1962–63 Yorkshire Football League

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 →

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 →

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

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

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Location of the clubs in the 1962-63 Yorkshire League Division One on a map of Yorkshire and the Humber

Division Two

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

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.