1961/62 SEASON
League:
Level
Southern League
Position:
Champions
Promoted to the Football League.
FA Cup:
First Round
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 successive season, Oxford United finished as Champions of the Southern League.
Fortunately, the club did not need to apply for membership to the Football League this time. As due to financial difficulties, Accrington Stanley had resigned from the Football League, which allowed Oxford United to be automatically promoted.
Kit Manufacturer
Home Kit
Long
sleeves
The same Bukta kits were worn during Oxford United’s promotion-winning season, as the club achieved the milestone of joining the Football League.
Away Kit
Long
sleeves
Goalkeeper Jersey
Match By Match
Weymouth
Away
Yeovil
Home
Guilford
Home
Cambridge C
Away
Tonbridge
Home
Cambridge C
Home
Kings Lynn
Away
Worcester
Away
*
Cambridge U
Home
Worcester
Home
Kettering
Away
*
Bedford T
Away
*
Gravesend & Northfleet
Home
Cambridge C
Away
Folkestone T
Home
Salisbury
Home
Blexley Heath & Welling
Home
Weiington T
Away
*
Brentford
Away
Kings Lynn
Home
Romford
Away
Chelmsford
Away
*
Yeovil
Home
Weymouth
Home
*
Hereford
Home
Guildford
Away
*
Bedford T
Home
Clacton T
Away
*
Cambridge U
Away
*
Clacton T
Home
Cheltenham
Home
*
Woodford T
Away
Gravesend & Northfleet
Away *
Hereford
Away
Merthyr Tydfil
Home
Folkestone
Away
*
Chelmsford
Home
*
Cheltenham
Away
Bexley Heath & Welling
Away *
Wellington T
Home
Tonbridge
Away
*
Wellington T
Away
Romford
Home
Merthyr Tydfil
Away
Kettering T
Home
Bath City
Away
*
Cambridge C
Home
Bath City
Home
Yeovil T
Away
*
*Colours taken from match-day programme.