1961-12-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	0	Fulham	Highbury	32,969
Charles	Lineups
Birmingham City	1	1	Manchester City	St Andrew's	21,926
Leek	Lineups		Dobing
Burnley	4	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Turf Moor	28,966
Connelly 2, McIlroy, Robson	Lineups
Cardiff City	1	0	Aston Villa	Ninian Park	18,394
Tapscott	Lineups
Chelsea	0	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Stamford Bridge	51,282	Largest home gate 1961-62
	Lineups		Greaves, Jones
Everton	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	Goodison Park	45,462
Bingham	Lineups
Ipswich Town	1	0	Leicester City	Portman Road	18,146
Crawford	Lineups
Manchester United	6	3	Nottingham Forest	Old Trafford	30,822
Lawton 3, Brennan, Charlton, Herd	Lineups		Julians, Hockey, Palmer (p)
Sheffield United	2	1	Blackpool	Bramall Lane	22,757
Pace, Allchurch	Lineups		Peterson
West Bromwich Albion	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	The Hawthorns	24,778
Kevan	Lineups		Murray
West Ham United	2	3	Blackburn Rovers	Upton Park	22,280
Tindall, Dick	Lineups		Byrom 3

				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	22	9	1	1	30	14	6	1	4	35	27	1.585	32	W	L	W	W	W	1962-01-13	Manchester City	H
2	1	Everton	24	11	0	2	34	11	2	4	5	12	15	1.769	30	W	W	D	D	W	1962-01-13	Sheffield Wednesday	A
3	1	Tottenham Hotspur	23	9	1	1	30	16	4	2	6	15	18	1.324	29	W	L	W	W	W	1961-12-30	Chelsea	H
4	1	Ipswich Town	24	10	0	2	36	20	3	3	6	19	24	1.25	29	W	L	W	L	W	1962-01-13	West Bromwich Albion	H
5	-3	West Ham United	24	8	3	2	31	21	4	2	5	23	26	1.149	29	L	W	W	W	D	1962-01-13	Nottingham Forest	A
6	1	Arsenal	24	7	4	1	26	15	3	3	6	15	23	1.079	27	W	W	W	L	D	1962-01-13	Bolton Wanderers	H
7	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	24	7	3	1	26	14	4	1	8	17	21	1.229	26	L	D	W	L	W	1962-01-13	Everton	H
8	3	Sheffield United	23	9	2	2	22	15	2	1	7	9	24	0.795	25	W	W	W	W	L	1962-01-13	Aston Villa	A
9	-1	Aston Villa	23	7	2	2	23	12	2	3	7	11	19	1.097	23	L	L	D	W	W	1962-01-13	Sheffield United	H
10	-1	Leicester City	24	7	0	4	18	12	3	3	7	20	25	1.027	23	L	L	W	D	L	1962-01-13	Birmingham City	H
11	-1	Blackpool	24	5	3	4	22	17	3	4	5	18	26	0.93	23	L	W	L	D	W	1962-01-13	Manchester United	A
12	5	Cardiff City	24	4	6	3	20	19	3	2	6	10	19	0.789	22	W	L	D	D	L	1962-01-13	Tottenham Hotspur	H
13	-1	Birmingham City	24	5	4	4	25	27	3	2	6	12	21	0.771	22	D	D	W	L	W	1962-01-13	Leicester City	A
14	-1	West Bromwich Albion	24	5	5	3	23	15	1	4	6	19	28	0.977	21	D	W	L	D	L	1962-01-13	Ipswich Town	A
15	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	5	3	3	21	16	3	2	8	18	24	0.975	21	D	L	L	W	W	1962-01-13	Blackburn Rovers	H
