1961–62 Football League

The 1961–62 season was the 63rd completed season of The Football League.

The Football League

Season	1961–62
Champions	Ipswich Town
Resigned	Accrington Stanley
← 1960–61 1962–63 →

Final league tables

The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,[2] with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

Re-election: During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922–23 season on it was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South. Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the re-election process has concerned the bottom four clubs in that division.[2]

Match results are drawn from Rothmans for all divisions.[2]

First Division

Football League
First Division

Season	1961–62
Champions	Ipswich Town (1st English title)
Relegated	Cardiff City Chelsea
1962–63 European Cup	Ipswich Town
FA Cup winners 1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup	Tottenham Hotspur (4th FA Cup title)
1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	Birmingham City Sheffield Wednesday Nottingham Forest
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,582 (3.42 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ray Crawford (Ipswich), 33 Derek Kevan (West Brom), 33 [3]
← 1960–61 1962–63 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ipswich Town	42	17	2	2	58	28	7	6	8	35	39	1.388	56	League Champions, qualified for European Cup 1962–63 Preliminary round
2	Burnley	42	14	4	3	57	26	7	7	7	44	41	1.507	53
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	14	4	3	59	34	7	6	8	29	35	1.275	52	FA Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1962–63 First round
4	Everton	42	17	2	2	64	21	3	9	9	24	33	1.630	51
5	Sheffield United	42	13	5	3	37	23	6	4	11	24	46	0.884	47
6	Sheffield Wednesday	42	14	4	3	47	23	6	2	13	25	35	1.241	46	Participated in 1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
7	Aston Villa	42	13	5	3	45	20	5	3	13	20	36	1.161	44
8	West Ham United	42	11	6	4	49	37	6	4	11	27	45	0.927	44
9	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	7	4	50	23	5	6	10	33	44	1.239	43
10	Arsenal	42	9	6	6	39	31	7	5	9	32	41	0.986	43
11	Bolton Wanderers	42	11	7	3	35	22	5	3	13	27	44	0.939	42
12	Manchester City	42	11	3	7	46	38	6	4	11	32	43	0.963	41
13	Blackpool	42	10	4	7	41	30	5	7	9	29	45	0.933	41
14	Leicester City	42	12	2	7	38	27	5	4	12	34	44	1.014	40
15	Manchester United	42	10	3	8	44	31	5	6	10	28	44	0.960	39
16	Blackburn Rovers	42	10	6	5	33	22	4	5	12	17	36	0.862	39
17	Birmingham City	42	9	6	6	37	35	5	4	12	28	46	0.802	38	Participated in 1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	8	7	6	38	34	5	3	13	35	52	0.849	36
19	Nottingham Forest	42	12	4	5	39	23	1	6	14	24	56	0.797	36	Participated in 1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
20	Fulham	42	8	3	10	38	34	5	4	12	28	40	0.892	33
21	Cardiff City	42	6	9	6	30	33	3	5	13	20	48	0.617	32	Relegated
22	Chelsea	42	7	7	7	34	29	2	3	16	29	65	0.670	28

Source:

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	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Arsenal

