1922–23 Football League

Football League
Second Division
Season	1922–23
Champions	Notts County (3rd title)
Relegated	Rotherham County; Wolverhampton Wanderers
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,055 (2.28 per match)
Top goalscorer	Harry Bedford (Blackpool), 32
Biggest home win	Leicester – Wolverhampton 7–0 (10 Mar 1923)
Biggest away win	Leicester – West Ham 0–6 (15 Feb 1923)
Highest scoring	Stockport – Leicester 4–5 (26 Apr 1923)
	← 1921–22 1923–24 →

Football League
First Division
Season	1922–23
Champions	Liverpool (4th English title)
Relegated	Stoke; Oldham Athletic
FA Cup winners	Bolton Wanderers (1st FA Cup title)
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,215 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Charlie Buchan (Sunderland), 30
Biggest home win	Burnley – Nottingham Forest 8–2 (4 Nov 1922); Sheffield United – Birmingham 7–1 (17 Feb 1923); Aston Villa – Stoke 6–0 (17 Feb 1923)
Biggest away win	Blackburn – Arsenal 0–5 (1 Jan 1923)
Highest scoring	Burnley – Nottingham Forest 8–2 (4 Nov 1922)
	← 1921–22 1923–24 →

The Football League
Season	1922–23
Champions	Liverpool
	← 1921–22 1923–24 →

The 1922–23 season was the 31st season of The Football League.

Final league tables

The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website^[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,^[2] with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

From the 1922–23 season on, Re-election was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South.^[2]

First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	42	17	3	1	50	13	9	5	7	20	18	70	31	2.258	+39	60
2	Sunderland	42	15	5	1	50	25	7	5	9	22	29	72	54	1.333	+18	54
3	Huddersfield Town	42	14	2	5	35	15	7	9	5	25	17	60	32	1.875	+28	53
4	Newcastle United	42	13	6	2	31	11	5	6	10	14	26	45	37	1.216	+8	48
5	Everton	42	14	4	3	41	20	6	3	12	22	39	63	59	1.068	+4	47
6	Aston Villa	42	15	3	3	42	11	3	7	11	22	40	64	51	1.255	+13	46
7	West Bromwich Albion	42	12	7	2	38	10	5	4	12	20	39	58	49	1.184	+9	45
8	Manchester City	42	14	6	1	38	16	3	5	13	12	33	50	49	1.020	+1	45
9	Cardiff City	42	15	2	4	51	18	3	5	13	22	41	73	59	1.237	+14	43
10	Sheffield United	42	11	7	3	41	20	5	3	13	27	44	68	64	1.063	+4	42
11	Arsenal	42	13	4	4	38	16	3	6	12	23	46	61	62	0.984	–1	42
12	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	3	7	34	22	6	4	11	16	28	50	50	1.000	0	41
13	Bolton Wanderers	42	11	8	2	36	17	3	4	14	14	41	50	58	0.862	–8	40
14	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	7	2	32	19	2	5	14	15	43	47	62	0.758	–15	40
15	Burnley	42	12	3	6	39	24	4	3	14	19	35	58	59	0.983	–1	38
16	Preston North End	42	12	3	6	41	26	1	8	12	19	38	60	64	0.938	–4	37
17	Birmingham	42	10	4	7	25	19	3	7	11	16	38	41	57	0.719	–16	37
18	Middlesbrough	42	11	4	6	41	25	2	6	13	16	38	57	63	0.905	–6	36
19	Chelsea	42	5	13	3	29	20	4	5	12	16	33	45	53	0.849	–8	36
20	Nottingham Forest	42	12	2	7	25	23	1	6	14	16	47	41	70	0.586	–29	34
21	Stoke	42	7	9	5	28	19	3	1	17	19	48	47	67	0.701	–20	30
22	Oldham Athletic	42	9	6	6	21	20	1	4	16	14	45	35	65	0.538	–30	30

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	League Champions
	FA Cup Winners
	Welsh Cup winners
	Relegated

