This is the team that beat Wisbech 1-0 in the final home game of an undistinguished season on 22 April 1961.
Back row: Ronnie Rooke (manager), Harry Collins and Bill Manning (Directors), Peter Cleland (injured), Peter Smith, David Coney, Tony Hawksworth, John Mills, Colin Brittan, Alan Thompson, Reg Cornelius (Secretary), Charles Gallie (Director), Tommy Ruff (Trainer).
Front Row: Gordon Bruce (Director), Brian Whitby, Arthur Hukin, Leslie Stubbs, Terry Murray, “Joe” Short, Ted Ashdown (Chairman), Jim House (Director).
This was the last time supporters were able to see Brittan and Murray, two of the remaining 1958/9 championship team, who both left a few weeks later along with former captain Bob Craig, by now no longer in the first team, leaving Hawksworth and Thompson as the last survivors.
LEAGUE TABLES 1960-1961
Premier Division
1. Oxford United 42 27 10 5 104 43 64
2. Chelmsford City 42 23 11 8 91 55 57
3. Yeovil Town 42 23 9 10 109 54 55
4. Hereford United 42 21 10 11 83 67 52
5. Weymouth 42 21 9 12 78 63 51
6. Bath City 42 18 14 10 74 52 50
7. Cambridge City 42 16 12 14 101 71 44
8. Wellington Town 42 17 9 16 66 68 43
9. Bedford Town 42 18 7 17 94 97 43
10. Folkestone Town 42 18 7 17 75 86 43
11. King’s Lynn 42 13 16 13 68 66 42
12. Worcester City 42 15 11 16 69 69 41
13. Clacton Town 42 15 11 16 82 83 41
14. Romford 42 13 15 14 66 69 41
15. Guildford City 42 14 11 17 65 62 39
16. Tonbridge 42 16 6 20 79 85 38
17. Cheltenham Town 42 15 7 20 81 81 37
18. Gravesend & Northfleet 42 15 7 20 75 101 37
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19. Dartford 42 13 11 18 57 90 37
20. Hastings United 42 8 9 25 60 100 25
21. Wisbech Town 42 9 6 27 58 112 24
22. Boston United 42 6 8 28 62 123 20
First Division
1. Kettering Town 40 26 7 7 100 55 59
2. Cambridge United 40 25 5 10 100 53 55
3. Bexleyheath & Welling 40 22 8 10 93 46 52
4. Merthyr Tydfil 40 23 6 11 88 65 52
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5. Sittingbourne 40 21 10 9 77 63 52
6. Hinckley Athletic 40 17 13 10 74 59 47
7. Ramsgate Athletic 40 19 7 14 77 56 45
8. Rugby Town 40 18 9 13 89 71 45
9. Corby Town 40 16 10 14 82 73 42
10. Poole Town 40 18 5 17 71 65 41
11. Barry Town 40 16 9 15 65 74 41
12. Yiewsley 40 17 7 16 65 76 41
13. Trowbridge Town 40 14 10 16 71 73 38
14. Ashford Town 40 14 8 18 61 67 36
15. Margate 40 11 12 17 62 75 34
16. Dover 40 12 7 21 67 74 31
17. Canterbury City 40 10 10 20 52 75 30
18. Nuneaton Borough 40 11 7 22 60 91 29
19. Burton Albion 40 12 4 24 63 85 28
20. Tunbridge Wells United 40 8 5 27 56 115 21
21. Gloucester City 40 7 7 26 40 102 21
Boston United resigned at the end of the season and joined the Central Alliance.
Only Dartford, Hastings United and Wisbech Town were relegated, but the top four clubs in Division One were all promoted.