Chelsea

Fulham

Tottenham

West Ham

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1961–1962

Arsenal

Aston Villa

Birmingham

Blackburn Rovers

Blackpool

Bolton

Burnley

Cardiff City

Chelsea

Everton

Fulham

Ipswich Town

Leicester City

Manchester City

Manchester United

Nottingham Forest

Sheffield United

Sheffield Wednesday

Tottenham

West Bromwich Albion

West Ham

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1961–1962 teams

Second Division

Football League
Second Division

Season	1961–62
Champions	Liverpool (4th title)
Promoted	Leyton Orient
Relegated	Brighton & Hove Albion, Bristol Rovers
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,473 (3.19 per match)
Top goalscorer	Roger Hunt (Liverpool), 41 [3]
← 1960–61 1962–63 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Liverpool	42	18	3	0	68	19	9	5	7	31	24	2.302	62	Division Champions, promoted
2	Leyton Orient	42	11	5	5	34	17	11	5	5	35	23	1.725	54	Promoted
3	Sunderland	42	17	3	1	60	16	5	6	10	25	34	1.700	53
4	Scunthorpe United	42	14	4	3	52	26	7	3	11	34	45	1.211	49
5	Plymouth Argyle	42	12	4	5	45	30	7	4	10	30	45	1.000	46
6	Southampton	42	13	3	5	53	28	5	6	10	24	34	1.242	45
7	Huddersfield Town	42	11	5	5	39	22	5	7	9	28	37	1.136	44
8	Stoke City	42	13	4	4	34	17	4	4	13	21	40	0.965	42
9	Rotherham United	42	9	6	6	36	30	7	3	11	34	46	0.921	41
10	Preston North End	42	11	4	6	34	23	4	6	11	21	34	0.965	40
11	Newcastle United	42	10	5	6	40	27	5	4	12	24	31	1.103	39
12	Middlesbrough	42	11	3	7	45	29	5	4	12	31	43	1.056	39
13	Luton Town	42	12	1	8	44	37	5	4	12	25	34	0.972	39
14	Walsall	42	11	7	3	42	23	3	4	14	28	52	0.933	39
15	Charlton Athletic	42	10	5	6	38	30	5	4	12	31	45	0.920	39
16	Derby County	42	10	7	4	42	27	4	4	13	26	48	0.907	39
17	Norwich City	42	10	6	5	36	28	4	5	12	25	42	0.871	39
18	Bury	42	9	4	8	32	36	8	1	12	20	40	0.684	39
19	Leeds United	42	9	6	6	24	19	3	6	12	26	42	0.820	36
20	Swansea Town	42	10	5	6	38	30	2	7	12	23	53	0.735	36
21	Bristol Rovers	42	11	3	7	36	31	2	4	15	17	50	0.654	33	Relegated
22	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	7	7	7	24	32	3	4	14	18	54	0.488	31

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	B&HA	BRR	BRY	CHA	DER	HUD	LEE	LEY	LIV	LUT	MID	NEW	NWC	PLY	PNE	ROT	SCU	SOU	STK	SUN	SWA	WAL
Brighton & Hove Albion		1–0	0–2	2–2	1–2	2–2	1–3	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–4	2–1	3–2	0–0	0–3	0–3	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	3–2
Bristol Rovers	0–1		0–1	2–2	1–4	1–1	4–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–2	2–1	2–1	4–3	2–1	4–2	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–3	4–1	2–2
Bury	2–1	2–0		1–2	2–2	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–3	2–1	2–1	2–7	2–3	1–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	0–2	0–2	3–2	1–1	2–1
Charlton Athletic	2–3	2–1	1–0		4–0	0–2	3–1	1–2	0–4	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	3–1	4–0	0–2	3–3	1–0	2–2	2–0	3–2	3–3
Derby County	2–0	4–1	3–0	0–1		1–0	3–3	1–2	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–2	1–1	2–2	3–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	6–3	1–3
Huddersfield Town	2–0	4–1	2–0	0–2	4–0		2–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	5–1	2–2	0–3	1–2	1–0	3–0	0–0	3–1	4–2
Leeds United	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0		0–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–3	1–2	1–3	1–4	1–1	3–1	1–0	2–0	4–1
Leyton Orient	4–1	2–3	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	0–0		2–2	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–3	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–0
Liverpool	3–1	2–0	5–0	2–1	4–1	1–1	5–0	3–3		1–1	5–1	2–0	5–4	2–1	4–1	4–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	5–0	6–1
Luton Town	2–1	2–0	4–0	1–6	4–2	3–4	3–2	1–3	1–0		3–2	1–0	1–2	0–2	4–1	4–3	1–2	1–4	0–0	1–2	5–1	2–0
Middlesbrough	4–0	5–0	2–1	3–2	3–4	1–0	1–3	2–3	2–0	2–4		3–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	5–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–3	3–0
Newcastle United	5–0	5–2	1–2	4–1	3–0	1–1	0–3	0–0	1–2	4–1	3–4		0–0	0–2	0–2	1–0	2–1	3–2	2–0	2–2	2–2	1–0
Norwich City	3–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	3–2	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–2	0–4	5–4	0–0		0–2	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	3–1
Plymouth Argyle	5–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	2–3	4–2	1–1	2–1	2–3	0–3	1–1	1–1	3–1		1–0	2–5	3–1	4–0	3–1	3–2	0–0	2–1
Preston North End	3–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–3	2–0	4–3	0–1	2–0	1–1		2–0	4–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	2–3
Rotherham United	2–1	4–0	2–0	3–2	2–2	3–3	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	1–3	2–2		0–1	4–2	1–2	0–3	1–2	2–2
Scunthorpe United	3–3	2–1	1–2	6–1	2–0	1–3	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–0	5–1	2–1	5–2		5–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–1
Southampton	6–1	0–2	5–3	1–2	2–1	3–1	4–1	1–2	2–0	3–0	1–3	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	6–4		5–1	2–0	5–1	1–1
Stoke City	0–1	2–1	1–3	4–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	3–2		1–0	0–0	2–1
Sunderland	0–0	6–1	3–0	4–1	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–4	2–2	2–1	3–0	2–0	5–0	0–0	4–0	4–0	3–0	2–1		7–2	3–0
Swansea Town	3–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–3	4–2	3–2	3–3	3–2	0–3	5–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–1		1–3
Walsall	2–2	0–0	3–0	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–5	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	5–0	1–0	2–1	5–0	4–1	0–2	3–1	4–3	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Charlton Athletic

