1962–63 Southern Football League
The 1962–63 season was the 60th in the history of the Southern League.
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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) |
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← 1961–62
1963–64 →
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League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GAvg |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridge City (C) | 40 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 99 | 64 | 1.547 | 56 | |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 40 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 74 | 50 | 1.48 | 53 | |
| 3 | Weymouth | 40 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 82 | 43 | 1.907 | 51 | |
| 4 | Guildford City | 40 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 70 | 50 | 1.4 | 51 | |
| 5 | Kettering Town | 40 | 22 | 7 | 11 | 66 | 49 | 1.347 | 51 | |
| 6 | Wellington Town | 40 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 71 | 49 | 1.449 | 47 | |
| 7 | Dartford | 40 | 19 | 9 | 12 | 61 | 54 | 1.13 | 47 | |
| 8 | Chelmsford City | 40 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 63 | 50 | 1.26 | 46 | |
| 9 | Bedford Town | 40 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 61 | 45 | 1.356 | 44 | |
| 10 | Bath City | 40 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 58 | 56 | 1.036 | 42 | |
| 11 | Yeovil Town | 40 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 64 | 54 | 1.185 | 40 | |
| 12 | Romford | 40 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 73 | 68 | 1.074 | 39 | |
| 13 | Bexleyheath & Welling | 40 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 55 | 63 | 0.873 | 37 | |
| 14 | Hereford United | 40 | 14 | 7 | 19 | 56 | 66 | 0.848 | 35 | |
| 15 | Merthyr Tydfil | 40 | 15 | 4 | 21 | 54 | 71 | 0.761 | 34 | |
| 16 | Rugby Town | 40 | 14 | 5 | 21 | 65 | 76 | 0.855 | 33 | |
| 17 | Wisbech Town | 40 | 15 | 3 | 22 | 64 | 84 | 0.762 | 33 | |
| 18 | Worcester City | 40 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 47 | 65 | 0.723 | 33 | |
| 19 | Poole Town (R) | 40 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 54 | 66 | 0.818 | 32 | Relegation to 1963–64 SFL Division One |
| 20 | Gravesend & Northfleet (R) | 40 | 10 | 3 | 27 | 62 | 91 | 0.681 | 23 | |
| 21 | Clacton Town (R) | 40 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 50 | 135 | 0.37 | 13 |
Updated to games played on 29 Apr 1963.
Source: [1]
1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used 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]
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) |
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← 1961–62
1963–64 →
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League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GAvg |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Margate (C) (P) | 38 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 86 | 47 | 1.83 | 55 | Promotion to 1963–64 Southern League Premier Division |
| 2 | Hinckley Athletic (P) | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 66 | 38 | 1.737 | 53 | |
| 3 | Hastings United (P) | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 86 | 36 | 2.389 | 52 | |
| 4 | Nuneaton Borough (P) | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 82 | 41 | 2 | 52 | |
| 5 | Tonbridge | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 81 | 51 | 1.588 | 52 | |
| 6 | Dover | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 78 | 56 | 1.393 | 51 | |
| 7 | Corby Town | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 79 | 50 | 1.58 | 46 | |
| 8 | King's Lynn | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 76 | 66 | 1.152 | 45 | |
| 9 | Cheltenham Town | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 83 | 52 | 1.596 | 43 | |
| 10 | Folkestone Town | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 79 | 57 | 1.386 | 40 | |
| 11 | Canterbury City | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 42 | 56 | 0.75 | 36 | |
| 12 | Yiewsley | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 63 | 71 | 0.887 | 32 | |
| 13 | Ramsgate Athletic | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 58 | 82 | 0.707 | 31 | |
| 14 | Trowbridge Town | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 50 | 81 | 0.617 | 31 | |
| 15 | Burton Albion | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 48 | 76 | 0.632 | 30 | |
| 16 | Gloucester City | 38 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 42 | 78 | 0.538 | 29 | |
| 17 | Sittingbourne | 38 | 12 | 3 | 23 | 56 | 75 | 0.747 | 27 | |
| 18 | Ashford Town | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 48 | 76 | 0.632 | 24 | |
| 19 | Barry Town | 38 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 35 | 75 | 0.467 | 17 | |
| 20 | Tunbridge Wells United | 38 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 43 | 116 | 0.371 | 14 |
Updated to games played on 29 Apr 1963.
Source: [2]
1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used 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.
