1960–61 Football League

62nd season of the Football League The Football League 1960–61 Tottenham Hotspur New Club in League Peterborough United 1959–60 1961–62 The 1960–61 season was the 62nd completed season of The Football League. First Division 1960–61 Football League First Division 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 Results Results Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1960–1961 Greater London 51.558 -0.103 right Greater London 51.482 -0.191 right Greater London 51.475 -0.222 right Greater London 51.603 -0.066 right Greater London 51.532 0.039 right Arsenal Chelsea Fulham Tottenham West Ham England none 400 Locations of the Football League First Division 1960–1961 teams England 51.56 -0.10 right England 52.54 -1.87 right England 52.48 -1.89 right England 53.75 -2.48 right England 53.81 -3.05 right England 53.59 -2.56 right England 53.79 -2.25 right England 51.47 -3.20 right England 51.50 -0.19 right England 53.47 -2.97 right England 51.45 -0.24 right England 52.62 -1.14 right England 53.47 -2.18 right England 53.47 -2.30 right England 54.98 -1.62 right England 53.01 -1.137 right England 53.75 -2.7 right England 53.32 -1.47 right England 51.63 -0.063 right England 52.52 -1.97 right England 51.54 0.040 right England 52.59 -2.13 right Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Burnley Cardiff City Chelsea Everton Fulham Leicester City Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle Nottingham Forest Preston North End Sheffield Wednesday Tottenham West Bromwich Albion West Ham Wolverhampton Wanderers Second Division Second Division 1960–61 Ipswich Town Ipswich TownSheffield United PortsmouthLincoln City Cup Winners' Cup Swansea Town Ray Crawford(39 goals) 462 1609 1959–60 1961–62 main WDL Second Division IPS, SHU, LIV, NOR, MID, SUN, SWA, SOU, SCU, CHA, PLY, DER, LUT, LEE, ROT, BHA, BRV, STK, LEY, HUD, POR, LIN PRO PRO CWCPR REL REL complete 14 9 19 61 75 15 7 20 73 92 16 11 15 97 91 15 10 17 80 80 13 9 20 62 71 26 7 9 100 55 14 10 18 75 83 14 8 20 55 78 8 8 26 48 95 21 10 11 87 58 15 9 18 71 79 18 12 12 83 74 20 9 13 70 53 17 8 17 81 82 11 11 20 64 91 12 13 17 65 64 14 15 13 69 64 26 6 10 81 51 18 8 16 84 81 12 12 18 51 59 17 13 12 75 60 18 11 13 77 73 C, P P R R Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Charlton Athletic Derby County Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Leyton Orient Lincoln City Liverpool Luton Town Middlesbrough Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea Town 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored QR green1 Promotion to the First Division yellow1 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round red1 Relegation to the Third Division Results main FBR grey B&HA BRR CHA DER HUD IPS LEE LEY LIN LIV LUT MID NWC PLY POR ROT SCU SHU SOU STK SUN SWA Brighton & Hove Albion 6–1 3–5 3–2 2–1 2–4 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 Bristol Rovers 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 4–4 4–2 3–1 4–3 4–1 2–3 3–1 2–5 2–0 2–1 3–3 3–1 4–2 1–0 1–0 4–2 Charlton Athletic 3–1 2–1 3–1 2–3 0–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–3 4–1 6–6 0–1 6–4 7–4 4–3 1–1 2–3 1–3 3–1 2–2 6–2 Derby County 4–1 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–4 2–3 3–1 3–1 1–4 4–1 1–0 0–0 4–1 6–2 3–0 2–5 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–3 Huddersfield Town 0–1 4–0 2–2 1–3 1–3 0–1 1–0 4–1 2–4 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–5 3–3 0–1 1–2 0–1 3–1 0–0 4–2 3–1 Ipswich Town 4–0 3–2 2–1 4–1 4–2 4–0 6–2 3–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 4–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–3 2–1 4–0 0–3 