Leyton Orient

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1961–1962

Brighton & Hove

Bristol Rovers

Bury

Charlton

Derby County

Huddersfield

Leeds United

Leyton Orient

Liverpool

Luton Town

Middlesbrough

Newcastle

Norwich City

Plymouth Argyle

Preston North End

Rotherham

Scunthorpe & Lindsey

Southampton

Stoke

Sunderland

Swansea Town

Walsall

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1961–1962 teams

Third Division

Football League, Third Division

Season	1961–62
Champions	Portsmouth (1st title)
Promoted	Grimsby Town
Relegated	Brentford, Lincoln City, Newport County, Torquay United
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,772 (3.21 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cliff Holton (Watford / Northampton Town) 37 [3]
← 1960–61 1962–63 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Portsmouth	46	15	6	2	48	23	12	5	6	39	24	1.851	65	Division Champions, promoted
2	Grimsby Town	46	18	3	2	49	18	10	3	10	31	38	1.429	62	Promoted
3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	14	8	1	42	18	7	9	7	27	27	1.533	59
4	Queens Park Rangers	46	15	3	5	65	31	9	8	6	46	42	1.521	59
5	Peterborough United	46	16	0	7	60	38	10	6	7	47	44	1.305	58
6	Bristol City	46	15	3	5	56	27	8	5	10	38	45	1.306	54
7	Reading	46	14	5	4	46	24	8	4	11	31	42	1.167	53
8	Northampton Town	46	12	6	5	52	24	8	5	10	33	33	1.491	51
9	Swindon Town	46	11	8	4	48	26	6	7	10	30	45	1.099	49
10	Hull City	46	15	2	6	43	20	5	6	12	24	34	1.241	48
11	Bradford Park Avenue	46	13	5	5	47	27	7	2	14	33	51	1.026	47
12	Port Vale	46	12	4	7	41	23	5	7	11	24	35	1.121	45
13	Notts County	46	14	5	4	44	23	3	4	16	23	51	0.905	43
14	Coventry City	46	11	6	6	38	26	5	5	13	26	45	0.901	43
15	Crystal Palace	46	8	8	7	50	41	6	6	11	33	39	1.038	42
16	Southend United	46	10	7	6	31	26	3	9	11	26	43	0.826	42
17	Watford	46	10	9	4	37	26	4	4	15	26	48	0.851	41
18	Halifax Town	46	9	5	9	34	35	6	5	12	28	49	0.738	40
19	Shrewsbury Town	46	8	7	8	46	37	5	5	13	27	47	0.869	38
20	Barnsley	46	9	6	8	45	41	4	6	13	26	54	0.747	38
21	Torquay United	46	9	4	10	48	44	6	2	15	28	56	0.760	36	Relegated
22	Lincoln City	46	4	10	9	31	43	5	7	11	26	44	0.655	35
23	Brentford	46	11	3	9	34	29	2	5	16	19	64	0.570	34
24	Newport County	46	6	5	12	29	38	1	3	19	17	64	0.451	22

