1960–61 Football League First Division

Football League First Division

Season	1960–61
Champions	Tottenham Hotspur (2nd English title)
Relegated	Newcastle United Preston North End
1961–62 European Cup	Tottenham Hotspur
FA Cup winners	Tottenham Hotspur (3rd FA Cup title)
1961–62 European Cup Winners' Cup	Leicester City (FA Cup runners up)
1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Birmingham City
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,724 (3.73 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Greaves (Chelsea), 41
← 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.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts
1	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	3	3	65	28	16	1	4	50	27	2.091	66
2	Sheffield Wednesday	42	15	4	2	45	17	8	8	5	33	30	1.660	58
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	17	2	2	61	32	8	5	8	42	43	1.373	57
4	Burnley	42	11	4	6	58	40	11	3	7	44	37	1.325	51
5	Everton	42	13	4	4	47	23	9	2	10	40	46	1.261	50
6	Leicester City	42	12	4	5	54	31	6	5	10	33	39	1.243	45
7	Manchester United	42	14	5	2	58	20	4	4	13	30	56	1.158	45
8	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	3	6	48	34	3	10	8	29	42	1.013	43
9	Aston Villa	42	13	3	5	48	28	4	6	11	30	49	1.013	43
10	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	3	8	43	32	8	2	11	24	39	0.944	41
11	Arsenal	42	12	3	6	44	35	3	8	10	33	50	0.906	41
12	Chelsea	42	10	5	6	61	48	5	2	14	37	52	0.980	37
13	Manchester City	42	10	5	6	41	30	3	6	12	38	60	0.878	37
14	Nottingham Forest	42	8	7	6	34	33	6	2	13	28	45	0.795	37
15	Cardiff City	42	11	5	5	34	26	2	6	13	26	59	0.706	37
16	West Ham United	42	12	4	5	53	31	1	6	14	24	57	0.875	36
17	Fulham	42	8	8	5	39	39	6	0	15	33	56	0.758	36
18	Bolton Wanderers	42	9	5	7	38	29	3	6	12	20	44	0.795	35
19	Birmingham City	42	10	4	7	35	31	4	2	15	27	53	0.738	34
20	Blackpool	42	9	3	9	44	34	3	6	12	24	39	0.932	33
21	Newcastle United	42	7	7	7	51	49	4	3	14	35	60	0.789	32
22	Preston North End	42	7	6	8	28	25	3	4	14	15	46	0.606	30

Source:

Key
	League Champions, qualified for European Cup
	FA Cup runners-up, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
	League Cup Winners
	Relegated

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.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jimmy Greaves	Tottenham	41
2	David Herd	Arsenal	29
=	Gerry Hitchens	Aston Villa	29
3	Bobby Smith	Tottenham Hotspur	28
=	Len White	Newcastle United	28
=	Ted Farmer	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28
4	Ray Charnley	Blackpool	27
5	Jimmy Robson	Burnley	24

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