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SEASON: 1960-61

Prev Season: 1959-60
This Season: 1960-61
Next Season: 1961-62

DIVISION: English First Division (Tier 1)

MANAGER(s):: Andy Beattie
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Birmingham City (H) 0-2)
League Cup:: 4th Round (Burnley (A) 1-2)

Top Goalscorer:: Colin Booth (19 goals)

TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1960-61

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Tottenham Hotspur	42	31	4	7	115	55	15	3	3	65	28	16	1	4	50	27	2.09091	66	European Cup Preliminary Round	0-4	0-1
2	Sheffield Wednesday	42	23	12	7	78	47	15	4	2	45	17	8	8	5	33	30	1.65957	58		1-2	0-1
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	25	7	10	103	75	17	2	2	61	32	8	5	8	42	43	1.37333	57		1-1	3-5
4	Burnley	42	22	7	13	102	77	11	4	6	58	40	11	3	7	44	37	1.32468	51		3-1	1-4
5	Everton	42	22	6	14	87	69	13	4	4	47	23	9	2	10	40	46	1.26087	50		1-2	0-1
6	Leicester City	42	18	9	15	87	70	12	4	5	54	31	6	5	10	33	39	1.24286	45	Cup Winners Cup	2-2	1-1
7	Manchester United	42	18	9	15	88	76	14	5	2	58	20	4	4	13	30	56	1.15789	45		3-2	1-2
8	Blackburn Rovers	42	15	13	14	77	76	12	3	6	48	34	3	10	8	29	42	1.01316	43		1-1	1-4
9	Aston Villa	42	17	9	16	78	77	13	3	5	48	28	4	6	11	30	49	1.01299	43		2-0	2-1
10	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	5	19	67	71	10	3	8	43	32	8	2	11	24	39	.94366	41		1-2	2-1
11	Arsenal	42	15	11	16	77	85	12	3	6	44	35	3	8	10	33	50	.90588	41		3-5	0-3
12	Chelsea	42	15	7	20	98	100	10	5	6	61	48	5	2	14	37	52	.98000	37		2-1	3-4
13	Manchester City	42	13	11	18	79	90	10	5	6	41	30	3	6	12	38	60	.87778	37		2-2	2-1
14	Nottingham Forest	42	14	9	19	62	78	8	7	6	34	33	6	2	13	28	45	.79487	37
15	Cardiff City	42	13	11	18	60	85	11	5	5	34	26	2	6	13	26	59	.70588	37		2-1	3-1
16	West Ham United	42	13	10	19	77	88	12	4	5	53	31	1	6	14	24	57	.87500	36		1-1	4-2
17	Fulham	42	14	8	20	72	95	8	8	5	39	39	6	0	15	33	56	.75789	36		4-2	0-1
18	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	11	19	58	73	9	5	7	38	29	3	6	12	20	44	.79452	35		2-2	1-3
19	Birmingham City	42	14	6	22	62	84	10	4	7	35	31	4	2	15	27	53	.73810	34		1-0	1-3
20	Blackpool	42	12	9	21	68	73	9	3	9	44	34	3	6	12	24	39	.93151	33		0-0	0-4
21	Newcastle United	42	11	10	21	86	109	7	7	7	51	49	4	3	14	35	60	.78899	32	Relegated	0-2	2-2
22	Preston North End	42	10	10	22	43	71	7	6	8	28	25	3	4	14	15	46	.60563	30	Relegated	2-0	1-0

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	15 times	13 times	6 times	2 times
Conceded	16 times	14 times	3 times	5 times	2 times
Won By	9 times	7 times
Lost By	10 times	6 times	3 times	2 times

