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1960-61

First Division

Finished 9th of 22 · P42 W17 D9 L16 · 78 scored, 77 conceded

Results

Date		Opponent	Score
20 Aug 1960	H	Chelsea	3–2	W
22 Aug 1960	A	West Ham United	2–5	L
27 Aug 1960	A	Blackpool	3–5	L
29 Aug 1960	H	West Ham United	2–1	W
3 Sept 1960	H	Everton	3–2	W
7 Sept 1960	A	Cardiff City	1–1	D
10 Sept 1960	A	Blackburn Rovers	1–4	L
12 Sept 1960	H	Cardiff City	2–1	W
17 Sept 1960	H	Manchester United	3–1	W
24 Sept 1960	A	Tottenham Hotspur	2–6	L
1 Oct 1960	H	Leicester City	1–3	L
8 Oct 1960	H	Newcastle United	2–0	W
15 Oct 1960	A	Arsenal	1–2	L
22 Oct 1960	H	Birmingham City	6–2	W
29 Oct 1960	A	West Bromwich Albion	2–0	W
5 Nov 1960	H	Burnley	2–0	W
12 Nov 1960	A	Preston North End	1–1	D
19 Nov 1960	H	Fulham	2–1	W
26 Nov 1960	A	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	W
3 Dec 1960	H	Manchester City	5–1	W
10 Dec 1960	A	Nottingham Forest	0–2	L
17 Dec 1960	A	Chelsea	4–2	W
24 Dec 1960	H	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–2	L
26 Dec 1960	A	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–3	L
31 Dec 1960	H	Blackpool	2–2	D
21 Jan 1961	H	Blackburn Rovers	2–2	D
4 Feb 1961	A	Manchester United	1–1	D
11 Feb 1961	H	Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	L
25 Feb 1961	A	Newcastle United	1–2	L
4 Mar 1961	H	Arsenal	2–2	D
11 Mar 1961	A	Birmingham City	1–1	D
22 Mar 1961	A	Everton	2–1	W
25 Mar 1961	A	Burnley	1–1	D
28 Mar 1961	H	West Bromwich Albion	0–1	L
1 Apr 1961	H	Nottingham Forest	1–2	L
3 Apr 1961	A	Bolton Wanderers	0–3	L
4 Apr 1961	H	Bolton Wanderers	4–0	W
8 Apr 1961	A	Fulham	1–1	D
15 Apr 1961	H	Preston North End	1–0	W
19 Apr 1961	A	Leicester City	1–3	L
22 Apr 1961	A	Manchester City	1–4	L
29 Apr 1961	H	Sheffield Wednesday	4–1	W

Scores are shown Villa first. League matches only; cup ties not included.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Tottenham Hotspur	42	31	4	7	115	55	+60	66
2	Sheffield Wednesday	42	23	12	7	78	47	+31	58
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	25	7	10	103	75	+28	57
4	Burnley	42	22	7	13	102	77	+25	51
5	Everton	42	22	6	14	87	69	+18	50
6	Leicester City	42	18	9	15	87	70	+17	45
7	Manchester United	42	18	9	15	88	76	+12	45
8	Blackburn Rovers	42	15	13	14	77	76	+1	43
9	Aston Villa	42	17	9	16	78	77	+1	43
10	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	5	19	67	71	-4	41
11	Arsenal	42	15	11	16	77	85	-8	41
12	Chelsea	42	15	7	20	98	100	-2	37
13	Manchester City	42	13	11	18	79	90	-11	37
14	Nottingham Forest	42	14	9	19	62	78	-16	37
15	Cardiff City	42	13	11	18	60	85	-25	37
16	West Ham United	42	13	10	19	77	88	-11	36
17	Fulham	42	14	8	20	72	95	-23	36
18	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	11	19	58	73	-15	35
19	Birmingham City	42	14	6	22	62	84	-22	34
20	Blackpool	42	12	9	21	68	73	-5	33
21	Newcastle United	42	11	10	21	86	109	-23	32
22	Preston North End	42	10	10	22	43	71	-28	30

Positions decided on goal average, as the rules of the day had it. Two points for a win.

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Sources: engsoccerdata (1888–2025) and football-data.co.uk (recent seasons), compiled by the Villa Blog results pipeline.