	D	W	1961-12-16	Everton	H
8	1	Leicester City	21	6	0	4	16	12	3	3	5	20	22	1.059	21	D	L	W	W	D	1961-12-16	Manchester City	H
9	-2	Arsenal	21	5	4	1	23	14	2	3	6	13	23	0.973	21	L	D	W	W	W	1961-12-16	Burnley	A
10	1	Blackpool	21	4	3	4	19	17	3	4	3	15	19	0.944	21	D	W	L	W	D	1961-12-16	Tottenham Hotspur	A
11	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	5	3	2	21	15	3	1	7	15	19	1.059	20	W	W	L	D	W	1961-12-16	Sheffield United	H
12	-2	Bolton Wanderers	21	5	3	2	17	13	3	1	7	14	18	1	20	L	D	W	D	L	1961-12-16	Ipswich Town	A
13	-1	Fulham	21	4	1	5	17	17	3	4	4	17	19	0.944	19	L	L	W	L	L	1961-12-16	Birmingham City	H
14	0	Cardiff City	21	3	5	3	18	18	3	2	5	10	16	0.824	19	D	L	L	L	W	1961-12-16	Blackburn Rovers	H
15	3	Sheffield United	20	7	2	2	18	14	1	1	7	8	24	0.684	19	W	L	W	L	W	1961-12-16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
16	0	West Bromwich Albion	21	4	4	3	20	14	1	4	5	18	26	0.95	18	D	L	L	W	D	1961-12-16	Sheffield Wednesday	A
17	3	Blackburn Rovers	20	5	4	2	18	12	1	2	6	7	19	0.806	18	W	D	L	L	W	1961-12-16	Cardiff City	A
18	-1	Nottingham Forest	21	5	3	2	18	12	1	3	7	12	26	0.789	18	D	L	L	L	W	1961-12-16	Chelsea	H
19	-4	Birmingham City	21	5	2	4	23	25	2	2	6	11	21	0.739	18	L	W	L	W	L	1961-12-16	Fulham	A
20	1	Manchester United	20	5	1	4	19	18	2	3	5	12	25	0.721	18	W	L	L	L	D	1961-12-16	West Ham United	H
21	-2	Manchester City	21	4	1	5	20	22	3	1	7	18	28	0.76	16	L	L	L	D	L	1961-12-16	Leicester City	A
22	0	Chelsea	21	4	4	3	21	14	1	1	8	18	32	0.848	15	L	L	W	D	W	1961-12-16	Nottingham Forest	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	2	Derby County	Goldstone Ground	10,782	Brighton & Hove Albion club secretary Denys Roberts collapsed & died at the end of the match
Nicholas	Lineups		Curry, Hutchinson
Bristol Rovers	1	0	Luton Town	Eastville	9,688
Hamilton	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	4	0	Preston North End	The Valley	8,699
Leary 2, Kinsey, Bailey	Lineups
Liverpool	2	1	Plymouth Argyle	Anfield Road	32,543
A'Court, St John	Lineups		Williams JSJ
Norwich City	5	4	Middlesbrough	Carrow Road	14,928
Lythgoe 2, Allcock, Mannion, Hill	Lineups		Peacock 3, Neal
Stoke City	3	2	Southampton	Victoria Ground	18,354
Thompson 2 (1p), Ratcliffe	Lineups		Reeves, Mulgrew
Sunderland	7	2	Swansea Town	Roker Park	27,560
Fogarty 3, Clough 3, Hooper	Lineups		Reynolds, Williams G (p)

				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	21	8	2	0	34	7	7	1	3	19	11	2.944	33	W	L	W	W	D	1961-12-16	Bristol Rovers	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	3	Sunderland	21	8	1	1	30	12	2	4	5	14	21	1.333	25	W	D	D	L	W	1961-12-16	Walsall	H
4	3	Derby County	21	6	3	1	24	14	4	2	5	21	26	1.125	25	W	D	L	D	W	1961-12-16	Middlesbrough	H
5	-2	Rotherham United	20	5	4	0	23	13	4	2	5	22	28	1.098	24	D	L	W	D	D	1961-12-16	Stoke City	H
6	-2	Southampton	21	5	3	3	21	11	4	2	4	18	17	1.393	23	L	W	L	W	L	1961-12-16	Plymouth Argyle	A
7	-2	Luton Town	21	6	1	3	27	20	4	2	5	19	17	1.243	23	L	W	D	D	D	1961-12-16	Preston North End	A
8	0	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	0	Huddersfield Town	21	6	3	1	21	9	2	3	6	14	22	1.129	22	D	W	W	L	D	1961-12-23	Southampton	A
10	1	Norwich City	21	7	2	2	25	19	1	4	5	8	20	0.846	22	W	L	W	L	W	1961-12-16	Bury	A
11	4	Stoke City	21	7	2	2	23	11	0	4	6	10	20	1.065	20	W	D	W	D	W	1961-12-16	Rotherham United	A
12	-2	Plymouth Argyle	21	5	2	3	21	17	3	2	6	14	26	0.814	20	L	W	D	W	L	1961-12-16	Southampton	H
13	-1	Swansea Town	21	6	3	1	19	13	0	5	6	14	35	0.688	20	L	W	L	D	D	1961-12-23	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
