Football : Season Details : 1961

Final English Top Division Football (soccer) Table and Cup Final(s).

Legend
Clubs in RED qualified for European football.
Clubs in BLUE were relegated.
Points: 2 for a win; 1 for a draw.
History is in the form A-B:
A is the number of occasions that the club has been in the Top Division;
B is the number of consecutive seasons in the Top Division.
Abbreviations:
LC League Cup; FAC FA Cup
W Winner(s); F Finalist(s).

Position Club Points History Notes
1
 Tottenham Hotspur
66
4-11
 FAC-W
2
 Sheffield Wednesday
58
7-2
  
3
 Wolverhampton Wanderers
57
2-22
  
4
 Burnley
51
4-14
  
5
 Everton
50
3-7
  
6
 Leicester City
45
5-4
 FAC-F
7
 Manchester United
45
5-16
  
8
 Blackburn Rovers
43
3-3
  
9
 Aston Villa
43
3-1
 LC-W
10
 West Bromwich Albion
41
5-12
  
11
 Arsenal
41
2-35
  
12
 Chelsea
37
3-24
  
13
 Manchester City
37
6-10
  
14
 Nottingham Forest
37
4-4
  
15
 Cardiff City
37
3-1
  
16
 West Ham United
36
2-3
  
17
 Fulham
36
2-2
  
18
 Bolton Wanderers
35
6-19
  
19
 Birmingham City
34
6-6
  
20
 Blackpool
33
2-17
  
21
 Newcastle United
32
2-13
  
22
 Preston North End
30
6-10
  

League Cup Final First Leg Rotherham United 2 Aston Villa 0
League Cup Final Second Leg Aston Villa 3 Rotherham United 0
FA Cup Final Tottenham Hotspur 2 Leicester City 0

History

Tottenham Hotspur become the first club since 1897 to complete the League and FA Cup double. Their points total equalled that of 1931. Their 31 wins is a record for a 22 club League. Tottenham had begun with 11 victories and led all season.

The Fairs Cup has a rule of "one city, one club". This explains the peculiar qualification of clubs for this competition.

A new European competition begins: the Cup Winners Cup. This is open to winners of the national cups (like the FA Cup). Leicester City qualify as FA Cup finalists as Tottenham Hotspur will play in the European Cup.

The League Cup begins. This is a new knockout competition with a two-legged final open only to League clubs (Divisions 1 to 4). Many clubs refused to enter (Arsenal, Sheffield Wednesday, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers). Aston Villa are the first winners.

The maximum wage (then £20) was abolished. Contracts binding players to clubs for life were scrapped.

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