1961–62 Southern Football League

March 2026 The 1961–62 Southern Football League season was the 59th in the history of the league, an English football competition. Oxford United won the championship for the second successive season and was admitted to the Football League. Premier Division The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs, promoted from Division One: Bexleyheath & Welling Cambridge United Kettering Town Merthyr Tydfil League table Southern Football LeaguePremier Division 1961–62 Oxford United TonbridgeKing's LynnFolkestone TownCheltenham Town 462 1635 1960–61 1962–63 main WDL PR y 2 Premier Division OXF Oxford United BAT Bath City GUI Guildford City YEO Yeovil Town CHC Chelmsford City WEY Weymouth KET Kettering Town HER Hereford United CAC Cambridge City BEX Bexleyheath & Welling ROM Romford CAU Cambridge United TEL Wellington Town EBB Gravesend & Northfleet BED Bedford Town WOR Worcester City MER Merthyr Tydfil CLA Clacton Town TON Tonbridge KLY King's Lynn FOL Folkestone Town CHT Cheltenham Town 28 5 9 118 46 25 7 10 102 70 24 8 10 79 49 23 8 11 97 59 19 12 11 74 60 20 7 15 80 64 21 5 16 90 84 21 2 19 81 68 18 8 16 70 71 19 5 18 69 75 15 9 18 63 70 13 12 17 76 78 14 10 18 75 78 17 4 21 59 92 16 5 21 73 79 15 7 20 51 64 13 11 18 62 80 13 10 19 74 91 10 14 18 71 92 12 8 22 59 74 12 6 24 64 103 9 7 26 48 86 #ACE1AF Elected to the Football League Fourth Division P #FFCCCC Relegated to Division One R R R R complete rsssf.com 1) points; 2) goal ratio. Division One Division One consisted of 20 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs, relegated from the Premier Division: Dartford Hastings United Wisbech Town League table Southern Football LeagueDivision One 1961–62 Wisbech Town Wisbech TownPoole TownDartfordRugby Town 380 1319 1960–61 1962–63 main WDL PR y 2 Division One WIS Wisbech Town POO Poole Town DAR Dartford RUG Rugby Town MAR Margate COR Corby Town SIT Sittingbourne DOV Dover HIL Yiewsley BAR Barry Town ASH Ashford Town (Kent) HIN Hinckley Athletic BUR Burton Albion NUN Nuneaton Borough TUN Tunbridge Wells United CAN Canterbury City RAM Ramsgate Athletic TRO Trowbridge Town GLO Gloucester City HAS Hastings United 21 11 6 76 42 23 6 9 81 47 21 8 9 89 50 20 9 9 82 49 20 6 12 74 55 19 6 13 82 60 16 12 10 69 51 19 6 13 66 55 18 6 14 64 51 14 11 13 55 51 14 11 13 66 70 15 8 15 75 65 16 5 17 70 79 12 12 14 63 71 12 7 19 61 85 11 8 19 60 82 10 9 19 49 70 9 9 20 45 67 6 4 28 46 104 5 4 29 46 115 #ACE1AF Promoted to the Premier Division P P P P complete rsssf.com 1) points; 2) goal ratio. Football League elections Due to the resignation of Accrington Stanley there was a free place in the Football League. Alongside the three League clubs facing re-election, a total of 26 non-League clubs applied for election, including 19 Southern League clubs. Southern League champions Oxford United were the only non-League club to be elected.http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3506; A history of admission to the Football League 2011-08-09 2018-09-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20180926224326/http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3506; dead ClubLeagueVotesChesterFootball League46Doncaster RoversFootball League45HartlepoolsFootball League40Oxford UnitedSouthern League39Wigan AthleticCheshire League5Chelmsford CitySouthern League4GatesheadNorthern Counties League4Cambridge CitySouthern League2Worcester CitySouthern League2Bath CitySouthern League1Hereford UnitedSouthern League1King's LynnSouthern League1MorecambeLancashire Combination1New BrightonLancashire Combination1Bedford TownSouthern League0Bexleyheath & WellingSouthern League0Corby TownSouthern League0Folkestone TownSouthern League0Gravesend & NorthfleetSouthern League0Guildford CitySouthern League0Kettering TownSouthern League0North ShieldsNorthern Counties League0Poole TownSouthern League0RomfordSouthern League0ScarboroughNorthern Counties League0SittingbourneSouthern League0South ShieldsMidland League0Wellington TownSouthern League0Yeovil TownSouthern League0 References Category:Southern Football League seasons S