1960-61 English football season

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1960-61 English football season
Duration 1960-61
← 1959-60 • English football seasons • 1961-62 →


The 1960-61 English football season was the 81st season of competitive association football in England. This season was a particularly historic one for domestic football in England, as Tottenham Hotspur became the first club in the twentieth century to "do the Double" by winning both the League and the FA Cup competitions in the same season. It also saw the first contesting of the Football League Cup.

Winners

Competition/League Winner Runner-up
First Division Tottenham Hotspur Sheffield Wednesday
Second Division Ipswich Town Sheffield United
Third Division Bury Walsall
Fourth Division Peterborough United Crystal Palace
FA Cup Manchester City Leicester City
Football League Cup Aston Villa Rotherham United
FA Charity Shield Burnley and Wolverhampton Wanderers
British Home Championship England Wales


1959-60 ← 1960-61 English football season → 1961-62
English Football League First Division Arsenal • Aston Villa • Birmingham City • Blackburn Rovers • Blackpool • Bolton Wanderers • Burnley • Cardiff City • Chelsea • Everton • Fulham • Leicester City • Manchester City • Manchester United • Newcastle United • Nottingham Forest • Preston North End • Sheffield Wednesday • Tottenham Hotspur • West Bromwich Albion • West Ham United • Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division Brighton & Hove Albion • Bristol Rovers • Charlton Athletic • Derby County • Huddersfield Town • Ipswich Town • Leeds United • Leyton Orient • Lincoln City • Liverpool • Luton Town • Middlesbrough • Norwich City • Plymouth Argyle • Portsmouth • Rotherham United • Scunthorpe United • Sheffield United • Southampton • Stoke City • Sunderland • Swansea Town
Third Division Barnsley • Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic • Bradford City • Brentford • Bristol City • Bury • Chesterfield • Colchester United • Coventry City • Grimsby Town • Halifax Town • Hull City • Newport County • Notts County • Port Vale • Queens Park Rangers • Reading • Shrewsbury Town • Southend United • Swindon Town • Torquay United • Tranmere Rovers • Walsall • Watford
Fourth Division Accrington Stanley • Aldershot • Barrow • Bradford Park Avenue • Carlisle United • Chester • Crewe Alexandra • Crystal Palace • Darlington • Doncaster Rovers • Exeter City • Gillingham • Hartlepools United • Mansfield Town • Millwall • Northampton Town • Oldham Athletic • Peterborough United • Rochdale • Southport • Stockport County • Workington • Wrexham • York City
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