 Once more in a perilous financial situation, Coventry started 1960–61 poorly with only four wins in the first sixteen games.They rallied in the middle part of the season, but another poor run consigned them to a poor finish.The most significant aspect of the season was that Walter Brandish was replaced by Derrick Robins as club chairman; it was under Robins' chairmanship that the club's fortunes were transformed.