Leeds United 3–2 1–1 1–0 3–3 1–4 2–5 1–3 7–0 2–2 1–2 4–4 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–2 3–0 0–1 2–4 2–2 Leyton Orient 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–3 0–1 1–2 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–4 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–2 Lincoln City 2–1 1–2 2–2 3–4 0–0 1–4 2–3 2–0 1–2 1–1 5–2 1–4 3–1 2–3 0–1 0–2 0–5 0–3 1–1 1–2 2–0 Liverpool 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–0 5–0 2–0 2–2 3–4 2–1 1–1 3–3 2–1 3–2 4–2 0–1 3–0 1–1 4–0 Luton Town 3–1 4–2 4–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 6–1 0–2 3–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–4 4–1 4–1 3–3 2–2 Middlesbrough 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 2–2 1–3 3–1 5–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 Norwich City 2–2 2–1 4–0 0–2 2–0 0–3 3–2 3–2 5–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 5–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 Plymouth Argyle 1–2 5–0 6–4 4–2 2–1 1–2 3–1 3–2 1–1 0–4 1–1 3–3 3–0 5–1 3–3 3–1 2–0 1–3 3–1 1–0 1–0 Portsmouth 4–0 3–0 1–1 3–2 1–3 1–0 3–1 1–2 3–0 2–2 3–2 0–3 3–0 0–2 2–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 Rotherham United 5–2 4–0 2–3 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–0 1–0 5–2 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–0 4–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–3 Scunthorpe United 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 4–0 3–2 2–2 3–1 2–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 5–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–3 1–2 Sheffield United 2–1 2–3 1–0 3–1 3–1 1–3 3–2 4–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 4–1 0–1 3–0 Southampton 4–2 4–2 1–2 5–1 4–2 1–1 2–4 1–1 2–3 4–1 3–2 3–2 2–2 1–1 5–1 3–2 4–2 0–1 0–1 3–2 5–0 Stoke City 0–2 2–0 5–3 2–1 2–2 2–4 0–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 9–0 1–0 1–4 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–3 Sunderland 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–3 4–1 2–2 1–1 7–1 2–0 0–3 2–1 4–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 4–0 2–1 Swansea Town 2–3 2–1 3–3 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 3–1 3–2 4–1 1–2 4–0 2–1 2–2 3–0 4–1 0–0 3–3 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. The 6-6 draw between Charlton Athletic and Middlesbrough was only the second in Football League history - Leicester City and Arsenal drew 6-6 at Filbert Street on the 21st of April 1930.Ward Andrew Football's Strangest Matches: Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of football 2010 Portico London 1907554084 74-75 Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1960–1961 Greater London 51.486 0.036 right Greater London 51.570 -0.058 right Charlton Athletic Leyton Orient England none 400 Locations of the Football League Second Division 1960–1961 teams England 50.83 -0.15 right England 51.47 -2.53 right England 51.47 0.07 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 53.64 -1.78 right England 52.06 1.14 right England 53.78 -1.57 right England 51.57 -0.01 right England 53.23 -0.54 right England 53.53 -2.99 right England 51.9 -0.433 right England 54.57 -1.23 right England 52.63 1.30 right England 50.39 -4.15 right England 50.80 -1.06 right England 53.43 -1.36 right England 53.58 -0.65 right England 53.38 -1.47 right England 50.91 -1.39 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 54.91 -1.39 right England 51.62 -3.95 right Brighton & Hove Bristol Rovers Charlton Derby County Huddersfield Ipswich Town Leeds United Leyton Orient Lincoln City Liverpool Luton Town Middlesbrough Norwich City Portsmouth