16	3	Blackburn Rovers	22	5	4	2	18	12	2	3	6	11	22	0.853	21	W	D	W	D	L	1962-01-13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
17	-2	Bolton Wanderers	23	5	3	2	17	13	3	1	9	15	21	0.941	20	L	L	L	D	W	1962-01-13	Arsenal	A
18	3	Manchester United	22	6	1	5	26	23	2	3	5	12	25	0.792	20	W	L	W	L	L	1962-01-13	Blackpool	H
19	-3	Nottingham Forest	24	6	3	2	21	12	1	3	9	15	34	0.783	20	L	L	W	D	L	1962-01-13	West Ham United	H
20	-2	Fulham	24	4	1	6	17	18	3	4	6	17	23	0.829	19	L	L	L	L	L	1962-01-13	Chelsea	H
21	-1	Manchester City	24	5	1	5	23	22	3	2	8	19	31	0.792	19	D	W	L	L	L	1962-01-13	Burnley	A
22	0	Chelsea	24	5	4	4	22	16	1	1	9	18	35	0.784	17	L	W	L	L	L	1961-12-30	Tottenham Hotspur	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bristol Rovers	0	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Eastville	13,102
	Lineups		Nicholas
Bury	0	2	Stoke City	Gigg Lane	15,699
	Lineups		Ratcliffe, Mudie
Charlton Athletic	2	0	Sunderland	The Valley	18,342
Bailey, Matthews	Lineups
Derby County	1	1	Southampton	Baseball Ground	20,196
Havenhand	Lineups		Mulgrew
Leeds United	1	4	Scunthorpe United	Elland Road	19,481
Charlton	Lineups		Thomas 4
Leyton Orient	1	0	Swansea Town	Brisbane Road	14,550
Dunmore	Lineups
Newcastle United	3	4	Middlesbrough	St James' Park	21,038
Tuohy, Allchurch, McGuigan	Lineups		Peacock, Harris 3
Norwich City	0	2	Plymouth Argyle	Carrow Road	18,364
	Lineups		McAnearney, Kirby
Preston North End	1	0	Huddersfield Town	Deepdale	15,524
Dawson	Lineups
Rotherham United	1	0	Liverpool	Millmoor	13,717
Weston	Lineups
Walsall	2	0	Luton Town	Fellows Park	9,609
Wilson 2	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	24	9	2	0	36	7	7	1	5	19	13	2.75	35	L	L	W	W	L	1962-01-13	Norwich City	H
2	0	Leyton Orient	23	9	1	2	24	8	4	4	3	20	15	1.913	31	W	W	W	W	W	1961-12-30	Swansea Town	A
3	1	Derby County	24	7	4	1	28	17	4	2	6	21	28	1.089	28	D	L	W	W	D	1961-12-30	Southampton	A
4	-1	Sunderland	24	9	1	1	33	12	2	4	7	14	24	1.306	27	L	L	W	W	D	1962-01-13	Bristol Rovers	H
5	2	Scunthorpe United	23	7	2	2	34	17	4	2	6	20	25	1.286	26	W	L	W	L	L	1962-01-13	Charlton Athletic	A
6	-1	Southampton	24	6	3	3	24	12	4	3	5	19	22	1.265	26	D	W	L	L	W	1961-12-30	Derby County	H
7	1	Stoke City	24	8	2	2	24	11	2	4	6	14	21	1.188	26	W	W	W	W	D	1962-01-13	Derby County	A
8	1	Rotherham United	23	6	4	1	25	15	4	2	6	24	32	1.043	26	W	L	L	D	L	1962-01-12	Leeds United	H
9	1	Plymouth Argyle	24	6	2	3	25	17	5	2	6	18	26	1	26	W	W	W	L	W	1961-12-30	Norwich City	H
10	-4	Norwich City	24	7	3	3	27	23	2	4	5	11	22	0.844	25	L	D	W	W	L	1961-12-30	Plymouth Argyle	A
