Football League Second Division 1960/61

Football League Second Division 1960/61
master	Ipswich Town
European Cup Winners' Cup	Swansea Town (as Welsh Cup Winner)
Climbers	Ipswich Town, Sheffield United
Relegated	Portsmouth FC , Lincoln City
Teams	22nd
Games	462
Gates	1,609  (ø 3.48 per game)
Top scorer	Ray Crawford ( Ipswich Town )
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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

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	Ipswich Town	42	26th	7th	9	100: 550	1.82	59:25
2.	Sheffield United	42	26th	6th	10	081:510	1.59	58:26
3.	Liverpool FC	42	21st	10	11	087:580	1.50	52:32
4th	Norwich City (N)	42	20th	9	13	070:530	1.32	49:35
5.	Middlesbrough FC	42	18th	12	12	083:740	1.12	48:36
6th	Sunderland AFC	42	17th	13	12	075:600	1.25	47:37
7th	Swansea Town	42	18th	11	13	077:730	1.05	47:37
8th.	Southampton FC (N)	42	18th	8th	16	084:810	1.04	44:40
9.	Scunthorpe United	42	14th	15th	13	069:640	1.08	43:41
10.	Charlton Athletic	42	16	11	15th	097:910	1.07	43:41
11.	Plymouth Argyle	42	17th	8th	17th	081:820	0.99	42:42
12.	Derby County	42	15th	10	17th	080:800	1.00	40:44
13.	Luton Town (A)	42	15th	9	18th	071:790	0.90	39:45
14th	Leeds United (A)	42	14th	10	18th	075:830	0.90	38:46
15th	Rotherham United	42	12	13	17th	065:640	1.02	37:47
16.	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	14th	9	19th	061:750	0.81	37:47
17th	Bristol Rovers	42	15th	7th	20th	073:920	0.79	37:47
18th	Stoke City	42	12	12	18th	051:590	0.86	36:48
19th	Leyton Orient	42	14th	8th	20th	055:780	0.71	36:48
20th	Huddersfield Town	42	13	9	20th	062:710	0.87	35:49
21st	Portsmouth FC	42	11	11	20th	064:910	0.70	33:51
22nd	Lincoln City	42	8th	8th	26th	048:950	0.51	24:60

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

(A)	Relegated from the Football League First Division 1959/60
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1959/60

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

	player	society	Gates
1	Ray Crawford	Ipswich Town	39

Web links

• England 1960-61 (RSSSF)

References and footnotes

1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
2. ↑ 1960/61 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 8, 2018 .