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
European Cup 1961–62	Tottenham Hotspur
FA Cup winners	Tottenham Hotspur (3rd FA Cup title)
European Cup Winners' Cup 1961–62	Leicester City (FA Cup runners up)
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1960-61	Birmingham City
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1724 (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 that season and to date, this remains their last league title.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD		Pts
1	Tottenham Hotspur	42		15	3	3	65	28		16	1	4	50	27		115	55	2.091	+ 60		66
2	Sheffield Wednesday	42		15	4	2	45	17		8	8	5	33	30		78	47	1.660	+ 31		58
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42		17	2	2	61	32		8	5	8	42	43		103	75	1.373	+ 28		57
4	Burnley	42		11	4	6	58	40		11	3	7	44	37		102	77	1.325	+ 25		51
5	Everton	42		13	4	4	47	23		9	2	10	40	46		87	69	1.261	+ 18		50
6	Leicester City	42		12	4	5	54	31		6	5	10	33	39		87	70	1.243	+ 3		45
7	Manchester United	42		14	5	2	58	20		4	4	13	30	56		88	76	1.158	+ 12		45
8	Blackburn Rovers	42		12	3	6	48	34		3	10	8	29	42		77	76	1.013	+ 1		43
9	Aston Villa	42		13	3	5	48	28		4	6	11	30	49		78	77	1.013	+ 1		43
10	West Bromwich Albion	42		10	3	8	43	32		8	2	11	24	39		67	71	0.944	– 4		41
11	Arsenal	42		12	3	6	44	35		3	8	10	33	50		77	85	0.906	– 8		41
12	Chelsea	42		10	5	6	61	48		5	2	14	37	52		98	100	0.980	– 2		37
13	Manchester City	42		10	5	6	41	30		3	6	12	38	60		79	90	0.878	– 11		37
14	Nottingham Forest	42		8	7	6	34	33		6	2	13	28	45		62	78	0.795	– 16		37
15	Cardiff City	42		11	5	5	34	26		2	6	13	26	59		60	85	0.706	– 25		37
16	West Ham United	42		12	4	5	53	31		1	6	14	24	57		77	88	0.875	– 11		36
17	Fulham	42		8	8	5	39	39		6	0	15	33	56		72	95	0.758	– 23		36
18	Bolton Wanderers	42		9	5	7	38	29		3	6	12	20	44		58	73	0.795	– 15		35
19	Birmingham City	42		10	4	7	35	31		4	2	15	27	53		62	84	0.738	– 22		34
20	Blackpool	42		9	3	9	44	34		3	6	12	24	39		68	73	0.932	– 5		33
21	Newcastle United	42		7	7	7	51	49		4	3	14	35	60		86	109	0.789	– 23		32
22	Preston North End	42		7	6	8	28	25		3	4	14	15	46		43	71	0.606	– 28		30

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

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

First Division 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

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jimmy Greaves	Chelsea	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

References

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