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	2	-	-	2	0	5	0	Tottenham Hotspur (0-4), Tottenham Hotspur (0-1)
2		2	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Sheffield Wednesday (1-2)
3		3	3	-	1	2	2	6	1	Blackburn Rovers (1-4), Sheffield Wednesday (0-1), Wolverhampton Wanderers (1-1)
4		4	3	1	-	2	5	7	2	Everton (1-2), Burnley (1-4), Burnley (3-1)
5		5	3	1	-	2	5	6	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-5), Aston Villa (2-0), Everton (0-1)
6		6	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	Leicester City (2-2)
7		7	3	1	1	1	6	7	3	Blackburn Rovers (1-1), Arsenal (3-5), Aston Villa (2-1)
8		8	2	1	-	1	4	4	2	Newcastle United (0-2), Fulham (4-2)
9		9	3	2	1	-	7	4	5	West Ham United (4-2), Chelsea (2-1), Leicester City (1-1)
10		10	2	2	-	-	5	3	4	Cardiff City (2-1), Manchester United (3-2)
11		11	3	-	-	3	1	7	0	Arsenal (0-3), Fulham (0-1), Birmingham City (1-3)
12	54	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	24	13	2	2	-	-	5	2	4	Cardiff City (3-1), Manchester City (2-1)
14	19	14	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	Birmingham City (1-0)
15	3	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16	28	16	3	1	1	1	6	6	3	West Bromwich Albion (2-1), West Ham United (1-1), Chelsea (3-4)
17	5	17	1	-	-	1	1	3	0	Bolton Wanderers (1-3)
18	10	18	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	Newcastle United (2-2)
19	21	19	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Manchester United (1-2)
20	7	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
21	30	21	3	1	2	-	4	2	4	Bolton Wanderers (2-2), Preston North End (2-0), Blackpool (0-0)
22	51	22	3	1	-	2	2	6	2	West Bromwich Albion (1-2), Blackpool (0-4), Preston North End (1-0)

Not included: Week 1 game against Manchester City (2-2) as all teams were unplaced at the time

GAMES

Manager for all games: Andy Beattie
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Aug 20, 1960	Manchester City	H	2-2	30,133	15	Booth (?), Julians (?)
2	Wed Aug 24, 1960	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-4	20,539	17	Booth (?)
3	Sat Aug 27, 1960	Arsenal	A	0-3	28,878	19
4	Wed Aug 31, 1960	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-1	19,317	20	Gray (?)
5	Sat Sep 03, 1960	Newcastle United	H	0-2	23,931	21
6	Sat Sep 10, 1960	Cardiff City	A	3-1	24,037	19	Gray (?), Vowden (?), Younger (?)
7	Tue Sep 13, 1960	Fulham	A	0-1	13,630	19
8	Sat Sep 17, 1960	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-2	22,906	22	Booth (?)
9	Wed Sep 21, 1960	Fulham	H	4-2	15,118	18	Booth (?), Vowden (?, ?, ?)
10	Sat Sep 24, 1960	Birmingham City	A	1-3	26,659	19	Vowden (2')
11	Sat Oct 01, 1960	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1-2	30,223	21	Booth (?)
12	Sat Oct 15, 1960	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-4	37,248	21
13	Sat Oct 22, 1960	Blackpool	A	0-4	15,733	22
14	Mon Oct 24, 1960	Manchester United	A	1-2	23,188	22	Booth (8')
15	Sat Oct 29, 1960	Everton	H	1-2	20,720	22	Booth (?)
16	Sat Nov 05, 1960	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	3-5	24,375	22	Vowden (?, ?), Quigley (?)
17	Sat Nov 12, 1960	Bolton Wanderers	H	2-2	18,812	22	Booth (?, ?)
18	Sat Nov 19, 1960	West Ham United	A	4-2	21,047	22	Gray (?), Vowden (?, ?), Le Flem (?)
19	Sat Nov 26, 1960	Chelsea	H	2-1	22,121	22	Vowden (?), Quigley (?)
20	Sat Dec 03, 1960	Leicester City	A	1-1	20,545	21	Le Flem (?)
21	Sat Dec 10, 1960	Aston Villa	H	2-0	23,349	19	Vowden (?), Quigley (?)
22	Sat Dec 17, 1960	Manchester City	A	2-1	18,252	18	Quigley (?, ?)
23	Sat Dec 24, 1960	Preston North End	H	2-0	22,799	17	Booth (?, ?)
24	Mon Dec 26, 1960	Preston North End	A	1-0	12,705	16	Quigley (?)
25	Sat Dec 31, 1960	Arsenal	H	3-5	30,040	16	Palmer (? pen), Quigley (?, ?)
26	Sat Jan 14, 1961	Newcastle United	A	2-2	25,845	16	Quigley (71'), Cobb (84')
27	Sat Jan 21, 1961	Cardiff City	H	2-1	19,227	14	Booth (?), Quigley (?)
28	Sat Feb 04, 1961	West Bromwich Albion	A	2-1	24,927	13	Addison (?, ?)
29	Sat Feb 11, 1961	Birmingham City	H	1-0	23,541	13	Booth (?)
30	Tue Feb 21, 1961	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-1	32,992	13
31	Sat Feb 25, 1961	Manchester United	H	3-2	26,850	12	Rowland (24'), Booth (84'), Addison (85')
32	Sat Mar 11, 1961	Blackpool	H	0-0	29,859	12
33	Sat Mar 18, 1961	Everton	A	0-1	27,579	12
34	Sat Mar 25, 1961	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-1	24,110	13	Addison (?)
35	Fri Mar 31, 1961	Burnley	A	1-4	18,650	16	Booth (?)
36	Sat Apr 01, 1961	Aston Villa	A	2-1	25,469	14	Booth (?), Quigley (?)
37	Mon Apr 03, 1961	Burnley	H	3-1	27,965	12	Addison (?, ?), Vowden (?)
38	Sat Apr 08, 1961	West Ham United	H	1-1	23,083	12	Vowden (?)	Safe
39	Sat Apr 15, 1961	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-3	18,601	12	Booth (?)	Safe
40	Sat Apr 22, 1961	Leicester City	H	2-2	25,781	12	Booth (?), Le Flem (?)	Safe
41	Wed Apr 26, 1961	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-1	35,743	12		Safe
42	Sat Apr 29, 1961	Chelsea	A	3-4	22,775	14	Palmer (? pen), Booth (46'), Addison (86')	Safe