11	0	Luton Town	24	6	1	4	27	22	4	2	7	19	21	1.07	23	L	L	L	L	W	1962-01-13	Huddersfield Town	A
12	2	Walsall	23	7	4	2	25	14	2	1	7	13	26	0.95	23	W	W	L	D	L	1962-01-13	Leyton Orient	A
13	-1	Huddersfield Town	23	6	3	1	21	9	2	3	8	15	26	1.029	22	L	L	D	W	W	1962-01-13	Luton Town	H
14	1	Preston North End	25	5	2	5	17	15	3	4	6	12	20	0.829	22	W	W	W	L	W	1962-01-13	Middlesbrough	H
15	-2	Swansea Town	23	7	3	1	22	13	0	5	7	14	36	0.735	22	L	W	L	W	L	1961-12-30	Leyton Orient	H
16	0	Bury	23	5	2	5	20	23	4	0	7	9	24	0.617	20	L	W	L	L	D	1962-01-13	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
17	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	24	3	5	4	13	17	3	3	6	14	33	0.54	20	W	L	L	L	L	1961-12-30	Bristol Rovers	H
18	-1	Newcastle United	23	5	4	4	27	18	2	1	7	12	16	1.147	19	L	L	L	D	L	1962-01-13	Plymouth Argyle	A
19	-1	Leeds United	23	5	3	4	15	14	2	2	7	15	27	0.732	19	L	W	L	D	W	1962-01-12	Rotherham United	A
20	1	Middlesbrough	23	5	2	5	23	21	2	2	7	19	25	0.913	18	W	L	L	L	D	1962-01-13	Preston North End	A
21	-2	Bristol Rovers	24	7	0	6	24	21	1	2	8	9	24	0.733	18	L	W	L	W	D	1961-12-30	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
22	0	Charlton Athletic	23	5	2	5	20	17	1	2	8	12	28	0.711	16	W	D	W	W	L	1962-01-13	Scunthorpe United	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	0	1	Lincoln City	Oakwell	5,572
	Lineups		Punter
Brentford	2	0	Bradford	Griffin Park	5,043
Edgley (p), Francis	Lineups
Coventry City	2	0	Grimsby Town	Highfield Road	11,199
Myerscough, Dixon	Lineups
Hull City	2	4	Crystal Palace	Boothferry Park	7,559
Price 2	Lineups		Heckman, Petchey 2, Byrne
Notts County	3	2	Shrewsbury Town	Meadow Lane	10,197
Horobin (p), Moore, Walters OG	Lineups		McLaughlin 2
Peterborough United	4	1	Southend United	London Road	8,237
Bly, Hudson, Ripley, Senior	Lineups		Costello
Port Vale	3	0	Newport County	Vale Park	12,182
Llewellyn, Longbottom, Hunt	Lineups
Portsmouth	4	1	Northampton Town	Fratton Park	17,428
Gordon, Barton, Saunders 2	Lineups		Lines
Reading	2	2	Bristol City	Elm Park	11,399
Lacey, Whitehouse	Lineups		Atyeo, Etheridge
Torquay United	2	2	Queens Park Rangers	Plainmoor	4,574
Handley, Astall	Lineups		McClelland, Keen
Watford	0	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Vicarage Road	9,441
	Lineups

				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	Portsmouth	24	9	5	0	28	13	6	1	3	15	10	1.87	36	W	W	D	W	W	1962-01-06	Hull City	A
2	0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	25	7	5	0	23	9	4	6	3	19	15	1.75	33	D	L	D	D	L	1961-12-30	Watford	H
