1962–63 Southern Football League

The 1962–63 season was the 60th in the history of the Southern League.

Premier Division

Southern Football League
Premier Division
Season	1962–63
Champions	Cambridge City
Promoted	None
Relegated	Clacton Town Gravesend & Northfleet Poole Town
Matches played	420
Goals scored	1349 (3.21 per match)
← 1961–62 1963–64 →

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cambridge City !Cambridge City (C)	40	25	6	9	99	64	1.547	56
2	Cambridge United !Cambridge United	40	23	7	10	74	50	1.48	53
3	Weymouth !Weymouth	40	20	11	9	82	43	1.907	51
4	Guildford City !Guildford City	40	20	11	9	70	50	1.4	51
5	Kettering Town !Kettering Town	40	22	7	11	66	49	1.347	51
6	Wellington Town !Wellington Town	40	19	9	12	71	49	1.449	47
7	Dartford !Dartford	40	19	9	12	61	54	1.13	47
8	Chelmsford City !Chelmsford City	40	18	10	12	63	50	1.26	46
9	Bedford Town !Bedford Town	40	18	8	14	61	45	1.356	44
10	Bath City !Bath City	40	18	6	16	58	56	1.036	42
11	Yeovil Town !Yeovil Town	40	15	10	15	64	54	1.185	40
12	Romford !Romford	40	14	11	15	73	68	1.074	39
13	Bexleyheath & Welling !Bexleyheath & Welling	40	13	11	16	55	63	0.873	37
14	Hereford United !Hereford United	40	14	7	19	56	66	0.848	35
15	Merthyr Tydfil !Merthyr Tydfil	40	15	4	21	54	71	0.761	34
16	Rugby Town !Rugby Town	40	14	5	21	65	76	0.855	33
17	Wisbech Town !Wisbech Town	40	15	3	22	64	84	0.762	33
18	Worcester City !Worcester City	40	12	9	19	47	65	0.723	33
19	Poole Town !Poole Town (R)	40	10	12	18	54	66	0.818	32	Relegation to 1963–64 SFL Division One
20	Gravesend & Northfleet !Gravesend & Northfleet (R)	40	10	3	27	62	91	0.681	23
21	Clacton Town !Clacton Town (R)	40	3	7	30	50	135	0.37	13

Updated to games played on 29 Apr 1963.
Source:
^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.}
^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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.^[1]

Club	League	Votes
Bradford City	Football League	47
Lincoln City	Football League	47
Chester	Football League	43
Hartlepools United	Football League	34
Scarborough	Midland League	5
Gateshead	Northern League	4
Guildford City	Southern League	3
Morecambe	Lancashire Combination	2
Romford	Southern League	2
New Brighton	Lancashire Combination	1
South Shields	North Eastern League	1
Wellington Town	Southern League	1
Weymouth	Southern League	1
Yeovil Town	Southern League	1
Bexleyheath & Welling	Southern League	0
Corby Town	Southern League	0

Division One

Southern Football League
Division One
Season	1962–63
Champions	Margate
Promoted	Hastings United Hinckley Athletic Margate Nuneaton Borough
Relegated	None
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1281 (3.37 per match)
← 1961–62 1963–64 →

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Margate !Margate (C) (P)	38	21	13	4	86	47	1.83	55	Promotion to 1963–64 Southern League Premier Division
2	Hinckley Athletic !Hinckley Athletic (P)	38	22	9	7	66	38	1.737	53
3	Hastings United !Hastings United (P)	38	22	8	8	86	36	2.389	52
4	Nuneaton Borough !Nuneaton Borough (P)	38	21	10	7	82	41	2	52
5	Tonbridge !Tonbridge	38	22	8	8	81	51	1.588	52
6	Dover !Dover	38	22	7	9	78	56	1.393	51
7	Corby Town !Corby Town	38	19	8	11	79	50	1.58	46
8	King's Lynn !King's Lynn	38	19	7	12	76	66	1.152	45
9	Cheltenham Town !Cheltenham Town	38	18	7	13	83	52	1.596	43
10	Folkestone Town !Folkestone Town	38	15	10	13	79	57	1.386	40
11	Canterbury City !Canterbury City	38	14	8	16	42	56	0.75	36
12	Yiewsley !Yiewsley	38	11	10	17	63	71	0.887	32
13	Ramsgate Athletic !Ramsgate Athletic	38	12	7	19	58	82	0.707	31
14	Trowbridge Town !Trowbridge Town	38	11	9	18	50	81	0.617	31
15	Burton Albion !Burton Albion	38	10	10	18	48	76	0.632	30
16	Gloucester City !Gloucester City	38	9	11	18	42	78	0.538	29
17	Sittingbourne !Sittingbourne	38	12	3	23	56	75	0.747	27
18	Ashford Town !Ashford Town	38	9	6	23	48	76	0.632	24
19	Barry Town !Barry Town	38	6	5	27	35	75	0.467	17
20	Tunbridge Wells United !Tunbridge Wells United	38	6	2	30	43	116	0.371	14

References

RSSF – Southern Football League archive

↑ A history of admission to the Football League

Southern League

Premier Division	Bedworth United Bideford Biggleswade Town Cambridge City Chesham United Chippenham Town Cirencester Town Dorchester Town Dunstable Town Frome Town Histon Hitchin Town Hungerford Town Kettering Town King's Lynn Town Leamington Merthyr Town Paulton Rovers Poole Town Redditch United Slough Town St Neots Town Stratford Town Weymouth

Division One Central	AFC Rushden & Diamonds Arlesey Town Aylesbury Aylesbury United Barton Rovers Beaconsfield SYCOB Bedford Town Chalfont St. Peter Egham Town Fleet Town Godalming Town Hanwell Town Kings Langley Leighton Town North Greenford United Northwood Petersfield Town Potters Bar Town Royston Town St Ives Town Uxbridge Ware

Division One South & West	AFC Totton Banbury United Bashley Bishop's Cleeve Bridgwater Town Burnham Cinderford Town Didcot Town Evesham United Larkhall Athletic Mangotsfield United Marlow North Leigh Shortwood United Slimbridge Swindon Supermarine Taunton Town Tiverton Town Wantage Town Wimborne Town Winchester City Yate Town

Seasons	1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

1962–63 in English football

« 1961–62

1963–64 »

FA competitions

Football League

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Burnley Everton Fulham Ipswich Town Leicester City Leyton Orient Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Bury Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Chelsea Derby County Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Leeds United Luton Town Middlesbrough Newcastle United Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea Town Walsall

Third Division	Barnsley Bradford Park Avenue Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Carlisle United Colchester United Coventry City Crystal Palace Halifax Town Hull City Millwall Northampton Town Notts County Port Vale Peterborough United Queens Park Rangers Reading Southend United Stockport County Swindon Town Wrexham York City

Fourth Division	Accrington Stanley Aldershot Barrow Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Chester Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Hartlepools United Lincoln City Mansfield Town Newport County Oldham Athletic Rochdale Shrewsbury Town Southport Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Watford Workington

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, March 11, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.