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1960–61 Leicester City F.C. season

Leicester City
1960–61 season
ChairmanThomas Bloor
ManagerMatt Gillies
First Division6th
FA CupRunners-up
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Walsh (22)
All: Walsh (29)
Average home league attendance24,056

The 1960–61 season was Leicester City's 56th season in the Football League and their 18th (non-consecutive) season in the first tier of English football.

Season summary

Leicester finished in their highest league position since finishing league runners-up 34 years previously. The club also reached the FA Cup final for the second time, eventually losing to Tottenham Hotspur who completed the first double of the 20th century. Though most of the talk about the Leicester cup final side was about the lack of Ken Leek, who had been controversially dropped for his off-the-field antics despite scoring in every round of the club's run to the final.[1]

Final league table

Main article: 1960–61 Football League First Division
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Burnley 42 22 7 13 102 77 1.325 51
5 Everton 42 22 6 14 87 69 1.261 50
6 Leicester City[a] 42 18 9 15 87 70 1.243 45 Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
7 Manchester United 42 18 9 15 88 76 1.158 45
8 Aston Villa 42 17 9 16 78 77 1.013 43
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Leicester City qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round as the 1960–61 FA Cup runners-up, since the winners, Tottenham Hotspur, had already qualified for the European Cup.

Results

Leicester City's score comes first[2]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
20 August 1960 Blackpool H 1–1 27,062 Appleton
24 August 1960 Chelsea A 3–1 24,691 Wills (2), Walsh
27 August 1960 Everton A 1–3 45,215 Cheesebrough
31 August 1960 Chelsea H 1–3 21,087 Walsh
3 September 1960 Blackburn Rovers H 2–4 17,455 Walsh, Wills
7 September 1960 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 2–3 33,313 Wills, Leek
10 September 1960 Manchester United A 1–1 35,493 Walsh
14 September 1960 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 2–0 20,044 Walsh, King (pen)
17 September 1960 Tottenham Hotspur H 1–2 25,567 Riley
24 September 1960 Newcastle United A 3–1 21,161 Leek (2), Cheesebrough
1 October 1960 Aston Villa A 3–1 29,623 Walsh (2), Wills
8 October 1960 Arsenal H 2–1 22,501 Leek (2)
15 October 1960 Manchester City A 1–3 30,193 Leek
22 October 1960 West Bromwich Albion H 2–2 20,770 Lornie, Cheesebrough
28 October 1960 Cardiff City A 1–2 19,136 Walsh
4 November 1960 Preston North End H 5–2 16,920 Leek (2), Walsh, Cheesebrough, Riley
12 November 1960 Fulham A 2–4 16,617 King (pen), Cheesebrough
19 November 1960 Sheffield Wednesday H 2–1 25,567 Walsh, Wills
26 November 1960 Birmingham City A 2–0 25,583 Leek, Wills
3 December 1960 Nottingham Forest H 1–1 20,545 Cheesebrough
10 December 1960 Burnley A 2–3 20,640 Wills, Leek
17 December 1960 Blackpool A 1–5 8,752 Walsh
24 December 1960 Bolton Wanderers A 0–2 11,534
26 December 1960 Bolton Wanderers H 2–0 23,806 Wills, Keyworth
31 December 1960 Everton H 4–1 23,495 Riley, Walsh, Leek (2)
14 January 1961 Blackburn Rovers A 1–1 14,752 Leek
21 January 1961 Manchester United H 6–0 31,308 Walsh (2), Keyworth (2), Wills, Riley (pen)
4 February 1961 Tottenham Hotspur A 3–2 53,627 Leek, Walsh (2)
11 February 1961 Newcastle United H 5–3 26,449 King (2 pens), Cheesebrough, Leek, Dalton (own goal)
25 February 1961 Arsenal A 3–1 31,721 Keyworth (2), Appleton
11 March 1961 West Bromwich Albion A 0–1 25,168
25 March 1961 Preston North End A 0–0 12,567
31 March 1961 West Ham United A 0–1 22,010
1 April 1961 Burnley H 2–2 27,838 Leek, Walsh
3 April 1961 West Ham United H 5–1 23,776 Cheesebrough (3), Riley, McIlmoyle
8 April 1961 Sheffield Wednesday A 2–2 29,904 Walsh, McLintock
10 April 1961 Cardiff City H 3–0 32,042 Walsh (2), McIlmoyle
15 April 1961 Fulham H 1–2 30,980 Walsh
19 April 1961 Aston Villa H 3–1 21,219 McIlmoyle (2), Keyworth
22 April 1961 Nottingham Forest A 2–2 25,830 Cheesebrough, Leek
26 April 1961 Manchester City H 1–2 22,248 Walsh
29 April 1961 Birmingham City H 3–2 19,920 Cross, Riley, Leek

