Having finished 2nd, 4th and 5th in the previous season, Burnley, Everton and Sheffield United qualified for this season's European Fairs Cup.  However, entry was by invitation only and the Fairs Cup members decided to invite Everton, Sheffield Wednesday (who took part the previous season) and Birmingham City to take part.  The FA banned Wednesday and Birmingham from taking part and therefore England's only representative in the 1962-1963 season was Everton, despite Scotland having 3 representatives.  To this day Sheffield United have never played in European competition.

For the third season running, Wednesday decline to enter the Football League Cup (now EFL Cup).