1960–61 Leicester City F.C. 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 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

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 GR Pts
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 42 18 9 15 87 70 1.243 45
7 Manchester United 42 18 9 15 88 76 1.158 45
8 Blackburn Rovers 42 15 13 14 77 76 1.013 43
Source:

Results

Leicester City's score comes first[2]

Legend
Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division
DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
20 August 1960BlackpoolH1–127,062Appleton
24 August 1960ChelseaA3–124,691Wills (2), Walsh
27 August 1960EvertonA1–345,215Cheesebrough
31 August 1960ChelseaH1–321,087Walsh
3 September 1960Blackburn RoversH2–417,455Walsh, Wills
7 September 1960Wolverhampton WanderersA2–333,313Wills, Leek
10 September 1960Manchester UnitedA1–135,493Walsh
14 September 1960Wolverhampton WanderersH2–020,044Walsh, King (pen)
17 September 1960Tottenham HotspurH1–225,567Riley
24 September 1960Newcastle UnitedA3–121,161Leek (2), Cheesebrough
1 October 1960Aston VillaA3–129,623Walsh (2), Wills
8 October 1960ArsenalH2–122,501Leek (2)
15 October 1960Manchester CityA1–330,193Leek
22 October 1960West Bromwich AlbionH2–220,770Lornie, Cheesebrough
28 October 1960Cardiff CityA1–219,136Walsh
4 November 1960Preston North EndH5–216,920Leek (2), Walsh, Cheesebrough, Riley
12 November 1960FulhamA2–416,617King (pen), Cheesebrough
19 November 1960Sheffield WednesdayH2–125,567Walsh, Wills
26 November 1960Birmingham CityA2–025,583Leek, Wills
3 December 1960Nottingham ForestH1–120,545Cheesebrough
10 December 1960BurnleyA2–320,640Wills, Leek
17 December 1960BlackpoolA1–58,752Walsh
24 December 1960Bolton WanderersA0–211,534
26 December 1960Bolton WanderersH2–023,806Wills, Keyworth
31 December 1960EvertonH4–123,495Riley, Walsh, Leek (2)
14 January 1961Blackburn RoversA1–114,752Leek
21 January 1961Manchester UnitedH6–031,308Walsh (2), Keyworth (2), Wills, Riley (pen)
4 February 1961Tottenham HotspurA3–253,627Leek, Walsh (2)
11 February 1961Newcastle UnitedH5–326,449King (2 pens), Cheesebrough, Leek, Dalton (own goal)
25 February 1961ArsenalA3–131,721Keyworth (2), Appleton
11 March 1961West Bromwich AlbionA0–125,168
25 March 1961Preston North EndA0–012,567
31 March 1961West Ham UnitedA0–122,010
1 April 1961BurnleyH2–227,838Leek, Walsh
3 April 1961West Ham UnitedH5–123,776Cheesebrough (3), Riley, McIlmoyle
8 April 1961Sheffield WednesdayA2–229,904Walsh, McLintock
10 April 1961Cardiff CityH3–032,042Walsh (2), McIlmoyle
15 April 1961FulhamH1–230,980Walsh
19 April 1961Aston VillaH3–121,219McIlmoyle (2), Keyworth
22 April 1961Nottingham ForestA2–225,830Cheesebrough, Leek
26 April 1961Manchester CityH1–222,248Walsh
29 April 1961Birmingham CityH3–219,920Cross, Riley, Leek

FA Cup
Main article: 1960–61 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R37 January 1961Oxford UnitedH3–125,601Walsh, Leek, Riley
R431 January 1961Bristol CityH5–127,701Wills, Leek (2), Walsh (2)
R518 February 1961Birmingham CityA1–153,589Riley
R5R22 February 1961Birmingham CityH2–141,916Leek (2)
QF4 March 1961BarnsleyH0–038,744
QFR8 March 1961BarnsleyA2–1 (a.e.t.)39,250Riley, Leek
SF18 March 1961Sheffield UnitedN0–052,095
SFR23 March 1961Sheffield UnitedN0–0 (a.e.t.)43,500
SFR227 March 1961Sheffield UnitedN2–037,190Walsh, Leek
F6 May 1961Tottenham HotspurN0–2100,000

League Cup
Main article: 1960–61 Football League Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R112 October 1960Mansfield TownH4–07,070Cheesebrough, Walsh (3)
R226 October 1960Rotherham UnitedH1–26,244King (pen)

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
- GK Gordon Banks
- DF Len Chalmers
- DF Richie Norman
- MF Ian White
- DF Tony Knapp
- MF Colin Appleton
- MF George Meek
- FW Albert Cheesebrough
- FW Derek Hines
- FW Jimmy Walsh
- MF Gordon Wills
No. Position Player
- MF Frank McLintock
- MF Howard Riley
- FW Ken Leek
- DF Ian King
- GK Rodney Slack
- FW Jack Lornie
- DF John Sjoberg
- FW Ken Keyworth
- GK George Heyes
- FW Hughie McIlmoyle
- DF 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 Jimmy Walsh 22 4 3 29
2 Ken Leek 18 7 0 25
3 Albert Cheesebrough 11 0 1 12
4 Gordon Wills 10 1 0 11
5 Howard Riley 6 3 0 9
7 Ken Keyworth 6 0 0 6
8 Ian King 4 0 1 6
9 Hugh McIlmoyle 4 0 0 4
10 Colin Appleton 2 0 0 2
11 Frank McLintock 1 0 0 1
= Jack Lornie 1 0 0 1
= 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 1-905411-94-4.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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