1960–61_Newcastle_United_F.C._season

Newcastle United
1960–61 season
Chairman	Wally Hurford
Manager	Charlie Mitten
First Division	21st (relegated)
FA Cup	Quarter finals
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: White (28); All: White (29)
Average home league attendance	26,500
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1959–60 1961–62 →

1960–61 Newcastle United F.C. season

Newcastle United 1960–61 football season

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

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Newcastle United 1960-1961: Results Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. statto.com. Retrieved 14 August 2013.

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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

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

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 August 1960	Preston North End	A	3–2	17,363	White (3)
24 August 1960	Fulham	H	7–2	23,498	Gilfillan (2), White, Neale (2), Tuohy (2)
27 August 1960	Burnley	H	0–1	35,485
31 August 1960	Fulham	A	3–4	21,361	Allchurch, Hughes, Woods
3 September 1960	Nottingham Forest	A	2–0	23,806	Gibson, (own goal)
5 September 1960	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–6	22,661
10 September 1960	Manchester City	H	1–3	25,904	Marshall
14 September 1960	West Bromwich Albion	H	3–2	16,107	Hughes, White, Tuohy
17 September 1960	Arsenal	A	0–5	34,885
24 September 1960	Leicester City	H	1–3	21,161	McGuigan
1 October 1960	Cardiff City	H	5–0	17,627	Luke (2), White (2), Mitchell
8 October 1960	Aston Villa	A	0–2	25,336
15 October 1960	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	4–4	23,401	Hughes, White, Mitchell (2)
22 October 1960	Manchester United	A	2–3	37,516	Stokoe (pen), Hughes
29 October 1960	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3–4	51,369	Hughes, White (2)
5 November 1960	Chelsea	A	2–4	30,489	White (2)
12 November 1960	Blackpool	H	4–3	26,657	White (2), Neale (2)
19 November 1960	Everton	A	0–5	41,123
26 November 1960	Blackburn Rovers	H	3–1	22,623	White (2), Mitchell
3 December 1960	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–2	12,921	White
10 December 1960	West Ham United	H	5–5	20,100	Bell, McGuigan, White (2), Mitchell
17 December 1960	Preston North End	H	0–0	21,514
24 December 1960	Birmingham City	H	2–2	20,354	Mitchell, Scanlon
26 December 1960	Birmingham City	A	1–2	29,435	Woods
31 December 1960	Burnley	A	3–5	24,972	Hughes (2), White
14 January 1961	Nottingham Forest	H	2–2	25,845	White, Woods
21 January 1961	Manchester City	A	3–3	19,746	Allchurch, White, Woods
4 February 1961	Arsenal	H	3–3	34,394	Hughes, White, Scanlon
11 February 1961	Leicester City	A	3–5	26,449	Allchurch, White (2)
22 February 1961	Cardiff City	A	2–3	30,000	Allchurch, White
25 February 1961	Aston Villa	H	2–1	21,275	White (2)
8 March 1961	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–2	24,970	Allchurch
11 March 1961	Manchester United	H	1–1	28,867	Scanlon
22 March 1961	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–1	46,470	Allchurch, Scanlon
25 March 1961	Chelsea	H	1–6	28,975	Neale
31 March 1961	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–1	42,181
1 April 1961	West Ham United	A	1–1	17,103	Scanlon
3 April 1961	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–1	35,273	Woods
8 April 1961	Everton	H	0–4	30,342
15 April 1961	Blackpool	A	1–2	19,381	Woods
22 April 1961	Bolton Wanderers	H	4–1	18,820	McGuigan, Keith, McKinney (pen), Tuohy
29 April 1961	Blackburn Rovers	A	4–2	12,700	Allchurch, McGuigan (2), Neale

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 1961	Fulham	H	5–0	36,037	Allchurch, Neale (3), Woods
R4	1 February 1961	Stockport County	H	4–0	48,715	Allchurch, White, Woods (2)
R5	18 February 1961	Stoke City	H	3–1	46,253	Allchurch, McKinney (pen), Scanlon
QF	4 March 1961	Sheffield United	H	1–3	54,829	McGuigan

1960–61_Newcastle_United_F.C._season

1960–61 Newcastle United F.C. season

Season summary

Final league table

Results

Legend

Football League First Division

FA Cup

League Cup

Squad

References

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