The City Ground

SEASON: 1961-62

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Next Season: 1962-63

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Andy Beattie
FA Cup:: 4th Round (Sheffield Wednesday (H) 0-2)
League Cup:: 3rd Round (Blackburn Rovers (H) 1-2)

Top Goalscorer:: Colin Booth (14 goal)

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	8 times	2 times
Conceded	16 times	14 times	3 times	3 times	5 times
Won By	7 times	6 times	3 times
Lost By	12 times	4 times	3 times	2 times	2 times

ATTENDANCES

Highest League Attendance:: 40,875 (League - Tottenham Hotspur)
Lowest League Attendance:: 17,419 (League - Chelsea)
Average League Attendance:: 25,000
Highest Cup Attendance:: 36,158 (Fairs Cup - Valencia)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 36,158 (Fairs Cup - Valencia)

MISC

Clean Sheets:: 8
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

DIVISION ONE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA*	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Ipswich Town	42	24	8	10	93	67	17	2	2	58	28	7	6	8	35	39	1.388	56	European Cup Preliminary Round	1-1	0-1
2	Burnley	42	21	11	10	101	67	14	4	3	57	26	7	7	7	44	41	1.507	53		3-2	0-0
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	21	10	11	88	69	14	4	3	59	34	7	6	8	29	35	1.275	52	Cup Winners Cup	2-0	2-4
4	Everton	42	20	11	11	88	54	17	2	2	64	21	3	9	9	24	33	1.630	51		2-1	0-6
5	Sheffield United	42	19	9	14	61	69	13	5	3	37	23	6	4	11	24	46	.884	47		2-0	0-2
6	Sheffield Wednesday	42	20	6	16	72	58	14	4	3	47	23	6	2	13	25	35	1.241	46		3-1	0-3
7	Aston Villa	42	18	8	16	65	56	13	5	3	45	20	5	3	13	20	36	1.161	44		2-0	1-5
8	West Ham United	42	17	10	15	76	82	11	6	4	49	37	6	4	11	27	45	.927	44		3-0	2-3
9	West Bromwich Albion	42	15	13	14	83	67	10	7	4	50	23	5	6	10	33	44	1.239	43		4-4	2-2
10	Arsenal	42	16	11	15	71	72	9	6	6	39	31	7	5	9	32	41	.986	43		0-1	1-2
11	Bolton Wanderers	42	16	10	16	62	66	11	7	3	35	22	5	3	13	27	44	.939	42		0-1	1-6
12	Manchester City	42	17	7	18	78	81	11	3	7	46	38	6	4	11	32	43	.963	41		1-2	0-3
13	Blackpool	42	15	11	16	70	75	10	4	7	41	30	5	7	9	29	45	.933	41		3-4	3-1
14	Leicester City	42	17	6	19	72	71	12	2	7	38	27	5	4	12	34	44	1.014	40		0-0	1-2
15	Manchester United	42	15	9	18	72	75	10	3	8	44	31	5	6	10	28	44	.960	39		1-0	3-6
16	Blackburn Rovers	42	14	11	17	50	58	10	6	5	33	22	4	5	12	17	36	.862	39		1-2	1-2
16	Blackburn Rovers	42	14	11	17	50	58	10	6	5	33	22	4	5	12	17	36	.862	39		1-1	1-2
17	Birmingham City	42	14	10	18	65	81	9	6	6	37	35	5	4	12	28	46	.802	38		2-1	1-1
18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	10	19	73	86	8	7	6	38	34	5	3	13	35	52	.849	36		3-1	1-2
19	Nottingham Forest	42	13	10	19	63	79	12	4	5	39	23	1	6	14	24	56	.797	36
20	Fulham	42	13	7	22	66	74	8	3	10	38	34	5	4	12	28	40	.892	33		-	1-1
21	Cardiff City	42	9	14	19	50	81	6	9	6	30	33	3	5	13	20	48	.617	32	Relegated	2-1	2-2
22	Chelsea	42	9	10	23	63	94	7	7	7	34	29	2	3	16	29	65	.670	28	Relegated	3-0	2-2

