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1962–63 Southern Football League

FieldValue
competitionSouthern Football League
Premier Division
season1962–63
winnersCambridge City
relegatedClacton Town
Gravesend & Northfleet
Poole Town
matches420
total goals1349
prevseason1961–62
nextseason1963–64

The 1962–63 Southern Football League season was the 60th in the history of the league, an English football competition.

Cambridge City won the championship, whilst Hastings United, Hinckley Athletic, Margate and Nuneaton Borough were all promoted to the Premier Division. Seven Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful.

Premier Division

After Oxford United were elected to the Football League at the end за the previous season, the Premier Division consisted of 21 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs, promoted from Division One:

  • Dartford
  • Poole Town
  • Rugby Town
  • Wisbech Town

At the end of the season, Bexleyheath & Welling changed name to Bexley United.

League table

Premier Division Gravesend & Northfleet Poole Town

Division One

Division One consisted of 20 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs, relegated from the Premier Division:

  • Cheltenham Town
  • Folkestone Town
  • King's Lynn
  • Tonbridge

At the end of the season, Tunbridge Wells United changed name to Tunbridge Wells Rangers.

League table

Division One Hinckley Athletic Margate Nuneaton Borough

Football League elections

Alongside the four League clubs facing re-election, a total of 12 non-League clubs applied for election, including seven Southern League clubs. All four League clubs were re-elected.

ClubLeagueVotes
Bradford CityFootball League47
Lincoln CityFootball League47
ChesterFootball League43
Hartlepools UnitedFootball League34
ScarboroughMidland League5
GatesheadNorthern League4
Guildford CitySouthern League3
MorecambeLancashire Combination2
RomfordSouthern League2
New BrightonLancashire Combination1
South ShieldsNorth Eastern League1
Wellington TownSouthern League1
WeymouthSouthern League1
Yeovil TownSouthern League1
Bexleyheath & WellingSouthern League0
Corby TownSouthern League0

References

References

  1. [http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=3506; A history of admission to the Football League]
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