19/08/61 Aston Villa  A 0-5
23/08/61 Bolton Wanderers  A 0-1
26/08/61 Derby County  H 4-1 Wright[2],Kelly[2] 
30/08/61 Bolton Wanderers  H 3-0 Hughes[2],Woods
02/09/61 Sheffield Wed  A 3-3 Hale[2],Kelly
06/09/61 Everton  H 1-0 McKinney[p]
09/09/61 Huddersfield Town  H 3-1 Hale,Woods,Harrower
16/09/61 Burnley  A 1-2 Neale
18/09/61 Everton  H 1-0 Hodgson
23/09/61 Preston North End  H 3-1 Woods[2],Hodgson
30/09/61 Chesterfield  A 5-2 McGuigan[3],Scanlon,Suddick
07/10/61 Stoke City  A 4-3 Bell[2],Hale,Keith
14/10/61 Sheffield United  H 1-1 Hodgson
18/10/61 Leeds United  A 0-1
28/10/61 Blackburn Rovers  H 4-0 Woods[3],Harrower
04/11/61 Blackpool  A 3-2 Hale,White[2]
11/11/61 Barnsley  H 7-0 McGuigan[4],Suddick,Woods,White
18/11/61 Bury  A 1-2 McGuigan
25/11/61 Manchester United  H 1-2 McGuigan (MUFC scorers Laughton, McMillan)
02/12/61 Wolves  A 1-1 Hodgson
09/12/61 Liverpool  H 2-0 Woods[2]
16/12/61 Aston Villa  A 1-4 Hale
23/12/61 Derby County  A 3-1 Kelly[3]
26/12/61 Manchester City  A 1-2 [n/k]
13/01/62 Sheffield Wed  H 1-0 Kelly 
20/01/62 Huddersfield Town  A 4-3 Woods[3],White
03/02/62 Burnley  H 2-0 J Wilson,Hale 
10/02/62 Preston North End  A 0-1 
17/02/62 Chesterfield  H 2-0 J Wilson,Kelly
24/02/62 Stoke City  H 3-1 Kelly,Hale[2]
03/03/62 Sheffield United  A 1-4 [n/k]
10/03/62 Leeds United  H 1-2 Woods
17/03/62 Blackburn Rovers  A 2-3 Hale,J Wilson
31/03/62 Barnsley  A 2-2 McKinney,McGrath
07/04/62 Bury  H 0-2
14/04/62 Manchester United  A 2-1 Hale[2] (MUFC scorer Chisnall)
21/04/62 Wolves  H 1-1 Kelly
23/04/62 West Bromwich A  A 1-4 J Wilson
25/04/62 West Bromwich A  H 2-0 Moncur,J Wilson
28/04/62 Liverpool  A 1-3 Watkin
01/05/62 South Shields Friendly A 2-2 Kelly,Bell

(NUFC finished 6th with 47 points)