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Ground
1	Sat Aug 19, 1961	Chelsea	A	2-2	Draw	20,857	11	Stamford Bridge
2	Tue Aug 22, 1961	Birmingham City	H	2-1	Win	-	1
3	Sat Aug 26, 1961	Sheffield United	H	2-0	Win	-	4
4	Wed Aug 30, 1961	Birmingham City	A	1-1	Draw	-	3	St. Andrews
5	Sat Sep 02, 1961	West Ham United	A	2-3	Loss	23,000	6	Upton Park
6	Sat Sep 09, 1961	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-2	Loss	-	11
7	Sat Sep 16, 1961	Blackpool	A	3-1	Win	-	8	Bloomfield Road
8	Tue Sep 19, 1961	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-1	Win	-	5
9	Sat Sep 23, 1961	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-0	Win	40,875	4
10	Wed Sep 27, 1961	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-2	Loss	-	4	Molineux
11	Sat Sep 30, 1961	Cardiff City	A	2-2	Draw	-	4	Ninian Park
12	Sat Oct 07, 1961	Everton	A	0-6	Loss	42,431	7	Goodison Park
13	Sat Oct 14, 1961	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-1	Draw	-	8
14	Sat Oct 21, 1961	Manchester City	A	0-3	Loss	-	10	Maine Road
15	Sat Oct 28, 1961	West Bromwich Albion	H	4-4	Draw	-	9
16	Sat Nov 04, 1961	Ipswich Town	A	0-1	Loss	-	13	Portman Road
17	Sat Nov 11, 1961	Burnley	H	3-2	Win	-	9
18	Sat Nov 18, 1961	Arsenal	A	1-2	Loss	34,217	14	Highbury
19	Sat Nov 25, 1961	Bolton Wanderers	H	0-1	Loss	-	15
20	Sat Dec 02, 1961	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0-3	Loss	-	17	Hillsborough
21	Sat Dec 09, 1961	Leicester City	H	0-0	Draw	-	18
22	Sat Dec 16, 1961	Chelsea	H	3-0	Win	17,419	14
23	Fri Dec 22, 1961	Sheffield United	A	0-2	Loss	-	15	Bramall Lane
24	Tue Dec 26, 1961	Manchester United	A	3-6	Loss	30,822	19	Old Trafford
25	Sat Jan 13, 1962	West Ham United	H	3-0	Win	20,359	16
26	Sat Jan 20, 1962	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-2	Loss	-	18	Ewood Park
27	Sat Feb 03, 1962	Blackpool	H	3-4	Loss	-	20
28	Sat Feb 10, 1962	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2-4	Loss	42,710	20	White Hart Lane
29	Sat Feb 17, 1962	Cardiff City	H	2-1	Win	-	18
30	Sat Feb 24, 1962	Everton	H	2-1	Win	22,499	18
31	Sat Mar 03, 1962	Fulham	A	1-1	Draw	-	19	Craven Cottage
32	Sat Mar 10, 1962	Manchester City	H	1-2	Loss	-	18
33	Sat Mar 17, 1962	West Bromwich Albion	A	2-2	Draw	-	19	The Hawthorns
34	Tue Mar 20, 1962	Manchester United	H	1-0	Win	27,833	16
35	Sat Mar 24, 1962	Ipswich Town	H	1-1	Draw	-	16
36	Tue Apr 03, 1962	Burnley	A	0-0	Draw	-	16	Turf Moor
37	Sat Apr 07, 1962	Arsenal	H	0-1	Loss	21,129	18
38	Sat Apr 14, 1962	Bolton Wanderers	A	1-6	Loss	-	19	Burnden Park
39	Sat Apr 21, 1962	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3-1	Win	-	19
40	Mon Apr 23, 1962	Aston Villa	A	1-5	Loss	25,000	19	Villa Park
41	Tue Apr 24, 1962	Aston Villa	H	2-0	Win	24,890	19
42	Sat Apr 28, 1962	Leicester City	A	1-2	Loss	-	19	Filbert Street

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Sat Jan 06, 1962	Workington	3			A	2-1	Win	-	Borough Park
Sat Jan 27, 1962	Sheffield Wednesday	4			H	0-2	Loss	-

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground
Mon Sep 11, 1961	Gillingham	1	H	4-1	Win	-
Wed Oct 11, 1961	Queens Park Rangers	2	A	2-1	Win	-	Loftus Road
Tue Nov 14, 1961	Blackburn Rovers	3	H	1-2	Loss	-

Fairs Cup

Date	Opponent	Country	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Wed Sep 13, 1961	Valencia	Spain	1	1	A	0-2	Loss	46,000	Mestalla Stadium
Wed Oct 04, 1961	Valencia	Spain	1	2	H	1-5	Loss	36,158		Lost 7-1 on aggregate

Notts Association Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Tue May 08, 1962	Notts County				A	2-1	Win	-
Fri May 11, 1962	Mansfield Town				H	3-2	Win	-

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Mon Nov 27, 1961	Stockport County	England	A	2-4	Loss	-

Testimonial

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Ground	Notes
Mon Nov 06, 1961	Malmo FF	Sweden	H	5-1	Aba	-		Jack Burkitt Testimonial; Abandoned due to fog

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		John Armstrong	1	1
GK		Noel Wood	1	1
GK		Peter Grummitt	47	14	10	23
D		Bob McKinlay	49	16	10	23	1
D		Brian Grant	11	3	1	7
D		Doug Baird	16	3	4	9
D		Joseph Wilson	10	3	3	4
M		David Pleat	1	1			1
M		Jack Burkitt	2		1	1
M		Jeff Whitefoot	31	10	5	16	1
M		John Rowland	15	4	6	5	2
M		Tony Barton	3	1		2	1
F		Billy Cobb	9	2	1	6	4
F		Billy Gray	38	13	10	15	2
F		Calvin Palmer	35	13	5	17	2
F		Charles McGlinchey	1	1
F		Colin Addison	23	5	4	14	7
F		Colin Booth	34	11	6	17	14
F		Flip Le Flem	41	13	9	19	6
F		Geoff Vowden	30	11	8	11	12
F		Jim Iley	39	14	8	17
F		John Winfield	14	5	4	5	1
F		Johnny Quigley	49	16	10	23	6
F		Len Julians	20	8	3	9	9
F		Peter Hindley
F		Trevor Hockey	19	7	2	10	2

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
14	Colin Booth	34
12	Geoff Vowden	30
9	Len Julians	20
7	Colin Addison	23
6	Flip Le Flem	41
6	Johnny Quigley	49
4	Billy Cobb	9
2	Billy Gray	38
2	Calvin Palmer	35
2	John Rowland	15
2	Trevor Hockey	19
1	Bob McKinlay	49
1	David Pleat	1
1	Jeff Whitefoot	31
1	John Winfield	14
1	Tony Barton	3

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season