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1961–62 Football League
63rd season of the Football League
63rd season of the Football League
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | The Football League |
| season | [1961–62](1961-62-in-english-football) |
| winners | Ipswich Town F.C |
| continentalcup1 | Resigned |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Accrington Stanley |
| prevseason | [1960–61](1960-61-football-league) |
| nextseason | [1962–63](1962-63-football-league) |
The 1961–62 season was the 63rd completed season of The Football League.
Final league tables
The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79, with home and away statistics separated.
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.
Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the bottom four teams of that division have been required to apply for re-election.
Match results are drawn from Rothmans for all divisions.
First Division
Main article: 1961–62 Football League First Division
1st English title Chelsea Ray Crawford (33 goals each)
Results
Maps
Arsenal Chelsea Fulham Tottenham West Ham
Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Burnley Cardiff City Chelsea Everton Fulham Ipswich Town Leicester City Manchester City Manchester United Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Tottenham West Bromwich Albion West Ham Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division
Leyton Orient Brighton & Hove Albion (41 goals)
Results
|name_B&HA=Brighton & Hove Albion |match_B&HA_BRR=1–0 |match_B&HA_BRY=0–2 |match_B&HA_CHA=2–2 |match_B&HA_DER=1–2 |match_B&HA_HUD=2–2 |match_B&HA_LEE=1–3 |match_B&HA_LEY=0–1 |match_B&HA_LIV=0–0 |match_B&HA_LUT=2–1 |match_B&HA_MID=2–0 |match_B&HA_NEW=0–4 |match_B&HA_NWC=2–1 |match_B&HA_PLY=3–2 |match_B&HA_PNE=0–0 |match_B&HA_ROT=0–3 |match_B&HA_SCU=0–3 |match_B&HA_SOU=0–0 |match_B&HA_STK=2–1 |match_B&HA_SUN=1–1 |match_B&HA_SWA=2–2 |match_B&HA_WAL=3–2
|match_BRR_B&HA=0–1
|match_BRY_B&HA=2–1
|match_CHA_B&HA=2–3
|match_DER_B&HA=2–0
|match_HUD_B&HA=2–0
|match_LEE_B&HA=1–1
|match_LEY_B&HA=4–1
|match_LIV_B&HA=3–1
|match_LUT_B&HA=2–1
|match_MID_B&HA=4–0
|match_NEW_B&HA=5–0
|match_NWC_B&HA=3–0
|match_PLY_B&HA=5–0
|match_PNE_B&HA=3–1
|match_ROT_B&HA=2–1
|match_SCU_B&HA=3–3
|match_SOU_B&HA=6–1
|match_STK_B&HA=0–1
|match_SUN_B&HA=0–0
|match_SWA_B&HA=3–0
|match_WAL_B&HA=2–2
Maps
Charlton Athletic Leyton Orient
Brighton & Hove Bristol Rovers Bury Charlton Derby County Huddersfield Leeds United Leyton Orient Liverpool Luton Town Middlesbrough Newcastle Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Rotherham Scunthorpe & Lindsey Southampton Stoke Sunderland Swansea Town Walsall
Third Division
Third Division Lincoln City, Newport County, Torquay United
|win_B&BA=21|draw_B&BA=17|loss_B&BA=8|gf_B&BA=69|ga_B&BA=45
Results
|match_BAR_B&BA=2–2
|name_B&BA=Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic |match_B&BA_BAR=5–0 |match_B&BA_BPA=2–2 |match_B&BA_BRE=1–1 |match_B&BA_BRI=2–1 |match_B&BA_COV=1–1 |match_B&BA_CRY=1–0 |match_B&BA_GRI=2–3 |match_B&BA_HAL=2–1 |match_B&BA_HUL=1–1 |match_B&BA_LIN=0–0 |match_B&BA_NPC=2–1 |match_B&BA_NOR=3–2 |match_B&BA_NTC=2–1 |match_B&BA_PET=1–1 |match_B&BA_POR=2–0 |match_B&BA_PTV=1–0 |match_B&BA_QPR=3–1 |match_B&BA_REA=1–0 |match_B&BA_SHR=0–0 |match_B&BA_STD=3–0 |match_B&BA_SWI=0–0 |match_B&BA_TOR=3–1 |match_B&BA_WAT=4–1
|match_BPA_B&BA=1–2
|match_BRE_B&BA=2–2
|match_BRI_B&BA=2–1
|match_COV_B&BA=0–1
|match_CRY_B&BA=0–0
|match_GRI_B&BA=3–0
|match_HAL_B&BA=3–1
|match_HUL_B&BA=2–1
|match_LIN_B&BA=0–2
|match_NPC_B&BA=0–1
|match_NOR_B&BA=0–3
|match_NTC_B&BA=3–2
|match_PET_B&BA=1–2
|match_POR_B&BA=1–1
|match_PTV_B&BA=1–0
|match_QPR_B&BA=1–1
|match_REA_B&BA=0–1
|match_SHR_B&BA=2–2
|match_STD_B&BA=0–0
|match_SWI_B&BA=1–1
|match_TOR_B&BA=2–1
|match_WAT_B&BA=0–0
Maps
Brentford Crystal Palace Queens Park Rangers
Barnsley Bournemouth Bradford Park Avenue Brentford Bristol City Crystal Palace Coventry Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hull Lincoln City Newport County Northampton Town Notts County Peterborough Portsmouth Port Vale QPR Reading Shrewsbury Southend Swindon Torquay Watford
Fourth Division
Fourth Division Colchester United, Wrexham
Results
- The game between Barrow and Gillingham on the 9th of October was abandoned after 76 minutes with Barrow winning 7-0 due to poor light. The result was allowed to stand - the match started late due to Gillingham having various transport problems getting to the stadium.
