Middlesbrough 1 Preston North End 0
Outcome: Won
Date: 9/2/1961
Manager: Bob Dennison
Attendance: 16100
Competition: Division Two
Goals:
- Mick McNeil
Team
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Bob Appleby | |||
| Billy Horner | |||
| Gordon Jones | |||
| Ken Thomson | |||
| Mick McNeil | |||
| Ray Yeoman | |||
| Alan Peacock | |||
| Bill Harris | |||
| Billy Day | |||
| Eddie Holliday | |||
| Ronnie Waldock |
Subs
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |