1961–62 Football League First Division

Football League First Division
Season	1961–62
Champions	Ipswich Town (1st English title)
Relegated	Cardiff City Chelsea
European Cup 1962–63	Ipswich Town
FA Cup winners European Cup Winners' Cup 1962–63	Tottenham Hotspur (4th FA Cup title)
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1961-62	Birmingham City Sheffield Wednesday Nottingham Forest
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1582 (3.42 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ray Crawford (Ipswich), 33 Derek Kevan (West Brom), 33 ^[1]
← 1960–61 1962–63 →

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

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

Home ╲ Away^[1]	ARS	AST	BIR	BLB	BLP	BOL	BUR	CAR	CHE	EVE	FUL	IPS	LEI	MCI	MUN	NOT	SHU	SHW	TOT	WBA	WHU	WOL
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.
1 ^{^} The 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

References

↑ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

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First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Burnley Cardiff City Chelsea Everton Fulham Ipswich Town Leicester City Manchester City Manchester United Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Huddersfield Town Liverpool Stoke City

Third Division	Newport County Port Vale

Fourth Division	Colchester United

1961–62 transfers