Diary of the season 1961–62 in English football






22 august 1961: rotherham united beat aston villa 2–0 in first leg of first ever football league cup final. fixture congestion has meant last season s competition has stretched season.


5 september 1961: aston villa clinch football league cup 3–0 win on rotherham united in second leg of final.


11 september 1961: floodlights @ city ground officially turned on first time nottingham forest face gillingham in league cup.


11 october 1961: reports surface indicating welsh internationalist john charles of juventus in english football after joining bianconeri in 1957: italian club s vice-president told press [charles] had told me of wish return england after children s education .


18 november 1961: table-topping burnley drop first points of season drawing 3–3 wolverhampton wanderers. elsewhere in top-flight, ipswich town rack fifth win in row beating manchester united 4–1, tottenham hotspur play out goalless draw @ sheffield wednesday, birmingham city put 4 without reply past west ham united, slump fifth, below both ipswich , spurs. in rest of football league, liverpool 7 points clear of scunthorpe united @ top of second division, south coast clubs bournemouth , boscombe athletic , portsmouth lead division three, , welsh club wrexham, have recorded 14 wins season, top of fourth division.


23 april 1962: ipswich beat arsenal 3–0 , burnley held blackburn rovers in east lancashire derby, giving town two-point lead on burnley @ top of division one. in race evade joining already-relegated chelsea in next season s second-tier, cardiff city pick useful win against west ham united, while fellow strugglers fulham beaten west bromwich albion. both cardiff , fulham on 31 points, west londoners have 1 game more left play compared bluebirds. in second division, leyton orient s win on luton town ensures east london club continue chase scunthorpe , sunderland last remaining promotion spot.


28 april 1962: ipswich, in first division first time, crowned champions of english club football 2–0 win @ home aston villa on last day of league season. first major trophy of history, , first time english club has won title in first season top division club.


5 may 1962: tottenham hotspur retain fa cup 3–1 win on burnley @ wembley stadium goals jimmy greaves, bobby smith , danny blanchflower.


july 1962: manchester united pay british record fee of £115,000 scottish striker denis law torino of italy.








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