Plymouth Argyle Rotherham Scunthorpe & Lindsey Sheffield United Southampton Stoke Sunderland Swansea Town Third Division Football LeagueThird Division 1960–61 Bury (1st title) Promoted Walsall Relegated Bradford City,Chesterfield,Colchester United,Tranmere Rovers Tony Richards (Walsall), 36 552 1842 1959–60 1961–62 main WDL Third Division PR 5 y 2 BRY Bury WAL Walsall QPR Queens Park Rangers WAT Watford NTC Notts County GRI Grimsby Town PTV Port Vale BAR Barnsley HAL Halifax Town SHR Shrewsbury Town HUL Hull City TOR Torquay United NPC Newport County BRI Bristol City COV Coventry City SWI Swindon Town BRE Brentford REA Reading B&BA Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic STD Southend United TRA Tranmere Rovers BRA Bradford City COL Colchester United CHF Chesterfield 30 8 8 108 45 28 6 12 98 60 25 10 11 93 60 20 12 14 85 72 21 9 16 82 77 20 10 16 77 69 17 15 14 96 79 21 7 18 83 80 16 17 13 71 78 15 16 15 83 75 17 12 17 73 73 14 17 15 75 83 17 11 18 81 90 17 10 19 70 68 16 12 18 80 83 14 15 17 62 55 13 17 16 56 70 14 12 20 72 83 15 10 21 58 76 14 11 21 60 76 15 8 23 79 115 11 14 21 65 87 11 11 24 68 101 10 12 24 67 87 CP P R R R R green1 Promotion to the Second Division P P red1 Relegation to the Fourth Division R R R R complete Results main FBR grey BAR B&BA BRA BRE BRI BRY CHF COL COV GRI HAL HUL NPC NTC PTV QPR REA SHR STD SWI TOR TRA WAL WAT Barnsley 2–3 5–2 1–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 4–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–3 5–2 5–1 3–3 1–1 4–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–1 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 1–2 2–2 0–1 2–2 0–3 1–0 4–4 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 2–2 1–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 3–2 2–1 1–3 2–1 0–3 0–1 Bradford City 1–4 3–1 3–1 2–0 0–1 3–2 0–1 4–1 1–3 2–2 0–0 1–2 2–2 3–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–1 1–2 2–2 Brentford 0–0 2–2 2–2 2–0 1–5 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 2–4 3–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–3 4–1 3–1 2–1 Bristol City 4–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 1–2 3–0 5–0 2–0 2–1 3–2 1–2 3–0 2–1 3–4 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 4–1 Bury 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 3–3 4–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 3–0 4–1 7–0 3–1 1–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 6–0 3–0 3–4 0–2 Chesterfield 5–1 0–1 4–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–3 4–1 2–3 3–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–1 2–2 2–3 0–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 Colchester United 4–2 0–1 2–4 2–4 0–1 0–2 4–3 4–3 1–1 3–1 4–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–0 3–1 3–3 0–3 0–4 1–4 Coventry City 5–2 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 4–0 4–1 2–2 1–1 4–4 2–1 3–2 3–0 1–1 5–1 4–1 1–2 0–1 Grimsby Town 3–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 5–2 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–3 6–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–5 3–1 3–1 0–2 1–0 3–2 4–2 4–1 3–1 1–3 Halifax Town 1–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 3–0 2–1 0–1 3–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 6–2 1–1 3–2 5–0 1–0 0–0 Hull City 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 3–3 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–3 4–2 5–1 3–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–0 2–3 4–2 2–1 3–2 Newport County 2–3 2–0 1–0 0–1 4–1 0–0 5–1 3–2 3–3 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–1 1–3 5–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–0 