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1960–61 Football League
62nd season of the Football League
62nd season of the Football League
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | The Football League |
| season | [1960–61](1960-61-in-english-football) |
| winners | Tottenham Hotspur |
| continentalcup1 | New Club in League |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Peterborough United |
| prevseason | [1959–60](1959-60-football-league) |
| nextseason | [1961–62](1961-62-football-league) |
The 1960–61 season was the 62nd completed season of The Football League.
First Division
Main article: 1960–61 Football League First Division
2nd English title Preston North End Nottingham Forest Birmingham City (41 goals)
Results
Maps
Arsenal Chelsea Fulham Tottenham West Ham
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
Sheffield United Lincoln City (39 goals)
Results
|name_B&HA=Brighton & Hove Albion |match_B&HA_BRR=6–1 |match_B&HA_CHA=3–5 |match_B&HA_DER=3–2 |match_B&HA_HUD=2–1 |match_B&HA_IPS=2–4 |match_B&HA_LEE=2–1 |match_B&HA_LEY=1–1 |match_B&HA_LIN=1–0 |match_B&HA_LIV=3–1 |match_B&HA_LUT=1–0 |match_B&HA_MID=0–1 |match_B&HA_NWC=2–2 |match_B&HA_PLY=2–0 |match_B&HA_POR=2–2 |match_B&HA_ROT=1–0 |match_B&HA_SCU=1–1 |match_B&HA_SHU=0–0 |match_B&HA_SOU=0–1 |match_B&HA_STK=0–1 |match_B&HA_SUN=1–2 |match_B&HA_SWA=0–0
|match_BRR_B&HA=0–1
|match_CHA_B&HA=3–1
|match_DER_B&HA=4–1
|match_HUD_B&HA=0–1
|match_IPS_B&HA=4–0
|match_LEE_B&HA=3–2
|match_LEY_B&HA=2–1
|match_LIN_B&HA=2–1
|match_LIV_B&HA=2–0
|match_LUT_B&HA=3–1
|match_MID_B&HA=2–2
|match_NWC_B&HA=2–2
|match_PLY_B&HA=1–2
|match_POR_B&HA=4–0
|match_ROT_B&HA=5–2
|match_SCU_B&HA=2–2
|match_SHU_B&HA=2–1
|match_SOU_B&HA=4–2
|match_STK_B&HA=0–2
|match_SUN_B&HA=2–1
|match_SWA_B&HA=2–3
- 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.
Maps
Charlton Athletic Leyton Orient
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
Third Division Chesterfield, Colchester United, Tranmere Rovers
|win_B&BA=15|draw_B&BA=10|loss_B&BA=21|gf_B&BA=58|ga_B&BA=76
Results
|match_BAR_B&BA=2–3
|name_B&BA=Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic |match_B&BA_BAR=1–2 |match_B&BA_BRA=2–2 |match_B&BA_BRE=0–1 |match_B&BA_BRI=2–2 |match_B&BA_BRY=0–3 |match_B&BA_CHF=1–0 |match_B&BA_COL=4–4 |match_B&BA_COV=2–1 |match_B&BA_GRI=2–1 |match_B&BA_HAL=1–2 |match_B&BA_HUL=2–2 |match_B&BA_NPC=2–2 |match_B&BA_NTC=1–3 |match_B&BA_PTV=1–1 |match_B&BA_QPR=1–0 |match_B&BA_REA=2–0 |match_B&BA_SHR=2–2 |match_B&BA_STD=3–2 |match_B&BA_SWI=2–1 |match_B&BA_TOR=1–3 |match_B&BA_TRA=2–1 |match_B&BA_WAL=0–3 |match_B&BA_WAT=0–1
|match_BRA_B&BA=3–1
|match_BRE_B&BA=2–2
|match_BRI_B&BA=1–0
|match_BRY_B&BA=1–1
|match_CHF_B&BA=0–1
|match_COL_B&BA=0–1
|match_COV_B&BA=1–0
|match_GRI_B&BA=0–1
|match_HAL_B&BA=2–1
|match_HUL_B&BA=2–0
|match_NPC_B&BA=2–0
|match_NTC_B&BA=3–2
|match_PTV_B&BA=3–0
|match_QPR_B&BA=3–1
|match_REA_B&BA=4–3
|match_SHR_B&BA=2–1
|match_STD_B&BA=0–0
|match_SWI_B&BA=0–1
|match_TOR_B&BA=0–1
|match_TRA_B&BA=4–3
|match_WAL_B&BA=2–0
|match_WAT_B&BA=0–1
Maps
Brentford Queens Park Rangers Watford
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
Fourth Division Crystal Palace, Northampton Town
Results
Maps
Crystal Palace Millwall
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 Wright
Attendances
Source:
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 |
References
- Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.
References
- "English League Leading Goalscorers".
- (2010). "Football's Strangest Matches: Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of football". Portico.
- McGhee, Frank. (September 12, 1960). "TV Makes Pitch 200 Yards Wide!". [[Daily Mirror]].
- Crist, Matthew. (September 19, 2019). "Saturday Night Live: Remembering ITV's Failed Football Experiment".
- https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1961.htm
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