1961–62 Southern Football League


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:

Division One

Division One consisted of 20 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs, relegated from the Premier Division:

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.
ClubLeagueVotes
ChesterFootball League46
Doncaster RoversFootball League45
HartlepoolsFootball League40
Oxford UnitedSouthern League39
Wigan AthleticCheshire League5
Chelmsford CitySouthern League4
GatesheadNorthern Counties League4
Cambridge CitySouthern League2
Worcester CitySouthern League2
Bath CitySouthern League1
Hereford UnitedSouthern League1
King's LynnSouthern League1
MorecambeLancashire Combination1
New BrightonLancashire Combination1
Bedford TownSouthern League0
Bexleyheath & WellingSouthern League0
Corby TownSouthern League0
Folkestone TownSouthern League0
Gravesend & NorthfleetSouthern League0
Guildford CitySouthern League0
Kettering TownSouthern League0
North ShieldsNorthern Counties League0
Poole TownSouthern League0
RomfordSouthern League0
ScarboroughNorthern Counties League0
SittingbourneSouthern League0
South ShieldsMidland League0
Wellington TownSouthern League0
Yeovil TownSouthern League0