FA Cup

Main article: 1960–61 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 7 January 1961 Oxford United H 3–1 25,601 Walsh, Leek, Riley
R4 31 January 1961 Bristol City H 5–1 27,701 Wills, Leek (2), Walsh (2)
R5 18 February 1961 Birmingham City A 1–1 53,589 Riley
R5R 22 February 1961 Birmingham City H 2–1 41,916 Leek (2)
QF 4 March 1961 Barnsley H 0–0 38,744
QFR 8 March 1961 Barnsley A 2–1 (a.e.t.) 39,250 Riley, Leek
SF 18 March 1961 Sheffield United N 0–0 52,095
SFR 23 March 1961 Sheffield United N 0–0 (a.e.t.) 43,500
SFR2 27 March 1961 Sheffield United N 2–0 37,190 Walsh, Leek
F 6 May 1961 Tottenham Hotspur N 0–2 100,000

League Cup

Main article: 1960–61 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R1 12 October 1960 Mansfield Town H 4–0 7,070 Cheesebrough, Walsh (3)
R2 26 October 1960 Rotherham United H 1–2 6,244 King (pen)

Squad

[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
- GK England ENG Gordon Banks
- DF England ENG Len Chalmers
- DF Scotland SCO Richie Norman
- MF Scotland SCO Ian White
- DF England ENG Tony Knapp
- MF England ENG Colin Appleton
- MF Scotland SCO George Meek
- FW England ENG Albert Cheesebrough
- FW England ENG Derek Hines
- FW Scotland SCO Jimmy Walsh
- MF England ENG Gordon Wills
No. Pos. Nation Player
- MF Scotland SCO Frank McLintock
- MF England ENG Howard Riley
- FW Wales WAL Ken Leek
- DF Scotland SCO Ian King
- GK England ENG Rodney Slack
- FW Scotland SCO Jack Lornie
- DF Scotland SCO John Sjoberg
- FW England ENG Ken Keyworth
- GK England ENG George Heyes
- FW England ENG Hughie McIlmoyle
- DF England ENG Graham Cross

Club statistics

All data from: Dave Smith and Paul Taylor, Of Fossils and Foxes: The Official Definitive History of Leicester City Football Club (2001) (ISBN 1-899538-21-6)

Top goalscorers

Pos. Nat. Name Div 1 FAC LC Total
1 Scotland Jimmy Walsh 22 4 3 29
2 Wales Ken Leek 18 7 0 25
3 England Albert Cheesebrough 11 0 1 12
4 England Gordon Wills 10 1 0 11
5 England Howard Riley 6 3 0 9
7 England Ken Keyworth 6 0 0 6
8 Scotland Ian King 4 0 1 6
9 Scotland Hugh McIlmoyle 4 0 0 4
10 England Colin Appleton 2 0 0 2
11 Scotland Frank McLintock 1 0 0 1
= Scotland Jack Lornie 1 0 0 1
= England Graham Cross 1 0 0 1
Own Goals 1 0 0 1

References

  1. ^ Smith, Dave; Taylor, Paul (2010). Of Fossils and Foxes. Pitch Pub. ISBN 978-1-905411-94-8.
  2. ^ "Leicester City results for the 1960-1961 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
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