The
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
–
61 season was the 62nd completed season of
The Football League
The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...
.
Final league tables
The tables below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found a
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundationwebsite
and in ''Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79'',
[Ian Laschke: ''Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79''. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.] with home and away statistics separated.
Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.
Since the
Fourth Division was established in the
1958–59 season, the bottom four teams of that division have been required to apply for
re-election
The incumbent is the current holder of an office or position, usually in relation to an election. In an election for president, the incumbent is the person holding or acting in the office of president before the election, whether seeking re-ele ...
.
Match results are drawn from ''Rothmans'' for all divisions.
First Division
Results
Maps
Second Division
Results
Maps
Third Division
Results
Maps
Fourth Division
Results
Maps
Television
This season saw the first ever live television coverage of a Football League game, when
ITV
ITV or iTV may refer to:
ITV
*Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of:
** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...
broadcast the second half of
Blackpool
Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the North West England, northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the Borough of Blackpool, borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, betw ...
versus
Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...
on September 10, 1960, with commentary from
Peter Lloyd and
Billy Wright
See also
*
1960-61 in English football
*
1960 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1960 throughout the world.
Clubs founded
* NK Maribor
Events
* Copa Libertadores 1960
**Won by Peñarol after defeating Olimpia Asunción on an aggregate score of 2–1.
*European Cup ...
*
1961 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1961 throughout the world.
Events
* Copa Libertadores 1961: Won by Peñarol after defeating Palmeiras on an aggregate score of 2–1.
* 1961 International Soccer League
**FK Dukla Prague ...
References
*Ian Laschke: ''Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79''. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.
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English Football League seasons