1960–61 season of Leicester City
Leicester City 1960–61 football season
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.
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]
Source:
World Football Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
^ 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. Leicester City's score comes first [ 2]
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
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
[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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 )