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 07, 1961	Birmingham City	3		H	0-2	29,919

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Thu Oct 06, 1960	Halifax Town	2	H	2-0	4,445	Younger (?, ?)
Tue Nov 15, 1960	Bristol City	3	H	2-1	3,686	Quigley (?, ?)
Tue Jan 10, 1961	Burnley	4	A	1-2	12,489	Cobb (?)

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Fri May 05, 1961	Mansfield Town		H	1-0	5,526	Addison (?)
Mon May 08, 1961	Notts County		H	4-3	9,870	Vowden (?), Booth (?, ?), Noone (? OG)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Thu Mar 02, 1961	Watford	England	A	1-1	3,340	Rowland (?)
Mon Mar 20, 1961	Peterborough United	England	A	1-4	9,229	Addison (61')
Mon Apr 10, 1961	Barrow	England	A	2-1	3,209	Cobb (?, ?)
Sat May 13, 1961	Karlovy Vary	Czech Republic	A	4-0	7,000	? (?, ?, ?, ?)
Tue May 16, 1961	Sparta Prague	Czech Republic	A	1-1	15,000	Rowland (?)
Sun May 21, 1961	Hradek Kralova	Czech Republic	A	2-1	6,000	Julians (?), Iley (?)
Wed May 24, 1961	Dynamo Zilina		A	2-0	16,000	Booth (?), Le Flem (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Andy Beattie
Sat Aug 20, 1960	League Tier 1	Manchester City		H	2-2	30,133	Booth (?), Julians (?)
Wed Aug 24, 1960	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers		A	1-4	20,539	Booth (?)
Sat Aug 27, 1960	League Tier 1	Arsenal		A	0-3	28,878
Wed Aug 31, 1960	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers		H	1-1	19,317	Gray (?)
Sat Sep 03, 1960	League Tier 1	Newcastle United		H	0-2	23,931
Sat Sep 10, 1960	League Tier 1	Cardiff City		A	3-1	24,037	Gray (?), Vowden (?), Younger (?)
Tue Sep 13, 1960	League Tier 1	Fulham		A	0-1	13,630
Sat Sep 17, 1960	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion		H	1-2	22,906	Booth (?)
Wed Sep 21, 1960	League Tier 1	Fulham		H	4-2	15,118	Booth (?), Vowden (?, ?, ?)
Sat Sep 24, 1960	League Tier 1	Birmingham City		A	1-3	26,659	Vowden (2')
Sat Oct 01, 1960	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday		H	1-2	30,223	Booth (?)
Thu Oct 06, 1960	League Cup	Halifax Town	2	H	2-0	4,445	Younger (?, ?)
Sat Oct 15, 1960	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur		H	0-4	37,248
Sat Oct 22, 1960	League Tier 1	Blackpool		A	0-4	15,733
Mon Oct 24, 1960	League Tier 1	Manchester United		A	1-2	23,188	Booth (8')
Sat Oct 29, 1960	League Tier 1	Everton		H	1-2	20,720	Booth (?)
Sat Nov 05, 1960	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers		A	3-5	24,375	Vowden (?, ?), Quigley (?)
Sat Nov 12, 1960	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers		H	2-2	18,812	Booth (?, ?)
Tue Nov 15, 1960	League Cup	Bristol City	3	H	2-1	3,686	Quigley (?, ?)
Sat Nov 19, 1960	League Tier 1	West Ham United		A	4-2	21,047	Gray (?), Vowden (?, ?), Le Flem (?)
