The 1962–63
Southern Football League
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season was the 60th in the history of the league, an English
football
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competition.
Cambridge City won the championship, whilst
Hastings United,
Hinckley Athletic,
Margate
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and
Nuneaton Borough
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In 1889, Nuneaton St. Nicholas FC was the first team in Nuneaton t ...
were all promoted to the Premier Division. Seven Southern League clubs applied to join
the Football League
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at the end of the season, but none were successful.
Premier Division
After
Oxford United
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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:
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Dartford
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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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Poole Town
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Rugby Town
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Wisbech Town
At the end of the season,
Bexleyheath & Welling changed name to Bexley United.
League table
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
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Folkestone Town
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King's Lynn
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Tonbridge
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At the end of the season,
Tunbridge Wells United changed name to Tunbridge Wells Rangers.
League table
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.
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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