Maps
Millwall Watford
Accrington Stanley Aldershot Barrow Bradford City Carlisle United Chester Chesterfield Colchester Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Exeter City Gillingham Hartlepool Mansfield Town Millwall Oldham Rochdale Southport Stockport Tranmere Workington Wrexham York City
Attendances
Source:
Division One
| No. | Club | Average | ± | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 45,576 | -14.2% | 59,371 | 32,509 |
| 2 | Everton FC | 41,432 | -4.6% | 54,369 | 30,391 |
| 3 | Arsenal FC | 34,447 | 0.4% | 63,440 | 18,771 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 33,491 | -11.6% | 57,135 | 20,807 |
| 5 | Aston Villa FC | 32,056 | -4.6% | 49,892 | 22,174 |
| 6 | Sheffield Wednesday FC | 28,401 | -2.8% | 50,791 | 17,475 |
| 7 | Burnley FC | 27,125 | 13.8% | 46,810 | 21,526 |
| 8 | Chelsea FC | 27,013 | -10.4% | 51,282 | 12,404 |
| 9 | West Ham United FC | 25,733 | 17.2% | 36,274 | 18,213 |
| 10 | Manchester City FC | 25,626 | -12.9% | 49,959 | 15,971 |
| 11 | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC | 24,803 | -19.7% | 45,687 | 14,597 |
| 12 | Fulham FC | 24,401 | 6.0% | 43,355 | 12,639 |
| 13 | Birmingham City FC | 23,537 | -8.7% | 43,489 | 17,214 |
| 14 | Nottingham Forest FC | 23,517 | -4.7% | 40,875 | 17,419 |
| 15 | Ipswich Town FC | 22,863 | 51.5% | 30,649 | 16,587 |
| 16 | Sheffield United FC | 22,526 | 21.8% | 38,497 | 16,838 |
| 17 | West Bromwich Albion FC | 21,006 | -15.0% | 39,071 | 13,894 |
| 18 | Leicester City FC | 19,469 | -19.1% | 29,396 | 14,093 |
| 19 | Cardiff City FC | 19,294 | -17.5% | 33,606 | 8,608 |
| 20 | Blackpool FC | 18,618 | -0.5% | 31,660 | 10,641 |
| 21 | Bolton Wanderers FC | 17,519 | -19.2% | 34,366 | 11,231 |
| 22 | Blackburn Rovers FC | 15,906 | -17.8% | 33,914 | 8,876 |
Division Two
| No. | Club | Average | ± | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool FC | 39,223 | 32.5% | 52,517 | 29,957 |
| 2 | Sunderland AFC | 32,990 | 26.6% | 57,666 | 21,706 |
| 3 | Newcastle United FC | 27,946 | 5.5% | 53,991 | 18,775 |
| 4 | Norwich City FC | 20,241 | -17.3% | 31,304 | 14,206 |
| 5 | Derby County FC | 15,930 | 13.0% | 27,355 | 6,739 |
| 6 | Middlesbrough FC | 15,810 | -0.3% | 35,666 | 9,955 |
| 7 | Stoke City FC | 15,751 | 70.2% | 35,974 | 7,530 |
| 8 | Leyton Orient FC | 14,750 | 40.0% | 25,857 | 8,957 |
| 9 | Charlton Athletic FC | 14,211 | 28.0% | 29,298 | 7,861 |
| 10 | Plymouth Argyle FC | 13,989 | -20.6% | 20,531 | 8,734 |
| 11 | Southampton FC | 13,763 | -26.3% | 21,445 | 8,107 |
| 12 | Leeds United FC | 13,607 | 1.2% | 21,482 | 7,967 |
| 13 | Huddersfield Town AFC | 13,213 | -1.6% | 23,086 | 5,256 |
| 14 | Brighton & Hove Albion FC | 13,206 | -14.9% | 22,744 | 8,732 |
| 15 | Preston North End FC | 13,067 | -22.2% | 29,243 | 8,326 |
| 16 | Walsall FC | 12,703 | 19.2% | 25,453 | 7,173 |
| 17 | Swansea City AFC | 12,174 | 0.7% | 19,600 | 5,425 |
| 18 | Bristol Rovers FC | 12,096 | -18.8% | 18,705 | 8,845 |
| 19 | Luton Town FC | 10,525 | -16.3% | 15,380 | 6,123 |
| 20 | Bury FC | 10,518 | 3.0% | 21,432 | 4,908 |
| 21 | Scunthorpe United FC | 9,829 | 7.0% | 14,158 | 7,188 |
| 22 | Rotherham United FC | 9,550 | 0.0% | 15,657 | 3,492 |
Division Three
| No. | Club | Average | ± | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crystal Palace FC | 17,481 | -8.4% | 28,886 | 7,041 |
| 2 | Portsmouth FC | 16,652 | 10.8% | 22,654 | 11,546 |
