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[[5 September]] [[1961]]: Aston Villa clinch the Football League Cup with a 3-0 win over Rotherham United in the second leg of the final. |
[[5 September]] [[1961]]: Aston Villa clinch the Football League Cup with a 3-0 win over Rotherham United in the second leg of the final. |
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[[28 April]] [[1962]]: [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]], in the First Division for the first time, are crowned champions of English club football with a 2-0 win at home [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] on the last day of the league season. It is the first major trophy of their history, and the first time that an English club has won the title in their first season as a top division club. |
[[28 April]] [[1962]]: [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]], in the First Division for the first time, are crowned champions of English club football with a 2-0 win at home [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] on the last day of the league season. It is the first major trophy of their history, and the first time that an English club has won the title in their first season as a top division club. <ref>{{cite web|title=2008/9 Results - Ipswich Town FC - BluesWeb.co.uk <!-- BOT GENERATED TITLE -->|author=Entertainment & Sports Agency Limited <!-- BOT GENERATED AUTHOR -->|url=http://www.ipswichtown-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadtmrs.asp?ssnno=91&teamno=304|work=|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5h5mGp2NP|archivedate=2009-05-27|deadurl=no|accessdate=2009-05-21}}</ref> |
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[[5 May]] [[1962]]: [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] retain the [[FA Cup]] with a 3-1 win over [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]] at [[Wembley Stadium]] with goals from [[Jimmy Greaves]], [[Bobby Smith]] and [[Danny Blanchflower]]. |
[[5 May]] [[1962]]: [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] retain the [[FA Cup]] with a 3-1 win over [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]] at [[Wembley Stadium]] with goals from [[Jimmy Greaves]], [[Bobby Smith]] and [[Danny Blanchflower]]. |
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<small>P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points</small> |
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{{English football seasons|1961}} |
{{English football seasons|1961}} |
Revision as of 00:31, 28 May 2009
The season was notable for the remarkable achievement of Ipswich Town winning the League Championship. Under the managership of Alf Ramsey, the club progressed from the old Third Division South to the First Division. Ipswich were dismissed by most of the media at the time as relegation candidates, but Ramsey's tactics baffled the big clubs in the division such as favourites Tottenham Hotspur and Burnley, and other big names such as Manchester United and Arsenal. Before Ramsey's tenure Ipswich had no tradition to speak of, and indeed had never even been in the top flight of English Football before. Ramsey's triumph led him to being offered the job of the England football team manager, which he duly accepted in 1963; England won the World Cup three years later. Liverpool were promoted from the Second Division after eight years. Manager Bill Shankly would soon take the club to unparalleled heights in the years to come. Accrington Stanley resigned from the league because of financial difficulties on 11 March, 1962. As a consequence, all their previous results for the season in the Fourth Division were expunged from the records. They were replaced in 1962-63 by Oxford United.
Diary of the season
22 August 1961: Rotherham United beat Aston Villa 2-0 in the first leg of the first ever Football League Cup final. Fixture congestion has meant that last season's competition has stretched into this season.
5 September 1961: Aston Villa clinch the Football League Cup with a 3-0 win over Rotherham United in the second leg of the final.
28 April 1962: Ipswich Town, in the First Division for the first time, are crowned champions of English club football with a 2-0 win at home Aston Villa on the last day of the league season. It is the first major trophy of their history, and the first time that an English club has won the title in their first season as a top division club. [1]
5 May 1962: Tottenham Hotspur retain the FA Cup with a 3-1 win over Burnley at Wembley Stadium with goals from Jimmy Greaves, Bobby Smith and Danny Blanchflower.
July 1962: Manchester United pay a British record fee of £115,000 for Scottish striker Denis Law from Torino of Italy.
Awards
- Ray Crawford (Ipswich Town) and Derek Kevan (West Bromwich Albion), 33
Honours
League table
P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | ||
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1 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 93 | 67 | 1.388 | 56 |
2 | Burnley | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 101 | 67 | 1.507 | 53 |
3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 88 | 69 | 1.275 | 52 |
4 | Everton | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 88 | 54 | 1.630 | 51 |
5 | Sheffield United | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 61 | 69 | 0.884 | 47 |
6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 72 | 58 | 1.241 | 46 |
7 | Aston Villa | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 65 | 56 | 1.161 | 44 |
8 | West Ham United | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 76 | 82 | 0.927 | 44 |
9 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 83 | 67 | 1.239 | 43 |
10 | Arsenal | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 71 | 72 | 0.986 | 43 |
11 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 62 | 66 | 0.939 | 42 |
12 | Manchester City | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 78 | 81 | 0.963 | 41 |
13 | Blackpool | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 70 | 75 | 0.933 | 41 |
14 | Leicester City | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 72 | 71 | 1.014 | 40 |
15 | Manchester United | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 72 | 75 | 0.960 | 39 |
16 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 50 | 58 | 0.862 | 39 |
17 | Birmingham City | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 65 | 81 | 0.802 | 38 |
18 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 73 | 86 | 0.849 | 36 |
19 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 63 | 79 | 0.797 | 36 |
20 | Fulham | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 66 | 74 | 0.892 | 33 |
21 | Cardiff City | 42 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 50 | 81 | 0.617 | 32 |
22 | Chelsea | 42 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 63 | 94 | 0.670 | 28 |
