1960–61 Football League

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The Football League
Season	1960–61
Champions	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

First Division
Season	1960–61
Champions	Tottenham Hotspur 2nd English title
Relegated	Newcastle United Preston North End
European Cup	Tottenham Hotspur
Cup Winners' Cup	Leicester City
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Sheffield Wednesday Nottingham Forest Birmingham City
Matches	462
Goals	1,724 (3.73 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Greaves (41 goals)^[1]
← 1959–60 1961–62 →

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tottenham Hotspur (C)	42	31	4	7	115	55	2.091	66	Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2	Sheffield Wednesday	42	23	12	7	78	47	1.660	58	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	25	7	10	103	75	1.373	57
4	Burnley	42	22	7	13	102	77	1.325	51
5	Everton	42	22	6	14	87	69	1.261	50
6	Leicester City	42	18	9	15	87	70	1.243	45	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round^[a]
7	Manchester United	42	18	9	15	88	76	1.158	45
8	Blackburn Rovers	42	15	13	14	77	76	1.013	43
9	Aston Villa	42	17	9	16	78	77	1.013	43
10	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	5	19	67	71	0.944	41
11	Arsenal	42	15	11	16	77	85	0.906	41
12	Chelsea	42	15	7	20	98	100	0.980	37
13	Manchester City	42	13	11	18	79	90	0.878	37
14	Nottingham Forest	42	14	9	19	62	78	0.795	37	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
15	Cardiff City	42	13	11	18	60	85	0.706	37
16	West Ham United	42	13	10	19	77	88	0.875	36
17	Fulham	42	14	8	20	72	95	0.758	36
18	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	11	19	58	73	0.795	35
19	Birmingham City	42	14	6	22	62	84	0.738	34	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup second round
20	Blackpool	42	12	9	21	68	73	0.932	33
21	Newcastle United (R)	42	11	10	21	86	109	0.789	32	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Preston North End (R)	42	10	10	22	43	71	0.606	30	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

↑ 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.

Results

Home \ Away	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1960–1961

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Locations of the Football League First Division 1960–1961 teams

Second Division

Second Division
Season	1960–61
Champions	Ipswich Town
Promoted	Ipswich Town Sheffield United
Relegated	Portsmouth Lincoln City
Cup Winners' Cup	Swansea Town
Matches	462
Goals	1,609 (3.48 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ray Crawford (39 goals)^[1]
← 1959–60 1961–62 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ipswich Town (C, P)	42	26	7	9	100	55	1.818	59	Promotion to the First Division
2	Sheffield United (P)	42	26	6	10	81	51	1.588	58	Promotion to the First Division
3	Liverpool	42	21	10	11	87	58	1.500	52
4	Norwich City	42	20	9	13	70	53	1.321	49
5	Middlesbrough	42	18	12	12	83	74	1.122	48
6	Sunderland	42	17	13	12	75	60	1.250	47
7	Swansea Town	42	18	11	13	77	73	1.055	47	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round
8	Southampton	42	18	8	16	84	81	1.037	44
9	Scunthorpe United	42	14	15	13	69	64	1.078	43
10	Charlton Athletic	42	16	11	15	97	91	1.066	43
11	Plymouth Argyle	42	17	8	17	81	82	0.988	42
12	Derby County	42	15	10	17	80	80	1.000	40
13	Luton Town	42	15	9	18	71	79	0.899	39
14	Leeds United	42	14	10	18	75	83	0.904	38
15	Rotherham United	42	12	13	17	65	64	1.016	37
16	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	14	9	19	61	75	0.813	37
17	Bristol Rovers	42	15	7	20	73	92	0.793	37
18	Stoke City	42	12	12	18	51	59	0.864	36
19	Leyton Orient	42	14	8	20	55	78	0.705	36
20	Huddersfield Town	42	13	9	20	62	71	0.873	35
21	Portsmouth (R)	42	11	11	20	64	91	0.703	33	Relegation to the Third Division
22	Lincoln City (R)	42	8	8	26	48	95	0.505	24	Relegation to the Third Division

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	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

Maps

Charlton Athletic

Leyton Orient

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Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1960–1961

