1961/62
League:
Level
Southern League
Position:
Champions
Promoted to the Football League.
FA Cup:
First Round
Chairman:
Ron Coppock
Manager:
Arthur Turner
Top Scorer:
Bud Houghton (43)
Notable Players:
Ron Atkinson, Cyril Beavon, Bud Houghton, Tony Jones, Peter Knight, Maurice Kyle, David Mathers, Owen Medlock, Billy Simpson.
For a second consecutive season, Oxford United were crowned Southern League champions. This time, however, the club did not need to apply for Football League membership.
Accrington Stanley had already resigned from the Football League due to financial difficulties, which opened the door for Oxford United to be automatically promoted.
Club Crest
Kit Manufacturer
Home Kit
Long
sleeves
Oxford United retained the same Bukta kits for their promotion-winning season, which ended with election to the Football League.
Away Kit
Long
sleeves
Goalkeeper Jersey
Match by Match
Weymouth
Away
W 0-3
Guildford
Home
L 1-0
Cambridge C
Away
L 3-2
SLC
Tonbridge
Home
W 4-1
Cambridge C
Home
L 0-3
SLC
Kings Lynn
Away
W 2-7
Worcester
Away
W 1-3
Cambridge U
Home
D 2-2
Worcester
Home
W 5-0
*
Kettering
Away
L 2-3
*
Bedford T
Away
L 1-0
*
Gravesend & Northfleet
Home
W 8-0
Cambridge C
Away
W 1-2
Folkestone T
Home
W 3-1
Salisbury
Home
W 3-2
FACQ
Bexley Heath & Welling
Home
W 6-0
Brentford
Away
L 3-0
FAC1
Kings Lynn
Home
W 1-0
Romford
Away
W 3-6
Chelmsford
Away
D 1-1
*
Yeovil
Home
W 2-1
Weymouth
Home
W 4-1
*
Hereford
Home
W 2-0
Guildford
Away
D 1-1
*
Bedford T
Home
W 4-2
Clacton T
Away
W 0-6
*
Cambridge U
Away
L 1-2
Clacton T
Home
D 2-2
Cheltenham
Home
D 1-1
*
Gravesend & Northfleet
Away
W 0-6
*
Hereford
Away
L 1-2
Merthyr Tydfil
Home
W 3-0
Folkestone
Away
W 1-4
*
Chelmsford
Home
W 2-0
*
Cheltenham
Away
W 1-2
Bexley Heath & Welling
Away
W 1-4
*
Wellington T
Home
W 1-0
Tonbridge
Away
W 2-3
*
Wellington T
Away
L 1-3
Romford
Home
W 4-0
Merthyr Tydfil
Away
W 0-3
Kettering T
Home
W 3-0
Bath City
Away
W 0-1
*
Cambridge C
Home
L 0-1
Bath City
Home
L 1-3
Yeovil T
Away
L 4-3
*
*Colours taken from match-day programme.