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	B&BA	BPA	BRE	BRI	COV	CRY	GRI	HAL	HUL	LIN	NPC	NOR	NTC	PET	POR	PTV	QPR	REA	SHR	STD	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	2–1	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	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Brentford

Crystal Palace

Queens Park Rangers

Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1961–1962

Barnsley

Bournemouth

Bradford Park Avenue

Brentford

Bristol City

Crystal Palace

Coventry

Grimsby Town

Halifax Town

Hull

Lincoln City

Newport County

Northampton Town

Notts County

Peterborough

Portsmouth

Port Vale

QPR

Reading

Shrewsbury

Southend

Swindon

Torquay

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1961–1962

Fourth Division

Football League
Fourth Division

Season	1961–62
Champions	Millwall (1st title)
Promoted	Carlisle United, Colchester United, Wrexham
Failed re-election	None
Resigned	Accrington
Matches played	506
Goals scored	1,690 (3.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bobby Hunt (Colchester United), 37 [3]
← 1960–61 1962–63 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Millwall	44	16	3	3	47	18	7	7	8	40	44	1.403	56	Division Champions, promoted
2	Colchester United	44	17	4	1	78	24	6	5	11	26	47	1.465	55	Promoted
3	Wrexham	44	12	6	4	56	23	10	3	9	40	33	1.714	53
4	Carlisle United	44	15	3	4	35	22	7	5	10	29	41	1.016	52
5	Bradford City	44	14	5	3	58	32	7	4	11	36	54	1.093	51
6	York City	44	17	2	3	62	19	3	8	11	22	34	1.585	50
7	Aldershot	44	16	4	2	56	20	6	1	15	25	40	1.350	49
8	Workington	44	12	6	4	40	23	7	5	10	29	47	0.986	49
9	Barrow	44	12	7	3	49	20	5	7	10	25	38	1.276	48
10	Crewe Alexandra	44	16	3	3	53	24	4	3	15	26	46	1.129	46
11	Oldham Athletic	44	12	7	3	47	26	5	5	12	30	44	1.100	46
12	Rochdale	44	14	3	5	47	28	5	4	13	24	43	1.000	45
13	Darlington	44	13	5	4	37	24	5	4	13	24	49	0.836	45
14	Mansfield Town	44	14	3	5	51	19	5	3	14	26	47	1.167	44
15	Tranmere Rovers	44	15	2	5	53	37	5	2	15	17	44	0.864	44
16	Stockport County	44	13	3	6	42	27	4	6	12	28	42	1.014	43
17	Southport	44	13	5	4	36	25	4	4	14	25	46	0.859	43
18	Exeter City	44	11	5	6	43	32	2	6	14	19	45	0.805	37
19	Chesterfield	44	11	3	8	43	38	3	6	13	27	49	0.805	37
20	Gillingham	44	10	6	6	48	30	3	5	14	25	64	0.777	37
21	Doncaster Rovers	44	8	5	9	34	29	3	2	17	26	56	0.706	29	Re-elected
22	Hartlepool United	44	6	5	11	27	35	2	6	14	25	66	0.515	27
23	Chester	44	5	9	8	36	37	2	3	17	18	59	0.563	26

Source: rsssf.com
Note: The number of games played by each team was 44 instead of the usual 46, because Accrington Stanley resigned from the league on March 11 after 33 games. Their results (P33 W5 D8 L20 F19 A60 GA 0.317 Pts 18) were expunged.