Sat Nov 26, 1960	League Tier 1	Chelsea		H	2-1	22,121	Vowden (?), Quigley (?)
Sat Dec 03, 1960	League Tier 1	Leicester City		A	1-1	20,545	Le Flem (?)
Sat Dec 10, 1960	League Tier 1	Aston Villa		H	2-0	23,349	Vowden (?), Quigley (?)
Sat Dec 17, 1960	League Tier 1	Manchester City		A	2-1	18,252	Quigley (?, ?)
Sat Dec 24, 1960	League Tier 1	Preston North End		H	2-0	22,799	Booth (?, ?)
Mon Dec 26, 1960	League Tier 1	Preston North End		A	1-0	12,705	Quigley (?)
Sat Dec 31, 1960	League Tier 1	Arsenal		H	3-5	30,040	Palmer (? pen), Quigley (?, ?)
Sat Jan 07, 1961	FA Cup	Birmingham City	3	H	0-2	29,919
Tue Jan 10, 1961	League Cup	Burnley	4	A	1-2	12,489	Cobb (?)
Sat Jan 14, 1961	League Tier 1	Newcastle United		A	2-2	25,845	Quigley (71'), Cobb (84')
Sat Jan 21, 1961	League Tier 1	Cardiff City		H	2-1	19,227	Booth (?), Quigley (?)
Sat Feb 04, 1961	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion		A	2-1	24,927	Addison (?, ?)
Sat Feb 11, 1961	League Tier 1	Birmingham City		H	1-0	23,541	Booth (?)
Tue Feb 21, 1961	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday		A	0-1	32,992
Sat Feb 25, 1961	League Tier 1	Manchester United		H	3-2	26,850	Rowland (24'), Booth (84'), Addison (85')
Thu Mar 02, 1961	Friendly	Watford		A	1-1	3,340	Rowland (?)
Sat Mar 11, 1961	League Tier 1	Blackpool		H	0-0	29,859
Sat Mar 18, 1961	League Tier 1	Everton		A	0-1	27,579
Mon Mar 20, 1961	Friendly	Peterborough United		A	1-4	9,229	Addison (61')
Sat Mar 25, 1961	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers		H	1-1	24,110	Addison (?)
Fri Mar 31, 1961	League Tier 1	Burnley		A	1-4	18,650	Booth (?)
Sat Apr 01, 1961	League Tier 1	Aston Villa		A	2-1	25,469	Booth (?), Quigley (?)
Mon Apr 03, 1961	League Tier 1	Burnley		H	3-1	27,965	Addison (?, ?), Vowden (?)
Sat Apr 08, 1961	League Tier 1	West Ham United		H	1-1	23,083	Vowden (?)	Safe
Mon Apr 10, 1961	Friendly	Barrow		A	2-1	3,209	Cobb (?, ?)	Safe
Sat Apr 15, 1961	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers		A	1-3	18,601	Booth (?)	Safe
Sat Apr 22, 1961	League Tier 1	Leicester City		H	2-2	25,781	Booth (?), Le Flem (?)	Safe
Wed Apr 26, 1961	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur		A	0-1	35,743		Safe
Sat Apr 29, 1961	League Tier 1	Chelsea		A	3-4	22,775	Palmer (? pen), Booth (46'), Addison (86')	Safe
Fri May 05, 1961	County Cup	Mansfield Town		H	1-0	5,526	Addison (?)
Mon May 08, 1961	County Cup	Notts County		H	4-3	9,870	Vowden (?), Booth (?, ?), Noone (? OG)
Sat May 13, 1961	Friendly	Karlovy Vary		A	4-0	7,000	? (?, ?, ?, ?)
Tue May 16, 1961	Friendly	Sparta Prague		A	1-1	15,000	Rowland (?)
Sun May 21, 1961	Friendly	Hradek Kralova		A	2-1	6,000	Julians (?), Iley (?)
Wed May 24, 1961	Friendly	Dynamo Zilina		A	2-0	16,000	Booth (?), Le Flem (?)

