# Third Division 1961-1962

La Third Division 1961-1962 è stato il 35º campionato inglese di calcio di terza divisione.

## Squadre partecipanti

| Squadra | Città | Stadio | Stagione precedente |
| Barnsley | Barnsley | Oakwell | 8º posto in Third Division |
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | Bournemouth | Dean Court | 19º posto in Third Division |
| Bradford Park Avenue | Bradford | Park Avenue | 4º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Brentford | Londra (Hounslow) | Griffin Park | 17º posto in Third Division |
| Bristol City | Bristol | Ashton Gate | 13º posto in Third Division |
| Coventry City | Coventry | Highfield Road | 15º posto in Third Division |
| Crystal Palace | Londra (Croydon) | Selhurst Park | 2º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Grimsby Town | Grimsby | Blundell Park | 6º posto in Third Division |
| Halifax Town | Halifax | The Shay | 9º posto in Third Division |
| Hull City | Kingston upon Hull | Boothferry Park | 11º posto in Third Division |
| Lincoln City | Lincoln | Sincil Bank | 22º posto in Second Division, retrocesso |
| Newport County | Newport | Somerton Park | 13º posto in Third Division |
| Northampton Town | Northampton | County Ground | 3º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Notts County | Nottingham | Meadow Lane | 5º posto in Third Division |
| Peterborough United | Peterborough | London Road | 1º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Portsmouth | Portsmouth | Fratton Park | 21º posto in Second Division, retrocesso |
| Port Vale | Stoke on Trent (Burslem) | Vale Park | 7º posto in Third Division |
| Queens Park Rangers | Londra (Hammersmith and Fulham) | Loftus Road | 3º posto in Third Division |
| Reading | Reading | Elm Park | 18º posto in Third Division |
| Shrewsbury Town | Shrewsbury | Gay Meadow | 10º posto in Third Division |
| Southend United | Southend on Sea | Roots Hall | 20º posto in Third Division |
| Swindon Town | Swindon | County Ground | 16º posto in Third Division |
| Torquay United | Torquay | Plainmoor | 12º posto in Third Division |
| Watford | Watford | Vicarage Road | 4º posto in Third Division |

## Classifica finale

| Pos. | Squadra | Pt | G | V | N | P | GF | GS | QR |
| 1 | Portsmouth | 65 | 46 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 87 | 47 | 1.851 |
| 2 | Grimsby Town | 62 | 46 | 28 | 6 | 12 | 80 | 56 | 1.429 |
| 3 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 59 | 46 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 69 | 45 | 1.533 |
| 4 | QPR | 59 | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 111 | 73 | 1.521 |
| 5 | Peterborough Utd | 58 | 46 | 26 | 6 | 14 | 107 | 82 | 1.305 |
| 6 | Bristol City | 54 | 46 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 94 | 72 | 1.306 |
| 7 | Reading | 53 | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 77 | 66 | 1.167 |
| 8 | Northampton Town | 51 | 46 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 85 | 57 | 1.491 |
| 9 | Swindon Town | 49 | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 78 | 71 | 1.099 |
| 10 | Hull City | 48 | 46 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 67 | 54 | 1.241 |
| 11 | Bradford PA | 47 | 46 | 20 | 7 | 19 | 80 | 78 | 1.026 |
| 12 | Port Vale | 45 | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 65 | 58 | 1.121 |
| 13 | Notts County | 43 | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 67 | 74 | 0.905 |
| 14 | Coventry City | 43 | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 64 | 71 | 0.901 |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 83 | 80 | 1.038 |
| 16 | Southend Utd | 42 | 46 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 57 | 69 | 0.826 |
| 17 | Watford | 41 | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 63 | 74 | 0.851 |
| 18 | Halifax Town | 40 | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 62 | 84 | 0.738 |
| 19 | Shrewsbury Town | 38 | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 73 | 84 | 0.869 |
| 20 | Barnsley | 38 | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 71 | 95 | 0.747 |
| 21 | Torquay Utd | 36 | 46 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 76 | 100 | 0.760 |
| 22 | Lincoln City | 35 | 46 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 57 | 87 | 0.655 |
| 23 | Brentford | 34 | 46 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 53 | 93 | 0.570 |
| 24 | Newport County | 22 | 46 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 46 | 102 | 0.451 |
Legenda:
    Promosso in Second Division 1962-1963.
    Retrocesso in Fourth Division 1962-1963.
Regolamento:
    Due punti a vittoria, uno a pareggio, zero a sconfitta.
    A parità di punti le squadre venivano classificate secondo il quoziente reti.

## Risultati
### Tabellone

| | BAR | BOU | BPA | BRE | BRC | COV | CRY | GRY | HAL | HUC | LIN | NPC | NHT | NOC | PET | POR | PVA | QPR | REA | SHR | SEU | SWI | TOR | WAT |
| Barnsley | | 2-2 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 7-3 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 2-0 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 6-2 | 4-2 | 3-0 |
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 5-0 | | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-3 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 4-1 |
| Bradford Park Avenue | 3-2 | 1-2 | | 1-2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 6-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 3-3 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 1-1 |
| Brentford | 1-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | | 0-2 | 2-1 | 4-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 3-1 |
| Bristol City | 0-0 | 2-1 | 6-1 | 3-0 | | 3-2 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 6-0 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 5-0 | 0-1 | 3-2 | 5-3 | 4-1 | 2-1 |
| Coventry City | 1-1 | 0-1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | | 0-2 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 1-0 | 4-1 | 3-3 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 1-0 |
| Crystal Palace | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 2-2 | | 4-1 | 4-3 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 1-4 | 4-1 | 5-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3-4 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 7-2 | 1-1 |
| Grimsby Town | 4-0 | 3-0 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | | 3-0 | 1-0 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 2- | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 5-3 |
| Halifax Town | 3-1 | 3-1 | 2-3 | 1-0 | 3-4 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 3-3 | | 2-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 |
| Hull City | 4-0 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 3-0 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 2-4 | 2-1 | 1-2 | | 1-0 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 4-0 | 1-0 |
| Lincoln City | 2-2 | 0-2 | 3-2 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-3 | | 3-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-5 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| Newport County | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 6-1 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 4-0 | | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-3 | 0-5 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| Northampton Town | 3-1 | 0-3 | 2-0 | 5-0 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 7-0 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 5-0 | | 1-2 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-0 |
| Notts County | 0-2 | 3-2 | 4-2 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 8-1 | 1-4 | | 2-2 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 |
| Peterborough United | 4-2 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 6-0 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 4-1 | 2-1 | 5-1 | 3-2 | 5-4 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 2-0 | | 0-1 | 1-3 | 5-1 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 4-1 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 4-3 |
| Portsmouth | 3-2 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 4-0 | 5-0 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-3 | | 1-0 | 4-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 2-1 |
| Port Vale | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 3-0 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-3 | | 2-3 | 2-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 1-3 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 3-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 6-2 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 2-1 | | 3-6 | 3-1 | 5-3 | 6-1 | 6-0 | 1-2 |
| Reading | 0-0 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 4-0 | 2-2 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 4-2 | 3-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 | | 3-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 3-2 |
| Shrewsbury Town | 4-1 | 2-2 | 4-1 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 1-3 | 3-0 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 1-2 | 4-1 | | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 5-1 |
| Southend United | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 4-1 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 1-1 | | 0-2 | 2-1 | 0-1 |
| Swindon Town | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 5-2 | 0-4 | 3-3 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 6-0 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | | 0-1 | 3-1 |
| Torquay United | 6-2 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 4-2 | 3:4 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 3-0 | | 3-4 |
| Watford | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 4-1 | |