14	-1	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
15	-1	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
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	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	21	3	5	3	13	14	2	3	5	13	30	0.591	18	L	L	D	L	D	1961-12-16	Scunthorpe United	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	20	5	2	4	21	18	1	2	6	13	19	0.919	16	L	D	W	L	L	1961-12-16	Derby County	A
20	1	Bristol Rovers	21	6	0	5	20	18	1	2	7	9	22	0.725	16	W	D	L	L	L	1961-12-16	Liverpool	A
21	-1	Preston North End	22	3	2	5	14	15	2	4	6	10	20	0.686	16	L	W	D	L	L	1961-12-16	Luton Town	H
22	0	Charlton Athletic	20	3	2	5	15	16	1	1	8	10	26	0.595	11	W	L	L	L	L	1961-12-16	Leeds United	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	0	3	Peterborough United	Oakwell	8,104
	Lineups		Bly 2, Ripley (p)
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2	2	Bradford	Dean Court	9,401
Bumstead, McGarry (p)	Lineups		March, Bleanch
Crystal Palace	2	3	Bristol City	Selhurst Park	17,365
Allen, Uphill	Lineups		Atyeo 2, Derrick
Hull City	3	1	Coventry City	Boothferry Park	3,817
Henderson, McSeveney, Clarke	Lineups		Dixon
Lincoln City	2	3	Reading	Sincil Bank	4,178
Moore, Holmes	Lineups		Webb, Allen, Lacey
Northampton Town	5	0	Brentford	County Ground	10,059
Holton 2, Lines 2, Terry	Lineups
Portsmouth	1	0	Port Vale	Fratton Park	11,925
White	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	3	1	Shrewsbury Town	Loftus Road	7,433
Bedford 3	Lineups		Kenning
Swindon Town	0	0	Southend United	County Ground	6,634
	Lineups
Torquay United	3	2	Newport County	Plainmoor	4,142
Pym, Astall, Rowland OG	Lineups		Buchanan, Walsh
Watford	2	1	Grimsby Town	Vicarage Road	8,917
Brown, Walker	Lineups		Fidler

				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	22	7	4	0	23	9	4	5	2	18	13	1.864	31	D	L	D	D	W	1961-12-16	Lincoln City	H
2	0	Portsmouth	21	8	4	0	22	10	5	1	3	14	10	1.8	31	W	W	L	W	W	1961-12-16	Swindon Town	H
3	0	Reading	22	7	1	2	20	12	7	0	5	23	25	1.162	29	W	W	W	W	L	1961-12-16	Coventry City	A
4	1	Peterborough United	22	7	0	4	29	23	6	2	3	26	25	1.146	28	W	L	W	L	D	1961-12-16	Hull City	A
5	1	Bristol City	23	7	1	3	21	11	5	2	5	19	22	1.212	27	W	W	W	L	W	1961-12-16	Notts County	H
6	1	Queens Park Rangers	21	7	2	3	35	21	3	4	2	15	12	1.515	26	W	D	L	W	W	1961-12-16	Brentford	A
7	-3	Crystal Palace	23	5	3	4	28	22	5	3	3	20	12	1.412	26	L	W	W	W	W	1961-12-16	Torquay United	H
8	1	Northampton Town	23	4	4	3	27	13	6	1	5	21	15	1.714	25	W	L	W	W	D	1961-12-16	Watford	H
9	2	Watford	23	6	5	1	23	16	3	2	6	16	24	0.975	25	W	D	L	W	W	1961-12-16	Northampton Town	A
10	-2	Grimsby Town	22	7	2	2	20	9	3	2	6	12	25	0.941	24	L	W	W	L	D	1961-12-16	Newport County	H
11	1	Bradford	22	7	2	2	25	13	3	1	7	18	26	1.103	23	D	D	W	L	L	1961-12-23	Notts County	A
12	-2	Shrewsbury Town	23	5	4	3	31	23	3	3	5	12	18	1.049	23	L	W	D	W	L	1961-12-16	Port Vale	A
13	0	Port Vale	23	6	2	3	18	10	2	4	6	12	20	1	22	L	L	D	L	D	1961-12-16	Shrewsbury Town	H
14	1	Hull City	20	6	0	3	16	7	2	5	4	13	15	1.318	21	W	L	W	L	W	1961-12-16	Peterborough United	H
15	-1	Coventry City	22	6	3	2	20	12	1	4	6	10	23	0.857	21	L	W	L	D	L	1961-12-16	Reading	H
16	0	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	0	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	1	Southend United	23	5	2	4	16	14	1	5	6	12	20	0.824	19	D	W	L	L	L	1961-12-23	Grimsby Town	H
19	-1	Barnsley	22	5	2	4	28	23	2	2	7	15	30	0.811	18	L	L	L	W	D	1961-12-26	Lincoln City	H
