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1960–61 Manchester United F.C. season

{{Short description|79th season in existence of Manchester United}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}

{{Infobox football club season

| club = Manchester United

|image=Manchester United FC 1960.jpg|caption=Manchester United in 1960

| season = 1960–61

| manager = Matt Busby

| chairman = Harold Hardman

| league = First Division

| league result = 7th

| cup1 = FA Cup

| cup1 result = Fourth Round

| cup2 = League Cup

| cup2 result = Second Round

| league topscorer =
Bobby Charlton (21)

| season topscorer =
Bobby Charlton (21)

| highest attendance = 65,295 vs Tottenham Hotspur (16 January 1961)

| lowest attendance = 15,662 vs Exeter City (26 October 1960)

| average attendance = 38,501

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| prevseason = 1959–60

| nextseason = 1961–62

}}

The 1960–61 season was Manchester United's 59th season in the Football League, and their 16th consecutive season in the top division of English football.{{cite web |url=http://www.stretfordend.co.uk/seasons/season1961.html |title=Manchester United Season 1960/61 |access-date=21 December 2011|publisher=StretfordEnd.co.uk }} It was also United's first season in the inaugural Football League Cup, and for the second successive season they finished seventh in the league.

First Division

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Date

!Opponents

!H / A

!Result
F–A

!Scorers

!Attendance

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|20 August 1960

|Blackburn Rovers

|H

|1–3

|Charlton

|47,778

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|24 August 1960

|Everton

|A

|0–4

|

|51,602

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|31 August 1960

|Everton

|H

|4–0

|Dawson (2), Charlton, Nicholson

|51,818

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|3 September 1960

|Tottenham Hotspur

|A

|1–4

|Viollet

|55,445

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|5 September 1960

|West Ham United

|A

|1–2

|Quixall

|30,506

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|10 September 1960

|Leicester City

|H

|1–1

|Giles

|35,493

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|14 September 1960

|West Ham United

|H

|6–1

|Charlton (2), Viollet (2), Quixall, Scanlon

|33,695

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|17 September 1960

|Aston Villa

|A

|1–3

|Viollet

|43,593

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|24 September 1960

|Wolverhampton Wanderers

|H

|1–3

|Charlton

|44,458

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|1 October 1960

|Bolton Wanderers

|A

|1–1

|Giles

|39,197

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|15 October 1960

|Burnley

|A

|3–5

|Viollet (3)

|32,011

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|22 October 1960

|Newcastle United

|H

|3–2

|Dawson, Setters, Stiles

|37,516

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|24 October 1960

|Nottingham Forest

|H

|2–1

|Viollet (2)

|23,628

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|29 October 1960

|Arsenal

|A

|1–2

|Quixall

|45,715

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|5 November 1960

|Sheffield Wednesday

|H

|0–0

|

|36,855

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|12 November 1960

|Birmingham City

|A

|1–3

|Charlton

|31,549

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|19 November 1960

|West Bromwich Albion

|H

|3–0

|Dawson, Quixall, Viollet

|32,756

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|26 November 1960

|Cardiff City

|A

|0–3

|

|21,122

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|3 December 1960

|Preston North End

|H

|1–0

|Dawson

|24,904

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|10 December 1960

|Fulham

|A

|4–4

|Quixall (2), Charlton, Dawson

|23,625

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|17 December 1960

|Blackburn Rovers

|A

|2–1

|Pearson (2)

|17,285

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|24 December 1960

|Chelsea

|A

|2–1

|Dawson, Charlton

|37,601

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|26 December 1960

|Chelsea

|H

|6–0

|Dawson (3), Nicholson (2), Charlton

|50,164

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|31 December 1960

|Manchester City

|H

|5–1

|Dawson (3), Charlton (2)