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Notts County	42	16	1	4	29	15	7	6	8	17	19	46	34	1.353	+32	53
2	West Ham United	42	9	8	4	21	11	11	3	7	42	27	63	38	1.658	+25	51
3	Leicester City	42	14	2	5	42	19	7	7	7	23	25	65	44	1.477	+21	51
4	Manchester United	42	10	6	5	25	17	7	8	6	26	19	51	36	1.417	+15	48
5	Blackpool	42	12	4	5	37	14	6	7	8	23	29	60	43	1.395	+17	47
6	Bury	42	14	5	2	41	16	4	6	11	14	30	55	46	1.196	+9	47
7	Leeds United	42	11	8	2	26	10	7	3	11	17	26	43	36	1.194	+7	47
8	The Wednesday	42	14	3	4	36	16	3	9	9	18	31	54	47	1.149	+7	46
9	Barnsley	42	12	4	5	42	21	5	7	9	20	30	62	51	1.216	+11	45
10	Fulham	42	10	7	4	29	12	6	5	10	14	20	43	32	1.344	+11	44
11	Southampton	42	10	5	6	28	21	4	9	8	12	19	40	40	1.000	0	42
12	Hull City	42	9	8	4	29	22	5	6	10	14	23	43	45	0.956	–2	42
13	South Shields	42	11	7	3	26	12	4	3	14	9	32	35	44	0.795	–9	40
14	Derby County	42	9	5	7	25	16	5	6	10	21	34	46	50	0.920	–4	39
15	Bradford City	42	8	7	6	27	18	4	6	11	14	27	41	45	0.911	–4	37
16	Crystal Palace	42	10	7	4	33	16	3	4	14	21	46	54	62	0.871	–8	37
17	Port Vale	42	8	6	7	23	18	6	3	12	16	33	39	51	0.765	–12	37
18	Coventry City	42	12	2	7	35	21	3	5	13	11	42	46	63	0.730	–17	37
19	Clapton Orient	42	9	6	6	26	17	3	6	12	14	33	40	50	0.800	–10	36
20	Stockport County	42	10	6	5	32	24	4	2	15	11	34	43	58	0.741	–15	36
21	Rotherham County	42	10	7	4	30	19	3	2	16	14	44	44	63	0.698	–19	35
22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	9	4	8	32	26	0	5	16	10	51	42	77	0.545	–35	27

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Relegated

Football League
Third Division North
Season	1922–23
Champions	Nelson (1st title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,019 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	George Beel (Chesterfield), 23; Jimmy Carmichael (Grimsby Town), 23 ^[3]
← 1921–22 1923–24 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Nelson	38	15	2	2	37	10	9	1	9	24	31	61	41	1.488	+20	51
2	Bradford Park Avenue	38	14	4	1	51	15	5	5	9	16	23	67	38	1.763	+29	47
3	Walsall	38	13	4	2	32	14	6	4	9	19	30	51	44	1.159	+7	46
4	Chesterfield	38	13	5	1	49	18	6	2	11	19	34	68	52	1.308	+16	45
5	Wigan Borough	38	14	3	2	45	11	4	5	10	19	28	64	39	1.641	+25	44
6	Crewe Alexandra	38	13	3	3	32	9	4	6	9	16	29	48	38	1.263	+10	43
7	Halifax Town	38	11	4	4	29	14	6	3	10	24	32	53	46	1.152	+7	41
8	Accrington Stanley	38	14	2	3	40	21	3	5	11	19	44	59	65	0.908	–6	41
9	Darlington	38	13	3	3	43	14	2	7	10	16	32	59	46	1.283	+13	40
10	Wrexham	38	13	5	1	29	12	1	5	13	9	36	38	48	0.792	–10	38
11	Stalybridge Celtic	38	13	2	4	32	18	2	4	13	10	29	42	47	0.894	–5	36
12	Rochdale	38	8	5	6	29	22	5	5	9	13	31	42	53	0.792	–11	36
13	Lincoln City	38	9	7	3	21	11	4	3	12	18	44	39	55	0.709	–16	36
14	Grimsby Town	38	10	3	6	35	18	4	2	13	20	34	55	52	1.058	+3	33
15	Hartlepools United	38	10	6	3	34	14	0	6	13	14	40	48	54	0.889	–6	32
16	Tranmere Rovers	38	11	4	4	41	21	1	4	14	8	38	49	59	0.831	–10	32
17	Southport	38	11	3	5	21	12	1	4	14	11	34	32	46	0.696	–14	31
18	Barrow	38	11	2	6	31	17	2	2	15	19	43	50	60	0.833	–10	30
19	Ashington	38	10	3	6	34	33	1	5	13	17	44	51	77	0.662	–26	30
20	Durham City	38	7	9	3	31	19	2	1	16	12	40	43	59	0.729	–16	28

Final league tables

First Division

Results

Maps

Second Division

Results

Maps

Third Division North

Results

Maps

Third Division South

Results

Maps

See also

References