1960–61 Newcastle United F.C. season

Newcastle United

1960–61 season
Chairman	Wally Hurford
Manager	Charlie Mitten
First Division	21st (relegated)
FA Cup	Quarter finals
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: White (28) All: White (29)
Average home league attendance	26,500

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

Season summary

In the 1960–61 season, Newcastle were relegated after 13 years in the top flight after a season which saw the Magpies score an impressive 86 goals, but conceded a horrific 109 goals.

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

Newcastle United's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 August 1960	Preston North End	A	3–2	17,363	White (3)
24 August 1960	Fulham	H	7–2	23,498	Gilfillan (2), White, Neale (2), Tuohy (2)
27 August 1960	Burnley	H	0–1	35,485
31 August 1960	Fulham	A	3–4	21,361	Allchurch, Hughes, Woods
3 September 1960	Nottingham Forest	A	2–0	23,806	Gibson, (own goal)
5 September 1960	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–6	22,661
10 September 1960	Manchester City	H	1–3	25,904	Marshall
14 September 1960	West Bromwich Albion	H	3–2	16,107	Hughes, White, Tuohy
17 September 1960	Arsenal	A	0–5	34,885
24 September 1960	Leicester City	H	1–3	21,161	McGuigan
1 October 1960	Cardiff City	H	5–0	17,627	Luke (2), White (2), Mitchell
8 October 1960	Aston Villa	A	0–2	25,336
15 October 1960	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	4–4	23,401	Hughes, White, Mitchell (2)
22 October 1960	Manchester United	A	2–3	37,516	Stokoe (pen), Hughes
29 October 1960	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3–4	51,369	Hughes, White (2)
5 November 1960	Chelsea	A	2–4	30,489	White (2)
12 November 1960	Blackpool	H	4–3	26,657	White (2), Neale (2)
19 November 1960	Everton	A	0–5	41,123
26 November 1960	Blackburn Rovers	H	3–1	22,623	White (2), Mitchell
3 December 1960	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–2	12,921	White
10 December 1960	West Ham United	H	5–5	20,100	Bell, McGuigan, White (2), Mitchell
17 December 1960	Preston North End	H	0–0	21,514
24 December 1960	Birmingham City	H	2–2	20,354	Mitchell, Scanlon
26 December 1960	Birmingham City	A	1–2	29,435	Woods
31 December 1960	Burnley	A	3–5	24,972	Hughes (2), White
14 January 1961	Nottingham Forest	H	2–2	25,845	White, Woods
21 January 1961	Manchester City	A	3–3	19,746	Allchurch, White, Woods
4 February 1961	Arsenal	H	3–3	34,394	Hughes, White, Scanlon
11 February 1961	Leicester City	A	3–5	26,449	Allchurch, White (2)
22 February 1961	Cardiff City	A	2–3	30,000	Allchurch, White
25 February 1961	Aston Villa	H	2–1	21,275	White (2)
8 March 1961	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–2	24,970	Allchurch
11 March 1961	Manchester United	H	1–1	28,867	Scanlon
22 March 1961	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–1	46,470	Allchurch, Scanlon
25 March 1961	Chelsea	H	1–6	28,975	Neale
31 March 1961	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–1	42,181
1 April 1961	West Ham United	A	1–1	17,103	Scanlon
3 April 1961	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–1	35,273	Woods
8 April 1961	Everton	H	0–4	30,342
15 April 1961	Blackpool	A	1–2	19,381	Woods
22 April 1961	Bolton Wanderers	H	4–1	18,820	McGuigan, Keith, McKinney (pen), Tuohy
29 April 1961	Blackburn Rovers	A	4–2	12,700	Allchurch, McGuigan (2), Neale

FA Cup

Main article: 1960-61 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 1961	Fulham	H	5–0	36,037	Allchurch, Neale (3), Woods
R4	1 February 1961	Stockport County	H	4–0	48,715	Allchurch, White, Woods (2)
R5	18 February 1961	Stoke City	H	3–1	46,253	Allchurch, McKinney (pen), Scanlon
QF	4 March 1961	Sheffield United	H	1–3	54,829	McGuigan

League Cup

Main article: 1960-61 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	10 October 1960	Colchester United	A	1–4	9,130	Neale

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	Bryan Harvey
-	DF	NIR	Dick Keith
-	DF	ENG	Bob Stokoe
-	DF	ENG	John McGrath
-	DF	NIR	Alf McMichael
-	MF	ENG	Duncan Neale
-	MF	ENG	Gordon Hughes
-	MF	ENG	Jackie Bell
-	FW	WAL	Ivor Allchurch
-	FW	ENG	Len White
-	FW	ENG	Charlie Woods
-	DF	ENG	Bill McKinney
-	MF	ENG	Albert Scanlon
-	GK	WAL	Dave Hollins
-	FW	SCO	John McGuigan
-	MF	SCO	Bobby Mitchell
-	MF	EIR	Liam Tuohy
-	MF	SCO	Jimmy Scoular

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	DF	ENG	George Heslop
-	GK	SCO	Stewart Mitchell
-	DF	ENG	Bill Thompson
-	MF	ENG	Brian Wright
-	FW	ENG	Ken Hodgson
-	DF	ENG	George Dalton
-	MF	ENG	George Luke
-	GK	SCO	Herbert Garrow
-	FW	SCO	James Harrower
-	MF	SCO	Jimmy Wilson
-	FW	SCO	Bobby Gilfillan
-	MF	ENG	Terry Marshall
-	MF	ENG	John Mitten
-	DF	ENG	Bobby Ferguson
-	FW	NIR	Jimmy Gibson
-	DF	ENG	Malcolm Scott
-	FW	ENG	Ken Hale