The 1961–62
Southern Football League
The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English fo ...
season was the 59th in the history of the league, an English
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
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:
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Bexleyheath & Welling
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Cambridge United
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Kettering Town
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Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Tydfil (; cy, Merthyr Tudful ) is the main town in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales, administered by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. It is about north of Cardiff. Often called just Merthyr, it is said to be named after Tydf ...
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Division One
Division One consisted of 20 clubs, including 17 clubs from the
previous season and three new clubs, relegated from the Premier Division:
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Dartford
Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located south-east of Central London and
is situated adjacent to the London Borough of Bexley to its west. To its north, across the Thames estuary, is Thurrock in ...
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Hastings United
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Wisbech Town
Wisbech Town Football Club is a football club based near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England. The club are currently members of the and play at the Fenland Stadium.
History
Although a Wisbech Town existed in the 1890s, the current club was estab ...
League table
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.
A history of admission to the Football League
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References
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Southern Football League seasons
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