4–2 5–1 Notts County 5–1 3–2 2–1 0–0 3–0 0–3 1–0 4–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 6–0 2–2 2–1 4–2 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 4–1 3–1 3–1 Port Vale 2–0 3–0 2–4 3–2 1–1 4–3 7–1 3–0 3–1 3–2 2–3 4–1 3–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 4–1 4–0 4–1 0–3 5–0 1–1 3–0 Queens Park Rangers 4–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 3–2 2–1 2–0 5–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 5–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–3 9–2 1–0 2–1 Reading 0–1 4–3 3–1 4–0 1–1 1–3 2–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–4 2–3 2–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 5–1 1–2 3–2 1–1 Shrewsbury Town 1–2 2–1 2–0 3–0 4–2 2–1 4–2 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 5–0 4–0 1–1 4–1 6–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 Southend 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–1 2–1 4–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 4–2 3–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 3–2 1–2 1–2 6–1 Swindon Town 1–0 0–1 4–0 1–1 3–1 4–0 2–0 0–2 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 6–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 Torquay United 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–6 4–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 5–2 3–0 2–2 Tranmere 2–1 4–3 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–7 1–1 7–2 2–0 3–6 6–2 1–0 2–4 2–3 3–3 1–2 1–1 4–2 2–1 2–2 2–2 1–4 0–2 Walsall 1–0 2–0 4–0 4–0 4–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 6–2 4–3 2–2 3–2 5–1 2–1 3–0 3–1 5–2 Watford 1–2 0–1 2–2 6–1 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 7–2 2–0 4–3 2–2 4–1 2–2 0–0 0–3 2–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–0 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1960–1961 Greater London 51.486 -0.31 right Greater London 51.509 -0.232 right Greater London 51.650 -0.401 right Brentford Queens Park Rangers Watford England none 400 Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1960–1961 England 53.55 -1.48 right England 50.73 -1.84 right England 53.82 -1.73 right England 51.486 -0.32 right England 51.42 -2.59 right England 53.58 -2.295 right England 53.24 -1.43 right England 51.89 0.90 right England 52.41 -1.51 right England 53.56 -0.068 right England 53.72 -1.86 right England 53.74 -0.33 right England 51.59 -3.00 right England 52.94 -1.137 right England 53.06 -2.21 right England 51.51 -0.23 right England 51.41 -0.97 right England 52.71 -2.75 right England 51.55 0.70 right England 51.56 -1.77 right England 50.48 -3.52 right England 53.37 -3.04 right England 52.58 -1.98 right England 51.65 -0.40 right Barnsley Bournemouth Bradford C. Brentford Bristol City Bury Chesterfield Colchester Coventry Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hull Newport County Notts County Port Vale QPR Reading Shrewsbury Southend Swindon Torquay Tranmere Walsall Watford Fourth Division Football LeagueFourth Division 1960–61 Peterborough United (1st title) Promoted Bradford Park Avenue,Crystal Palace,Northampton Town Failed re-election none New Club in League Peterborough United Terry Bly (Peterborough United), 52 552 1810 1959–60 1961–62 main WDL Fourth Division 5 2 y PR PET Peterborough United CRY Crystal Palace NOR Northampton Town BPA Bradford (Park Avenue) YOR York City MIL Millwall DAR Darlington WRK Workington CRE Crewe Alexandra ALD Aldershot DON Doncaster Rovers OLD Oldham Athletic STP Stockport County SOU Southport GIL Gillingham WRE Wrexham ROC Rochdale ACC Accrington Stanley CRL Carlisle United MAN Mansfield Town EXE Exeter