1960–61 Everton F.C. season

Everton

1960–61 season
Chairman	John Moores
Manager	Johnny Carey (until April) Harry Catterick (from April)
First Division	5th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Quarter finals
Top goalscorer	League: Vernon (21) All: Vernon (22)
Average home league attendance	43,448

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

Season summary

In the 1960–61 season, the Toffees finished in 5th place, their highest post-war position but despite that, Johnny Carey was infamously sacked in the back of a taxi by director John Moores. As a result, the infamous fans jibe, 'Taxi for xxxxxx!' has become a staple insult offered to any manager facing the threat of the sack. Carey was then replaced in April by Harry Catterick.

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

Everton's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 August 1960	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–2	50,393
24 August 1960	Manchester United	H	4–0	51,602	Collins (2), Lill (2)
27 August 1960	Leicester City	H	3–1	45,215	Ring (2), Collins
31 August 1960	Manchester United	A	0–4	51,915
3 September 1960	Aston Villa	A	2–3	32,864	Temple, Vernon
5 September 1960	Blackpool	A	4–1	24,945	Collins, J Harris, Temple, Vernon
10 September 1960	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–1	53,728	Vernon (2), J Harris
14 September 1960	Blackpool	H	1–0	46,943	Lill
17 September 1960	Bolton Wanderers	A	4–3	30,405	Lill (2), Collins, Vernon
24 September 1960	West Ham United	H	4–1	46,291	Vernon (2), Lill, Ring
1 October 1960	Chelsea	A	3–3	31,457	Collins, Lill, Ring
8 October 1960	Preston North End	H	0–0	36,717
15 October 1960	Fulham	A	3–2	30,603	J Harris (2), Vernon
24 October 1960	Manchester City	H	4–2	53,781	Vernon (2), Collins (pen), Temple
29 October 1960	Nottingham Forest	A	2–1	20,720	Bingham, B Harris
5 November 1960	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	40,705	Kennedy (own goal)
12 November 1960	Cardiff City	A	1–1	19,234	Bingham
19 November 1960	Newcastle United	H	5–0	41,123	Collins (3), Vernon, Wignall
26 November 1960	Arsenal	A	2–3	36,709	Collins (pen), Vernon
3 December 1960	Sheffield Wednesday	H	4–2	25,658	Vernon (2, 1 pen), J Harris, Johnson (own goal)
10 December 1960	Birmingham City	A	4–2	27,717	Wignall (2), Bingham, Tyrer
17 December 1960	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–3	61,052	Wignall
26 December 1960	Burnley	A	3–1	44,232	Bingham, Collins (pen), B Harris
27 December 1960	Burnley	H	0–3	74,867
31 December 1960	Leicester City	A	1–4	23,495	B Harris
21 January 1961	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–4	31,119	Bingham
4 February 1961	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–2	35,654	Collins
11 February 1961	West Ham United	A	0–4	22,322
18 February 1961	Chelsea	H	1–1	34,449	Vernon
25 February 1961	Preston North End	A	0–1	17,812
4 March 1961	Fulham	H	1–0	35,840	Gabriel
11 March 1961	Manchester City	A	1–2	29,751	Vernon
18 March 1961	Nottingham Forest	H	1–0	27,579	Bingham
22 March 1961	Aston Villa	H	1–2	28,115	Wignall
25 March 1961	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–3	20,590
31 March 1961	Blackburn Rovers	A	3–1	24,982	Young (2), Vernon
1 April 1961	Birmingham City	H	1–0	31,872	Temple
3 April 1961	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–2	41,991	Bingham, Young
8 April 1961	Newcastle United	A	4–0	30,342	Bingham (2), Vernon, Wignall
15 April 1961	Cardiff City	H	5–1	34,382	Collins (3, 1 pen), Young (2)
22 April 1961	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–1	26,601	Wignall (2)
29 April 1961	Arsenal	H	4–1	39,810	Vernon (3, 1 pen), Young

FA Cup

Main article: 1960-61 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 1961	Sheffield United	H	0–1	48,895

League Cup

Main article: 1960-61 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	12 October 1960	Accrington Stanley	H	3–1	18,246	Wignall (2), J Harris
R2	31 October 1960	Walsall	H	3–1	14,137	Collins, Vernon, Webber
R3	23 November 1960	Bury	H	3–1	20,724	Wignall (2), J Harris
R4	21 December 1960	Tranmere Rovers	A	4–0	14,967	Wignall (3), Bingham
QF	15 February 1961	Shrewsbury Town	A	1–2	15,399	Young

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	ENG	Albert Dunlop
-	DF	SCO	Alex Parker
-	DF	ENG	Brian Labone
-	DF	ENG	Tommy Jones
-	DF	SCO	George Thomson
-	MF	SCO	Bobby Collins
-	MF	SCO	Jimmy Gabriel
-	MF	ENG	Brian Harris
-	FW	WAL	Roy Vernon
-	FW	ENG	Derek Temple
-	MF	NIR	Billy Bingham
-	FW	ENG	Jimmy Harris
-	FW	ENG	Frank Wignall

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	FW	SCO	Alex Young
-	DF	EIR	Mick Meagan
-	MF	SCO	Tommy Ring
-	MF	ENG	Mickey Lill
-	DF	WAL	Colin Green
-	MF	ENG	Jimmy Fell
-	MF	ENG	Peter Kavanagh
-	MF	ENG	George Sharples
-	MF	ENG	Alan Tyrer
-	FW	WAL	Keith Webber
-	MF	ENG	Jack Bentley
-	DF	ENG	Roy Parnell