1961–62 Chelsea F.C. season

48th competitive season of Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea 1961–62 football season

Chelsea

1961–62 season

Chairman

Joe Mears

Manager

Ted Drake (until November)
Tommy Docherty

Stadium

Stamford Bridge

First Division

22nd

FA Cup

Third round

Top goalscorer

League: Bobby Tambling (20)
All: Bobby Tambling (22)

Highest home attendance

42,248 vs Manchester United
(30 August 1961)

Lowest home attendance

12,404 vs Bolton Wanderers
(11 November 1961)

Average home league attendance

27,015

Biggest win

6–1 v Sheffield United
(9 September 1961)

Biggest defeat

0–4 (three matches)

Home colours

Away colours

← 1960–61

1962–63 →

The 1961–62 season was Chelsea Football Club's forty-eighth competitive season. Following a poor start to the season, manager Ted Drake was dismissed in September 1961 and replaced by player-coach Tommy Docherty. Nevertheless, the club were relegated at the season of the season, ending a 32-year spell in the top-flight.

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ipswich Town (C)	42	24	8	10	93	67	1.388	56	Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2	Burnley	42	21	11	10	101	67	1.507	53
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	21	10	11	88	69	1.275	52	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Everton	42	20	11	11	88	54	1.630	51	Qualification for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup first round
5	Sheffield United	42	19	9	14	61	69	0.884	47
6	Sheffield Wednesday	42	20	6	16	72	58	1.241	46
7	Aston Villa	42	18	8	16	65	56	1.161	44
8	West Ham United	42	17	10	15	76	82	0.927	44
9	West Bromwich Albion	42	15	13	14	83	67	1.239	43
10	Arsenal	42	16	11	15	71	72	0.986	43
11	Bolton Wanderers	42	16	10	16	62	66	0.939	42
12	Manchester City	42	17	7	18	78	81	0.963	41
13	Blackpool	42	15	11	16	70	75	0.933	41
14	Leicester City	42	17	6	19	72	71	1.014	40
15	Manchester United	42	15	9	18	72	75	0.960	39
16	Blackburn Rovers	42	14	11	17	50	58	0.862	39
17	Birmingham City	42	14	10	18	65	81	0.802	38
18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	10	19	73	86	0.849	36
19	Nottingham Forest	42	13	10	19	63	79	0.797	36
20	Fulham	42	13	7	22	66	74	0.892	33
21	Cardiff City (R)	42	9	14	19	50	81	0.617	32	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Chelsea (R)	42	9	10	23	63	94	0.670	28	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

References

Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography – The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7553-1466-2.
Hockings, Ron. 100 Years of The Blues – A Statistical History of Chelsea FC 1905–2006.

External links

1961–62 season at stamford-bridge.com

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First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Burnley Cardiff City Chelsea Everton Fulham Ipswich Town Leicester City Manchester City Manchester United Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Third Division	Barnsley Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bradford Park Avenue Brentford Bristol City Coventry City Crystal Palace Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hull City Lincoln City Newport County Northampton Town Notts County Peterborough United Portsmouth Port Vale Queens Park Rangers Reading Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Torquay United Watford
Fourth Division	Accrington Stanley Aldershot Barrow Bradford City Carlisle United Chester Chesterfield Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Hartlepools United Mansfield Town Millwall Oldham Athletic Rochdale Southport Stockport County Tranmere Rovers Workington Wrexham York City