1962–63 saw the side trained by 1932–33 title-winning veteran Gerry McCourt, assisted by Mickey Fox, Colm Bellew and Shay Noonan.

Casey Cup – a single-season competition run to replace matches lost due to the reduction in teams that season.

Another slump in form followed, with a second round exit in the FAI Cup to Cork Hibernians and two League defeats in three weeks, leaving them top on goal average only with an extra game played.

[7] But they rallied as their rivals continued to drop points, needing a win away to Bohemians in their final match to seal the title.

They then had to wait a full week for the fixture backlog to clear, with Shelbourne, Cork Celtic and Drumcondra all in the hunt.