1960–61 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

Sheffield Wednesday
1960–61 season
Chairman	Andrew Stephen
Manager	Harry Catterick
First Division	2nd
FA Cup	Quarter finals
Top goalscorer	League: Fantham (20); All: Fantham (23)
Average home league attendance	29,229

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

Season summary

In the 1960–61 season, the Owls had an excellent campaign, reaching the last eight of the FA Cup and finishing 2nd place in the league, 8 points behind champions Tottenham Hotspur.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Tottenham Hotspur	42	31	4	7	115	55	2.091	66
2	Sheffield Wednesday	42	23	12	7	78	47	1.660	58
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	25	7	10	103	75	1.373	57
4	Burnley	42	22	7	13	102	77	1.325	51
5	Everton	42	22	6	14	87	69	1.261	50

Source:

Results

Sheffield Wednesday's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 1961	Leeds United	H	2–0	36,225	Ellis, Quinn
R4	28 January 1961	Manchester United	H	1–1	58,000	Wilkinson
R4R	1 February 1961	Manchester United	A	7–2	65,243	Ellis (3), Fantham (2), Finney (2)
R5	18 February 1961	Leyton Orient	A	2–0	31,000	Ellis, Fantham
QF	4 March 1961	Burnley	H	0–0	55,000
QFR	7 March 1961	Burnley	A	0–2	49,113

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	Ron Springett
-	DF	Peter Johnson
-	DF	Peter Swan
-	DF	Don Megson
-	MF	Alan Finney
-	MF	Tony Kay
-	MF	Tom McAnearney
-	FW	John Fantham
-	FW	Bobby Craig
-	FW	Keith Ellis
-	MF	Derek Wilkinson

No.	Position	Player
-	MF	John Quinn
-	FW	Bill Griffin
-	MF	Ralph O'Donnell
-	DF	Gerry Young
-	DF	Brian Hill
-	GK	Roy McLaren
-	MF	Bobby Lodge
-	DF	Jack Martin
-	DF	John Frye
-	MF	John Meredith

References

"Sheffield Wednesday 1960-1961 : Results". www.statto.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2013.

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[1] "Sheffield Wednesday 1960-1961 : Results". www.statto.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2013.

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