# 1961–62 Football League First Division

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1961-62 season.

## Overview

Ipswich Town won their only league title this season, notably being the only team in England to win the title in their first ever season in the top flight (not counting inaugural league champions Preston North End in 1888–89).

## League standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ipswich Town (C) | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 93 | 67 | 1.388 | 56 | Qualified for the European Cup |
| 2 | Burnley | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 101 | 67 | 1.507 | 53 | |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 88 | 69 | 1.275 | 52 | Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup |
| 4 | Everton | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 88 | 54 | 1.630 | 51 | Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| 5 | Sheffield United | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 61 | 69 | 0.884 | 47 | |
| 6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 72 | 58 | 1.241 | 46 | |
| 7 | Aston Villa | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 65 | 56 | 1.161 | 44 | |
| 8 | West Ham United | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 76 | 82 | 0.927 | 44 | |
| 9 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 83 | 67 | 1.239 | 43 | |
| 10 | Arsenal | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 71 | 72 | 0.986 | 43 | |
| 11 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 62 | 66 | 0.939 | 42 | |
| 12 | Manchester City | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 78 | 81 | 0.963 | 41 | |
| 13 | Blackpool | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 70 | 75 | 0.933 | 41 | |
| 14 | Leicester City | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 72 | 71 | 1.014 | 40 | |
| 15 | Manchester United | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 72 | 75 | 0.960 | 39 | |
| 16 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 50 | 58 | 0.862 | 39 | |
| 17 | Birmingham City | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 65 | 81 | 0.802 | 38 | |
| 18 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 73 | 86 | 0.849 | 36 | |
| 19 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 63 | 79 | 0.797 | 36 | |
| 20 | Fulham | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 66 | 74 | 0.892 | 33 | |
| 21 | Cardiff City (R) | 42 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 50 | 81 | 0.617 | 32 | Relegated to the Second Division |
| 22 | Chelsea (R) | 42 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 63 | 94 | 0.670 | 28 | Relegated to the Second Division |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ARS | AST | BIR | BLB | BLP | BOL | BUR | CAR | CHE | EVE | FUL | IPS | LEI | MCI | MUN | NOT | SHU | SHW | TOT | WBA | WHU | WOL |
| Arsenal | | 4–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 4–4 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 |
| Aston Villa | 3–1 | | 1–3 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 8–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 |
| Birmingham City | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–6 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–6 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 0–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Blackpool | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 7–2 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Burnley | 0–2 | 3–0 | 7–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 6–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 3–3 |
| Cardiff City | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 5–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 |
| Chelsea | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–5 |
| Everton | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 8–3 | 4–0 | | 3–0 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| Fulham | 5–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–5 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Ipswich Town | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 2–4 | | 1–0 | 2–4 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 3–2 |
| Leicester City | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–6 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Manchester City | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 6–2 | 3–1 | 3–5 | 2–2 |
| Manchester United | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | | 6–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Nottingham Forest | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–4 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| Sheffield United | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 5–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 4–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 4–0 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 7–1 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–4 | | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| West Ham United | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–3 | | 4–2 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–5 | 3–2 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Derek Kevan | West Bromwich Albion | 33 |
| = | Ray Crawford | Ipswich Town | 33 |
| 2 | Ray Charnley | Blackpool | 30 |
| 3 | Ted Phillips | Ipswich Town | 28 |
| 4 | Roy Vernon | Everton | 26 |
| 5 | Ray Pointer | Burnley | 25 |