| 3 | Bristol City FC | 12,447 | 8.3% | 22,124 | 6,674 |
| 4 | Peterborough United FC | 12,392 | -12.8% | 18,078 | 7,738 |
| 5 | AFC Bournemouth | 11,622 | 48.8% | 22,940 | 8,370 |
| 6 | Reading FC | 11,242 | 46.1% | 23,078 | 4,847 |
| 7 | Queens Park Rangers FC | 11,121 | 11.7% | 18,003 | 7,087 |
| 8 | Northampton Town FC | 10,899 | 2.0% | 17,324 | 7,563 |
| 9 | Watford FC | 10,609 | -15.8% | 20,889 | 4,961 |
| 10 | Coventry City FC | 10,256 | -14.5% | 19,922 | 5,907 |
| 11 | Swindon Town FC | 9,695 | -12.2% | 17,307 | 6,634 |
| 12 | Grimsby Town FC | 9,469 | 1.9% | 14,531 | 5,585 |
| 13 | Port Vale FC | 8,993 | -7.3% | 18,797 | 4,770 |
| 14 | Bradford Park Avenue AFC | 8,871 | -3.7% | 12,104 | 2,802 |
| 15 | Brentford FC | 8,483 | 14.8% | 18,127 | 3,583 |
| 16 | Notts County FC | 8,352 | -30.2% | 19,466 | 3,688 |
| 17 | Southend United FC | 7,922 | -2.2% | 13,049 | 4,415 |
| 18 | Hull City AFC | 6,887 | -18.3% | 14,376 | 3,237 |
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town FC | 6,591 | -17.9% | 12,547 | 3,880 |
| 20 | Barnsley FC | 6,100 | -6.0% | 10,818 | 2,371 |
| 21 | Lincoln City FC | 5,868 | -21.0% | 13,989 | 3,617 |
| 22 | Newport County AFC | 5,023 | -7.7% | 11,018 | 2,003 |
| 23 | Torquay United FC | 4,982 | -19.0% | 10,319 | 3,176 |
| 24 | Halifax Town AFC | 4,670 | -15.8% | 9,583 | 1,813 |
Division Four
| No. | Club | Average | ± | Highest | Lowest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Millwall FC | 11,762 | 21.2% | 19,666 | 8,856 |
| 2 | Wrexham AFC | 11,490 | 80.1% | 16,507 | 6,167 |
| 3 | Oldham Athletic FC | 11,324 | -10.4% | 17,029 | 4,641 |
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 8,079 | -14.6% | 14,831 | 3,720 |
| 5 | Mansfield Town FC | 7,264 | 47.2% | 12,428 | 3,291 |
| 6 | Carlisle United FC | 6,664 | 49.9% | 12,660 | 3,866 |
| 7 | York City FC | 6,590 | -4.5% | 9,767 | 4,473 |
| 8 | Bradford City AFC | 6,240 | -16.2% | 10,036 | 3,031 |
| 9 | Aldershot Town FC | 6,143 | -2.5% | 8,360 | 3,833 |
| 10 | Gillingham FC | 5,656 | -5.8% | 8,962 | 2,964 |
| 11 | Darlington FC | 5,602 | -5.0% | 9,004 | 2,289 |
| 12 | Chester City FC | 5,578 | 14.0% | 14,462 | 2,153 |
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra FC | 5,428 | -26.2% | 10,439 | 3,163 |
| 14 | Colchester United FC | 5,341 | 7.6% | 7,148 | 3,782 |
| 15 | Stockport County FC | 4,824 | -25.8% | 10,565 | 2,352 |
| 16 | Doncaster Rovers FC | 4,471 | -6.0% | 8,610 | 1,981 |
| 17 | Barrow AFC | 4,446 | 3.4% | 6,732 | 2,900 |
| 18 | Exeter City FC | 4,344 | -16.1% | 6,427 | 2,741 |
| 19 | Hartlepool United FC | 4,321 | 5.6% | 6,918 | 2,239 |
| 20 | Chesterfield FC | 4,237 | -18.2% | 10,939 | 2,509 |
| 21 | Southport FC | 4,233 | -8.9% | 6,438 | 2,889 |
| 22 | Rochdale AFC | 4,024 | 2.4% | 9,213 | 1,940 |
| 23 | Workington AFC | 3,392 | 5.7% | 5,914 | 2,000 |
| 24 | Accrington Stanley FC | 2,688 | -23.9% | 4,396 | 1,430 |
References
- Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
References
- "England 1961-62". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
- Ian Laschke: ''Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79''. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
- "English League Leading Goalscorers".
- (2010). "Football's Strangest Matches: Extraordinary but true stories from over a century of football". Portico.
- https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1962.htm
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