The 1961–62 Southern Football League season was the 59th in the history of the league, an English football 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: Bexleyheath & Welling Cambridge United Kettering Town Merthyr Tydfil
League table
Division One Division One consisted of 20 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs, relegated from the Premier Division: Dartford Hastings United Wisbech Town
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.
ClubLeagueVotesChesterFootball League46Doncaster RoversFootball League45HartlepoolsFootball League40Oxford UnitedSouthern League39Wigan AthleticCheshire League5Chelmsford CitySouthern League4GatesheadNorthern Counties League4Cambridge CitySouthern League2Worcester CitySouthern League2Bath CitySouthern League1Hereford UnitedSouthern League1King's LynnSouthern League1MorecambeLancashire Combination1New BrightonLancashire Combination1Bedford TownSouthern League0Bexleyheath & WellingSouthern League0Corby TownSouthern League0Folkestone TownSouthern League0Gravesend & NorthfleetSouthern League0Guildford CitySouthern League0Kettering TownSouthern League0North ShieldsNorthern Counties League0Poole TownSouthern League0RomfordSouthern League0ScarboroughNorthern Counties League0SittingbourneSouthern League0South ShieldsMidland League0Wellington TownSouthern League0Yeovil TownSouthern League0
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