English League Tables
1960/61 Tables◄ 1961/62 Tables ►1962/63 Tables
Football League First Division 1961/62
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | Notes |
| 1st | Ipswich Town | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 93 | 67 | 1.388 | 56 | Champions ♦EC |
| 2nd | Burnley | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 101 | 67 | 1.507 | 53 | Runners Up |
| 3rd | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 88 | 69 | 1.275 | 52 | ♦ECWC- |
| 4th | Everton | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 88 | 54 | 1.630 | 51 | ♦ICFC |
| 5th | Sheffield United | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 61 | 69 | 0.884 | 47 | - |
| 6th | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 72 | 58 | 1.241 | 46 | - |
| 7th | Aston Villa | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 65 | 56 | 1.161 | 44 | - |
| 8th | West Ham United | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 76 | 82 | 0.927 | 44 | - |
| 9th | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 83 | 67 | 1.239 | 43 | - |
| 10th | Arsenal | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 71 | 72 | 0.986 | 43 | - |
| 11th | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 62 | 66 | 0.939 | 42 | - |
| 12th | Manchester City | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 78 | 81 | 0.963 | 41 | - |
| 13th | Blackpool | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 70 | 75 | 0.933 | 41 | - |
| 14th | Leicester City | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 72 | 71 | 1.014 | 40 | - |
| 15th | Manchester United | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 72 | 75 | 0.960 | 39 | - |
| 16th | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 50 | 58 | 0.862 | 38 | - |
| 17th | Birmingham City | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 65 | 81 | 0.802 | 38 | - |
| 18th | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 73 | 86 | 0.849 | 36 | - |
| 19th | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 63 | 79 | 0.797 | 36 | - |
| 20th | Fulham | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 66 | 74 | 0.892 | 33 | - |
| 21st | Cardiff City | 42 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 50 | 81 | 0.617 | 32 | ▼Relegated |
| 22nd | Chelsea | 42 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 63 | 94 | 0.670 | 28 | ▼Relegated |
Football League Second Division 1961/62
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | Notes |
| 1st | Liverpool | 42 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 99 | 43 | 2.302 | 62 | ▲Champions |
| 2nd | Leyton Orient | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 69 | 40 | 1.725 | 54 | ▲Runners Up |
| 3rd | Sunderland | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 85 | 50 | 1.700 | 53 | - |
| 4th | Scunthorpe United | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 86 | 71 | 1.211 | 49 | - |
| 5th | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 75 | 75 | 1.000 | 46 | - |
| 6th | Southampton | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 77 | 62 | 1.242 | 45 | - |
| 7th | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 67 | 59 | 1.136 | 44 | - |
| 8th | Stoke City | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 55 | 57 | 0.965 | 42 | - |
| 9th | Rotherham United | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 70 | 76 | 0.921 | 41 | - |
| 10th | Preston North End | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 55 | 57 | 0.965 | 40 | - |
| 11th | Newcastle United | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 64 | 58 | 1.103 | 39 | - |
| 12th | Middlesbrough | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 76 | 72 | 1.056 | 39 | - |
| 13th | Luton Town | 42 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 69 | 71 | 0.972 | 39 | - |
| 14th | Walsall | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 70 | 75 | 0.933 | 39 | - |
| 15th | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 69 | 75 | 0.920 | 39 | - |
| 16th | Derby County | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 68 | 75 | 0.907 | 39 | - |
| 17th | Norwich City | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 61 | 70 | 0.871 | 39 | - |
| 18th | Bury | 42 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 52 | 76 | 0.684 | 39 | - |
| 19th | Leeds United | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 50 | 61 | 0.820 | 36 | - |
| 20th | Swansea Town | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 61 | 83 | 0.735 | 36 | - |
| 21st | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 53 | 81 | 0.654 | 33 | ▼Relegated |
| 22nd | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 42 | 86 | 0.488 | 31 | ▼Relegated |
Football League Third Division 1961/62
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | Notes |
| 1st | Portsmouth | 46 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 87 | 47 | 1.851 | 65 | ▲Champions |
| 2nd | Grimsby Town | 46 | 28 | 6 | 12 | 80 | 56 | 1.429 | 62 | ▲Runners Up |
| 3rd | Bournemouth & Boscambe Athletic | 46 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 69 | 45 | 1.533 | 59 | - |
| 4th | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 111 | 73 | 1.521 | 59 | - |
| 5th | Peterborough United | 46 | 26 | 6 | 14 | 107 | 82 | 1.305 | 58 | - |
| 6th | Bristol City | 46 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 94 | 72 | 1.306 | 54 | - |
| 7th | Reading | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 77 | 66 | 1.167 | 53 | - |
| 8th | Northampton Town | 46 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 85 | 57 | 1.491 | 51 | - |
| 9th | Swindon Town | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 78 | 71 | 1.099 | 49 | - |
| 10th | Hull City | 46 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 67 | 54 | 1.241 | 48 | - |
| 11th | Bradford Park Avenue | 46 | 20 | 7 | 19 | 80 | 78 | 1.026 | 47 | - |
