1960–61 Football League First Division

1960–61 season of Football League First Division April 2014 April 2026 First Division 1960–61 Tottenham Hotspur2nd English title Newcastle UnitedPreston North End European Cup Tottenham Hotspur Cup Winners' Cup Leicester City Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Sheffield WednesdayNottingham ForestBirmingham City Jimmy Greaves(41 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 31 October 2010 462 1724 1959–60 1961–62 Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1960–61 season. Overview Tottenham Hotspur won the First Division title for the second time in the club's history, eight points clear of second-placed Sheffield Wednesday. This remains their last league title. Newcastle United and Preston North End were relegated, to be replaced by Ipswich Town and Sheffield United who finished first and second in the Second Division that season. Notably, this remains Preston's most recent season in the top flight. League standings main WDL World Football TOT, SHW, WOL, BUR, EVE, LEI, MUN, BLA, AVL, WBA, ARS, CHE, MCI, NFO, CAR, WHU, FUL, BOL, BIR, BLP, NEW, PNE ECPR IFC1R CWCPR IFC1R IFC2R REL REL complete 15 11 16 77 85 17 9 16 78 77 14 6 22 62 84 15 13 14 77 76 12 9 21 68 73 12 11 19 58 73 22 7 13 102 77 13 11 18 60 85 15 7 20 98 100 22 6 14 87 69 14 8 20 72 95 18 9 15 87 70 13 11 18 79 90 18 9 15 88 76 11 10 21 86 109 14 9 19 62 78 10 10 22 43 71 23 12 7 78 47 31 4 7 115 55 18 5 19 67 71 13 10 19 77 88 25 7 10 103 75 C R R Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Burnley Cardiff City Chelsea Everton Fulham Leicester City Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Preston North End Sheffield Wednesday Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored QR green1 Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round yellow1 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round Leicester City qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round as the 1960–61 FA Cup runners-up, since the winners, Tottenham Hotspur, had already qualified for the European Cup. blue1 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup second round blue1 Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round red1 Relegation to the Second Division Results main FBR grey ARS AST BIR BLB BLP BOL BUR CAR CHE EVE FUL LEI MCI MUN NEW NOT PNE SHW TOT WBA WHU WOL Arsenal 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 5–1 2–5 2–3 1–4 3–2 4–2 1–3 5–4 2–1 5–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–3 1–0 0–0 1–5 Aston Villa 2–2 6–2 2–2 2–2 4–0 2–0 2–1 3–2 3–2 2–1 1–3 5–1 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 4–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–2 Birmingham City 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–4 1–0 0–2 3–2 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–3 1–1 2–3 3–1 4–2 1–2 Blackburn Rovers 2–4 4–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–4 2–2 3–1 1–3 5–1 1–1 4–1 1–2 2–4 4–1 1–0 1–1 1–4 2–1 4–1 2–1 Blackpool 1–1 5–3 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 6–1 1–4 1–4 2–5 5–1 3–3 2–0 2–1 4–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 0–1 3–0 5–2 Bolton Wanderers 1–1 3–0 2–2 0–0 3–1 3–5 3–0 4–1 3–4 0–3 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 3–1 0–2 Burnley 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 4–4 1–3 5–0 3–2 1–3 5–3 5–3 4–1 5–0 3–4 4–2 0–1 2–2 5–3 Cardiff City 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–3 3–0 3–2 1–3 2–0 0–1 3–2 3–1 1–1 3–2 Chelsea 3–1 2–4 3–2 5–2 2–2 1–1 2–6 6–1 3–3 2–1 1–3 6–3 1–2 4–2 4–3 1–1 0–2 2–3 7–1 3–2 3–3 Everton 4–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–3 5–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 4–2 4–0 5–0 1–0 0–0 4–2 1–3 1–1 4–1 3–1 Fulham 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 4–3 2–2 0–1 2–2 3–2 2–3 4–2 1–0 4–4 4–3 1–0 2–0 1–6 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–3 Leicester City 2–1 3–1 3–2 2–4 1–1 2–0 2–2 3–0 1–3 4–1 1–2 1–2 6–0 5–3 1–1 5–2 2–1 1–2 2–2 5–1 2–0 Manchester City 0–0 4–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 4–2 2–1 2–1 3–2 3–1 1–3 3–3 1–2 2–3 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–2 2–4 Manchester United 1–1 1–1 4–1 1–3 2–0 3–1 6–0 3–3 6–0 4–0 3–1 1–1 5–1 3–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 6–1 1–3 Newcastle United 3–3 2–1 2–2 3–1 4–3 4–1 0–1 5–0 1–6 0–4 7–2 1–3 1–3 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 3–4 3–2 5–5 4–4 Nottingham Forest 3–5 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 4–2 2–2 2–2 3–2 0–2 2–0 1–2 0–4 1–2 1–1 1–1 Preston North End 2–0 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–3 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–4 2–3 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 4–0 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 1–2 2–0 5–4 4–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–2 3–1 5–1 1–1 1–0 5–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur 4–2 6–2 6–0 5–2 3–1 3–1 4–4 3–2 4–2 2–0 5–1 2–3 1–1 4–1 1–2 1–0 5–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 West Bromwich Albion 2–3 0–2 1–2 1–2 3–1 3–2 0–2 1–1 3–0 3–0 2–4 1–0 6–3 1–1 6–0 1–2 3–1 2–2 1–3 1–0 2–1 West Ham United 6–0 5–2 4–3 3–2 3–3 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 4–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–4 5–2 1–1 0–3 1–2 5–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 5–3 3–2 5–1 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–2 6–1 4–1 2–4 3–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 5–3 3–0 4–1 0–4 4–2 4–2 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Jimmy Greaves Chelsea 41 2David Herd Arsenal 29 =Gerry Hitchens Aston Villa 29 3Bobby Smith Tottenham Hotspur 28 =Len White Newcastle United 28 =Ted Farmer Wolverhampton Wanderers 28 4Ray Charnley Blackpool 27 5Jimmy Robson Burnley 24 References RSSSF Category:Football League First Division seasons Eng Category:1960–61 Football League Category:1960–61 in English football leagues lt:Anglijos futbolo varžybos 1960–1961 m. hu:1960–1961-es angol labdarúgó-bajnokság (első osztály) ru:Футбольная лига Англии 1960-1961