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1960–1961 teams

Third Division

Football League
Third Division
Season	1960–61
Champions	Bury (1st title)
Promoted	Walsall
Relegated	Bradford City, Chesterfield, Colchester United, Tranmere Rovers
Matches	552
Goals	1,842 (3.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	Tony Richards (Walsall), 36 ^[1]
← 1959–60 1961–62 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bury (C, P)	46	30	8	8	108	45	2.400	68	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Walsall (P)	46	28	6	12	98	60	1.633	62	Promotion to the Second Division
3	Queens Park Rangers	46	25	10	11	93	60	1.550	60
4	Watford	46	20	12	14	85	72	1.181	52
5	Notts County	46	21	9	16	82	77	1.065	51
6	Grimsby Town	46	20	10	16	77	69	1.116	50
7	Port Vale	46	17	15	14	96	79	1.215	49
8	Barnsley	46	21	7	18	83	80	1.038	49
9	Halifax Town	46	16	17	13	71	78	0.910	49
10	Shrewsbury Town	46	15	16	15	83	75	1.107	46
11	Hull City	46	17	12	17	73	73	1.000	46
12	Torquay United	46	14	17	15	75	83	0.904	45
13	Newport County	46	17	11	18	81	90	0.900	45
14	Bristol City	46	17	10	19	70	68	1.029	44
15	Coventry City	46	16	12	18	80	83	0.964	44
16	Swindon Town	46	14	15	17	62	55	1.127	43
17	Brentford	46	13	17	16	56	70	0.800	43
18	Reading	46	14	12	20	72	83	0.867	40
19	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	15	10	21	58	76	0.763	40
20	Southend United	46	14	11	21	60	76	0.789	39
21	Tranmere Rovers (R)	46	15	8	23	79	115	0.687	38	Relegation to the Fourth Division
22	Bradford City (R)	46	11	14	21	65	87	0.747	36
23	Colchester United (R)	46	11	11	24	68	101	0.673	33
24	Chesterfield (R)	46	10	12	24	67	87	0.770	32

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	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

Maps

Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1960–1961

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1960–1961

Fourth Division

Football League
Fourth Division
Season	1960–61
Champions	Peterborough United (1st title)
Promoted	Bradford Park Avenue, Crystal Palace, Northampton Town
Failed re-election	none
New Club in League	Peterborough United
Matches	552
Goals	1,810 (3.28 per match)
Top goalscorer	Terry Bly (Peterborough United), 52 ^[1]
← 1959–60 1961–62 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Peterborough United (C, P)	46	28	10	8	134	65	2.062	66	Promotion to the Third Division
2	Crystal Palace (P)	46	29	6	11	110	69	1.594	64
3	Northampton Town (P)	46	25	10	11	90	62	1.452	60
4	Bradford (Park Avenue) (P)	46	26	8	12	84	74	1.135	60
5	York City	46	21	9	16	80	60	1.333	51
6	Millwall	46	21	8	17	97	86	1.128	50
7	Darlington	46	18	13	15	78	70	1.114	49
8	Workington	46	21	7	18	74	76	0.974	49
9	Crewe Alexandra	46	20	9	17	61	67	0.910	49
10	Aldershot	46	18	9	19	79	69	1.145	45
11	Doncaster Rovers	46	19	7	20	76	78	0.974	45
12	Oldham Athletic	46	19	7	20	79	88	0.898	45
13	Stockport County	46	18	9	19	57	66	0.864	45
14	Southport	46	19	6	21	69	67	1.030	44
15	Gillingham	46	15	13	18	64	66	0.970	43
16	Wrexham	46	17	8	21	62	56	1.107	42
17	Rochdale	46	17	8	21	60	66	0.909	42
18	Accrington Stanley	46	16	8	22	74	88	0.841	40
19	Carlisle United	46	13	13	20	61	79	0.772	39
20	Mansfield Town	46	16	6	24	71	78	0.910	38
21	Exeter City	46	14	10	22	66	94	0.702	38	Re-elected
22	Barrow	46	13	11	22	52	79	0.658	37
23	Hartlepools United	46	12	8	26	71	103	0.689	32
24	Chester	46	11	9	26	61	104	0.587	31

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away	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

Maps

Crystal Palace

Millwall

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Locations of the Football League Fourth Division London teams 1960–1961

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1960–1961

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 Wright^[2]^[3]

Attendances

Source:^[4]

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

References

1 2 3 4 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
↑ McGhee, Frank (September 12, 1960). "TV Makes Pitch 200 Yards Wide!". Daily Mirror. p. 25.
↑ Crist, Matthew (September 19, 2019). "Saturday Night Live: Remembering ITV's Failed Football Experiment". The Sportsman. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
↑ https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1961.htm

Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.

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First Division	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
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Fourth Division	Accrington Stanley Aldershot Barrow Bradford Park Avenue Carlisle United Chester Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Hartlepools United Mansfield Town Millwall Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Rochdale Southport Stockport County Workington Wrexham York City

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Domestic leagues	Albania '60 '61 Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '60 '61 England Faroe Islands '60 '61 Finland '60 '61 France East Germany '60 West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '60 '61 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland '60 '61 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '60 '61 Spain Sweden '60 '61 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania '60 '61 Austria Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '60 '61 Finland '60 '61 France East Germany '60 West Germany Greece Iceland '60 '61 Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '60 '61 Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '61 Spain Switzerland Wales Yugoslavia
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Non-UEFA competitions	Cup Winners' Cup (Final) Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Balkans Cup Mitropa Cup

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See also

References