Football League Second Division 1961/62

Football League Second Division 1961/62
master	Liverpool FC
Climbers	Liverpool FC, Leyton Orient
Relegated	Bristol Rovers , Brighton & Hove Albion
Teams	22nd
Games	462
Gates	1,473  (ø 3.19 per game)
Top scorer	Roger Hunt ( Liverpool FC )
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The Football League Second Division 1961/62 was the 59th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 19, 1961 and ended on May 4, 1962.

Liverpool FC became second division champions and the second-placed Leyton Orient also rose to the Football League First Division . For the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1962/63, the two first division clubs Cardiff City and Chelsea FC, ranked in the table below, took their places. The Bristol Rovers and Brighton & Hove Albion had to relegate from the Second Division to the Football League Third Division . Instead of the two clubs, the third division winners Portsmouth FC and third division champions Grimsby Town took the free positions in the following season 1962/63 .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points
1.	Liverpool FC	42	27	8th	7th	099:430	2.30	62:22
2.	Leyton Orient	42	22nd	10	10	069:400	1.73	54:30
3.	Sunderland AFC	42	22nd	9	11	085:500	1.70	53:31
4th	Scunthorpe United	42	21st	7th	14th	086:710	1.21	49:35
5.	Plymouth Argyle	42	19th	8th	15th	075:750	1.00	46:38
6th	Southampton FC	42	18th	9	15th	077:620	1.24	45:39
7th	Huddersfield Town	42	16	12	14th	067:590	1.14	44:40
8th.	Stoke City	42	17th	8th	17th	055:570	0.96	42:42
9.	Rotherham United	42	16	9	17th	070:760	0.92	41:43
10.	Preston North End (A)	42	15th	10	17th	055:570	0.96	40:44
11.	Newcastle United (A)	42	15th	9	18th	064:580	1.10	39:45
12.	Middlesbrough FC	42	16	7th	19th	076:720	1.06	39:45
13.	Luton Town	42	17th	5	20th	069:710	0.97	39:45
14th	FC Walsall (N)	42	14th	11	17th	070:750	0.93	39:45
15th	Charlton Athletic	42	15th	9	18th	069:750	0.92	39:45
16.	Derby County	42	14th	11	17th	068:750	0.91	39:45
17th	Norwich City	42	14th	11	17th	061:700	0.87	39:45
18th	Bury FC (N)	42	17th	5	20th	052:760	0.68	39:45
19th	Leeds United	42	12	12	18th	050:610	0.82	36:48
20th	Swansea Town	42	12	12	18th	061:830	0.73	36:48
21st	Bristol Rovers	42	13	7th	22nd	053:810	0.65	33:51
22nd	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	10	11	21st	042:860	0.49	31:53

Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1962/63

Promoted to the Football League First Division 1962/63

Relegation from the Football League Second Division

(A)	Relegated from the Football League First Division 1960/61
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1960/61

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

1961/62	BHA	BRR	BUY	CHA	OF THE	HUD	LEE	LEY	LIV	LUT	MID	NEW	NOR	PLY	PNE	RED	SCU	SOT	STO	SUN	SWA	WHALE
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 FC	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 FC	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 FC	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 FC	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 AFC	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 FC	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

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	Roger Hunt	Liverpool FC	41

Web links

• England 1961-62 (RSSSF)

References and footnotes

1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
2. ↑ 1961/62 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 8, 2018 .