English First Division 1961/1962
Historical league standings at 23rd August 1961
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| # | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GA |
| 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3.00 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1.75 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 4 | Sheffield United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 |
| 5 | Manchester United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1.33 |
| 6 | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1.33 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1.33 |
| 8 | Burnley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1.20 |
| 9 | Birmingham City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 10 | Blackpool | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 11 | West Ham United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 12 | Everton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 13 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 14 | Cardiff City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.00 |
| 15 | Chelsea | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0.80 |
| 16 | Ipswich Town | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0.75 |
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 18 | Blackburn Rovers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 19 | Fulham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0.67 |
| 20 | Wolverhampton W'drs. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.50 |
| 21 | Leicester City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.25 |
| 22 | Aston Villa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
