1961–62 Yorkshire Football League

Yorkshire Football League
Division Two
Season	1961–62
Champions	Bridlington Trinity
Promoted	Bridlington Trinity; Doncaster United; Swallownest Miners Welfare; Hatfield Main
Matches played	182
Goals scored	838 (4.6 per match)
	← 1960–61 1962–63 →

Yorkshire Football League
Division One
Season	1961–62
Champions	Stocksbridge Works
Relegated	Swillington Miners Welfare; Frickley Colliery reserves; Ossett Town
Matches played	240
Goals scored	934 (3.89 per match)
	← 1960–61 1962–63 →

The 1961–62 Yorkshire Football League was the 36th season in the history of the Yorkshire Football League, a football competition in England. This season Division Three was formed. It was made of reserve sides of eight league clubs plus Leeds United 'A'.

Division One[edit]

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

League table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Stocksbridge Works	30	22	4	4	90	28	3.214	48
2	Ossett Albion	30	21	5	4	84	40	2.100	47
3	Bridlington Town	30	19	7	4	61	25	2.440	45
4	Farsley Celtic	30	15	5	10	40	35	1.143	35
5	Yorkshire Amateur	30	14	5	11	69	58	1.190	33
6	Harrogate Town	30	13	6	11	56	45	1.244	32
7	Norton Woodseats	30	14	3	13	59	59	1.000	31
8	Hallam	30	12	5	13	65	59	1.102	29
9	Selby Town	30	12	5	13	51	53	0.962	29
10	East End Park	30	9	9	12	45	55	0.818	27	Resigned from the league
11	Scarborough reserves	30	12	2	16	66	76	0.868	26
12	Goole Town reserves	30	10	5	15	55	66	0.833	25
13	Grimethorpe Miners Welfare	30	9	6	15	60	86	0.698	24
14	Swillington Miners Welfare	30	7	7	16	59	85	0.694	21	Relegated to Division Two
15	Frickley Colliery reserves	30	5	8	17	35	65	0.538	18
16	Ossett Town	30	4	2	24	39	99	0.394	10

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[edit]

Bridlington Town

Farsley Celtic

Frickley Colliery

Goole Town reserves

Grimethorpe Miners Welfare

Scarborough reserves

Swillington 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[edit]

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

Clubs relegated from Division One:
- Doncaster United
- Sheffield
Plus:
- Brodsworth Main Colliery, joined from the Doncaster & District Senior League
- Hull Brunswick

Also, Wombwell changed name to Wombwell Sporting Association.

League table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bridlington Trinity	26	19	4	3	75	23	3.261	42	Promoted to Division One
2	Doncaster United	26	17	4	5	75	37	2.027	38
3	Swallownest Miners Welfare	26	18	2	6	81	42	1.929	38
4	Hatfield Main	26	17	2	7	86	47	1.830	36
5	Wombwell Sporting Association	26	14	2	10	70	51	1.373	30
6	Rawmarsh Welfare	26	12	5	9	69	52	1.327	29
7	Sheffield	26	11	5	10	61	48	1.271	27
8	Harrogate Railway Athletic	26	11	3	12	63	74	0.851	25
9	Hull Brunswick	26	10	4	12	59	52	1.135	24
10	Thorne Colliery	26	6	8	12	52	60	0.867	20
11	Brodsworth Main Colliery	26	8	3	15	49	71	0.690	19
12	Salts	26	9	1	16	47	72	0.653	19
13	York City 'A'	26	6	2	18	27	64	0.422	14
14	South Kirkby Colliery	26	0	3	23	24	145	0.166	3

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.