1960–61 West Ham United F.C. season

West Ham United

1960–61 season
Chairman	Reg Pratt
Manager	Ted Fenton (until 31 March 1961) Ron Greenwood (from 1 April 1961)
First Division	16th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Musgrove (17) All: Dick (19)
Average home league attendance	21,948
← 1959–60 1961–62 →

During the 1960–61 English football season, West Ham United competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

In the 1960–61 season, Ted Fenton left West Ham in March which was never fully explained by the club. Under strain and on sick-leave and with West Ham's league position suffering he left the club under circumstances which both he and the club decided would remain confidential. He was succeeded as manager in April 1961 by Ron Greenwood, who guided the Hammers to a 16th place finish at the end of the campaign.

Final league table

Main article: 1960–61 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Tottenham Hotspur	42		15	3	3	65	28		16	1	4	50	27		115	55	2.091	+ 60	66
2	Sheffield Wednesday	42		15	4	2	45	17		8	8	5	33	30		78	47	1.660	+ 31	58
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42		17	2	2	61	32		8	5	8	42	43		103	75	1.373	+ 28	57
4	Burnley	42		11	4	6	58	40		11	3	7	44	37		102	77	1.325	+ 25	51
5	Everton	42		13	4	4	47	23		9	2	10	40	46		87	69	1.261	+ 18	50
6	Leicester City	42		12	4	5	54	31		6	5	10	33	39		87	70	1.243	+ 3	45
7	Manchester United	42		14	5	2	58	20		4	4	13	30	56		88	76	1.158	+ 12	45
8	Blackburn Rovers	42		12	3	6	48	34		3	10	8	29	42		77	76	1.013	+ 1	43
9	Aston Villa	42		13	3	5	48	28		4	6	11	30	49		78	77	1.013	+ 1	43
10	West Bromwich Albion	42		10	3	8	43	32		8	2	11	24	39		67	71	0.944	– 4	41
11	Arsenal	42		12	3	6	44	35		3	8	10	33	50		77	85	0.906	– 8	41
12	Chelsea	42		10	5	6	61	48		5	2	14	37	52		98	100	0.980	– 2	37
13	Manchester City	42		10	5	6	41	30		3	6	12	38	60		79	90	0.878	– 11	37
14	Nottingham Forest	42		8	7	6	34	33		6	2	13	28	45		62	78	0.795	– 16	37
15	Cardiff City	42		11	5	5	34	26		2	6	13	26	59		60	85	0.706	– 25	37
16	West Ham United	42		12	4	5	53	31		1	6	14	24	57		77	88	0.875	– 11	36
17	Fulham	42		8	8	5	39	39		6	0	15	33	56		72	95	0.758	– 23	36
18	Bolton Wanderers	42		9	5	7	38	29		3	6	12	20	44		58	73	0.795	– 15	35
19	Birmingham City	42		10	4	7	35	31		4	2	15	27	53		62	84	0.738	– 22	34
20	Blackpool	42		9	3	9	44	34		3	6	12	24	39		68	73	0.932	– 5	33
21	Newcastle United	42		7	7	7	51	49		4	3	14	35	60		86	109	0.789	– 23	32
22	Preston North End	42		7	6	8	28	25		3	4	14	15	46		43	71	0.606	– 28	30

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	League Champions, qualified for European Cup
	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1960-61
	League Cup Winners
	Relegated

Results

West Ham United's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 August 1960	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–4	37,266	Dick, Woosnam
22 August 1960	Aston Villa	H	5–2	28,959	Dunmore, Woosnam, Dick, Musgrove, Bond
27 August 1960	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–1	24,283	Musgrove, Dick
29 August 1960	Aston Villa	A	1–2	32,098	Dunmore
3 September 1960	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–1	26,359
5 September 1960	Manchester United	H	2–1	30,506	Brett, Musgrove
10 September 1960	Chelsea	A	2–3	37,873	Grice, Dunmore
14 September 1960	Manchester United	A	1–6	33,288	Brett
17 September 1960	Blackpool	H	3–3	23,521	Woodley, Musgrove, Bond
24 September 1960	Everton	A	1–4	46,291	Beesley
1 October 1960	Blackburn Rovers	H	3–2	17,519	Dick (2), Woosnam
8 October 1960	Birmingham City	H	4–3	15,954	Grice (2), Dunmore, Musgrove
15 October 1960	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–1	22,009
22 October 1960	Preston North End	H	5–2	16,295	Musgrove (3), Dick, Bond (pen)
29 October 1960	Fulham	A	1–1	20,949	Dunmore
5 November 1960	Arsenal	H	6–0	29,275	Dunmore (3), Woosnam, Dick, Malcolm
12 November 1960	Manchester City	A	2–1	33,751	Grice, Dunmore
19 November 1960	Nottingham Forest	H	2–4	21,047	Dunmore, Palmer (own goal)
3 December 1960	Cardiff City	H	2–0	13,967	Musgrove, Dunmore
10 December 1960	Newcastle United	A	5–5	20,106	Musgrove, Dunmore, Dick, McMichael (own goal), Bond (pen)
17 December 1960	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	5–0	22,336	Dunmore (2), Moore, Musgrove, Dick
24 December 1960	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–2	54,930
26 December 1960	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–3	34,351
31 December 1960	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–3	15,931	Musgrove
14 January 1961	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1	20,650	Dick
21 January 1961	Chelsea	H	3–1	21,829	Woosnam, Obeney, Dick
4 February 1961	Blackpool	A	0–3	9,947
11 February 1961	Everton	H	4–0	22,322	Obeney (2), Musgrove, Dick
25 February 1961	Birmingham City	A	2–4	16,856	Musgrove, Scott
4 March 1961	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–2	21,607	Dick
11 March 1961	Preston North End	A	0–4	12,084
18 March 1961	Fulham	H	1–2	18,742	Obeney
20 March 1961	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–4	13,953	Woods (own goal)
25 March 1961	Arsenal	A	0–0	27,505
31 March 1961	Leicester City	H	1–0	22,010	Dick
1 April 1961	Newcastle United	H	1–1	18,997	Musgrove
3 April 1961	Leicester City	A	1–5	23,776	Kirkup
8 April 1961	Nottingham Forest	A	1–1	23,083	Dick
15 April 1961	Manchester City	H	1–1	17,982	Sealey
18 April 1961	Burnley	A	2–2	11,609	Musgrove (2)
22 April 1961	Cardiff City	A	1–1	9,549	Dick
29 April 1961	Burnley	H	1–2	18,759	Woosnam

FA Cup

Main article: 1960-61 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 1961	Stoke City	H	2–2	21,545	Dick, Dunmore
R3R	11 January 1961	Stoke City	A	0–1	28,914

League Cup

Main article: 1960–61 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	26 September 1960	Charlton Athletic	H	3–1	12,496	Dick, Moore, Musgrove
R2	24 October 1960	Darlington	A	2–3	16,911	Dunmore, Dick

Squad

[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player - GK Brian Rhodes - DF John Bond - DF Ken Brown - DF Bobby Moore - DF John Lyall - MF Andy Malcolm - MF Malcolm Musgrove - FW Phil Woosnam - FW John Dick - FW Dave Dunmore - MF Mike Grice - DF Joe Kirkup - MF Tony Scott

No. Position Player - DF Noel Cantwell - FW Ron Brett - FW Geoff Hurst - MF Alan Sealey - FW Harry Obeney - GK Peter Shearing - MF Derek Woodley - FW Andy Smillie - MF Ronnie Boyce - FW Mick Beesley - FW Johnny Cartwright - FW Billy Lansdowne - MF Eddie Bovington