1961-12-16

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	1	1	Everton	Villa Park	34,939
Thomson	Lineups		Collins
Burnley	0	2	Arsenal	Turf Moor	22,887
	Lineups		Skirton, Charles
Cardiff City	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Ninian Park	13,799
Moore	Lineups		Lawther
Fulham	0	1	Birmingham City	Craven Cottage	12,730
	Lineups		Leek
Ipswich Town	2	1	Bolton Wanderers	Portman Road	16,587
Crawford 2	Lineups		Holden
Leicester City	2	0	Manchester City	Filbert Street	15,196
Cheesebrough, Walsh	Lineups
Manchester United	1	2	West Ham United	Old Trafford	29,472
Herd	Lineups		Dick 2
Nottingham Forest	3	0	Chelsea	City Ground	17,419
Booth 2, Quigley	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	2	1	West Bromwich Albion	Hillsborough	22,168
Dobson, Fantham	Lineups		Smith
Tottenham Hotspur	5	2	Blackpool	White Hart Lane	42,734
Allen 2, Greaves 3	Lineups		Charnley, Norman OG
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	1	Sheffield United	Molineux	20,034
	Lineups		Pace

				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	21	8	1	1	26	14	6	1	4	35	27	1.488	30	L	W	W	W	D	1961-12-26	Sheffield Wednesday	H
2	1	Ipswich Town	22	9	0	2	35	20	3	3	5	19	21	1.317	27	W	L	W	W	W	1961-12-23	Manchester City	A
3	1	Tottenham Hotspur	21	9	1	1	30	16	3	2	5	12	16	1.313	27	W	W	W	L	D	1961-12-23	Arsenal	A
4	1	West Ham United	22	7	3	1	25	16	4	2	5	23	26	1.143	27	W	W	D	W	L	1961-12-18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
5	-3	Everton	22	9	0	2	30	11	2	4	5	12	15	1.615	26	D	D	W	L	W	1961-12-23	Fulham	H
6	0	Sheffield Wednesday	22	7	3	1	26	14	4	0	7	16	16	1.4	25	W	L	W	W	D	1961-12-23	Birmingham City	A
7	0	Aston Villa	21	7	2	2	23	12	2	3	5	11	17	1.172	23	D	W	W	W	D	1961-12-23	Chelsea	A
8	0	Leicester City	22	7	0	4	18	12	3	3	5	20	22	1.118	23	W	D	L	W	W	1961-12-23	West Bromwich Albion	A
9	0	Arsenal	22	5	4	1	23	14	3	3	6	15	23	1.027	23	W	L	D	W	W	1961-12-23	Tottenham Hotspur	H
10	0	Blackpool	22	4	3	4	19	17	3	4	4	17	24	0.878	21	L	D	W	L	W	1961-12-23	Cardiff City	H
11	4	Sheffield United	21	7	2	2	18	14	2	1	7	9	24	0.711	21	W	W	L	W	L	1961-12-22	Nottingham Forest	H
12	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	5	3	3	21	16	3	1	7	15	19	1.029	20	L	W	W	L	D	1961-12-18	West Ham United	A
13	-1	Bolton Wanderers	22	5	3	2	17	13	3	1	8	15	20	0.97	20	L	L	D	W	D	1961-12-26	Everton	A
14	4	Nottingham Forest	22	6	3	2	21	12	1	3	7	12	26	0.868	20	W	D	L	L	L	1961-12-22	Sheffield United	A
15	-1	Cardiff City	22	3	6	3	19	19	3	2	5	10	16	0.829	20	D	D	L	L	L	1961-12-23	Blackpool	A
16	3	Birmingham City	22	5	2	4	23	25	3	2	6	12	21	0.761	20	W	L	W	L	W	1961-12-23	Sheffield Wednesday	H
17	-4	Fulham	22	4	1	6	17	18	3	4	4	17	19	0.919	19	L	L	L	W	L	1961-12-23	Everton	A
18	-1	Blackburn Rovers	21	5	4	2	18	12	1	3	6	8	20	0.813	19	D	W	D	L	L	1961-12-26	West Ham United	A
19	-3	West Bromwich Albion	22	4	4	3	20	14	1	4	6	19	28	0.929	18	L	D	L	L	W	1961-12-23	Leicester City	H
20	0	Manchester United	21	5	1	5	20	20	2	3	5	12	25	0.711	18	L	W	L	L	L	1961-12-26	Nottingham Forest	H
21	0	Manchester City	22	4	1	5	20	22	3	1	8	18	30	0.731	16	L	L	L	L	D	1961-12-23	Ipswich Town	H