3	0	Reading	25	8	2	2	26	14	7	0	6	23	26	1.225	32	D	W	L	W	W	1962-01-12	Barnsley	H
4	0	Bristol City	26	8	1	3	27	11	5	4	5	23	26	1.351	31	D	D	W	W	W	1962-01-13	Peterborough United	H
5	1	Peterborough United	25	8	0	5	34	27	6	3	3	27	26	1.151	31	W	L	D	W	L	1961-12-30	Southend United	A
6	2	Crystal Palace	26	6	3	4	35	24	6	3	4	24	19	1.372	30	W	L	W	L	W	1962-01-13	Halifax Town	H
7	-2	Northampton Town	26	6	4	3	31	13	6	1	6	22	19	1.656	29	L	W	W	W	L	1962-01-13	Port Vale	A
8	-1	Queens Park Rangers	23	7	2	3	35	21	4	5	2	21	15	1.556	29	D	W	W	D	L	1961-12-30	Torquay United	H
9	0	Port Vale	26	8	2	3	25	11	3	4	6	15	21	1.25	28	W	W	W	L	L	1962-01-13	Northampton Town	H
10	2	Coventry City	25	8	3	2	23	12	2	4	6	12	24	0.972	27	W	W	W	L	W	1962-01-13	Southend United	H
11	-1	Watford	26	6	6	1	23	16	3	3	7	16	26	0.929	27	D	D	L	W	D	1961-12-30	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
12	-1	Grimsby Town	25	8	2	2	21	9	3	2	8	12	29	0.868	26	L	L	W	L	W	1962-01-06	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H
13	0	Shrewsbury Town	26	5	5	3	33	25	3	3	7	15	25	0.96	24	L	D	L	L	W	1962-01-13	Bradford	A
14	0	Bradford	24	7	2	2	25	13	3	1	9	20	32	1	23	L	L	D	D	W	1962-01-13	Shrewsbury Town	H
15	1	Notts County	23	9	3	1	31	14	0	2	8	12	30	0.977	23	W	W	L	D	W	1962-01-13	Grimsby Town	A
16	-1	Hull City	23	6	1	4	19	12	2	5	5	13	17	1.103	22	L	L	D	W	L	1962-01-06	Portsmouth	H
17	1	Swindon Town	25	4	7	2	24	14	2	2	8	17	33	0.872	21	W	D	D	D	L	1962-01-13	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A
18	-1	Southend United	25	6	2	4	18	14	1	5	7	13	24	0.816	21	L	W	D	W	L	1961-12-30	Peterborough United	H
19	0	Halifax Town	20	4	3	2	13	10	3	2	6	16	23	0.879	19	L	L	D	W	D	1962-01-13	Crystal Palace	A
20	1	Lincoln City	24	3	3	5	14	19	3	4	6	17	24	0.721	19	W	D	D	L	L	1962-01-13	Hull City	A
21	-1	Barnsley	23	5	2	5	28	24	2	2	7	15	30	0.796	18	L	L	L	L	W	1962-01-12	Reading	A
22	0	Torquay United	24	4	2	8	29	32	2	2	6	13	27	0.712	16	D	W	L	W	L	1961-12-30	Queens Park Rangers	A
23	0	Brentford	25	6	2	4	17	15	0	1	12	6	41	0.411	15	W	L	L	L	W	1962-01-13	Newport County	H
24	0	Newport County	26	2	1	9	17	25	1	3	10	11	37	0.452	10	L	L	L	L	D	1962-01-13	Brentford	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	4	1	Colchester United	Valley Parade	5,571
Layne, McCole 2, Tait	Lineups		King
Carlisle United	1	2	Workington	Brunton Park	8,967
Brayton	Lineups		Timmins, Haasz
Chester	2	3	Aldershot	Sealand Road	2,775
Davies 2	Lineups		Howfield, Norris, Woan
Chesterfield	1	5	Wrexham	Saltergate Recreation Ground	3,706
Lunn	Lineups		Metcalf 2, Barnes R, Jones P, Barnes K (p)
Darlington	1	0	Barrow	Feethams Ground	4,364
