1962–63 Southern Football League

The 1962–63 Southern Football League season was the 60th in the history of the league, an English football competition.

Cambridge City won the championship, whilst Hastings United, Hinckley Athletic, Margate and Nuneaton Borough were all promoted to the Premier Division. Seven Southern League clubs applied to join the Football League at the end of the season, but none were successful.

Season	1962–63
Champions	Cambridge City
Relegated	Clacton Town Gravesend & Northfleet Poole Town
Matches played	420
Goals scored	1,349 (3.21 per match)
← 1961–62 1963–64 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Cambridge City	40	25	6	9	99	64	1.547	56
2	Cambridge United	40	23	7	10	74	50	1.480	53
3	Weymouth	40	20	11	9	82	43	1.907	51
4	Guildford City	40	20	11	9	70	50	1.400	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	1.130	47
8	Chelmsford City	40	18	10	12	63	50	1.260	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	40	10	12	18	54	66	0.818	32	Relegated to Division One
20	Gravesend & Northfleet	40	10	3	27	62	91	0.681	23
21	Clacton Town	40	3	7	30	50	135	0.370	13

Season	1962–63
Champions	Margate
Promoted	Hastings United Hinckley Athletic Margate Nuneaton Borough
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,281 (3.37 per match)
← 1961–62 1963–64 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Margate	38	21	13	4	86	47	1.830	55	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Hinckley Athletic	38	22	9	7	66	38	1.737	53
3	Hastings United	38	22	8	8	86	36	2.389	52
4	Nuneaton Borough	38	21	10	7	82	41	2.000	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	1.580	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	0.750	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 (Kent)	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

Premier Division