The 1960–61 season was the 62nd completed season of The Football League.

First Division

Results

Maps

Second Division

Results

The 6-6 draw between Charlton Athletic and Middlesbrough was only the second in Football League history - Leicester City and Arsenal drew 6-6 at Filbert Street on the 21st of April 1930.

Maps

Third Division

Results

Maps

Fourth Division

Results

Maps

Television 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

Attendances Source:

Division One No. Club Average ± Highest Lowest 1 Tottenham Hotspur FC 53,124 10.8% 65,251 35,743 2 Everton FC 43,448 6.5% 74,867 27,579 3 Manchester United 37,888 -19.9% 65,535 23,188 4 Arsenal FC 34,318 -12.8% 59,868 20,010 5 Aston Villa FC 33,599 -1.9% 50,786 15,732 6 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 30,885 -14.8% 52,829 23,192 7 Chelsea FC 30,156 -23.5% 57,103 19,568 8 Manchester City FC 29,409 -17.5% 50,479 18,252 9 Sheffield Wednesday FC 29,229 -8.8% 53,988 20,462 10 Newcastle United FC 26,500 -26.5% 51,369 16,107 11 Birmingham City FC 25,775 -4.8% 41,656 15,015 12 West Bromwich Albion FC 24,710 -10.0% 41,903 15,099 13 Nottingham Forest FC 24,668 -7.7% 37,248 15,118 14 Leicester City FC 24,056 -5.3% 32,042 16,920 15 Burnley FC 23,827 -11.7% 44,232 11,609 16 Cardiff City FC 23,390 -3.3% 45,463 9,549 17 Fulham FC 23,014 -24.0% 38,536 13,139 18 West Ham United FC 21,948 -23.1% 34,351 13,967 19 Bolton Wanderers FC 21,670 -16.6% 41,565 11,534 20 Blackburn Rovers FC 19,344 -29.1% 29,236 12,746 21 Blackpool FC 18,715 -14.1% 30,835 8,752 22 Preston North End FC 16,804 -31.6% 25,604 7,667

Division Two

No. Club Average ± Highest Lowest 1 Liverpool FC 29,608 -2.2% 43,041 13,389 2 Sunderland AFC 26,051 14.1% 53,254 14,635 3 Norwich City FC 24,461 -7.4% 32,619 18,756 4 Southampton FC 18,665 3.4% 28,845 7,016 5 Sheffield United FC 18,487 2.5% 35,057 12,602 6 Plymouth Argyle FC 17,613 -13.6% 24,873 9,879 7 Middlesbrough FC 15,859 -37.9% 27,458 8,736 8 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 15,522 -15.3% 20,646 9,017 9 Ipswich Town FC 15,095 9.6% 23,321 9,803 10 Portsmouth FC 15,028 -7.0% 31,059 7,272 11 Bristol Rovers FC 14,888 -19.5% 20,093 10,145 12 Derby County FC 14,094 -10.9% 21,608 8,841 13 Leeds United FC 13,443 -38.6% 22,146 6,975 14 Huddersfield Town AFC 13,434 -9.1% 18,938 5,860 15 Luton Town FC 12,574 -26.3% 22,252 7,149 16 Swansea City AFC 12,084 -15.8% 18,239 7,680 17 Charlton Athletic FC 11,102 -29.2% 15,622 6,608 18 Leyton Orient FC 10,539 -20.5% 14,798 5,793 19 Rotherham United FC 9,549 -25.8% 19,549 6,284 20 Stoke City FC 9,252 -36.2% 14,691 4,463 21 Scunthorpe United FC 9,187 -17.3% 13,852 5,762 22 Lincoln City FC 7,429 -30.8% 10,859 3,996

Division Three

No. Club Average ± Highest Lowest 1 Watford FC 12,599 4.9% 17,883 7,089 2 Coventry City FC 11,996 -26.6% 18,793 7,422 3 Notts County FC 11,974 -13.4% 26,759 3,933 4 Bristol City FC 11,488 -35.3% 16,550 7,796 5 Swindon Town FC 11,044 8.0% 16,618 8,666 6 Walsall FC 10,657 -4.5% 16,446 6,238 7 Bury FC 10,207 -4.0% 14,701 5,861 8 Queens Park Rangers FC 9,958 -3.2% 15,391 4,921 9 Port Vale FC 9,702 -9.6% 15,504 4,068 10 Tranmere Rovers 9,460 -5.1% 15,357 5,584 11 Grimsby Town FC 9,295 -11.8% 14,779 3,852 12 Hull City AFC 8,434 -45.6% 14,252 3,950 13 Southend United FC 8,100 -21.5% 11,540 5,296 14 Shrewsbury Town FC 8,025 -10.8% 18,917 5,574 15 AFC Bournemouth 7,808 -24.9% 12,222 4,353 16 Reading FC 7,692 -32.9% 15,058 4,945 17 Bradford City AFC 7,447 -26.7% 11,450 4,187 18 Brentford FC 7,392 -37.9% 16,673 3,503 19 Barnsley FC 6,489 2.7% 15,461 3,210 20 Torquay United FC 6,153 -9.7% 9,175 4,144 21 Halifax Town AFC 5,548 -18.0% 9,678 3,203 22 Newport County AFC 5,439 -12.9% 9,233 2,785 23 Chesterfield FC 5,180 -21.3% 12,079 3,099 24 Colchester United FC 4,962 -36.5% 7,194 3,141

Division Four

No. Club Average ± Highest Lowest 1 Crystal Palace FC 19,089 22.1% 37,774 11,161 2 Peterborough United FC 14,203 - 22,959 10,477 3 Oldham Athletic FC 12,644 155.1% 27,888 6,412 4 Northampton Town FC 10,682 28.6% 21,000 6,835 5 Millwall FC 9,703 -33.4% 18,252 6,335 6 Bradford Park Avenue AFC 9,209 43.9% 20,461 4,395 7 Crewe Alexandra FC 7,355 -7.6% 11,016 4,297 8 York City FC 6,900 -8.1% 11,768 4,271 9 Stockport County FC 6,506 -0.7% 11,374 3,549 10 Wrexham AFC 6,378 -32.8% 10,609 3,303 11 Aldershot Town FC 6,298 15.5% 12,387 3,826 12 Gillingham FC 6,005 -3.6% 12,048 3,154 13 Darlington FC 5,894 26.7% 9,325 2,417 14 Exeter City FC 5,178 -30.2% 10,412 3,042 15 Mansfield Town FC 4,936 -31.3% 11,384 2,338 16 Chester City FC 4,893 -9.7% 9,750 2,466 17 Doncaster Rovers FC 4,755 -9.4% 9,664 2,584 18 Southport FC 4,648 30.5% 7,398 2,770 19 Carlisle United FC 4,446 -16.0% 9,261 2,422 20 Barrow AFC 4,299 -23.4% 7,009 1,730 21 Hartlepool United FC 4,091 12.2% 10,784 2,332 22 Rochdale AFC 3,929 -14.6% 7,353 2,173 23 Accrington Stanley FC 3,530 -14.5% 5,736 1,758 24 Workington AFC 3,210 -25.5% 6,538 1,750

See also 1960-61 in English football 1960 in association football 1961 in association football

References

Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.