1960–61 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal
1960–61 season
Chairman	Bracewell Smith
Manager	George Swindin
First Division	11th
FA Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Herd (29); All: Herd (30)
Average home league attendance	34,318
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1959–60 1961–62 →

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

Season summary[]

In the 1960–61 season, the Gunners had a satisfying season where they ended up in 7th place heading into 1961, but a poor run of just four wins in their final 17 games saw Swindin's side end the campaign in a disappointing 11th place and to make things worse for Arsenal supporters, they had to witness their fierce North London rivals Tottenham win the league and cup double.

Final league table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
9	Aston Villa	42	17	9	16	78	77	1.013	43
10	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	5	19	67	71	0.944	41
11	Arsenal	42	15	11	16	77	85	0.906	41
12	Chelsea	42	15	7	20	98	100	0.980	37
13	Manchester City	42	13	11	18	79	90	0.878	37

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Results[]

Arsenal's score comes first^[1]

Legend[]

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division[]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 August 1960	Burnley	A	2–3	23,653	Bloomfield, Herd
23 August 1960	Preston North End	H	1–0	31,612	Everitt
27 August 1960	Nottingham Forest	H	3–0	28,878	Henderson, Skirton (2)
30 August 1960	Preston North End	A	0–2	20,105
3 September 1960	Manchester City	A	0–0	36,656
6 September 1960	Birmingham City	H	2–0	20,285	Herd, Kane
10 September 1960	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–3	59,868	Herd, Ward
14 September 1960	Birmingham City	A	0–2	22,904
17 September 1960	Newcastle United	H	5–0	34,885	Clapton, Herd (3), Strong
24 September 1960	Cardiff City	A	0–1	35,000
1 October 1960	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–0	27,176	Herd
8 October 1960	Leicester City	A	1–2	22,501	Henderson
15 October 1960	Aston Villa	H	2–1	34,048	Herd, Strong
22 October 1960	Blackburn Rovers	A	4–2	21,500	Charles, Herd, Strong (2)
29 October 1960	Manchester United	H	2–1	45,715	Barnwell, Herd
5 November 1960	West Ham United	A	0–6	29,275
12 November 1960	Chelsea	H	1–4	38,666	Charles
19 November 1960	Blackpool	A	1–1	15,417	Herd
26 November 1960	Everton	H	3–2	36,709	Herd (3)
3 December 1960	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	3–5	25,658	Barnwell, Herd (2)
10 December 1960	Bolton Wanderers	H	5–1	30,818	Barnwell, Eastham (2), Strong (2)
17 December 1960	Burnley	H	2–5	37,209	Herd, Strong
23 December 1960	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–1	29,311	Neill
26 December 1960	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1	43,555	Eastham
31 December 1960	Nottingham Forest	A	5–3	30,735	Eastham, Henderson, Herd (3)
14 January 1961	Manchester City	H	5–4	36,440	Clapton, Henderson, Herd (3)
21 January 1961	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–4	65,251	Haverty, Henderson
4 February 1961	Newcastle United	A	3–3	34,394	Eastham, Strong (2)
11 February 1961	Cardiff City	H	2–3	33,754	Herd (2)
18 February 1961	West Bromwich Albion	A	3–2	21,500	Haverty (2), Skirton
25 February 1961	Leicester City	H	1–3	31,721	Henderson
4 March 1961	Aston Villa	A	2–2	35,000	Barnwell, Haverty
11 March 1961	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–0	34,250
18 March 1961	Manchester United	A	1–1	29,732	Charles
25 March 1961	West Ham United	H	0–0	27,505
31 March 1961	Fulham	A	2–2	35,476	Herd (2)
1 April 1961	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–1	18,618	Henderson
3 April 1961	Fulham	H	4–2	20,142	Barnwell (2), Henderson (2)
8 April 1961	Blackpool	H	1–0	36,301	Herd
15 April 1961	Chelsea	A	1–3	38,223	Strong
22 April 1961	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–5	34,429	Henderson
29 April 1961	Everton	A	1–4	39,810	Herd

FA Cup[]


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 1961	Sunderland	A	1–2	58,575	Herd

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	WAL	Jack Kelsey
-	DF	ENG	Len Wills
-	DF	SCO	John Snedden
-	DF	NIR	Billy McCullough
-	MF	ENG	John Barnwell
-	MF	SCO	Tommy Docherty
-	FW	SCO	David Herd
-	FW	SCO	Jackie Henderson
-	FW	ENG	Vic Groves
-	GK	NIR	Jack McClelland
-	FW	WAL	Mel Charles
-	FW	ENG	George Eastham
-	FW	ENG	Geoff Strong
-	MF	ENG	Danny Clapton
-	MF	ENG	Alan Skirton


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	DF	NIR	Terry Neill
-	DF	ENG	Dave Bacuzzi
-	FW	ENG	Jimmy Bloomfield
-	MF	IRL	Joe Haverty
-	MF	ENG	Gerry Ward
-	DF	NIR	Eddie Magill
-	DF	ENG	Mike Everitt
-	FW	SCO	Peter Kane
-	DF	ENG	Allan Young
-	MF	IRL	Frank O'Neill
-	GK	ENG	Jim Standen
-	FW	ENG	Dennis Clapton
-	MF	WAL	Arfon Griffiths
-	MF	ENG	John Petts

References[]

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