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  Leading League goalscorer:
Ray Crawford 
(Ipswich Town)
 39  goals

Denis Law scored 6 goals against Luton in an FA Cup tie - but Luton still get through to the next round.

On Saturday October 22nd 1960 Charlton Athletic and Middlesbrough recorded a 6-6 draw at the Valley., Brian Clough scoring a hat-trick for the visitors. The scoreline had only been recorded once before - in the Leicester City v Arsenal match in 1929/30.

Charlton were involved in two more high scoring matches over Christmas. On Boxing Day 1960 they beat Plymouth 6-4 at The Valley and in the return League fixture at Home Park the following day they lost 4-6.

Rotherham United reached the final of the first League Cup competition, the two-legged final not being played until the start of the 1961/62 season.

 

Results

1 Ipswich Town 42 26 7 9 100 55 59 Promoted
   

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2 Sheffield United 42 26 6 10 81 51 58 Promoted
   

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3 Liverpool 42 21 10 11 87 58 52
   

Results

4 Norwich City 42 20 9 13 70 53 49
    5 Middlesbrough 42 18 12 12 83 74 48
   

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6 Sunderland 42 17 13 12 75 60 47
    7 Swansea Town 42 18 11 13 77 73 47
   

Results

8 Southampton 42 18 8 16 84 81 44
    9 Scunthorpe United 42 14 15 13 69 64 43
    10 Charlton Athletic 42 16 11 15 97 91 43
    11 Plymouth Argyle 42 17 8 17 81 82 42
    12 Derby County 42 15 10 17 80 80 40
   

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13 Luton Town 42 15 9 18 71 79 39
   

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14 Leeds United 42 14 10 18 75 83 38
   

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15 Rotherham United 42 12 13 17 65 64 37
   

Results

16 Brighton & Hove Albion 42 14 9 19 61 75 37
    17 Bristol Rovers 42 15 7 20 73 92 37
    18 Stoke City 42 12 12 18 51 59 36
    19 Leyton Orient 42 14 8 20 55 78 36
    20 Huddersfield Town 42 13 9 20 62 71 35
    21 Portsmouth 42 11 11 20 64 91 33 Relegated
    22 Lincoln City 42 8 8 26 48 95 24 Relegated
   
   
   
   
   

 

 

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