1960–61 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City

1960–61 season
Manager	Bill Jones
Football League First Division	15th
FA Cup	3rd round
League Cup	2nd round
Welsh Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Derek Tapscott (21) All: Derek Tapscott (30)

The 1960–61 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 34th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the first tier of English football, finishing fifteenth.

Players

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	ENG	Ron Nicholls
--	GK	EIR	Maurice Swan
--	GK	WAL	Graham Vearncombe
--	DF	WAL	Colin Baker
--	DF	WAL	Trevor Edwards
--	DF	SCO	Danny Malloy
--	DF	SCO	Alec Milne
--	DF	WAL	Frank Rankmore
--	DF	WAL	Ron Stitfall
--	DF	WAL	Derek Sullivan
--	MF	WAL	Alan Durban
--	MF	WAL	Steve Gammon
--	MF	WAL	Alan Harrington
--	MF	WAL	Barrie Hole
--	MF	WAL	Mike Hughes

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	WAL	Brian Jenkins
--	MF	ENG	Peter King
--	MF	WAL	Danny McCarthy
--	MF	WAL	Graham Moore
--	MF	SCO	Bob Scott
--	MF	ENG	Brian Walsh
--	FW	ENG	Peter Donnelly
--	FW	ENG	Brian Edgley
--	FW	ENG	Derek Hogg
--	FW	ENG	Colin Hudson
--	FW	SCO	John McMillan
--	FW	WAL	Tony Pickrell
--	FW	WAL	Derek Tapscott
--	FW	WAL	Dai Ward

Table

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

See also

• Cardiff City F.C. seasons

References

• Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
• "Football Club History Database – Cardiff City".
• Welsh Football Data Archive