1960–61 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
1960–61 season
Chairman	Andrew Stephen
Manager	Harry Catterick
Stadium	Hillsborough Stadium
First Division	2nd
FA Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: John Fantham (20); All: John Fantham (23)
Highest home attendance	56,363 vs Tottenham Hotspur,; League, 12 November 1960
Lowest home attendance	21,115 vs Preston North End,; League, 4 February 1961
Average home league attendance	31,224

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	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tottenham Hotspur (C)	42	31	4	7	115	55	2.091	66	Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2	Sheffield Wednesday	42	23	12	7	78	47	1.660	58	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
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: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions

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

Source:^[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


Pos.	Nation	Player
GK	ENG	Ron Springett
DF	ENG	Peter Johnson
DF	ENG	Peter Swan
DF	ENG	Don Megson
MF	ENG	Alan Finney
MF	ENG	Tony Kay
MF	SCO	Tom McAnearney
FW	ENG	John Fantham
FW	SCO	Bobby Craig
FW	ENG	Keith Ellis
MF	ENG	Derek Wilkinson


Pos.	Nation	Player
MF	ENG	John Quinn
FW	ENG	Billy Griffin
MF	ENG	Ralph O'Donnell
DF	ENG	Gerry Young
DF	ENG	Brian Hill
GK	SCO	Roy MacLaren
MF	ENG	Bobby Lodge
DF	SCO	Jack Martin
DF	SCO	John Frye
MF	ENG	John Meredith

References

^ "Sheffield Wednesday 1960-1961 : Results". www.statto.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
^ "All Sheffield Wednesday football club players: 1961". 11v11.com. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

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

[2] "All Sheffield Wednesday football club players: 1961". 11v11.com. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

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Sheffield Wednesday F.C. seasons
1860s	1860–61 1861–62 1862–63 1863–64 1864–65 1865–66 1866–67 1867–68 1868–69 1869–70
1870s	1870–71 1871–72 1872–73 1873–74 1874–75 1875–76 1876–77 1877–78 1878–79 1879–80
1880s	1880–81 1881–82 1882–83 1883–84 1884–85 1885–86 1886–87 1887–88 1888–89 1889–90
1890s	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900
1900s	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10
1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20
1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30
1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50
1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26