1960–61 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal

1960–61 season
Chairman	Bracewell Smith
Manager	George Swindin
First Division	11th
FA Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Herd (29) All: Herd (30)
Average home league attendance	34,318

During the 1960–61 English football season, Arsenal F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

In the 1960–61 season, the Gunners had a satisfying season where they ended up in 7th place heading into 1961, but a poor run of just four wins in their final 17 games saw Swindin's side end the campaign in a disappointing 11th place and to make things worse for Arsenal supporters, they had to witness their fierce North London rivals Tottenham win the league and cup double.

Final league table

Main article: 1960–61 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Tottenham Hotspur	42		15	3	3	65	28		16	1	4	50	27		115	55	2.091	+ 60	66
2	Sheffield Wednesday	42		15	4	2	45	17		8	8	5	33	30		78	47	1.660	+ 31	58
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42		17	2	2	61	32		8	5	8	42	43		103	75	1.373	+ 28	57
4	Burnley	42		11	4	6	58	40		11	3	7	44	37		102	77	1.325	+ 25	51
5	Everton	42		13	4	4	47	23		9	2	10	40	46		87	69	1.261	+ 18	50
6	Leicester City	42		12	4	5	54	31		6	5	10	33	39		87	70	1.243	+ 3	45
7	Manchester United	42		14	5	2	58	20		4	4	13	30	56		88	76	1.158	+ 12	45
8	Blackburn Rovers	42		12	3	6	48	34		3	10	8	29	42		77	76	1.013	+ 1	43
9	Aston Villa	42		13	3	5	48	28		4	6	11	30	49		78	77	1.013	+ 1	43
10	West Bromwich Albion	42		10	3	8	43	32		8	2	11	24	39		67	71	0.944	– 4	41
11	Arsenal	42		12	3	6	44	35		3	8	10	33	50		77	85	0.906	– 8	41
12	Chelsea	42		10	5	6	61	48		5	2	14	37	52		98	100	0.980	– 2	37
13	Manchester City	42		10	5	6	41	30		3	6	12	38	60		79	90	0.878	– 11	37
14	Nottingham Forest	42		8	7	6	34	33		6	2	13	28	45		62	78	0.795	– 16	37
15	Cardiff City	42		11	5	5	34	26		2	6	13	26	59		60	85	0.706	– 25	37
16	West Ham United	42		12	4	5	53	31		1	6	14	24	57		77	88	0.875	– 11	36
17	Fulham	42		8	8	5	39	39		6	0	15	33	56		72	95	0.758	– 23	36
18	Bolton Wanderers	42		9	5	7	38	29		3	6	12	20	44		58	73	0.795	– 15	35
19	Birmingham City	42		10	4	7	35	31		4	2	15	27	53		62	84	0.738	– 22	34
20	Blackpool	42		9	3	9	44	34		3	6	12	24	39		68	73	0.932	– 5	33
21	Newcastle United	42		7	7	7	51	49		4	3	14	35	60		86	109	0.789	– 23	32
22	Preston North End	42		7	6	8	28	25		3	4	14	15	46		43	71	0.606	– 28	30

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	League Champions, qualified for European Cup
	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1960-61
	League Cup Winners
	Relegated

Results

Arsenal's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 August 1960	Burnley	A	2–3	23,653	Bloomfield, Herd
23 August 1960	Preston North End	H	1–0	31,612	Everitt
27 August 1960	Nottingham Forest	H	3–0	28,878	Henderson, Skirton (2)
30 August 1960	Preston North End	A	0–2	20,105
3 September 1960	Manchester City	A	0–0	36,656
6 September 1960	Birmingham City	H	2–0	20,285	Herd, Kane
10 September 1960	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–3	59,868	Herd, Ward
14 September 1960	Birmingham City	A	0–2	22,904
17 September 1960	Newcastle United	H	5–0	34,885	Clapton, Herd (3), Strong
24 September 1960	Cardiff City	A	0–1	35,000
1 October 1960	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–0	27,176	Herd
8 October 1960	Leicester City	A	1–2	22,501	Henderson
15 October 1960	Aston Villa	H	2–1	34,048	Herd, Strong
22 October 1960	Blackburn Rovers	A	4–2	21,500	Charles, Herd, Strong (2)
29 October 1960	Manchester United	H	2–1	45,715	Barnwell, Herd
5 November 1960	West Ham United	A	0–6	29,275
12 November 1960	Chelsea	H	1–4	38,666	Charles
19 November 1960	Blackpool	A	1–1	15,417	Herd
26 November 1960	Everton	H	3–2	36,709	Herd (3)
3 December 1960	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	3–5	25,658	Barnwell, Herd (2)
10 December 1960	Bolton Wanderers	H	5–1	30,818	Barnwell, Eastham (2), Strong (2)
17 December 1960	Burnley	H	2–5	37,209	Herd, Strong
23 December 1960	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–1	29,311	Neill
26 December 1960	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1	43,555	Eastham
31 December 1960	Nottingham Forest	A	5–3	30,735	Eastham, Henderson, Herd (3)
14 January 1961	Manchester City	H	5–4	36,440	Clapton, Henderson, Herd (3)
21 January 1961	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–4	65,251	Haverty, Henderson
4 February 1961	Newcastle United	A	3–3	34,394	Eastham, Strong (2)
11 February 1961	Cardiff City	H	2–3	33,754	Herd (2)
18 February 1961	West Bromwich Albion	A	3–2	21,500	Haverty (2), Skirton
25 February 1961	Leicester City	H	1–3	31,721	Henderson
4 March 1961	Aston Villa	A	2–2	35,000	Barnwell, Haverty
11 March 1961	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–0	34,250
18 March 1961	Manchester United	A	1–1	29,732	Charles
25 March 1961	West Ham United	H	0–0	27,505
31 March 1961	Fulham	A	2–2	35,476	Herd (2)
1 April 1961	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–1	18,618	Henderson
3 April 1961	Fulham	H	4–2	20,142	Barnwell (2), Henderson (2)
8 April 1961	Blackpool	H	1–0	36,301	Herd
15 April 1961	Chelsea	A	1–3	38,223	Strong
22 April 1961	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–5	34,429	Henderson
29 April 1961	Everton	A	1–4	39,810	Herd

FA Cup

Main article: 1960-61 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 1961	Sunderland	A	1–2	58,575	Herd

Squad

[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	GK	WAL	Jack Kelsey
-	DF	ENG	Len Wills
-	DF	SCO	John Snedden
-	DF	NIR	Billy McCullough
-	MF	ENG	John Barnwell
-	MF	SCO	Tommy Docherty
-	FW	SCO	David Herd
-	FW	SCO	Jackie Henderson
-	FW	ENG	Vic Groves
-	GK	NIR	Jack McClelland
-	FW	WAL	Mel Charles
-	FW	ENG	George Eastham
-	FW	ENG	Geoff Strong
-	MF	ENG	Danny Clapton
-	MF	ENG	Alan Skirton

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	DF	NIR	Terry Neill
-	DF	ENG	Dave Bacuzzi
-	FW	ENG	Jimmy Bloomfield
-	MF	EIR	Joe Haverty
-	MF	ENG	Gerry Ward
-	DF	NIR	Eddie Magill
-	DF	ENG	Mike Everitt
-	FW	SCO	Peter Kane
-	DF	ENG	Allan Young
-	MF	EIR	Frank O'Neill
-	GK	ENG	Jim Standen
-	FW	ENG	Dennis Clapton
-	MF	WAL	Arfon Griffiths
-	MF	ENG	John Petts