22	0	Chelsea	22	4	4	3	21	14	1	1	9	18	35	0.796	15	L	L	L	W	D	1961-12-23	Aston Villa	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	3	Scunthorpe United	Goldstone Ground	9,377
	Lineups		Thomas, Kaye, Sitford OG
Bury	2	3	Norwich City	Gigg Lane	4,908
Holden, Beaumont	Lineups		Conway, Lythgoe 2
Charlton Athletic	3	1	Leeds United	The Valley	9,459
Bailey 2, Kinsey	Lineups		Bremner (p)
Derby County	3	2	Middlesbrough	Baseball Ground	15,838
Curry 3	Lineups		Kaye, Neal
Leyton Orient	2	0	Newcastle United	Brisbane Road	13,261
White, Elwood	Lineups
Liverpool	2	0	Bristol Rovers	Anfield Road	29,957
St John, Hunt	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	4	0	Southampton	Home Park	13,531
Carter 2 (1p), McAnearney, Kirby	Lineups
Preston North End	2	0	Luton Town	Deepdale	8,702
Biggs 2	Lineups
Rotherham United	1	2	Stoke City	Millmoor	15,657	Largest home gate 1961-62
Perry	Lineups		Andrew, Matthews S
Sunderland	3	0	Walsall	Roker Park	30,690
Overfield 2, Clough	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	22	9	2	0	36	7	7	1	3	19	11	3.056	35	W	W	L	W	W	1961-12-23	Leeds United	A
2	0	Leyton Orient	21	8	1	2	23	8	3	4	3	17	13	1.905	27	W	W	W	W	D	1961-12-23	Middlesbrough	A
3	0	Sunderland	22	9	1	1	33	12	2	4	5	14	21	1.424	27	W	W	D	D	L	1961-12-23	Stoke City	A
4	0	Derby County	22	7	3	1	27	16	4	2	5	21	26	1.143	27	W	W	D	L	D	1961-12-23	Walsall	A
5	3	Scunthorpe United	21	7	2	1	33	15	3	2	6	16	24	1.256	24	W	L	L	D	W	1961-12-22	Bury	H
6	-1	Rotherham United	21	5	4	1	24	15	4	2	5	22	28	1.07	24	L	D	L	W	D	1961-12-22	Bristol Rovers	A
7	3	Norwich City	22	7	2	2	25	19	2	4	5	11	22	0.878	24	W	W	L	W	L	1961-12-23	Charlton Athletic	H
8	-2	Southampton	22	5	3	3	21	11	4	2	5	18	21	1.219	23	L	L	W	L	W	1961-12-23	Huddersfield Town	H
9	-2	Luton Town	22	6	1	3	27	20	4	2	6	19	19	1.179	23	L	L	W	D	D	1961-12-23	Plymouth Argyle	H
10	-1	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
11	0	Stoke City	22	7	2	2	23	11	1	4	6	12	21	1.094	22	W	W	D	W	D	1961-12-23	Sunderland	H
12	0	Plymouth Argyle	22	6	2	3	25	17	3	2	6	14	26	0.907	22	W	L	W	D	W	1961-12-23	Luton Town	A
13	0	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	0	Newcastle United	21	5	4	2	24	12	2	1	7	12	16	1.286	19	L	D	L	W	D	1961-12-23	Preston North End	H
15	0	Walsall	21	5	4	2	21	14	2	1	7	13	26	0.85	19	L	D	L	W	L	1961-12-23	Derby County	H
16	5	Preston North End	23	4	2	5	16	15	2	4	6	10	20	0.743	18	W	L	W	D	L	1961-12-23	Newcastle United	A
17	-1	Bury	21	5	2	4	20	21	3	0	7	7	23	0.614	18	L	L	D	W	D	1961-12-22	Scunthorpe United	A
18	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	3	5	4	13	17	2	3	5	13	30	0.553	18	L	L	L	D	L	1961-12-23	Swansea Town	A
19	-1	Leeds United	21	4	3	3	13	10	2	2	7	15	27	0.757	17	L	D	W	W	D	1961-12-23	Liverpool	H
20	-1	Middlesbrough	21	5	2	4	21	18	1	2	7	15	22	0.9	16	L	L	D	W	L	1961-12-23	Leyton Orient	H
21	-1	Bristol Rovers	22	6	0	5	20	18	1	2	8	9	24	0.69	16	L	W	D	L	L	1961-12-22	Rotherham United	H
22	0	Charlton Athletic	21	4	2	5	18	17	1	1	8	10	26	0.651	13	W	W	L	L	L	1961-12-23	Norwich City	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	0	0	Lincoln City	Dean Court	8,635
