1960–61 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

Sheffield Wednesday
1960–61 season
Chairman	Andrew Stephen
Manager	Harry Catterick
First Division	2nd
FA Cup	Quarter finals
Top goalscorer	League: Fantham (20) All: Fantham (23)
Average home league attendance	29,229
← 1959–60 1961–62 →

During the 1960–61 English football season, Sheffield Wednesday F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

In the 1960–61 season, the Owls had an excellent campaign, reaching the last eight of the FA Cup and finishing 2nd place in the league, 8 points behind champions Tottenham Hotspur.

Final league table

Main article: 1960–61 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	3	3	65	28	16	1	4	50	27	115	55	2.091	+ 60	66
2	Sheffield Wednesday	42	15	4	2	45	17	8	8	5	33	30	78	47	1.660	+ 31	58
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	17	2	2	61	32	8	5	8	42	43	103	75	1.373	+ 28	57
4	Burnley	42	11	4	6	58	40	11	3	7	44	37	102	77	1.325	+ 25	51
5	Everton	42	13	4	4	47	23	9	2	10	40	46	87	69	1.261	+ 18	50
6	Leicester City	42	12	4	5	54	31	6	5	10	33	39	87	70	1.243	+ 3	45
7	Manchester United	42	14	5	2	58	20	4	4	13	30	56	88	76	1.158	+ 12	45
8	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	3	6	48	34	3	10	8	29	42	77	76	1.013	+ 1	43
9	Aston Villa	42	13	3	5	48	28	4	6	11	30	49	78	77	1.013	+ 1	43
10	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	3	8	43	32	8	2	11	24	39	67	71	0.944	– 4	41
11	Arsenal	42	12	3	6	44	35	3	8	10	33	50	77	85	0.906	– 8	41
12	Chelsea	42	10	5	6	61	48	5	2	14	37	52	98	100	0.980	– 2	37
13	Manchester City	42	10	5	6	41	30	3	6	12	38	60	79	90	0.878	– 11	37
14	Nottingham Forest	42	8	7	6	34	33	6	2	13	28	45	62	78	0.795	– 16	37
15	Cardiff City	42	11	5	5	34	26	2	6	13	26	59	60	85	0.706	– 25	37
16	West Ham United	42	12	4	5	53	31	1	6	14	24	57	77	88	0.875	– 11	36
17	Fulham	42	8	8	5	39	39	6	0	15	33	56	72	95	0.758	– 23	36
18	Bolton Wanderers	42	9	5	7	38	29	3	6	12	20	44	58	73	0.795	– 15	35
19	Birmingham City	42	10	4	7	35	31	4	2	15	27	53	62	84	0.738	– 22	34
20	Blackpool	42	9	3	9	44	34	3	6	12	24	39	68	73	0.932	– 5	33
21	Newcastle United	42	7	7	7	51	49	4	3	14	35	60	86	109	0.789	– 23	32
22	Preston North End	42	7	6	8	28	25	3	4	14	15	46	43	71	0.606	– 28	30

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 1960-61
	League Cup Winners
	Relegated

Results

Sheffield Wednesday's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 1961	Leeds United	H	2–0	36,225	Ellis, Quinn
R4	28 January 1961	Manchester United	H	1–1	58,000	Wilkinson
R4R	1 February 1961	Manchester United	A	7–2	65,243	Ellis (3), Fantham (2), Finney (2)
R5	18 February 1961	Leyton Orient	A	2–0	31,000	Ellis, Fantham
QF	4 March 1961	Burnley	H	0–0	55,000
QFR	7 March 1961	Burnley	A	0–2	49,113

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
-	GK	Ron Springett
-	DF	Peter Johnson
-	DF	Peter Swan
-	DF	Don Megson
-	MF	Alan Finney
-	MF	Tony Kay
-	MF	Tom McAnearney
-	FW	John Fantham
-	FW	Bobby Craig
-	FW	Keith Ellis
-	MF	Derek Wilkinson

No.	Position	Player
-	MF	John Quinn
-	FW	Bill Griffin
-	MF	Ralph O'Donnell
-	DF	Gerry Young
-	DF	Brian Hill
-	GK	Roy McLaren
-	MF	Bobby Lodge
-	DF	Jack Martin
-	DF	John Frye
-	MF	John Meredith

References

↑ "Sheffield Wednesday 1960-1961 : Results". www.statto.com. Retrieved 21 July 2013.

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