1962–63 Yorkshire Football League

The 1962–63 Yorkshire Football League was the 37th season in the history of the Yorkshire Football League, a football competition in England.

Division One

Football league season

Yorkshire Football League
Division One
Season	1962-63
Champions	Stocksbridge Works
Relegated	Hatfield Main Goole Town reserves Yorkshire Amateur Grimethorpe Miners Welfare
Matches played	240
Goals scored	879 (3.66 per match)
← 1961–62 1963–64 →

Division One featured 12 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with four new clubs, promoted from Division Two:

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Stocksbridge Works	30	19	7	4	83	28	2.964	45
2	Harrogate Town	30	18	4	8	70	34	2.059	40
3	Farsley Celtic	30	15	6	9	60	37	1.622	36
4	Ossett Albion	30	13	9	8	63	49	1.286	35
5	Bridlington Town	30	14	7	9	47	44	1.068	35
6	Bridlington Trinity	30	12	7	11	69	70	0.986	31
7	Norton Woodseats	30	11	8	11	53	51	1.039	30
8	Swallownest Miners Welfare	30	12	4	14	56	55	1.018	28
9	Scarborough reserves	30	10	8	12	50	55	0.909	28
10	Selby Town	30	12	4	14	45	58	0.776	28
11	Doncaster United	30	9	10	11	35	49	0.714	28
12	Hallam	30	11	5	14	60	60	1.000	27
13	Hatfield Main	30	10	5	15	55	69	0.797	25	Relegated to Division Two
14	Goole Town reserves	30	9	6	15	49	61	0.803	24
15	Yorkshire Amateur	30	8	6	16	44	70	0.629	22
16	Grimethorpe Miners Welfare	30	6	6	18	40	89	0.449	18

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

Map

Swallownest Miners Welfare

Yorkshire Amateur class=notpageimage| Location of the clubs in the 1962-63 Yorkshire League Division One on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

Division Two

Football league season

Yorkshire Football League
Division Two
Season	1962-63
Champions	Wombwell Sporting Association
Promoted	Wombwell Sporting Association Mexborough Town Swillington Miners Welfare Hull Brunswick
Matches played	210
Goals scored	933 (4.44 per match)
← 1961–62 1963–64 →

Division Two featured ten clubs which competed in the previous season, along with five new clubs.

Clubs relegated from Division One:
- Frickley Colliery reserves
- Ossett Town
- Swillington Miners Welfare
Plus:
- Dodworth Miners Welfare
- Mexborough Town, new club

Also, Brodsworth Main Colliery changed name to Brodsworth Main.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wombwell Sporting Association	28	21	4	3	67	20	3.350	46	Promoted to Division One
2	Mexborough Town	28	15	11	2	64	28	2.286	41
3	Swillington Miners Welfare	28	16	7	5	82	40	2.050	39
4	Hull Brunswick	28	17	4	7	85	48	1.771	38
5	Sheffield	28	18	0	10	78	44	1.773	36
6	Ossett Town	28	13	7	8	82	54	1.519	33
7	Salts	28	13	4	11	58	38	1.526	30
8	Harrogate Railway Athletic	28	12	6	10	62	45	1.378	30
9	Rawmarsh Welfare	28	13	4	11	67	61	1.098	30
10	Frickley Colliery reserves	28	10	5	13	60	60	1.000	25
11	Brodsworth Main	28	10	4	14	53	53	1.000	24
12	Thorne Colliery	28	6	2	20	59	84	0.702	14
13	York City 'A'	28	5	4	19	45	83	0.542	14	Resigned from the league
14	South Kirkby Colliery	28	4	3	21	38	134	0.284	11
15	Dodworth Miners Welfare	28	4	1	23	33	141	0.234	9

Map

Brodsworth Main

Dodworth

Frickley

Harrogate Railway Athletic

Swillington Miners Welfare

Thorne Colliery

Wombwell

York City 'A'class=notpageimage| Location of the clubs in the 1962–63 Yorkshire League Division Two on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

References

1962–63 in English football

« 1961–62 1963–64 »

FA competitions

Football League

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Burnley Everton Fulham Ipswich Town Leicester City Leyton Orient Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Bury Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Chelsea Derby County Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Leeds United Luton Town Middlesbrough Newcastle United Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea Town Walsall
Third Division	Barnsley Bradford Park Avenue Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Carlisle United Colchester United Coventry City Crystal Palace Halifax Town Hull City Millwall Northampton Town Notts County Port Vale Peterborough United Queens Park Rangers Reading Southend United Stockport County Swindon Town Wrexham York City
Fourth Division	Aldershot Barrow Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic Bradford City Brentford Chester Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Hartlepools United Lincoln City Mansfield Town Newport County Oldham Athletic Rochdale Shrewsbury Town Southport Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Watford Workington

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