1960–61 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool

1960–61 season

Manager

Bill Shankly

Second Division

3rd

FA Cup

Fourth Round

League Cup

Third Round

Top goalscorer

League: Kevin Lewis 19
All: Kevin Lewis 22

Average home league attendance

29,731

Home colours

Away colours

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In Liverpool F.C. seventh season in Division Two and Bill Shankly's second season as manager and first full season at the club. The rebuilding of the club continued with them ending third in the table and being knocked out early in the FA Cup and the newly formed Football League Cup.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Forwards

Table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Ipswich Town	42	26	7	9	100	55	1.818	59
2	Sheffield United	42	26	6	10	81	51	1.588	58
3	Liverpool	42	21	10	11	87	58	1.500	52
4	Norwich City	42	20	9	13	70	53	1.321	49
5	Middlesbrough	42	18	12	12	83	74	1.122	48
6	Sunderland	42	17	13	12	75	60	1.250	47
7	Swansea Town	42	18	11	13	77	73	1.055	47
8	Southampton	42	18	8	16	84	81	1.037	44
9	Scunthorpe United	42	14	15	13	69	64	1.078	43
10	Charlton Athletic	42	16	11	15	97	91	1.066	43
11	Plymouth Argyle	42	17	8	17	81	82	0.988	42
12	Derby County	42	15	10	17	80	80	1.000	40
13	Luton Town	42	15	9	18	71	79	0.899	39
14	Leeds United	42	14	10	18	75	83	0.904	38
15	Rotherham United	42	12	13	17	65	64	1.016	37
16	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	14	9	19	61	75	0.813	37
17	Bristol Rovers	42	15	7	20	73	92	0.793	37
18	Stoke City	42	12	12	18	51	59	0.864	36
19	Leyton Orient	42	14	8	20	55	78	0.705	36
20	Huddersfield Town	42	13	9	20	62	71	0.873	35
21	Portsmouth	42	11	11	20	64	91	0.703	33
22	Lincoln City	42	8	8	26	48	95	0.505	24

Results

Second Division

Main article: 1960–61 Football League § Second Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
20-Aug-60	Leeds United	H	2–0	Lewis 28' Hickson 35'	43,041	Report	Report
24-Aug-60	Southampton	A	1–4	Leishman 11'	24,823	Report	Report
27-Aug-60	Middlesbrough	A	1–1	Lewis 81'	20,986	Report	Report
31-Aug-60	Southampton	H	0–1		37,604	Report	Report
03-Sep-60	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	2–0	Harrower 9', 35'	24,390	Report	Report
07-Sep-60	Luton Town	H	2–2	Hickson 6' Moran pen 12'	27,339	Report	Report
10-Sep-60	Ipswich Town	A	0–1		13,502	Report	Report
14-Sep-60	Luton Town	A	1–2	Moran 58'	10,055	Report	Report
17-Sep-60	Scunthorpe United	H	3–2	Harrower 38' Leishman 45' Hunt 72'	23,797	Report	Report
24-Sep-60	Leyton Orient	A	3–1	Hickson 25' A'Court 39' Morrissey 88'	10,921	Report	Report
01-Oct-60	Derby County	H	1–0	Wheeler 67'	24,695	Report	Report
08-Oct-60	Lincoln City	A	2–1	Hunt 56', 85'	7,699	Report	Report
15-Oct-60	Portsmouth	H	3–3	Hickson 18', 47' Hunt 79'	26,302	Report	Report
22-Oct-60	Huddersfield Town	A	4–2	Lewis 20' Hunt 25' A'Court 67' Hickson 89'	15,719	Report	Report
29-Oct-60	Sunderland	H	1–1	Harrower pen 52'	30,612	Report	Report
05-Nov-60	Plymouth Argyle	A	4–0	A'Court 23' Hickson 38' Hunt 52', 53'	17,641	Report	Report
12-Nov-60	Norwich City	H	2–1	Hunt 1' Harrower 56'	32,473	Report	Report
19-Nov-60	Charlton Athletic	A	3–1	Own Goal 7' Hunt 77' Wheeler 86'	13,439	Report	Report
26-Nov-60	Sheffield United	H	4–2	Harrower 30', 63', 77' Hickson 55'	39,999	Report	Report
10-Dec-60	Swansea Town	H	4–0	Lewis 10', 58' A'Court 20' Hickson 62'	25,739	Report	Report
17-Dec-60	Leeds United	A	2–2	Lewis 63' Leishman 83'	11,900	Report	Report
26-Dec-60	Rotherham United	H	2–1	Hunt 21' Lewis 29'	39,426	Report	Report
27-Dec-60	Rotherham United	A	0–1		17,815	Report	Report
31-Dec-60	Middlesbrough	H	3–4	A'Court 21' Lewis 35', 56'	34,645	Report	Report
14-Jan-61	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1–3	A'Court 84'	17,495	Report	Report
21-Jan-61	Ipswich Town	H	1–1	Lewis 73'	33,401	Report	Report
04-Feb-61	Scunthorpe United	A	3–2	Lewis 33' Melia 49' Leishman 86'	7,970	Report	Report
11-Feb-61	Leyton Orient	H	5–0	Hickson 5', 36', 80' Morrissey 23' Lewis 84'	22,131	Report	Report
18-Feb-61	Derby County	A	4–1	Hickson 1' Melia 30', 32' Lewis 48'	16,301	Report	Report
25-Feb-61	Lincoln City	H	2–0	Morrissey 10' Lewis 25'	24,759	Report	Report
04-Mar-61	Portsmouth	A	2–2	Banks 9' Morrissey 34'	14,301	Report	Report
11-Mar-61	Huddersfield Town	H	3–1	Banks 19', 52' Lewis 76'	29,733	Report	Report
18-Mar-61	Swansea Town	A	0–2		13,181	Report	Report
24-Mar-61	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–1	Banks 28'	25,250	Report	Report
31-Mar-61	Bristol Rovers	H	3–0	Hunt 9' Wheeler 63' Hickson 72'	36,538	Report	Report
01-Apr-61	Sheffield United	A	1–1	Morrissey 72'	28,853	Report	Report
04-Apr-61	Bristol Rovers	A	3–4	Lewis pen 30', 75', 89'	16,522	Report	Report
08-Apr-61	Charlton Athletic	H	2–1	Hunt 4', 65'	26,390	Report	Report
15-Apr-61	Norwich City	A	1–2	Hickson 67'	21,204	Report	Report
22-Apr-61	Stoke City	H	3–0	Hunt 7' Hickson 77' Lewis 87'	13,389	Report	Report
29-Apr-61	Sunderland	A	1–1	Hunt 59'	30,040	Report	Report
03-May-61	Stoke City	A	1–3	A'Court 6'	4,463	Report	Report

FA Cup

Main article: 1960–61 FA Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
07-Jan-61	Coventry City	H	3–2	Hunt 37' Lewis 40' Harrower 61'	50,909	Report	Report
28-Jan-61	Sunderland	H	0–2		46,185	Report	Report

Football League Cup

Main article: 1960–61 Football League Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
19-Oct-60	Luton Town	H	1–1	Leishman 25'	10,502	Report	Report
24-Oct-60	Luton Town	A	5–2	Lewis 46', 51' Hickson 61' Hunt 73', 88'	6,125	Report	Report
16-Nov-60	Southampton	H	1–2	Hunt 54'	14,036	Report	Report

References

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