Results

Home \ Away	ACC	ALD	BRW	BRA	CRL	CHE	CHF	COL	CRE	DAR	DON	EXE	GIL	HAR	MAN	MIL	OLD	ROC	SOU	STP	TRA	WRK	WRE	YOR
Accrington Stanley		0–2	2–2	0–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–4	1–0	3–1					0–0	0–2	1–0	0–2		1–2	1–1	0–4	0–2
Aldershot	2–2		3–1	2–2	0–1	6–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	6–1	3–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	4–2	0–2	3–1	3–0	2–0	4–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–0
Barrow	3–1	2–2		1–1	0–3	3–2	1–0	4–0	3–0	3–0	4–1	3–0	7–0	5–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–0
Bradford City	0–1	2–1	1–1		3–2	2–0	0–2	4–1	3–3	3–2	2–0	5–1	5–2	5–1	6–1	2–4	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–3	3–1	1–1	5–3	2–2
Carlisle United	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–4		2–0	3–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	3–2	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–3	1–2	1–0	3–2
Chester	0–0	2–3	2–3	1–2	1–1		4–1	2–2	1–0	2–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	4–4	0–1	2–4	1–0	2–3	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1
Chesterfield		2–3	2–2	2–1	1–3	4–1		4–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–2	2–0	0–4	2–3	2–3	1–0	3–2	3–2	1–2	0–1	1–5	1–1
Colchester United	3–2	3–0	1–1	9–1	2–0	5–2	3–3		5–3	2–0	5–3	2–0	6–0	6–1	2–0	2–2	5–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	6–1	2–4	3–1
Crewe Alexandra	4–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	3–0	1–1	2–1	4–0		5–1	2–0	3–1	5–2	3–0	3–2	2–1	3–5	2–1	3–1	3–2	3–0	2–0	0–3	0–0
Darlington	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–3	2–1	2–0	4–4	0–2	2–1		1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–5	3–0	2–0	1–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–0
Doncaster Rovers	1–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	1–4	3–0	1–2		3–1	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	6–1	1–1	0–2	1–2
Exeter City	3–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	4–0	5–0	4–1	0–2	2–1	0–1	1–5		1–3	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–3	1–3	1–1	4–3	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1
Gillingham	5–1	0–1	3–2	3–1	4–1	0–0	5–1	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–2	2–2		4–0	2–2	3–1	0–2	4–2	4–0	1–1	0–1	4–2	2–3	1–2
Hartlepool		0–2	2–3	1–3	0–3	1–3	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–3		0–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	4–2	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–4	0–2
Mansfield Town		4–1	0–1	0–1	5–2	3–0	2–2	4–0	1–1	3–0	4–0	3–1	3–1	3–1		0–0	2–0	0–1	3–1	2–0	1–2	4–1	1–2	3–1
Millwall		2–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	4–3	4–2	2–0	2–0	0–0	3–2	4–0		2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–0	5–0	0–1	2–1
Oldham Athletic	5–0	2–1	3–2	2–2	5–0	4–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	5–2	2–3	4–2		2–2	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–0
Rochdale	1–0	1–0	0–2	4–1	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–3	2–3	3–0	3–1	3–1	3–2	4–1	3–1		2–0	3–3	1–0	1–3	2–1	3–1
Southport		2–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	3–0	2–0	1–4	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	0–5	3–0		2–1	2–1	1–1	4–2	3–1
Stockport County	2–0	3–1	3–0	3–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–4	0–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	5–2	1–4		3–0	3–1	1–2	2–1
Tranmere	2–0	1–2	2–1	3–2	0–3	4–1	1–0	5–2	1–6	0–0	3–2	3–4	4–2	3–2	2–0	5–1	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–3		3–2	2–0	2–2
Workington		2–1	1–2	5–3	2–1	4–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	5–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–1		1–0	0–0
Wrexham		2–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	4–2	0–0	1–1	5–0	3–1	1–2	3–0	10–1	5–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	2–3	0–1	4–0	2–3		2–1
York City	1–0	0–1	5–0	4–0	1–1	5–1	4–0	5–0	4–2	2–1	5–2	2–1	4–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	4–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–2	4–0	3–2

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Millwall

Watford

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division London teams 1961–1962

Accrington Stanley

Aldershot

Barrow

Bradford City

Carlisle United

Chester

Chesterfield

Colchester

Crewe Alexandra

Darlington

Doncaster

Exeter City

Gillingham

Hartlepool

Mansfield Town

Millwall

Oldham

Rochdale

Southport

Stockport

Tranmere

Workington

Wrexham

York City

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1961–1962

See also

• 1961-62 in English football
• 1961 in association football
• 1962 in association football

References

1. "England 1961-62". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 2009-07-07. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
2. Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
3. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

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