| 12th | Port Vale | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 65 | 58 | 1.121 | 45 | - |
| 13th | Notts County | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 67 | 74 | 0.905 | 43 | - |
| 14th | Coventry City | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 64 | 71 | 0.901 | 43 | - |
| 15th | Crystal Palace | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 83 | 80 | 1.038 | 42 | - |
| 16th | Southend United | 46 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 57 | 69 | 0.826 | 42 | - |
| 17th | Watford | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 63 | 74 | 0.851 | 41 | - |
| 18th | Halifax Town | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 62 | 84 | 0.738 | 40 | - |
| 19th | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 73 | 84 | 0.869 | 38 | - |
| 20th | Barnsley | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 71 | 95 | 0.747 | 36 | - |
| 21st | Torquay United | 46 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 76 | 100 | 0.760 | 36 | ▼Relegated |
| 22nd | Lincoln City | 46 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 57 | 87 | 0.655 | 35 | ▼Relegated |
| 23rd | Brentford | 46 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 53 | 93 | 0.570 | 34 | ▼Relegated |
| 24th | Newport County | 46 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 46 | 102 | 0.451 | 22 | ▼Relegated |
Football League Fourth Division 1961/62
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GA | Pts | Notes |
| 1st | Millwall | 44 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 87 | 62 | 1.403 | 56 | ▲Champions |
| 2nd | Colchester United | 44 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 104 | 71 | 1.465 | 55 | ▲Runners Up |
| 3rd | Wrexham | 44 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 96 | 56 | 1.714 | 53 | ▲Promoted |
| 4th | Carlisle United | 44 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 64 | 63 | 1.016 | 52 | ▲Promoted |
| 5th | Bradford City | 44 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 94 | 86 | 1.093 | 51 | - |
| 6th | York City | 44 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 84 | 53 | 1.585 | 50 | - |
| 7th | Aldershot | 44 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 81 | 60 | 1.350 | 49 | - |
| 8th | Workington | 44 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 69 | 70 | 0.986 | 49 | - |
| 9th | Barrow | 44 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 74 | 58 | 1.276 | 48 | - |
| 10th | Crewe Alexandra | 44 | 20 | 6 | 18 | 79 | 70 | 1.129 | 46 | - |
| 11th | Oldham Athletic | 44 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 77 | 70 | 1.100 | 46 | - |
| 12th | Rochdale | 44 | 19 | 7 | 18 | 71 | 71 | 1.000 | 45 | - |
| 13th | Darlington | 44 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 61 | 73 | 0.836 | 45 | - |
| 14th | Mansfield Town | 44 | 19 | 6 | 19 | 77 | 66 | 1.167 | 44 | - |
| 15th | Tranmere Rovers | 44 | 20 | 4 | 20 | 70 | 81 | 0.864 | 44 | - |
| 16th | Stockport County | 44 | 17 | 9 | 18 | 70 | 69 | 1.014 | 43 | - |
| 17th | Southport | 44 | 17 | 9 | 18 | 61 | 71 | 0.859 | 43 | - |
| 18th | Exeter City | 44 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 62 | 77 | 0.805 | 37 | - |
| 19th | Chesterfield | 44 | 14 | 9 | 21 | 70 | 87 | 0.805 | 37 | - |
| 20th | Gillingham | 44 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 73 | 94 | 0.777 | 37 | - |
| 21st | Doncaster Rovers | 44 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 60 | 85 | 0.706 | 29 | Re-Elected |
| 22nd | Hartlepools United | 44 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 52 | 101 | 0.515 | 27 | Re-Elected |
| 23rd | Chester | 44 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 54 | 96 | 0.563 | 26 | Re-Elected |
| 24th | Accrington Stanley | Accrington Stanley resigned from the League in March 1962 after playing 33 matches, their playing record was declared void | ▼Resigned | |||||||
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Election for League Membership |
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| With Accrington Sranley having left the League only the bottom three clubs were required to seek re-election. With a guaranteed place in the Football League available to a non-league club, it brought applicants out of the woodwork with 26 hopeful non-leaguers taking part in the vote. | ||
| Votes | Club | End Result |
| 46 | Chester | Re Elected to the League |
| 45 | Doncaster Rovers | Re Elected to the League |
| 40 | Hartlepools United | Re Elected to the League |
| 39 | Oxford United | ▲Elected to the League |
| 5 | Wigan Athletic | Not Elected to the League |
| 4 | Chelmsford City | Not Elected to the League |
| 4 | Gateshead | Not Elected to the League |
| 2 | Cambridge City | Not Elected to the League |
| 2 | Worcester City | Not Elected to the League |
| 1 | Bath City | Not Elected to the League |
| 1 | Hereford United | Not Elected to the League |
| 1 | King's Lynn | Not Elected to the League |
| 1 | Morecambe | Not Elected to the League |
| 1 | New Brighton | Not Elected to the League |
| 0 | Bedford Town | Not Elected to the League |
| 0 | Bexleyheath & Welling | Not Elected to the League |
| 0 | Corby Town | Not Elected to the League |
| 0 | Folkestone | Not Elected to the League |
| 0 | Gravesend & Northfleet | Not Elected to the League |
| 0 | Guildford City | Not Elected to the League |
| 0 | Kettering Town | Not Elected to the League |
| 0 | North Shields | Not Elected to the League |
| 0 | Poole Town | Not Elected to the League |
| 0 | Romford | Not Elected to the League |
| 0 | Scarborough | Not Elected to the League |
| 0 | Sittingbourne | Not Elected to the League |
| 0 | South Shields | Not Elected to the League |
| 0 | Wellington Town | Not Elected to the League |
| 0 | Yeovil Town | Not Elected to the League |
1960/61 Tables◄ 1961/62 Tables ►1962/63 Tables
