1960–61 Football League First Division

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1960–61 season.

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 played	462
Goals scored	1,724 (3.73 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jimmy Greaves (41 goals)^[1]
← 1959–60 1961–62 →

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. Notably, this remains Preston's most recent season in the top flight.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tottenham Hotspur (C)	42	31	4	7	115	55	2.091	66	Qualified for the European Cup
2	Sheffield Wednesday	42	23	12	7	78	47	1.660	58	Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
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^[a]	42	18	9	15	87	70	1.243	45	Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
7	Manchester United	42	18	9	15	88	76	1.158	45
8	Aston Villa	42	17	9	16	78	77	1.013	43
9	Blackburn Rovers	42	15	13	14	77	76	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	Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
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	Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
20	Blackpool	42	12	9	21	68	73	0.932	33
21	Newcastle United (R)	42	11	10	21	86	109	0.789	32	Relegated to the Second Division
22	Preston North End (R)	42	10	10	22	43	71	0.606	30

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

1. 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.

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

1. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 October 2010.

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