62nd season of the Football League
Football league season
The 1960–61 season was the 62nd completed season of The Football League.
First Division
Football league season
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ 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
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.
Maps
Locations of the
Football League First Division London teams 1960–1961Locations of the
Football League First Division 1960–1961 teamsSecond Division
Football league season
Source:
[citation needed]Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions;
(P) Promoted;
(R) Relegated
Results
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.
Maps
Locations of the
Football League Second Division London teams 1960–1961Locations of the
Football League Second Division 1960–1961 teamsThird Division
Football league season
Results
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.
Maps
Locations of the
Football League Third Division London teams 1960–1961
Bury
Hull
QPR
Locations of the
Football League Third Division teams 1960–1961Fourth Division
Football league season
Source: rsssf.com
Notes:
Results
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.
Maps
Locations of the
Football League Fourth Division London teams 1960–1961Locations of the
Football League Fourth Division teams 1960–1961Television
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[2][3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ^ McGhee, Frank (September 12, 1960). "TV Makes Pitch 200 Yards Wide!". Daily Mirror. p. 25.
- ^ Crist, Matthew (September 19, 2019). "Saturday Night Live: Remembering ITV's Failed Football Experiment". The Sportsman. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
- Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.