P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | ||
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1 | Liverpool | 42 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 99 | 43 | 2.302 | 62 |
2 | Leyton Orient | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 69 | 40 | 1.725 | 54 |
3 | Sunderland | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 85 | 50 | 1.700 | 53 |
4 | Scunthorpe United | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 86 | 71 | 1.211 | 49 |
5 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 75 | 75 | 1.000 | 46 |
6 | Southampton | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 77 | 62 | 1.242 | 45 |
7 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 67 | 59 | 1.136 | 44 |
8 | Stoke City | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 55 | 57 | 0.965 | 42 |
9 | Rotherham United | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 70 | 76 | 0.921 | 41 |
10 | Preston North End | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 55 | 57 | 0.965 | 40 |
11 | Newcastle United | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 64 | 58 | 1.103 | 39 |
12 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 76 | 72 | 1.056 | 39 |
13 | Luton Town | 42 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 69 | 71 | 0.972 | 39 |
14 | Walsall | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 70 | 75 | 0.933 | 39 |
15 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 69 | 75 | 0.920 | 39 |
16 | Derby County | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 68 | 75 | 0.907 | 39 |
17 | Norwich City | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 61 | 70 | 0.871 | 39 |
18 | Bury | 42 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 52 | 76 | 0.684 | 39 |
19 | Leeds United | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 50 | 61 | 0.820 | 36 |
20 | Swansea Town | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 61 | 83 | 0.735 | 36 |
21 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 53 | 81 | 0.654 | 33 |
22 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 42 | 86 | 0.488 | 31 |
P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | ||
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1 | Portsmouth | 46 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 87 | 47 | 1.851 | 65 |
2 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 28 | 6 | 12 | 80 | 56 | 1.429 | 62 |
3 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 46 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 69 | 45 | 1.533 | 59 |
4 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 111 | 73 | 1.521 | 59 |
5 | Peterborough United | 46 | 26 | 6 | 14 | 107 | 82 | 1.305 | 58 |
6 | Bristol City | 46 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 94 | 72 | 1.306 | 54 |
7 | Reading | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 77 | 66 | 1.167 | 53 |
8 | Northampton Town | 46 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 85 | 57 | 1.491 | 51 |
9 | Swindon Town | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 78 | 71 | 1.099 | 49 |
10 | Hull City | 46 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 67 | 54 | 1.241 | 48 |
11 | Bradford Park Avenue | 46 | 20 | 7 | 19 | 80 | 78 | 1.026 | 47 |
12 | Port Vale | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 65 | 58 | 1.121 | 45 |
13 | Notts County | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 67 | 74 | 0.905 | 43 |
14 | Coventry City | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 64 | 71 | 0.901 | 43 |
15 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 83 | 80 | 1.038 | 42 |
16 | Southend United | 46 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 57 | 69 | 0.826 | 42 |
17 | Watford | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 63 | 74 | 0.851 | 41 |
18 | Halifax Town | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 62 | 84 | 0.738 | 40 |
19 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 73 | 84 | 0.869 | 38 |
20 | Barnsley | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 71 | 95 | 0.747 | 38 |
21 | Torquay United | 46 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 76 | 100 | 0.760 | 36 |
22 | Lincoln City | 46 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 57 | 87 | 0.655 | 35 |
23 | Brentford | 46 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 53 | 93 | 0.570 | 34 |
24 | Newport County | 46 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 46 | 102 | 0.451 | 22 |
P | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | ||
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1 | Millwall | 44 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 87 | 62 | 1.403 | 56 |
2 | Colchester United | 44 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 104 | 71 | 1.465 | 55 |
3 | Wrexham | 44 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 96 | 56 | 1.714 | 53 |
4 | Carlisle United | 44 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 64 | 63 | 1.016 | 52 |
5 | Bradford City | 44 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 94 | 86 | 1.093 | 51 |
6 | York City | 44 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 84 | 53 | 1.585 | 50 |
7 | Aldershot | 44 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 81 | 60 | 1.350 | 49 |
8 | Workington | 44 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 69 | 70 | 0.986 | 49 |
9 | Barrow | 44 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 74 | 58 | 1.276 | 48 |
10 | Crewe Alexandra | 44 | 20 | 6 | 18 | 79 | 70 | 1.129 | 46 |
11 | Oldham Athletic | 44 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 77 | 70 | 1.100 | 46 |
12 | Rochdale | 44 | 19 | 7 | 18 | 71 | 71 | 1.000 | 45 |
13 | Darlington | 44 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 61 | 73 | 0.836 | 45 |
14 | Mansfield Town | 44 | 19 | 6 | 19 | 77 | 66 | 1.167 | 44 |
15 | Tranmere Rovers | 44 | 20 | 4 | 20 | 70 | 81 | 0.864 | 44 |
16 | Stockport County | 44 | 17 | 9 | 18 | 70 | 69 | 1.014 | 43 |
17 | Southport | 44 | 17 | 9 | 18 | 61 | 71 | 0.859 | 43 |
18 | Exeter City | 44 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 62 | 77 | 0.805 | 37 |
19 | Chesterfield | 44 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 70 | 87 | 0.805 | 37 |
20 | Gillingham | 44 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 73 | 94 | 0.777 | 37 |
21 | Doncaster Rovers | 44 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 60 | 85 | 0.706 | 29 |
22 | Hartlepools United | 44 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 52 | 101 | 0.515 | 27 |
23 | Chester City | 44 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 54 | 96 | 0.563 | 26 |
P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; Pts = Points
References
- ^ Entertainment & Sports Agency Limited. "2008/9 Results - Ipswich Town FC - BluesWeb.co.uk". Archived from the original on 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
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