1 football league
1.1 first division
1.2 second division
1.3 third division
1.4 fourth division
1.5 top goalscorers
football league
first division
in first division season heavy fixture congestion brought severe winter, everton emerged league champions - first piece of postwar silverware. tottenham hotspur continued brilliant start 1960s, finishing runners-up in first division , going on lift european cup winners cup become english football s first winners of european trophy. burnley, 1960 league champions, finished third. leicester city, still yet win major trophy, emerge surprise double challengers had settle fourth-place finish in league, , lost manchester united in fa cup final - matt busby s rebuilding scheme paying off success being united s first trophy since munich air disaster 5 years earlier.
liverpool s return first division saw them secure decent eighth-place finish , players adapt many of them first season playing in first division.
birmingham city s consolation narrowly avoiding relegation came in shape of glory in football league cup, first major trophy of 88-year history.
leyton orient s first season in top flight dismal one, , ended relegation , being 12 points adrift of safety. joined in relegation manchester city, went down after several seasons of gradually falling out of contention honours.
source: rsssf.com
rules classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(c) = champion; (r) = relegated; (p) = promoted; (e) = eliminated; (o) = play-off winner; (a) = advances further round.
only applicable when season not finished:
(q) = qualified phase of tournament indicated; (tq) = qualified tournament, not yet particular phase indicated; (rq) = qualified relegation tournament indicated; (dq) = disqualified tournament.
second division
tony waddington s impressive stoke city side, included 48-year-old fwa footballer of year stanley matthews, former manchester united forward dennis viollet , former burnley star jimmy mcilroy clinched second division title , place in first division. chelsea promoted runners-up, while sunderland missed out on goal average.
luton town , walsall went down third division.
source: rsssf.com
rules classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(c) = champion; (r) = relegated; (p) = promoted; (e) = eliminated; (o) = play-off winner; (a) = advances further round.
only applicable when season not finished:
(q) = qualified phase of tournament indicated; (tq) = qualified tournament, not yet particular phase indicated; (rq) = qualified relegation tournament indicated; (dq) = disqualified tournament.
third division
northampton town won third division title , place in second division, while swindon town climbed out of league s third tier, having been there since creation 43 years previously.
halifax town, carlisle united, brighton , bradford park avenue went down fourth division.
source: rsssf.com
rules classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(c) = champion; (r) = relegated; (p) = promoted; (e) = eliminated; (o) = play-off winner; (a) = advances further round.
only applicable when season not finished:
(q) = qualified phase of tournament indicated; (tq) = qualified tournament, not yet particular phase indicated; (rq) = qualified relegation tournament indicated; (dq) = disqualified tournament.
fourth division
brentford won fourth division title, first significant postwar success. oldham athletic, crewe alexandra , mansfield town went up, while league newcomers oxford united finished 18th. bradford city, fa cup winners in 1911 , first division members number of seasons leading 1922, had apply re-election.
source: rsssf.com
rules classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(c) = champion; (r) = relegated; (p) = promoted; (e) = eliminated; (o) = play-off winner; (a) = advances further round.
only applicable when season not finished:
(q) = qualified phase of tournament indicated; (tq) = qualified tournament, not yet particular phase indicated; (rq) = qualified relegation tournament indicated; (dq) = disqualified tournament.
top goalscorers
first division
jimmy greaves (tottenham hotspur) – 37 goals
second division
bobby tambling (chelsea) – 35 goals
third division
george hudson (coventry city) – 30 goals
fourth division
ken wagstaff (mansfield town) – 34 goals
^ english league leading goalscorers . rsssf. retrieved 2017-06-04.
^ english league leading goalscorers . rsssf. retrieved 2017-06-04.
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