1961–62 Football League First Division

First Division
Season1961–62
ChampionsIpswich Town
1st English title
RelegatedCardiff City
Chelsea
European CupIpswich Town
European Cup Winners' CupTottenham Hotspur
Inter-Cities Fairs CupEverton
Matches played462
Goals scored1,582 (3.42 per match)
Top goalscorerDerek Kevan
Ray Crawford
(33 goals each)[1]

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

Overview

Ipswich Town won their only league title this season, notably being the only team in England to win the title in their first ever season in the top flight (not counting inaugural league champions Preston North End in 1888–89).

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ipswich Town (C) 42 24 8 10 93 67 1.388 56 Qualified for the European Cup
2 Burnley 42 21 11 10 101 67 1.507 53
3 Tottenham Hotspur 42 21 10 11 88 69 1.275 52 Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
4 Everton 42 20 11 11 88 54 1.630 51 Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
5 Sheffield United 42 19 9 14 61 69 0.884 47
6 Sheffield Wednesday 42 20 6 16 72 58 1.241 46
7 Aston Villa 42 18 8 16 65 56 1.161 44
8 West Ham United 42 17 10 15 76 82 0.927 44
9 West Bromwich Albion 42 15 13 14 83 67 1.239 43
10 Arsenal 42 16 11 15 71 72 0.986 43
11 Bolton Wanderers 42 16 10 16 62 66 0.939 42
12 Manchester City 42 17 7 18 78 81 0.963 41
13 Blackpool 42 15 11 16 70 75 0.933 41
14 Leicester City 42 17 6 19 72 71 1.014 40
15 Manchester United 42 15 9 18 72 75 0.960 39
16 Blackburn Rovers 42 14 11 17 50 58 0.862 39
17 Birmingham City 42 14 10 18 65 81 0.802 38
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 13 10 19 73 86 0.849 36
19 Nottingham Forest 42 13 10 19 63 79 0.797 36
20 Fulham 42 13 7 22 66 74 0.892 33
21 Cardiff City (R) 42 9 14 19 50 81 0.617 32 Relegated to the Second Division
22 Chelsea (R) 42 9 10 23 63 94 0.670 28
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away 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
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: 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

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