	Lineups
Brentford	1	4	Queens Park Rangers	Griffin Park	11,771
Francis	Lineups		Bedford 2, McClelland, Reeves OG
Bristol City	6	0	Notts County	Ashton Gate	12,805
Atyeo 4, Tait 2	Lineups
Coventry City	1	0	Reading	Highfield Road	8,112
Hewitt	Lineups
Crystal Palace	7	2	Torquay United	Selhurst Park	13,884
Uphill 2, Heckman 2, Byrne, Smillie, Lancaster OG	Lineups		Hancock, Northcott T
Grimsby Town	1	0	Newport County	Blundell Park	4,575
Jones	Lineups
Hull City	1	1	Peterborough United	Boothferry Park	6,674
Crickmore	Lineups		Senior
Northampton Town	2	0	Watford	County Ground	12,590
Terry 2	Lineups
Port Vale	4	1	Shrewsbury Town	Vale Park	8,837
Hunt 3, Jackson	Lineups		Kenning
Portsmouth	2	2	Swindon Town	Fratton Park	13,990
Saunders, Harris	Lineups		Hunt E, Atkins

				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	23	7	5	0	23	9	4	5	2	18	13	1.864	32	D	D	L	D	D	1961-12-22	Torquay United	A
2	0	Portsmouth	22	8	5	0	24	12	5	1	3	14	10	1.727	32	D	W	W	L	W	1961-12-23	Halifax Town	A
3	2	Bristol City	24	8	1	3	27	11	5	2	5	19	22	1.394	29	W	W	W	W	L	1961-12-23	Shrewsbury Town	A
4	0	Peterborough United	23	7	0	4	29	23	6	3	3	27	26	1.143	29	D	W	L	W	L	1961-12-23	Port Vale	H
5	-2	Reading	23	7	1	2	20	12	7	0	6	23	26	1.132	29	L	W	W	W	W	1961-12-23	Brentford	H
6	0	Queens Park Rangers	22	7	2	3	35	21	4	4	2	19	13	1.588	28	W	W	D	L	W	1961-12-26	Torquay United	A
7	0	Crystal Palace	24	6	3	4	35	24	5	3	3	20	12	1.528	28	W	L	W	W	W	1961-12-23	Swindon Town	A
8	0	Northampton Town	24	5	4	3	29	13	6	1	5	21	15	1.786	27	W	W	L	W	W	1961-12-23	Hull City	H
9	1	Grimsby Town	23	8	2	2	21	9	3	2	6	12	25	0.971	26	W	L	W	W	L	1961-12-23	Southend United	A
10	-1	Watford	24	6	5	1	23	16	3	2	7	16	26	0.929	25	L	W	D	L	W	1961-12-23	Lincoln City	A
11	2	Port Vale	24	7	2	3	22	11	2	4	6	12	20	1.097	24	W	L	L	D	L	1961-12-23	Peterborough United	A
12	-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
13	-1	Shrewsbury Town	24	5	4	3	31	23	3	3	6	13	22	0.978	23	L	L	W	D	W	1961-12-23	Bristol City	H
14	1	Coventry City	23	7	3	2	21	12	1	4	6	10	23	0.886	23	W	L	W	L	D	1961-12-23	Newport County	A
15	-1	Hull City	21	6	1	3	17	8	2	5	4	13	15	1.304	22	D	W	L	W	L	1961-12-23	Northampton Town	A
16	1	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
17	-1	Notts County	21	7	3	1	24	10	0	2	8	12	30	0.9	19	L	D	W	D	L	1961-12-23	Bradford	H
18	0	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	Swindon Town	24	3	7	2	19	14	2	2	8	17	33	0.766	19	D	D	D	L	L	1961-12-23	Crystal Palace	H
20	-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
21	0	Lincoln City	22	3	2	5	14	19	2	4	6	16	24	0.698	16	D	L	L	L	W	1961-12-23	Watford	H
22	0	Torquay United	22	3	1	8	25	29	2	2	6	13	27	0.679	13	L	W	L	D	D	1961-12-22	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
23	0	Brentford	23	5	2	4	15	15	0	1	11	6	37	0.404	13	L	L	W	D	L	1961-12-23	Reading	A
24	0	Newport County	24	2	1	8	16	23	1	3	9	11	34	0.474	10	L	L	D	L	L	1961-12-23	Coventry City	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Accrington Stanley	1	1	Tranmere Rovers	Peel Park	1,936
Milner	Lineups		Finney
Aldershot	0	1	Carlisle United	Recreation Ground	5,251