City BRW Barrow HAR Hartlepools United CHE Chester 28 10 8 134 65 29 6 11 110 69 25 10 11 90 62 26 8 12 84 74 21 9 16 80 60 21 8 17 97 86 18 13 15 78 70 21 7 18 74 76 20 9 17 61 67 18 9 19 79 69 19 7 20 76 78 19 7 20 79 88 18 9 19 57 66 19 6 21 69 67 15 13 18 64 66 17 8 21 62 56 17 8 21 60 66 16 8 22 74 88 13 13 20 61 79 16 6 24 71 78 14 10 22 66 94 13 11 22 52 79 12 8 26 71 103 11 9 26 61 104 CP P P P green1 Promotion to the Third Division P P P P red2 Re-elected REE REE REE REE complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey ACC ALD BRW BPA CRL CHE CRE CRY DAR DON EXE GIL HAR MAN MIL NOR OLD PET ROC SOU STP WRK WRE YOR Accrington Stanley 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–3 2–3 2–2 2–2 0–1 3–0 3–0 1–4 3–3 3–2 5–1 3–2 2–0 2–1 4–1 1–2 0–3 2–0 Aldershot 3–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–2 5–0 2–1 1–3 5–0 3–1 0–1 4–0 2–0 0–2 2–2 4–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 0–0 6–1 Barrow 1–1 2–0 5–0 0–2 3–0 3–4 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 0–4 1–1 1–1 Bradford (Park Avenue) 2–2 1–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 5–2 0–0 1–3 2–1 2–1 1–3 5–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–2 4–0 3–1 3–3 Carlisle United 3–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 3–1 0–1 2–0 4–4 2–1 2–2 1–3 2–2 3–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–3 1–2 1–0 1–4 2–4 1–0 1–1 Chester 2–3 2–0 0–0 3–1 3–2 0–0 3–0 0–3 1–2 4–4 2–2 1–2 3–3 1–4 0–2 3–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 Crewe Alexandra 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 5–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 2–2 0–2 2–1 3–1 3–0 0–1 4–1 1–2 2–1 1–5 Crystal Palace 9–2 2–1 4–2 4–1 1–1 5–1 0–0 3–2 5–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 4–1 0–2 2–3 2–1 0–2 4–1 5–0 2–1 4–2 3–2 1–0 Darlington 3–2 2–2 2–3 0–0 0–0 5–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 4–0 3–2 5–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 Doncaster Rovers 1–0 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 6–0 1–5 4–0 2–1 2–3 5–3 2–3 3–0 0–2 2–1 1–2 3–2 0–1 3–1 3–4 3–1 0–2 Exeter City 2–4 1–0 2–2 4–2 0–0 4–1 0–1 2–3 1–3 2–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–3 1–3 3–0 3–4 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 Gillingham 2–1 5–2 2–2 3–4 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 4–2 5–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 2–3 4–4 0–0 2–0 1–1 4–2 0–3 3–2 Hartlepool 4–1 3–1 0–2 2–4 0–1 4–4 1–2 2–4 5–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–2 2–2 4–2 5–1 0–2 2–0 1–5 0–2 4–1 0–0 1–3 Mansfield Town 0–0 2–0 5–1 1–2 1–3 3–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–3 1–0 2–1 5–1 4–2 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–2 2–2 2–0 0–3 1–3 Millwall 2–2 2–2 3–0 5–1 4–2 5–1 2–3 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–2 5–2 3–0 3–1 0–1 4–3 4–1 3–1 3–0 0–3 2–0 3–2 Northampton Town 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 3–2 4–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 3–1 3–1 3–3 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–3 5–1 3–1 4–2 3–2 3–0 3–0 Oldham Athletic 5–2 0–2 3–1 4–0 5–2 4–1 1–0 4–3 3–3 1–1 5–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–3 1–2 1–1 0–2 3–2 3–0 3–5 0–2 3–1 Peterborough United 3–0 7–1 6–2 3–1 5–0 6–0 4–1 4–1 5–1 6–2 7–1 2–0 3–2 2–1 4–2 3–3 2–2 4–3 3–4 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 Rochdale 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–3 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 4–0 1–2 4–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 Southport 3–0 1–1 4–1 