Football : Season Details : 1961

Final English Top Division Football (soccer) Table and Cup Final(s)

[Season 1960] [Season 1962]

Position	Club	Points	History	Notes
1	Tottenham Hotspur	66	4-11	FAC-W
2	Sheffield Wednesday	58	7-2
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	57	2-22
4	Burnley	51	4-14
5	Everton	50	3-7
6	Leicester City	45	5-4	FAC-F
7	Manchester United	45	5-16
8	Blackburn Rovers	43	3-3
9	Aston Villa	43	3-1	LC-W
10	West Bromwich Albion	41	5-12
11	Arsenal	41	2-35
12	Chelsea	37	3-24
13	Manchester City	37	6-10
14	Nottingham Forest	37	4-4
15	Cardiff City	37	3-1
16	West Ham United	36	2-3
17	Fulham	36	2-2
18	Bolton Wanderers	35	6-19
19	Birmingham City	34	6-6	UEFA-F
20	Blackpool	33	2-17
21	Newcastle United	32	2-13
22	Preston North End	30	6-10

Legend and Abbreviations
Points: 2 for a win : 1 for a draw. Clubs: Blue Qualified for Europe Red Relegated
History is in the form A-B: A is the number of occasions that the club has been in the Top Division. B is the current number of consecutive seasons in the Top Division.
Notes: FAC FA Cup; LC League Cup; UEFA UEFA Cup; W Winners - F Finalists

League Cup Final First Leg	Rotherham United 2 Aston Villa 0
League Cup Final Second Leg	Aston Villa 3 Rotherham United 0 (agg 3 - 2)
FA Cup Final	Tottenham Hotspur 2 Leicester City 0

European Cup Final	Benfica 3 Barcelona 2
Fairs Cup Final First Leg	Birmingham City 2 AS Roma 2
Fairs Cup Final Second Leg	AS Roma 2 Birmingham City 0 (agg 4 - 2)
Cup Winners Cup Final First Leg	Rangers 0 Fiorentina 2
Cup Winners Cup Final Second Leg	Fiorentina 2 Rangers 1 (agg 4 - 1)

agg Aggregate Score

History (England)

Tottenham Hotspur became the first club since 1897 to complete the League and FA Cup double. Their points total equalled that of 1931. Their 31 wins was a record for a 22 club League. Tottenham Hotspur had begun the season with a record 11 victories and led all season.

At this time, the Fairs Cup had a rule of "one city, one club". This explains the peculiar qualification of clubs for this competition. Birmingham City reach their second successive Fairs Cup final.

Leicester City qualified for the Cup Winners Cup as FA Cup finalists because Tottenham Hotspur had qualified for the European Cup.

The League Cup began. This was a new knock-out competition with a two-legged final open only to League clubs (levels 1 to 4). Many clubs refused to enter (including Arsenal, Sheffield Wednesday, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers). Aston Villa were the first winners, beating Rotherham United, a team from the second level.

The maximum wage (then £20) was abolished. Contracts binding players to clubs for life were scrapped.

History (Europe)

The first Cup Winners Cup final was won by Fiorentina.

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