Season 1922-23

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division North
Third Division South
Re-elections
Lower League Key

FA Cup Final 1923						Venue	Gate	Notes

Cup Competition
D 1	Bolton Wanderers	2	0	West Ham United	D 2	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	126,047
	Jack, Smith JR
The White Horse Final. An estimated 175,000 gained entrance to stadium and the pitch had to be cleared by police
FA Cup Semi-Finals 1923						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	Sheffield United	D 1	Old Trafford, Manchester	72,000
	Jack
D 2	West Ham United	5	2	Derby County	D 2	Stamford Bridge, London	50,795
	Brown 2, Moore 2. Ruffell			Moore, Henderson OG

Final Table for Season 1922-23

				Home					Away
First Division
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	0	Liverpool	42	17	3	1	50	13	9	5	7	20	18	2.258	60	Rd 3
2	10	Sunderland	42	15	5	1	50	25	7	5	9	22	29	1.333	54	Rd 2
3	11	Huddersfield Town	42	14	2	5	35	15	7	9	5	25	17	1.875	53	Rd 3
4	3	Newcastle United	42	13	6	2	31	11	5	6	10	14	26	1.216	48	Rd 1
5	15	Everton	42	14	4	3	41	20	6	3	12	22	39	1.068	47	Rd 1
6	-1	Aston Villa	42	15	3	3	42	11	3	7	11	22	40	1.255	46	Rd 1
7	6	West Bromwich Albion	42	12	7	2	38	10	5	4	12	20	39	1.184	45	Rd 3
8	2	Manchester City	42	14	6	1	38	16	3	5	13	12	33	1.020	45	Rd 1
9	-5	Cardiff City	42	15	2	4	51	18	3	5	13	22	41	1.237	43	Rd 3
10	1	Sheffield United	42	11	7	3	41	20	5	3	13	27	44	1.063	42	SF
11	6	Arsenal	42	13	4	4	38	16	3	6	12	23	46	0.984	42	Rd 1
12	-10	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	3	7	34	22	6	4	11	16	28	1.000	41	Rd 4
13	-7	Bolton Wanderers	42	11	8	2	36	17	3	4	14	14	41	0.862	40	Win
14	1	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	7	2	32	19	2	5	14	15	43	0.758	40	Rd 2
15	-12	Burnley	42	12	3	6	39	24	4	3	14	19	35	0.983	38	Rd 1
16	0	Preston North End	42	12	3	6	41	26	1	8	12	19	38	0.938	37	Rd 2
17	1	Birmingham	42	10	4	7	25	19	3	7	11	16	38	0.719	37	Rd 1
18	-10	Middlesbrough	42	11	4	6	41	25	2	6	13	16	38	0.905	36	Rd 2
19	-10	Chelsea	42	5	13	3	29	20	4	5	12	16	33	0.849	36	Rd 2
20	D 2	Nottingham Forest	42	12	2	7	25	23	1	6	14	16	47	0.586	34	Rd 1
21	D 2	Stoke	42	7	9	5	28	19	3	1	17	19	48	0.701	30	Rd 2
22	-3	Oldham Athletic	42	9	6	6	21	20	1	4	16	14	45	0.538	30	Rd 1

				Home					Away
Second Division
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	12	Notts County	42	16	1	4	29	15	7	6	8	17	19	1.353	53	Rd 1
2	2	West Ham United	42	9	8	4	21	11	11	3	7	42	27	1.658	51	Final
3	6	Leicester City	42	14	2	5	42	19	7	7	7	23	25	1.477	51	Rd 2
4	D 1	Manchester United	42	10	6	5	25	17	7	8	6	26	19	1.417	48	Rd 2
5	14	Blackpool	42	12	4	5	37	14	6	7	8	23	29	1.395	47	Rd 1
6	5	Bury	42	14	5	2	41	16	4	6	11	14	30	1.196	47	Rd 3
7	1	Leeds United	42	11	8	2	26	10	7	3	11	17	26	1.194	47	Rd 2
8	2	The Wednesday	42	14	3	4	36	16	3	9	9	18	31	1.149	46	Rd 3
9	-6	Barnsley	42	12	4	5	42	21	5	7	9	20	30	1.216	45	Rd 2
10	-3	Fulham	42	10	7	4	29	12	6	5	10	14	20	1.344	44	Rd 1
11	D 3S	Southampton	42	10	5	6	28	21	4	9	8	12	19	1.000	42	Rd 4
12	-7	Hull City	42	9	8	4	29	22	5	6	10	14	23	0.956	42	Rd 1
13	-7	South Shields	42	11	7	3	26	12	4	3	14	9	32	0.795	40	Rd 3
14	-2	Derby County	42	9	5	7	25	16	5	6	10	21	34	0.920	39	SF
15	D 1	Bradford City	42	8	7	6	27	18	4	6	11	14	27	0.911	37	Rd 1
16	-2	Crystal Palace	42	10	7	4	33	16	3	4	14	21	46	0.871	37	Rd 1
17	1	Port Vale	42	8	6	7	23	18	6	3	12	16	33	0.765	37	Q5
18	2	Coventry City	42	12	2	7	35	21	3	5	13	11	42	0.730	37	Q5
19	-4	Clapton Orient	42	9	6	6	26	17	3	6	12	14	33	0.800	36	Rd 1
20	D 3N	Stockport County	42	10	6	5	32	24	4	2	15	11	34	0.741	36	Q5
21	-5	Rotherham County	42	10	7	4	30	19	3	2	16	14	44	0.698	35	Rd 1
22	-5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	9	4	8	32	26	0	5	16	10	51	0.545	27	Rd 2