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Sat Jan 07, 1961	Birmingham City	3		H	0-2	29,919

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Fri May 05, 1961	Mansfield Town		H	1-0	5,526
Mon May 08, 1961	Notts County		H	4-3	9,870

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (7) - £12,000				Out (6) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Brian Grant	Bought			Barry Wealthall	Sold
	Flip Le Flem	Bought			Billy Younger	Sold
	Peter Grummitt	Bought			Chic Thomson	Retired
Jun 30, 1960	Len Julians	Bought			Joe McDonald	Sold
Dec 26, 1960	Billy Cobb	Bought			Roy Patrick	Sold
Jan 10, 1961	Doug Baird	Bought		Sep 03, 1960	Tommy Wilson	Sold
Jan 21, 1961	Colin Addison	Bought	£12,000

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Chic Thomson	Scotland	30	17	3	2	12
GK		John Armstrong	Scotland	23
GK		Peter Grummitt	England	17	29	13	7	9
Defenders
D		Barry Wealthall	England	18	4	2	1	1
D		Bob McKinlay	Scotland	27	46	16	9	21
D		Brian Grant	Scotland	17	1		1
D		Doug Baird	Scotland	24	5	2	1	2
D		Joe McDonald	Scotland	31	41	15	8	18
D		Roy Patrick	England	24	36	12	6	18
Midfielders
M		Billy Cobb	England	19	7	3	2	2	2
M		Calvin Palmer	England	19	30	13	7	10	2
M		Jack Burkitt	England	34	21	10	4	7
M		Jeff Whitefoot	England	26	17	3	2	12
M		John Rowland	England	19	14	4	3	7	1
M		Tony Barton	England	22	7		3	4
Forwards
F		Billy Gray	England	33	33	12	5	16	3
F		Billy Younger	England	20	6	3		3	3
F		Colin Addison	England	20	14	5	4	5	7
F		Colin Booth	England	25	38	14	7	17	19
F		Flip Le Flem	England	18	41	16	7	18	3
F		Geoff Vowden	England	19	27	11	5	11	13
F		Jim Iley	England	24	26	6	5	15
F		Johnny Quigley	Scotland	25	38	13	8	17	13
F		Len Julians	England	27	7		2	5	1
F		Tommy Wilson	England	29	1			1

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
19	Colin Booth	38
13	Geoff Vowden	27
13	Johnny Quigley	38
7	Colin Addison	14
3	Billy Gray	33
3	Billy Younger	6
3	Flip Le Flem	41
2	Billy Cobb	7
2 (2)	Calvin Palmer	30
1	John Rowland	14
1	Len Julians	7

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Aston Villa	Sat Dec 10, 1960	Home	2-0	Sat Apr 01, 1961	Away	2-1
Cardiff City	Sat Sep 10, 1960	Away	3-1	Sat Jan 21, 1961	Home	2-1
Preston North End	Sat Dec 24, 1960	Home	2-0	Mon Dec 26, 1960	Away	1-0

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Arsenal	Sat Aug 27, 1960	Away	0-3	Sat Dec 31, 1960	Home	3-5
Everton	Sat Oct 29, 1960	Home	1-2	Sat Mar 18, 1961	Away	0-1
Sheffield Wednesday	Sat Oct 01, 1960	Home	1-2	Tue Feb 21, 1961	Away	0-1
Tottenham Hotspur	Sat Oct 15, 1960	Home	0-4	Wed Apr 26, 1961	Away	0-1