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.
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs, promoted from Division One:
| Season | 1961–62 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Oxford United |
| Relegated | Tonbridge King's Lynn Folkestone Town Cheltenham Town |
| Matches played | 462 |
| Goals scored | 1,635 (3.54 per match) |
← 1960–61 1962–63 → | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oxford United | 42 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 118 | 46 | 2.565 | 61 | Elected to the Football League Fourth Division |
| 2 | Bath City | 42 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 102 | 70 | 1.457 | 57 | |
| 3 | Guildford City | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 79 | 49 | 1.612 | 56 | |
| 4 | Yeovil Town | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 97 | 59 | 1.644 | 54 | |
| 5 | Chelmsford City | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 74 | 60 | 1.233 | 50 | |
| 6 | Weymouth | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 80 | 64 | 1.250 | 47 | |
| 7 | Kettering Town | 42 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 90 | 84 | 1.071 | 47 | |
| 8 | Hereford United | 42 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 81 | 68 | 1.191 | 44 | |
| 9 | Cambridge City | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 70 | 71 | 0.986 | 44 | |
| 10 | Bexleyheath & Welling | 42 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 69 | 75 | 0.920 | 43 | |
| 11 | Romford | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 63 | 70 | 0.900 | 39 | |
| 12 | Cambridge United | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 76 | 78 | 0.974 | 38 | |
| 13 | Wellington Town | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 75 | 78 | 0.962 | 38 | |
| 14 | Gravesend & Northfleet | 42 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 59 | 92 | 0.641 | 38 | |
| 15 | Bedford Town | 42 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 73 | 79 | 0.924 | 37 | |
| 16 | Worcester City | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 51 | 64 | 0.797 | 37 | |
| 17 | Merthyr Tydfil | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 62 | 80 | 0.775 | 37 | |
| 18 | Clacton Town | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 74 | 91 | 0.813 | 36 | |
| 19 | Tonbridge | 42 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 71 | 92 | 0.772 | 34 | Relegated to Division One |
| 20 | King's Lynn | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 59 | 74 | 0.797 | 32 | |
| 21 | Folkestone Town | 42 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 64 | 103 | 0.621 | 30 | |
| 22 | Cheltenham Town | 42 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 48 | 86 | 0.558 | 25 |
Division One consisted of 20 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs, relegated from the Premier Division:
| Season | 1961–62 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Wisbech Town |
| Promoted | Wisbech Town Poole Town Dartford Rugby Town |
| Matches played | 380 |
| Goals scored | 1,319 (3.47 per match) |
← 1960–61 1962–63 → | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wisbech Town | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 76 | 42 | 1.810 | 53 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Poole Town | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 81 | 47 | 1.723 | 52 | |
| 3 | Dartford | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 89 | 50 | 1.780 | 50 | |
| 4 | Rugby Town | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 82 | 49 | 1.673 | 49 | |
| 5 | Margate | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 74 | 55 | 1.345 | 46 | |
| 6 | Corby Town | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 82 | 60 | 1.367 | 44 | |
| 7 | Sittingbourne | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 69 | 51 | 1.353 | 44 | |
| 8 | Dover | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 66 | 55 | 1.200 | 44 | |
| 9 | Yiewsley | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 64 | 51 | 1.255 | 42 | |
| 10 | Barry Town | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 55 | 51 | 1.078 | 39 | |
| 11 | Ashford Town (Kent) | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 66 | 70 | 0.943 | 39 | |
| 12 | Hinckley Athletic | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 75 | 65 | 1.154 | 38 | |
| 13 | Burton Albion | 38 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 70 | 79 | 0.886 | 37 | |
| 14 | Nuneaton Borough | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 63 | 71 | 0.887 | 36 | |
| 15 | Tunbridge Wells United | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 61 | 85 | 0.718 | 31 | |
| 16 | Canterbury City | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 60 | 82 | 0.732 | 30 | |
| 17 | Ramsgate Athletic | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 49 | 70 | 0.700 | 29 | |
| 18 | Trowbridge Town | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 45 | 67 | 0.672 | 27 | |
| 19 | Gloucester City | 38 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 46 | 104 | 0.442 | 16 | |
| 20 | Hastings United | 38 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 46 | 115 | 0.400 | 14 |
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