# 1960–61 Football League First Division

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. 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 | 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 | Relegated to the Second Division |
* ↑ 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 | |

## 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 |