1961–62 Football League First Division

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First Division
Season 1961–62
Champions Ipswich Town
1st English title
Relegated Cardiff City
Chelsea
European Cup Ipswich Town
European Cup Winners' Cup Tottenham Hotspur
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Everton
Matches played462
Goals scored1,582 (3.42 per match)
Top goalscorer Derek Kevan
Ray Crawford
(33 goals each) [1]
1962–63 →

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

Contents

Overview

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

League standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGAvPtsQualification or relegation
1 Ipswich Town (C)422481093671.38856Qualified for the European Cup
2 Burnley 42211110101671.50753
3 Tottenham Hotspur 4221101188691.27552Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
4 Everton 4220111188541.63051Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
5 Sheffield United 421991461690.88447
6 Sheffield Wednesday 422061672581.24146
7 Aston Villa 421881665561.16144
8 West Ham United 4217101576820.92744
9 West Bromwich Albion 4215131483671.23943
10 Arsenal 4216111571720.98643
11 Bolton Wanderers 4216101662660.93942
12 Manchester City 421771878810.96341
13 Blackpool 4215111670750.93341
14 Leicester City 421761972711.01440
15 Manchester United 421591872750.96039
16 Blackburn Rovers 4214111750580.86239
17 Birmingham City 4214101865810.80238
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4213101973860.84936
19 Nottingham Forest 4213101963790.79736
20 Fulham 421372266740.89233
21 Cardiff City (R)429141950810.61732Relegated to the Second Division
22 Chelsea (R)429102363940.67028
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 4–51–10–03–01–22–21–10–32–31–00–34–43–05–12–12–01–02–10–12–23–1
Aston Villa 3–11–31–05–03–00–22–23–11–12–03–08–32–11–15–10–01–00–01–02–41–0
Birmingham City 1–00–22–11–12–12–63–03–20–02–13–11–51–11–11–13–01–12–31–24–03–6
Blackburn Rovers 0–04–22–01–12–32–10–03–01–10–22–22–14–13–02–11–20–20–11–11–02–1
Blackpool 0–11–21–02–12–11–13–04–01–12–11–12–13–12–31–32–41–31–22–22–07–2
Bolton Wanderers 2–11–13–21–10–00–01–14–21–12–30–01–00–21–06–12–04–31–23–21–01–0
Burnley 0–23–07–10–12–03–12–11–12–12–14–32–06–31–30–04–24–02–23–16–03–3
Cardiff City 1–11–03–21–13–21–21–15–20–00–30–30–40–01–22–21–12–11–12–23–02–3
Chelsea 2–31–01–11–11–01–01–22–31–10–02–21–31–12–02–26–11–00–24–10–14–5
Everton 4–12–04–11–02–21–02–28–34–03–05–23–20–25–16–01–00–43–03–13–04–0
Fulham 5–23–10–12–00–12–23–50–13–42–11–22–13–42–01–15–20–21–11–22–00–1
Ipswich Town 2–22–04–12–11–12–16–21–05–24–22–41–02–44–11–04–02–13–23–04–23–2
Leicester City 0–10–21–22–00–21–12–63–02–02–04–10–22–04–32–14–11–02–31–02–23–0
Manchester City 3–21–01–43–12–42–11–31–22–21–32–13–03–10–23–01–13–16–23–13–52–2
Manchester United 2–32–00–26–10–10–31–43–03–21–13–05–02–23–26–30–11–11–04–11–20–2
Nottingham Forest 0–12–02–11–23–40–13–22–13–02–11–11–10–01–21–02–03–12–04–43–03–1
Sheffield United 2–10–23–10–02–13–12–01–03–11–12–22–13–13–12–32–01–01–11–11–42–1
Sheffield Wednesday 1–13–05–11–03–24–24–02–05–33–11–11–41–21–03–13–01–20–02–10–03–2
Tottenham Hotspur 4–31–03–14–15–22–24–23–25–23–14–21–31–22–02–24–23–34–01–22–21–0
West Bromwich Albion 4–01–10–04–07–16–21–15–14–02–02–01–32–02–21–12–23–10–22–40–11–1
West Ham United 3–32–02–22–32–21–02–14–12–13–14–22–24–10–41–13–21–22–32–13–34–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–32–22–10–22–25–11–11–11–10–31–32–01–14–12–22–10–13–03–11–53–2
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

RankPlayerClubGoals
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

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References

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