	Lineups		Walker
Crewe Alexandra	1	1	Barrow	Gresty Road	4,627
Lord	Lineups		Maddison
Darlington	1	2	Southport	Feethams Ground	2,289
Robson	Lineups		Blain, Blore
Doncaster Rovers	2	1	Gillingham	Belle Vue	3,710
Larkin 2	Lineups		Waldock
Exeter City	2	1	Mansfield Town	St James Park	3,592
Blue, Carter	Lineups		Chapman R
Hartlepools United	3	1	Rochdale	Victoria Park	2,387
Edgar 2, Folland	Lineups		Richardson
Oldham Athletic	4	1	Chester	Boundary Park	9,144
Phoenix, Johnstone, Lister, Frizzell	Lineups		Hennin
Stockport County	1	4	Colchester United	Edgeley Park	2,825
Ward	Lineups		King, Wright, Hunt B 2
Workington	2	0	Chesterfield	Borough Park	3,230
McGarry, Burkinshaw	Lineups
Wrexham	2	2	Millwall	Racecourse Ground	11,887
Bennion, Davies	Lineups		McQuade, Burridge
York City	4	0	Bradford City	Bootham Crescent	4,473
Wragg 2, Stainsby, Wilkinson	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	23	7	2	3	33	15	8	1	2	23	10	2.24	33	D	W	D	W	W	1961-12-23	Mansfield Town	A
2	0	Colchester United	23	7	3	1	36	16	6	3	3	21	18	1.676	32	W	L	W	W	D	1961-12-23	Oldham Athletic	H
3	0	Aldershot	23	8	4	1	32	11	4	1	5	14	14	1.84	29	L	W	L	L	D	1961-12-26	Chester	A
4	1	Carlisle United	23	7	2	2	16	12	5	3	4	16	15	1.185	29	W	W	D	L	D	1961-12-23	Stockport County	H
5	-1	Millwall	23	7	2	2	24	10	4	4	4	19	24	1.265	28	D	W	W	D	L	1961-12-30	Crewe Alexandra	H
6	0	Southport	23	8	2	1	23	11	3	3	6	15	21	1.188	27	W	W	D	D	D	1961-12-23	Hartlepools United	H
7	0	Workington	23	7	2	2	23	10	4	3	5	16	24	1.147	27	W	D	W	L	W	1961-12-23	Gillingham	A
8	1	York City	23	9	1	2	31	9	1	4	6	11	20	1.448	25	W	L	W	W	D	1961-12-23	Chesterfield	A
9	-1	Tranmere Rovers	24	9	0	4	30	24	3	1	7	12	24	0.875	25	D	L	L	W	W	1961-12-26	Stockport County	A
10	0	Crewe Alexandra	23	7	3	2	27	15	3	1	7	15	21	1.167	24	D	W	D	W	D	1961-12-30	Millwall	A
11	0	Barrow	23	6	4	1	25	11	2	4	6	12	24	1.057	24	D	W	D	L	W	1961-12-23	Exeter City	H
12	1	Oldham Athletic	22	5	6	1	31	17	3	1	6	13	19	1.222	23	W	D	W	W	L	1961-12-23	Colchester United	A
13	-1	Mansfield Town	21	6	1	3	19	8	3	3	5	13	20	1.143	22	L	W	L	W	W	1961-12-23	Wrexham	H
14	1	Exeter City	23	6	2	3	21	15	2	4	6	13	22	0.919	22	W	D	L	L	D	1961-12-23	Barrow	A
15	-1	Darlington	22	6	3	2	17	9	2	2	7	15	32	0.78	21	L	L	D	D	W	1961-12-26	Barrow	H
16	3	Doncaster Rovers	22	5	2	3	19	12	3	2	7	16	25	0.946	20	W	L	W	D	L	1961-12-26	York City	H
17	-1	Stockport County	22	5	1	5	19	16	2	4	5	13	19	0.914	19	L	L	D	L	L	1961-12-23	Carlisle United	A
18	-1	Rochdale	22	7	2	3	25	15	0	3	7	8	23	0.868	19	L	L	W	L	D	1961-12-26	Mansfield Town	A
19	-1	Bradford City	23	3	4	4	18	18	3	3	6	17	25	0.814	19	L	D	L	W	D	1961-12-26	Colchester United	H
20	0	Gillingham	23	6	1	3	23	12	1	3	9	14	39	0.725	18	L	D	W	W	D	1961-12-23	Workington	H
21	0	Chesterfield	21	4	1	4	15	16	2	3	7	12	22	0.711	16	L	L	D	W	L	1961-12-23	York City	H
22	0	Chester	23	2	7	3	15	15	2	1	8	13	30	0.622	16	L	D	D	L	L	1961-12-23	Accrington Stanley	H
23	0	Accrington Stanley	23	4	3	5	9	15	1	1	9	6	26	0.366	14	D	L	L	L	L	1961-12-23	Chester	A
24	0	Hartlepools United	23	4	2	7	20	25	0	2	8	10	34	0.508	12	W	L	L	L	L	1961-12-23	Southport	A