- 1960–61 Chelsea F.C. season
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Chelsea 1960-61 season Chairman 
Joe MearsManager Ted DrakeFirst Division 12th FA Cup Third round Football League Cup Fourth round Top goalscorer League:
Jimmy Greaves (41)
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Jimmy Greaves (43)Highest home attendance 57,103 vs Tottenham Hotspur (3 April 1961) Lowest home attendance 19,568 vs West Bromwich Albion (3 December 1960) The 1960-61 season was Chelsea Football Club's 47th of competitive football, and their 35th in the English top flight.
Chelsea's performances and results were erratic throughout the season, typified by large victories over Arsenal, Newcastle United and West Bromwich Albion and heavy defeats against Manchester United, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Burnley, culminating in a sixth consecutive mid-table finish since their Championship success in 1955. The club were also victims of an upset in the FA Cup, losing 2-1 at home to Fourth Division side Crewe Alexandra.
The season was nonetheless a watershed in the club's history; frustrated at the club's lack of direction, Chelsea's star player Jimmy Greaves joined AC Milan at the end of the season. Manager Ted Drake, his position weakened by the Crewe result in particular, would also leave the club early into the next season.
Despite the lack of tangible success, the season produced a series of records. Chelsea scored 98 league goals and conceded 100, two club records which still stand. Greaves scored 41 league goals, plus another two in the League Cup for a seasonal total of 43, which has never been bettered by another Chelsea player. Greaves also notched six hat-tricks (another club record for a single season), and during the campaign scored his 100th career league goal; at the age of 21, still the youngest ever player to do so.
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Results
First Division
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 20 August 1960 Aston Villa A 2-3 43,776 Brabrook, Gibbs 24 August 1960 Leicester City H 1-3 24,691 Bradbury 27 August 1960 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 3-3 41,681 Greaves (3) 31 August 1960 Leicester City A 3-1 21,087 Sillett, Greaves, Brooks 3 September 1960 Bolton Wanderers A 1-4 21,609 Greaves 7 September 1960 Blackburn Rovers H 5-2 23,224 Greaves (3), Livesey (2) 10 September 1960 West Ham United H 3-2 37,873 Greaves, Livesey, Blunstone 17 September 1960 Fulham A 2-3 37,423 Livesey, Blunstone 19 September 1960 Blackburn Rovers A 1-3 21,508 Brabrook 24 September 1960 Blackpool A 4-1 26,546 Greaves (2), Livesey (2) 1 October 1960 Everton H 3-3 31,457 Greaves 15 October 1960 Birmingham City A 0-1 22,337 22 October 1960 Burnley H 2-6 29,080 Brabrook, Greaves 29 October 1960 Preston North End A 2-0 14,174 Tindall, Tambling 5 November 1960 Newcastle United H 4-2 30,489 Brabrook, Tindall (3) 12 November 1960 Arsenal A 4-1 38,666 Mortimore, Greaves, Tindall, Tambling 19 November 1960 Manchester City H 6-3 37,346 Greaves (3), Tindall (2), Tambling 26 November 1960 Nottingham Forest A 1-2 22,121 Brabrook 3 December 1960 West Bromwich Albion H 7-1 19,568 Brabrook, Greaves (5), Tindall 10 December 1960 Cardiff City A 1-2 21,840 Greaves 17 December 1960 Aston Villa H 2-4 23,805 Greaves (2) 24 December 1960 Manchester United H 1-2 37,601 Brabrook 26 December 1960 Manchester United A 0-6 50,213 31 December 1960 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1-6 28,503 Anderton 14 January 1961 Bolton Wanderers H 1-1 20,461 Livesey 21 January 1961 West Ham United A 1-3 21,829 Blunstone 4 February 1961 Fulham H 2-1 39,185 Greaves, Bridges 11 February 1961 Blackpool H 2-2 21,993 Sillett, Greaves 18 February 1961 Everton A 1-1 34,449 Greaves 25 February 1961 Sheffield Wednesday A 0-1 21,936 4 March 1961 Birmingham City H 3-2 27,727 Greaves, Tindall, Tambling 11 March 1961 Burnley A 4-4 19,435 Greaves (2), Tambling (2) 18 March 1961 Preston North End H 1-1 22,031 Tindall 25 March 1961 Newcastle United A 6-1 28,975 Greaves (4), Tindall (2) 31 March 1961 Tottenham Hotspur A 2-4 65,032 Brabrook, Tindall 1 April 1961 Cardiff City H 6-1 22,697 Greaves, Tindall (2), Tambling, Harrison, Harrington (o.g.) 3 April 1961 Tottenham Hotspur H 2-3 57,103 Blunstone, Greaves 8 April 1961 Manchester City A 1-2 27,720 Tambling 15 April 1961 Arsenal H 3-1 38,233 Tindall, Tambling, Neill (o.g.) 22 April 1961 West Bromwich Albion A 0-3 17,691 26 April 1961 Sheffield Wednesday H 0-2 24,258 29 April 1961 Nottingham Forest H 4-3 22,775 Greaves (4) FA Cup
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 7 January 1961 3 Crewe Alexandra H 1-2 32,574 Blunstone League Cup
Date Round Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 10 October 1960 1 Millwall A 7-1 15,007 P.Sillett (2), Evans, Brabrook, Greaves (2), Brooks 24 October 1960 2 Workington H 4-2 5,630 Mortimore, Brabrook, Nicholas, Tambling 6 November 1960 3 Doncaster Rovers A 7-0 9,951 J.Sillett, Brabrook (2), Blunstone (2), Tambling (2) 4 December 1960 4 Portsmouth A 0-1 13,054 References
- Soccerbase
- Hockings, Ron. 100 Years of the Blues: A Statistical History of Chelsea Football Club. (2007)
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