20/08/60 Preston North End H 1-2 Woods
24/08/60 Derby County A 2-0 Hodgson,Woods
27/08/60 Liverpool A 1-6 Hale
31/08/60 Derby County H 2-2 McKinney,Gilfillan
03/09/60 Burnley H 3-1 Gilfillan(2),Dalton 
07/09/60 Bury H 1-1 J Wilson
10/09/60 Manchester City A 1-7 J Mitten
13/09/60 Bury A 1-2 Gibson
17/09/60 Leeds United H 4-0 Marshall,Woods,Gibson,J Mitten
21/09/60 Sheffield Wednesday H 2-2 Woods,J Mitten
24/09/60 Barnsley A 4-3 scorers tbc
01/10/60 West Bromwich Albion A 3-3 Dalton,Woods,Hodgson
08/10/60 Huddersfield Town H 0-2
15/10/60 Manchester United A 1-2 Dalton Colin Clish
22/10/60 Blackburn Rovers H 2-1 Tuohy,Hodgson
29/10/60 Everton A 2-0 McGuigan(2)
05/11/60 Blackpool H 0-5
12/11/60 Stoke City A 0-3
19/11/60 Sheffield United H 1-1 McGuigan
26/11/60 Wolves A 1-1 McGuigan pen
03/12/60 Bolton Wanderers H 0-1
10/12/60 Aston Villa A 2-0 Marshall(2)
17/12/60 Preston North End A 0-0
24/12/60 Chesterfield A 4-1 Hodgson(2)Gibson,Luke
26/12/60 Chesterfield H 1-1 scorer tbc
31/12/60 Liverpool H 4-2 Hodgson,Stokoe pen,Gibson,McGuigan
14/01/61 Burnley A 2-1 Hale,Gibson
21/01/61 Manchester City H 4-0 Gibson(3),Wilson
04/02/61 Leeds United A 1-0 Gibson
11/02/61 Barnsley H 5-1 Gibson(3),Hodgson,Hale
18/02/61 Sheffield Wednesday A 0-2
25/02/61 Huddersfield Town A 2-1 Dalton,Woods
11/03/61 Blackburn Rovers A 0-1
18/03/61 Everton H 0-0
25/03/61 Blackpool A 1-3 Hale
01/04/61 Stoke City H 4-1 Heslop,Hogg(2),Hodgson
08/04/61 Sheffield United A 1-1 Hodgson
15/04/61 Wolves H 1-0 Hogg
22/04/61 Bolton Wanderers A 0-1

(NUFC finished 10th with 44 points)