# Third Division 1960-1961

La Third Division 1960-1961 è stato il 34º campionato inglese di calcio di terza divisione.

## Squadre partecipanti

| Squadra | Città | Stadio | Stagione precedente |
| Barnsley | Barnsley | Oakwell | 17º posto in Third Division |
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | Bournemouth | Dean Court | 10º posto in Third Division |
| Bradford City | Bradford | Valley Parade | 19º posto in Third Division |
| Brentford | Londra (Hounslow) | Griffin Park | 6º posto in Third Division |
| Bristol City | Bristol | Ashton Gate | 22º posto in Second Division, retrocesso |
| Bury | Bury | Gigg Lane | 7º posto in Third Division |
| Chesterfield | Chesterfield | Saltergate | 18º posto in Third Division |
| Colchester United | Colchester | Layer Road | 9º posto in Third Division |
| Coventry City | Coventry | Highfield Road | 5º posto in Third Division |
| Grimsby Town | Grimsby | Blundell Park | 4º posto in Third Division |
| Halifax Town | Halifax | The Shay | 15º posto in Third Division |
| Hull City | Kingston upon Hull | Boothferry Park | 21º posto in Second Division, retrocesso |
| Newport County | Newport | Somerton Park | 13º posto in Third Division |
| Notts County | Nottingham | Meadow Lane | 2º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Port Vale | Stoke on Trent (Burslem) | Vale Park | 13º posto in Third Division |
| Queens Park Rangers | Londra (Hammersmith and Fulham) | Loftus Road | 8º posto in Third Division |
| Reading | Reading | Elm Park | 11º posto in Third Division |
| Shrewsbury Town | Shrewsbury | Gay Meadow | 3º posto in Third Division |
| Southend United | Southend on Sea | Roots Hall | 12º posto in Third Division |
| Swindon Town | Swindon | County Ground | 16º posto in Third Division |
| Torquay United | Torquay | Plainmoor | 3º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Tranmere Rovers | Birkenhead | Prenton Park | 20º posto in Third Division |
| Walsall | Walsall | Fellows Park | 1º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Watford | Watford | Vicarage Road | 4º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |

## Classifica finale

| Pos. | Squadra | Pt | G | V | N | P | GF | GS | QR |
| 1 | Bury | 68 | 46 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 108 | 45 | 2.400 |
| 2 | Walsall | 62 | 46 | 28 | 6 | 12 | 98 | 60 | 1.633 |
| 3 | QPR | 60 | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 93 | 60 | 1.550 |
| 4 | Watford | 52 | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 85 | 72 | 1.181 |
| 5 | Notts County | 51 | 46 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 82 | 77 | 1.065 |
| 6 | Grimsby Town | 50 | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 77 | 69 | 1.116 |
| 7 | Port Vale | 49 | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 96 | 79 | 1.215 |
| 8 | Barnsley | 49 | 46 | 21 | 7 | 18 | 83 | 80 | 1.038 |
| 9 | Halifax Town | 49 | 46 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 71 | 78 | 0.910 |
| 10 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 46 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 83 | 75 | 1.107 |
| 11 | Hull City | 46 | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 73 | 73 | 1.000 |
| 12 | Torquay Utd | 45 | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 75 | 83 | 0.904 |
| 13 | Newport County | 45 | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 81 | 90 | 0.900 |
| 14 | Bristol City | 44 | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 70 | 68 | 1.029 |
| 15 | Coventry City | 44 | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 80 | 83 | 0.964 |
| 16 | Swindon Town | 43 | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 62 | 55 | 1.127 |
| 17 | Brentford | 43 | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 56 | 70 | 0.800 |
| 18 | Reading | 40 | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 72 | 83 | 0.867 |
| 19 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 40 | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 58 | 76 | 0.763 |
| 20 | Southend Utd | 39 | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 60 | 79 | 0.789 |
| 21 | Tranmere | 38 | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 79 | 115 | 0.687 |
| 22 | Bradford City | 36 | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 65 | 87 | 0.747 |
| 23 | Colchester Utd | 33 | 46 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 68 | 101 | 0.673 |
| 24 | Chesterfield | 32 | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 67 | 87 | 0.770 |
Legenda:
    Promosso in Second Division 1961-1962.
    Retrocesso in Fourth Division 1961-1962.
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 | BRA | BRE | BRC | BUY | CHF | COL | COV | GRI | HAL | HUC | NPC | NOC | PVA | QPR | REA | SHR | SEU | SWI | TOR | TRA | WAL | WAT |
| Barnsley | | 2-3 | 5-2 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 4-1 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 5-2 | 5-1 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 1-2 | | 2-2 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-3 | 1-0 | 4-4 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 0-1 |
| Bradford City | 1-4 | 3-1 | | 3-1 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-2 |
| Brentford | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2-2 | | 2-0 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 4-1 | 3-1 | 2-1 |
| Bristol City | 4-0 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 3-0 | | 1-2 | 3-0 | 5-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 4-1 |
| Bury | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | | 3-3 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 3-0 | 4-1 | 7-0 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 6-0 | 3-0 | 3-4 | 0-2 |
| Chesterfield | 5-1 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 2-2 | | 2-3 | 4-1 | 2-3 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 |
| Colchester United | 4-2 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 4-3 | | 4-3 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 3-3 | 0-3 | 0-4 | 1-4 |
| Coventry City | 5-2 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 2-0 | | 0-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 4-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 5-1 | 4-1 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| Grimsby Town | 3-2 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 2-3 | | 6-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-5 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 4-2 | 4-1 | 3-1 | 1-3 |
| Halifax Town | 1-0 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | | 3-0 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 6-2 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 5-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Hull City | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 4-2 | | 5-1 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 4-2 | 2-1 | 3-2 |
| Newport County | 2-3 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 3-2 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | | 2-2 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 5-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 4-2 | 5-1 |
| Notts County | 5-1 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0-3 | 1-0 | 4-2 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 6-0 | | 2-2 | 2-1 | 4-2 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 3-1 | 3-1 |
| Port Vale | 2-0 | 3-0 | 2-4 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 7-1 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 3-2 | 2-3 | 4-1 | 3-1 | 1-3 | | 0-1 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 4-0 | 4-1 | 0-3 | 5-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 4-2 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 5-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | | 5-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 3-3 | 9-2 | 1-0 | 2-1 |
| Reading | 0-1 | 4-3 | 3-1 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 | | 2-1 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 5-1 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 1-1 |
| Shrewsbury Town | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 4-2 | 2-1 | 4-2 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 6-1 | | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-2 |
| Southend United | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 4-2 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | | 0-2 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 6-1 |
| Swindon Town | 1-0 | 0-1 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 6-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | | 3-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-2 |
| Torquay United | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-6 | 4-2 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | | 5-2 | 3-0 | 2-2 |
| Tranmere Rovers | 2-1 | 4-3 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 3-2 | 1-7 | 1-1 | 7-2 | 2-0 | 3-6 | 6-2 | 1-0 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 3-3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 2-2 | | 1-4 | 0-2 |
| Walsall | 1-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 4-0 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 6-2 | 4-3 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 5-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 3-1 | | 5-2 |
| Watford | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 6-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 7-2 | 2-0 | 4-3 | 2-2 | 4-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 2-0 | |