2–3 3–0 1–2 2–0 3–3 1–4 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 4–1 2–0 2–0 3–3 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–2 Stockport County 0–3 2–0 1–0 2–3 2–0 1–1 0–1 5–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–6 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 Workington 2–1 0–4 3–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–3 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–3 2–2 3–0 1–1 0–3 3–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 Wrexham 3–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 3–1 2–2 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–2 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–3 2–1 4–0 York City 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 4–0 2–0 3–1 0–2 4–1 1–1 6–1 0–0 4–0 3–2 3–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Fourth Division London teams 1960–1961 Greater London 51.398 -0.085 right Greater London 51.481 -0.048 right Crystal Palace Millwall England none 400 Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1960–1961 England 53.75 -2.36 right England 51.25 -0.75 right England 54.11 -3.23 right England 53.76 -1.78 right England 54.90 -2.91 right England 53.19 -2.89 right England 53.10 -2.44 right England 51.40 -0.085 right England 54.53 -1.55 right England 53.52 -1.133 right England 50.72 -3.53 right England 51.38 0.55 right England 54.69 -1.21 right England 53.14 -1.20 right England 51.48 -0.048 right England 52.24 -0.90 right England 53.54 -2.12 right England 52.58 -0.25 right England 53.61 -2.16 right England 53.65 -3.01 right England 53.41 -2.16 right England 54.64 -3.55 right England 53.03 -2.98 right England 53.96 -1.08 right Accrington Stanley Aldershot Barrow Bradford Park Avenue Carlisle United Chester Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Darlington Doncaster Exeter City Gillingham Hartlepool Mansfield Town Millwall Northampton Town Oldham Peterborough Rochdale Southport Stockport Workington Wrexham York City Television This season saw the first ever live television coverage of a Football League game, when ITV broadcast the second half of Blackpool versus Bolton Wanderers on September 10, 1960, with commentary from Peter Lloyd and Billy WrightSeptember 12, 1960 TV Makes Pitch 200 Yards Wide! Frank McGhee Daily Mirror 25https://www.thesportsman.com/features/why-did-itv-fail-in-its-bid-to-bring-us-live-saturday-night-football-in-the-1960s Saturday Night Live: Remembering ITV's Failed Football Experiment Crist Matthew September 19, 2019 The Sportsman April 8, 2021 Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1961.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk July 31, 2026 Division One No. Club Average ± Highest Lowest 1 Tottenham Hotspur FC 53,124 10.8% 65,251 35,743 2 Everton FC 43,448 6.5% 74,867 27,579 3 Manchester United 37,888 -19.9% 65,535 23,188 4 Arsenal FC 34,318 -12.8% 59,868 20,010 5 Aston Villa FC 33,599 -1.9% 50,786 15,732 6 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 30,885 -14.8% 52,829 23,192 7 Chelsea FC 30,156 -23.5% 57,103 19,568 8 Manchester City FC 29,409 -17.5% 50,479 18,252 9 Sheffield Wednesday FC 29,229 -8.8% 53,988 20,462 10 Newcastle United FC 26,500 -26.5% 51,369 16,107 11 Birmingham City FC 25,775 -4.8% 41,656 15,015 12 West Bromwich Albion FC 24,710 -10.0% 41,903 15,099 13 Nottingham Forest FC 24,668 -7.7% 37,248 15,118 14 Leicester City FC 24,056 -5.3% 32,042 16,920 15 Burnley FC 23,827 -11.7% 44,232 11,609 16 Cardiff City FC 23,390 -3.3% 45,463 9,549 17 Fulham FC 23,014 -24.0% 38,536 13,139 18 West Ham United FC 21,948 -23.1% 34,351 13,967 19 Bolton Wanderers FC 21,670 -16.6% 41,565 11,534 