1961–62 Football League First Division

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1961-62 season.

Contents

Overview

Ipswich Town won the First Division title for the first time in the club's history that season.

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GA GD Pts
1 Ipswich Town 42 17 2 2 58 28 7 6 8 35 39 93 67 1.388 + 26 56
2 Burnley 42 14 4 3 57 26 7 7 7 44 41 101 67 1.507 + 34 53
3 Tottenham Hotspur 42 14 4 3 59 34 7 6 8 29 35 88 69 1.275 + 19 52
4 Everton 42 17 2 2 64 21 3 9 9 24 33 88 54 1.630 + 34 51
5 Sheffield United 42 13 5 3 37 23 6 4 11 24 46 61 69 0.884 – 8 47
6 Sheffield Wednesday 42 14 4 3 47 23 6 2 13 25 35 72 58 1.241 + 14 46
7 Aston Villa 42 13 5 3 45 20 5 3 13 20 36 65 56 1.161 + 9 44
8 West Ham United 42 11 6 4 49 37 6 4 11 27 45 76 82 0.927 – 6 44
9 West Bromwich Albion 42 10 7 4 50 23 5 6 10 33 44 83 67 1.239 + 16 43
10 Arsenal 42 9 6 6 39 31 7 5 9 32 41 71 72 0.986 – 1 43
11 Bolton Wanderers 42 11 7 3 35 22 5 3 13 27 44 62 66 0.939 – 4 42
12 Manchester City 42 11 3 7 46 38 6 4 11 32 43 78 81 0.963 – 3 41
13 Blackpool 42 10 4 7 41 30 5 7 9 29 45 70 75 0.933 – 5 41
14 Leicester City 42 12 2 7 38 27 5 4 12 34 44 72 71 1.014 + 1 40
15 Manchester United 42 10 3 8 44 31 5 6 10 28 44 72 75 0.960 – 3 39
16 Blackburn Rovers 42 10 6 5 33 22 4 5 12 17 36 50 58 0.862 – 8 39
17 Birmingham City 42 9 6 6 37 35 5 4 12 28 46 65 81 0.802 – 16 38
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 8 7 6 38 34 5 3 13 35 52 73 86 0.849 – 13 36
19 Nottingham Forest 42 12 4 5 39 23 1 6 14 24 56 63 79 0.797 – 16 36
20 Fulham 42 8 3 10 38 34 5 4 12 28 40 66 74 0.892 – 8 33
21 Cardiff City 42 6 9 6 30 33 3 5 13 20 48 50 81 0.617 – 31 32
22 Chelsea 42 7 7 7 34 29 2 3 16 29 65 63 94 0.670 – 31 28

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
League Champions, qualified for European Cup
FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1961-62
Relegated

First Division Results

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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 City 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

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top Scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Derek Kevan West Bromwich Albion 33
= Ray Crawford Ipswich Town 33
2 Ray Charnley Blackpool 30
3 Ted Phillips Ipswich Town 28
4 Roy Vernon Everton 26
5 Ray Pointer Burnley 25

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