|61,213

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|14 January 1961

|Tottenham Hotspur

|H

|2–0

|Pearson, Stiles

|65,295

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|21 January 1961

|Leicester City

|A

|0–6

|

|31,308

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|4 February 1961

|Aston Villa

|H

|1–1

|Charlton

|33,525

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|11 February 1961

|Wolverhampton Wanderers

|A

|1–2

|Nicholson

|38,526

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|18 February 1961

|Bolton Wanderers

|H

|3–1

|Dawson (2), Quixall

|37,558

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|25 February 1961

|Nottingham Forest

|A

|2–3

|Charlton, Quixall

|26,850

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|4 March 1961

|Manchester City

|A

|3–1

|Charlton, Dawson, Pearson

|50,479

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|11 March 1961

|Newcastle United

|A

|1–1

|Charlton

|28,870

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|18 March 1961

|Arsenal

|H

|1–1

|Moir

|29,732

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|25 March 1961

|Sheffield Wednesday

|A

|1–5

|Charlton

|35,901

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|31 March 1961

|Blackpool

|A

|0–2

|

|30,835

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|1 April 1961

|Fulham

|H

|3–1

|Charlton, Quixall, Viollet

|24,654

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|3 April 1961

|Blackpool

|H

|2–0

|Nicholson, own goal

|39,169

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|8 April 1961

|West Bromwich Albion

|A

|1–1

|Pearson

|27,750

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|12 April 1961

|Burnley

|H

|6–0

|Quixall (3), Viollet (3)

|25,019

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|15 April 1961

|Birmingham City

|H

|4–1

|Pearson (2), Quixall, Viollet

|28,376

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|22 April 1961

|Preston North End

|A

|4–2

|Charlton (2), Setters (2)

|21,252

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|29 April 1961

|Cardiff City

|H

|3–3

|Charlton (2), Setters

|30,320

{{:1960–61 Football League First Division|showteam=MUN|only_totals=y}}

FA Cup

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Date

!Round

!Opponents

!H / A

!Result
F–A

!Scorers

!Attendance

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|7 January 1961

|Round 3

|Middlesbrough

|H

|3–0

|Dawson (2), Cantwell

|49,184

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|28 January 1961

|Round 4

|Sheffield Wednesday

|A

|1–1

|Cantwell

|58,000

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|1 February 1961

|Round 4
Replay

|Sheffield Wednesday

|H

|2–7

|Dawson, Pearson

|65,243

League Cup

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Date

!Round

!Opponents

!H / A

!Result
F–A

!Scorers

!Attendance

bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|19 October 1960

|Round 1

|Exeter City

|A

|1–1

|Dawson

|14,494

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|26 October 1960

|Round 1
Replay

|Exeter City

|H

|4–1

|Quixall (2), Giles, Pearson

|15,662

bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|2 November 1960

|Round 2

|Bradford City

|A

|1–2

|Viollet

|4,670

Squad statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2" valign="bottom"|Pos.

!rowspan="2"|Name

!colspan="2" width="85"|League

!colspan="2" width="85"|FA Cup

!colspan="2" width="85"|League Cup

!colspan="2" width="85"|Total

Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

align="left"|GKalign="left"|{{flagicon|NIR}} Ronnie Briggs

|1

0200030
align="left"|GKalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} David Gaskell

|10

00010110
align="left"|GKalign="left"|{{flagicon|NIR}} Harry Gregg

|27

01020300
align="left"|GKalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Pinner

|4

0000040
align="left"|FBalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Harold Bratt

|0

0001010
align="left"|FBalign="left"|{{flagicon|IRL}} Shay Brennan

|41

03020460
align="left"|FBalign="left"|{{flagicon|IRL}} Noel Cantwell

|24

03200272
align="left"|FBalign="left"|{{flagicon|IRL}} Joe Carolan

|2

0001030
align="left"|FBalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie Cope

|6

0001070
align="left"|FBalign="left"|{{flagicon|IRL}} Tony Dunne

|3

0001040
align="left"|FBalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Tommy Heron

|1

0000010
align="left"|HBalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Bill Foulkes

|40

03020450
align="left"|HBalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Frank Haydock

|4

0000040
align="left"|HBalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Nobby Lawton

|1

0001020
align="left"|HBalign="left"|{{flagicon|NIR}} Jimmy Nicholson

|31

53030375
align="left"|HBalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Maurice Setters

|40

43020454
align="left"|HBalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Nobby Stiles

|26

23020312
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Warren Bradley

|4

0000040
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Bobby Charlton

|39

2130004221
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Alex Dawson

|28

1633313420
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|IRL}} Johnny Giles

|23

20021253
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|SCO}} Ian Moir

|8

1000081
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|WAL}} Kenny Morgans

|2

0000020
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Pearson

|27

73131339
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Albert Scanlon

|8

10030111
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Albert Quixall

|38

1320124115
align="left"|FWalign="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} Dennis Viollet

|24

1510212716
align="left"|–align="left"|Own goals

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References

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{{Manchester United F.C. seasons}}

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