The Football League Second Division 1960/61 was the 58th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 20, 1960 and ended on May 3, 1961.
Second division champion was Ipswich Town and also rose to second-placed Sheffield United in the Football League First Division . For the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1961/62, the two first division clubs Newcastle United and Preston North End ranked in the table below . From the Second Division in the Football League Third Division dismount had the Portsmouth and Lincoln City , instead of the two clubs took in the following season 1961/62 Third Division winners FC Bury and the third division runner- Walsall FC the free positions.
Closing table
Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1961/62
Promoted to the Football League First Division 1961/62
Participation in the 1961/62 European Cup Winners' Cup as Welsh Cup winner
Relegation from the Football League Second Division
Results table
The home teams are listed in the left column.
1960/61
BHA
BRR
CHA
OF THE
HUD
IPS
LEE
LEY
LIN
LIV
LUT
MID
NOR
PLY
POR
RED
SCU
SHU
SOT
STO
SUN
SWA
Brighton & Hove Albion
6: 1
3: 5
3: 2
2: 1
2: 4
2: 1
1: 1
1-0
3: 1
1-0
0: 1
2: 2
2-0
2: 2
1-0
1: 1
0-0
0: 1
0: 1
1: 2
0-0
Bristol Rovers
0: 1
3: 1
1: 1
1: 2
1: 1
4: 4
4: 2
3: 1
4: 3
4: 1
2: 3
3: 1
2: 5
2-0
2: 1
3: 3
3: 1
4: 2
1-0
1-0
4: 2
Charlton Athletic
3: 1
2: 1
3: 1
2: 3
0: 2
2-0
2-0
3-0
1: 3
4-0
6: 6
0: 1
6: 4
7: 4
4: 3
1: 1
2: 3
1: 3
3: 1
2: 2
6: 2
Derby County
4: 1
1: 1
2: 3
1: 1
1: 4
2: 3
3: 1
3: 1
1: 4
4: 1
1-0
0-0
4: 1
6: 2
3-0
2: 5
2-0
2: 2
1: 1
1: 1
2: 3
Huddersfield Town
0: 1
4-0
2: 2
1: 3
1: 3
0: 1
1-0
4: 1
2: 4
1: 1
1-0
1: 1
1: 5
3: 3
0: 1
1: 2
0: 1
3: 1
0-0
4: 2
3: 1
Ipswich Town
4-0
3: 2
2: 1
4: 1
4: 2
4-0
6: 2
3: 1
1-0
0: 1
3: 1
4: 1
3: 1
2: 2
1: 1
2-0
0: 1
3: 3
2: 1
4-0
0: 3
Leeds United
3: 2
1: 1
1-0
3: 3
1: 4
2: 5
1: 3
7-0
2: 2
1: 2
4: 4
1-0
2: 1
0-0
2-0
2: 2
1: 2
3-0
0: 1
2: 4
2: 2
Leyton Orient
2: 1
3: 2
1: 1
2: 1
2-0
1: 3
0: 1
1: 2
1: 3
2: 1
1: 1
1-0
1: 1
2: 1
2: 1
2: 1
1: 4
1: 1
3: 1
0: 1
2: 2
Lincoln City
2: 1
1: 2
2: 2
3: 4
0-0
1: 4
2: 3
2-0
1: 2
1: 1
5: 2
1: 4
3: 1
2: 3
0: 1
0: 2
0: 5
0: 3
1: 1
1: 2
2-0
Liverpool FC
2-0
3-0
2: 1
1-0
3: 1
1: 1
2-0
5-0
2-0
2: 2
3: 4
2: 1
1: 1
3: 3
2: 1
3: 2
4: 2
0: 1
3-0
1: 1
4-0
Luton Town
3: 1
4: 2
4: 1
1: 1
1-0
3: 2
1: 1
0: 1
3-0
2: 1
6: 1
0: 2
3: 2
1-0
2: 1
0-0
1: 4
4: 1
4: 1
3: 3
2: 2
Middlesbrough FC
2: 2
1: 1
2: 2
1: 2
2: 1
3: 1
3-0
2-0
1: 1
1: 1
2: 1
2-0
3: 1
3-0
2: 2
1: 3
3: 1
5-0
1-0
1-0
3: 1
Norwich City
2: 2
2: 1
4-0
0: 2
2-0
0: 3
3: 2
3: 2
5: 1
2: 1
2: 1
4: 1
1-0
3: 1
3: 1
0: 1
1: 1
5-0
1-0
3-0
0-0
Plymouth Argyle
1: 2
5-0
6: 4
4: 2
2: 1
1: 2
3: 1
3: 2
1: 1
0: 4
1: 1
3: 3
3-0
5: 1
3: 3
3: 1
2-0
1: 3
3: 1
1-0
1-0
Portsmouth FC
4-0
3-0
1: 1
3: 2
1: 3
1-0
3: 1
1: 2
3-0
2: 2
3: 2
0: 3
3-0
0: 2
2: 2
2: 2
1: 2
1: 1
1-0
2: 1
1: 1
Rotherham United
5: 2
4-0
2: 3
1: 1
2: 2
1: 1
1: 3
2: 1
2-0
1-0
5: 2
1: 2
0: 2
0-0
1-0
4-0
1: 2
1-0
0-0
0-0
3: 3
Scunthorpe United
2: 2
2: 1
0-0
1: 2
0: 1
4-0
3: 2
2: 2
3: 1
2: 3
1-0
1: 1
2: 1
2-0
5: 1
1: 1
1: 1
2-0
1: 1
3: 3
1: 2
Sheffield United
2: 1
2: 3
1-0
3: 1
3: 1
1: 3
3: 2
4: 1
2: 1
1: 1
2: 1
4: 1
1: 1
3-0
3: 1
3: 1
2-0
2: 1
4: 1
0: 1
3-0
Southampton FC
4: 2
4: 2
1: 2
5: 1
4: 2
1: 1
2: 4
1: 1
2: 3
4: 1
3: 2
3: 2
2: 2
1: 1
5: 1
3: 2
4: 2
0: 1
0: 1
3: 2
5-0
Stoke City
0: 2
2-0
5: 3
2: 1
2: 2
2: 4
0-0
1: 2
0-0
3: 1
3-0
1: 1
1: 1
9-0
1-0
1: 4
2-0
2-0
1: 2
0-0
1: 3
Sunderland AFC
2: 1
2-0
2: 2
1: 2
1: 2
2-0
2: 3
4: 1
2: 2
1: 1
7: 1
2-0
0: 3
2: 1
4: 1
1: 1
2-0
1: 1
3: 1
4-0
2: 1
Swansea Town
2: 3
2: 1
3: 3
2: 1
2-0
2: 1
3: 2
1-0
1: 2
2-0
3: 1
3: 2
4: 1
1: 2
4-0
2: 1
2: 2
3-0
4: 1
0-0
3: 3
List of goalscorers
Web links
References and footnotes
↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
↑ 1960/61 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 8, 2018 .
Playing times of the second highest English football league
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