20	0	Swindon Town	23	3	7	2	19	14	2	1	8	15	31	0.756	18	D	D	L	L	W	1961-12-16	Portsmouth	A
21	0	Lincoln City	21	3	2	5	14	19	2	3	6	16	24	0.698	15	L	L	L	W	D	1961-12-16	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
22	1	Torquay United	21	3	1	8	25	29	2	2	5	11	20	0.735	13	W	L	D	D	L	1961-12-16	Crystal Palace	A
23	-1	Brentford	22	5	2	3	14	11	0	1	11	6	37	0.417	13	L	W	D	L	D	1961-12-16	Queens Park Rangers	H
24	0	Newport County	23	2	1	8	16	23	1	3	8	11	33	0.482	10	L	D	L	L	L	1961-12-16	Grimsby Town	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	0	2	Millwall	Peel Park	1,709
	Lineups		Burridge, Townend
Aldershot	2	0	York City	Recreation Ground	5,388
Woan, Hasty	Lineups
Bradford City	1	1	Workington	Valley Parade	5,349
Tait	Lineups		McGarry
Carlisle United	1	0	Doncaster Rovers	Brunton Park	4,639
Stark	Lineups
Chester	1	1	Exeter City	Sealand Road	3,192
Morris	Lineups		Harvey (p)
Colchester United	2	4	Wrexham	Layer Road	5,587
King, Hunt B	Lineups		Davies 2, Barnes R, Barnes K (p)
Hartlepools United	2	3	Barrow	Victoria Park	3,206
Johnson, McLean	Lineups		Darwin, Dixon, Maddison
Oldham Athletic	1	1	Gillingham	Boundary Park	9,631
Lister	Lineups		Livesey
Southport	3	0	Rochdale	Haig Avenue	4,712
Blain 2, Jones (p)	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	1	6	Crewe Alexandra	Prenton Park	6,684
Frye	Lineups		Wheatley 2, Lord 2, Shepherd, Haydock,

				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	22	7	1	3	31	13	8	1	2	23	10	2.348	32	W	D	W	W	W	1961-12-16	Millwall	H
2	0	Colchester United	22	7	3	1	36	16	5	3	3	17	17	1.606	30	L	W	W	D	D	1961-12-16	Stockport County	A
3	0	Aldershot	22	8	4	0	32	10	4	1	5	14	14	1.917	29	W	L	L	D	W	1961-12-16	Carlisle United	H
4	0	Millwall	22	7	2	2	24	10	4	3	4	17	22	1.281	27	W	W	D	L	D	1961-12-16	Wrexham	A
5	0	Carlisle United	22	7	2	2	16	12	4	3	4	15	15	1.148	27	W	D	L	D	W	1961-12-16	Aldershot	A
6	3	Southport	22	8	2	1	23	11	2	3	6	13	20	1.161	25	W	D	D	D	W	1961-12-16	Darlington	A
7	-1	Workington	22	6	2	2	21	10	4	3	5	16	24	1.088	25	D	W	L	W	W	1961-12-16	Chesterfield	H
8	-1	Tranmere Rovers	23	9	0	4	30	24	3	0	7	11	23	0.872	24	L	L	W	W	W	1961-12-16	Accrington Stanley	A
9	-1	York City	22	8	1	2	27	9	1	4	6	11	20	1.31	23	L	W	W	D	L	1961-12-16	Bradford City	H
10	2	Crewe Alexandra	22	7	2	2	26	14	3	1	7	15	21	1.171	23	W	D	W	D	W	1961-12-16	Barrow	H
11	0	Barrow	22	6	4	1	25	11	2	3	6	11	23	1.059	23	W	D	L	W	D	1961-12-16	Crewe Alexandra	A
12	-2	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
13	1	Oldham Athletic	21	4	6	1	27	16	3	1	6	13	19	1.143	21	D	W	W	L	W	1961-12-16	Chester	H
14	-1	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
15	2	Exeter City	22	5	2	3	19	14	2	4	6	13	22	0.889	20	D	L	L	D	D	1961-12-16	Mansfield Town	H
16	0	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	Rochdale	21	7	2	3	25	15	0	3	6	7	20	0.914	19	L	W	L	D	L	1961-12-16	Hartlepools United	A
18	1	Bradford City	22	3	4	4	18	18	3	3	5	17	21	0.897	19	D	L	W	D	D	1961-12-16	York City	A
19	-1	Doncaster Rovers	21	4	2	3	17	11	3	2	7	16	25	0.917	18	L	W	D	L	L	1961-12-16	Gillingham	H
20	0	Gillingham	22	6	1	3	23	12	1	3	8	13	37	0.735	18	D	W	W	D	D	1961-12-16	Doncaster Rovers	A
21	0	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	22	2	7	3	15	15	2	1	7	12	26	0.659	16	D	D	L	L	D	1961-12-16	Oldham Athletic	A
23	0	Accrington Stanley	22	4	2	5	8	14	1	1	9	6	26	0.35	13	L	L	L	L	L	1961-12-16	Tranmere Rovers	H
24	0	Hartlepools United	22	3	2	7	17	24	0	2	8	10	34	0.466	10	L	L	L	L	L	1961-12-16	Rochdale	H