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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 )
