| Continentalcup1: | New Club in League |
| Nextseason: | 1961–62 |
The 1960–61 season was the 62nd completed season of The Football League.
See main article: 1960–61 Football League First Division.
| Competition: | First Division |
| Season: | 1960–61 |
| Winners: | Tottenham Hotspur 2nd English title |
| Relegated: | Newcastle United Preston North End |
| Continentalcup1: | European Cup |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Tottenham Hotspur |
| Continentalcup3: | Cup Winners' Cup |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Leicester City |
| Continentalcup4: | Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
| Continentalcup4 Qualifiers: | Nottingham Forest Birmingham City |
| League Topscorer: | Jimmy Greaves (41 goals)[1] |
| Matches: | 462 |
| Total Goals: | 1724 |
| Prevseason: | 1959–60 |
| Nextseason: | 1961–62 |
| Competition: | Second Division |
| Season: | 1960–61 |
| Winners: | Ipswich Town |
| Promoted: | Ipswich Town Sheffield United |
| Relegated: | Portsmouth Lincoln City |
| Continentalcup1: | Cup Winners' Cup |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Swansea Town |
| League Topscorer: | Ray Crawford (39 goals) |
| Matches: | 462 |
| Total Goals: | 1609 |
| Prevseason: | 1959–60 |
| Nextseason: | 1961–62 |
| Competition: | Football League Third Division |
| Season: | 1960–61 |
| Winners: | Bury (1st title) |
| Continentalcup1: | Promoted |
| Continentalcup2: | Relegated |
| League Topscorer: | Tony Richards (Walsall), 36 |
| Matches: | 552 |
| Total Goals: | 1842 |
| Nextseason: | 1961–62 |
| Competition: | Football League Fourth Division |
| Season: | 1960–61 |
| Winners: | Peterborough United (1st title) |
| Continentalcup1: | Promoted |
| Continentalcup2: | Failed re-election |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | none |
| Continentalcup3: | New Club in League |
| League Topscorer: | Terry Bly (Peterborough United), 52 |
| Matches: | 552 |
| Total Goals: | 1810 |
| Nextseason: | 1961–62 |
This season saw the first ever live television coverage of a Football League game, when ITV broadcast the second half of Blackpool versus Bolton Wanderers on September 10, 1960, with commentary from Peter Lloyd and Billy Wright[2] [3]