Robson	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	1	2	York City	Belle Vue	6,321
Anderson	Lineups		Stainsby 2
Exeter City	1	3	Gillingham	St James Park	4,324
Rees	Lineups		Waldock 2, Cockburn
Mansfield Town	0	1	Rochdale	Field Mill	6,352
	Lineups		Richardson
Oldham Athletic	2	1	Southport	Boundary Park	12,349
Frizzell 2	Lineups		Blore
Stockport County	3	0	Tranmere Rovers	Edgeley Park	2,811
Ward 2, Wilson	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	25	7	2	3	33	15	10	1	2	30	12	2.333	37	W	W	D	W	D	1962-01-13	Barrow	H
2	0	Colchester United	25	8	3	1	41	17	6	3	4	22	22	1.615	34	L	W	W	L	W	1961-12-30	Bradford City	H
3	1	Aldershot	24	8	4	1	32	11	5	1	5	17	16	1.815	31	W	L	W	L	L	1962-01-13	Chesterfield	A
4	-1	Carlisle United	25	8	2	3	18	14	5	3	4	16	15	1.172	31	L	W	W	W	D	1962-01-13	Oldham Athletic	A
5	2	Workington	25	7	2	2	23	10	5	3	6	20	29	1.103	29	W	L	W	D	W	1962-01-13	Millwall	H
6	2	York City	25	9	1	2	31	9	2	5	6	14	22	1.452	28	W	D	W	L	W	1962-01-13	Gillingham	H
7	-2	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
8	-2	Southport	25	8	2	2	23	12	3	3	7	16	23	1.114	27	L	L	W	W	D	1961-12-30	Oldham Athletic	H
9	0	Barrow	25	7	4	1	28	11	2	4	7	12	25	1.111	26	L	W	D	W	D	1962-01-01	Doncaster Rovers	H
10	2	Oldham Athletic	24	6	6	1	33	18	3	1	7	14	24	1.119	25	W	L	W	D	W	1961-12-30	Southport	A
11	-1	Tranmere Rovers	25	9	0	4	30	24	3	1	8	12	27	0.824	25	L	D	L	L	W	1962-01-06	Gillingham	A
12	-1	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
13	2	Darlington	23	7	3	2	18	9	2	2	7	15	32	0.805	23	W	L	L	D	D	1962-01-13	Chester	H
14	-1	Mansfield Town	23	6	1	5	20	11	3	3	5	13	20	1.065	22	L	L	L	W	L	1962-01-12	Doncaster Rovers	A
15	2	Gillingham	25	7	1	3	27	14	2	3	9	17	40	0.815	22	W	W	L	D	W	1961-12-30	Exeter City	H
16	-2	Exeter City	25	6	2	4	22	18	2	4	7	13	25	0.814	22	L	L	W	D	L	1961-12-30	Gillingham	A
17	1	Stockport County	24	6	1	5	22	16	2	4	6	13	20	0.972	21	W	L	L	L	D	1962-01-06	Exeter City	A
18	1	Rochdale	23	7	2	3	25	15	1	3	7	9	23	0.895	21	W	L	L	W	L	1962-01-13	Exeter City	A
19	1	Bradford City	24	4	4	4	22	19	3	3	6	17	25	0.886	21	W	L	D	L	W	1961-12-30	Colchester United	A
20	-4	Doncaster Rovers	23	5	2	4	20	14	3	2	7	16	25	0.923	20	L	W	L	W	D	1962-01-01	Barrow	A
21	0	Chesterfield	23	4	2	5	17	22	2	3	7	12	22	0.659	17	L	D	L	L	D	1962-01-13	Aldershot	H
22	0	Chester	25	2	8	4	17	18	2	1	8	13	30	0.625	17	L	D	L	D	D	1962-01-06	Millwall	A
23	0	Accrington Stanley	24	4	3	5	9	15	1	2	9	6	26	0.366	15	D	D	L	L	L	1962-01-13	Colchester United	H
24	0	Hartlepools United	24	4	2	7	20	25	1	2	8	11	34	0.525	14	W	W	L	L	L	1962-01-13	Tranmere Rovers	H