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 19,344 -29.1% 29,236 12,746 21 Blackpool FC 18,715 -14.1% 30,835 8,752 22 Preston North End FC 16,804 -31.6% 25,604 7,667 Division Two No. Club Average ± Highest Lowest 1 Liverpool FC 29,608 -2.2% 43,041 13,389 2 Sunderland AFC 26,051 14.1% 53,254 14,635 3 Norwich City FC 24,461 -7.4% 32,619 18,756 4 Southampton FC 18,665 3.4% 28,845 7,016 5 Sheffield United FC 18,487 2.5% 35,057 12,602 6 Plymouth Argyle FC 17,613 -13.6% 24,873 9,879 7 Middlesbrough FC 15,859 -37.9% 27,458 8,736 8 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 15,522 -15.3% 20,646 9,017 9 Ipswich Town FC 15,095 9.6% 23,321 9,803 10 Portsmouth FC 15,028 -7.0% 31,059 7,272 11 Bristol Rovers FC 14,888 -19.5% 20,093 10,145 12 Derby County FC 14,094 -10.9% 21,608 8,841 13 Leeds United FC 13,443 -38.6% 22,146 6,975 14 Huddersfield Town AFC 13,434 -9.1% 18,938 5,860 15 Luton Town FC 12,574 -26.3% 22,252 7,149 16 Swansea City AFC 12,084 -15.8% 18,239 7,680 17 Charlton Athletic FC 11,102 -29.2% 15,622 6,608 18 Leyton Orient FC 10,539 -20.5% 14,798 5,793 19 Rotherham United FC 9,549 -25.8% 19,549 6,284 20 Stoke City FC 9,252 -36.2% 14,691 4,463 21 Scunthorpe United FC 9,187 -17.3% 13,852 5,762 22 Lincoln City FC 7,429 -30.8% 10,859 3,996 Division Three No. Club Average ± Highest Lowest 1 Watford FC 12,599 4.9% 17,883 7,089 2 Coventry City FC 11,996 -26.6% 18,793 7,422 3 Notts County FC 11,974 -13.4% 26,759 3,933 4 Bristol City FC 11,488 -35.3% 16,550 7,796 5 Swindon Town FC 11,044 8.0% 16,618 8,666 6 Walsall FC 10,657 -4.5% 16,446 6,238 7 Bury FC 10,207 -4.0% 14,701 5,861 8 Queens Park Rangers FC 9,958 -3.2% 15,391 4,921 9 Port Vale FC 9,702 -9.6% 15,504 4,068 10 Tranmere Rovers 9,460 -5.1% 15,357 5,584 11 Grimsby Town FC 9,295 -11.8% 14,779 3,852 12 Hull City AFC 8,434 -45.6% 14,252 3,950 13 Southend United FC 8,100 -21.5% 11,540 5,296 14 Shrewsbury Town FC 8,025 -10.8% 18,917 5,574 15 AFC Bournemouth 7,808 -24.9% 12,222 4,353 16 Reading FC 7,692 -32.9% 15,058 4,945 17 Bradford City AFC 7,447 -26.7% 11,450 4,187 18 Brentford FC 7,392 -37.9% 16,673 3,503 19 Barnsley FC 6,489 2.7% 15,461 3,210 20 Torquay United FC 6,153 -9.7% 9,175 4,144 21 Halifax Town AFC 5,548 -18.0% 9,678 3,203 22 Newport County AFC 5,439 -12.9% 9,233 2,785 23 Chesterfield FC 5,180 -21.3% 12,079 3,099 24 Colchester United FC 4,962 -36.5% 7,194 3,141 Division Four No. Club Average ± Highest Lowest 1 Crystal Palace FC 19,089 22.1% 37,774 11,161 2 Peterborough United FC 14,203 - 22,959 10,477 3 Oldham Athletic FC 12,644 155.1% 27,888 6,412 4 Northampton Town FC 10,682 28.6% 21,000 6,835 5 Millwall FC 9,703 -33.4% 18,252 6,335 6 Bradford Park Avenue AFC 9,209 43.9% 20,461 4,395 7 Crewe Alexandra FC 7,355 -7.6% 11,016 4,297 8 York City FC 6,900 -8.1% 11,768 4,271 9 Stockport County FC 6,506 -0.7% 11,374 3,549 10 Wrexham AFC 6,378 -32.8% 10,609 3,303 11 Aldershot Town FC 6,298 15.5% 12,387 3,826 12 Gillingham FC 6,005 -3.6% 12,048 3,154 13 Darlington FC 5,894 26.7% 9,325 2,417 14 Exeter City FC 5,178 -30.2% 10,412 3,042 15 Mansfield Town FC 4,936 -31.3% 11,384 2,338 16 Chester City FC 4,893 -9.7% 9,750 2,466 17 Doncaster Rovers FC 4,755 -9.4% 9,664 2,584 18 Southport FC 4,648 30.5% 7,398 2,770 19 Carlisle United FC 4,446 -16.0% 9,261 2,422 20 Barrow AFC 4,299 -23.4% 7,009 1,730 21 Hartlepool United FC 4,091 12.2% 10,784 2,332 22 Rochdale AFC 3,929 -14.6% 7,353 2,173 23 Accrington Stanley FC 3,530 -14.5% 5,736 1,758 24 Workington AFC 3,210 -25.5% 6,538 1,750 See also 1960-61 in English football 1960 in association football 1961 in association football References Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. 1960–61 League