				Home					Away
Third Division North
Ptn		Third Division North	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	15	Nelson	38	15	2	2	37	10	9	1	9	24	31	1.488	51	Q5
2	D 2	Bradford	38	14	4	1	51	15	5	5	9	16	23	1.763	47	Rd 2
3	5	Walsall	38	13	4	2	32	14	6	4	9	19	30	1.159	46	Q6
4	9	Chesterfield	38	13	5	1	49	18	6	2	11	19	34	1.308	45	Q6
5	12	Wigan Borough	38	14	3	2	45	11	4	5	10	19	28	1.641	44	Rd 2
6	0	Crewe Alexandra	38	13	3	3	32	9	4	6	9	16	29	1.263	43	Q4
7	12	Halifax Town	38	11	4	4	29	14	6	3	10	24	32	1.152	41	Rd 1
8	-3	Accrington Stanley	38	14	2	3	40	21	3	5	11	19	44	0.908	41	Q5
9	-7	Darlington	38	13	3	3	43	14	2	7	10	16	32	1.283	40	Q6
10	2	Wrexham	38	13	5	1	29	12	1	5	13	9	36	0.792	38	Rd 1
11	-4	Stalybridge Celtic	38	13	2	4	32	18	2	4	13	10	29	0.894	36	Rd 1
12	8	Rochdale	38	8	5	6	29	22	5	5	9	13	31	0.792	36	Q4
13	1	Lincoln City	38	9	7	3	21	11	4	3	12	18	44	0.709	36	Q4
14	-11	Grimsby Town	38	10	3	6	35	18	4	2	13	20	34	1.058	33	Q5
15	-11	Hartlepools United	38	10	6	3	34	14	0	6	13	14	40	0.889	32	Q6
16	2	Tranmere Rovers	38	11	4	4	41	21	1	4	14	8	38	0.831	32	Q4
17	-8	Southport	38	11	3	5	21	12	1	4	14	11	34	0.696	31	Q5
18	-3	Barrow	38	11	2	6	31	17	2	2	15	19	43	0.833	30	Q6
19	-9	Ashington	38	10	3	6	34	33	1	5	13	17	44	0.662	30	Q5
20	-9	Durham City	38	7	9	3	31	19	2	1	16	12	40	0.729	28	Q3

				Home					Away
Third Division South
Ptn		Third Division South	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	FA Cup
1	D 2	Bristol City	42	16	4	1	43	13	8	7	6	23	27	1.650	59	Rd 2
2	0	Plymouth Argyle	42	18	3	0	47	6	5	4	12	14	23	2.103	53	Rd 3
3	7	Swansea Town	42	13	6	2	46	14	9	3	9	32	31	1.733	53	Q5
4	15	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	15	3	3	39	13	5	8	8	13	21	1.529	51	Rd 2
5	-1	Luton Town	42	14	4	3	47	18	7	3	11	21	31	1.388	49	Rd 1
6	6	Millwall	42	9	10	2	27	13	5	8	8	18	27	1.125	46	Rd 2
7	-4	Portsmouth	42	10	5	6	34	20	9	3	9	24	32	1.115	46	Rd 1
8	9	Northampton Town	42	13	6	2	40	17	4	5	12	14	27	1.227	45	Q5
9	-3	Swindon Town	42	14	4	3	41	17	3	7	11	21	39	1.107	45	Rd 1
10	-3	Watford	42	10	6	5	35	23	7	4	10	22	31	1.056	44	Rd 1
11	-6	Queens Park Rangers	42	10	4	7	34	24	6	6	9	20	25	1.102	42	Rd 4
12	4	Charlton Athletic	42	11	6	4	33	14	3	8	10	22	37	1.078	42	Rd 4
13	1	Bristol Rovers	42	7	9	5	25	19	6	7	8	10	17	0.972	42	Q6
14	-5	Brentford	42	9	4	8	27	23	4	8	9	14	28	0.804	38	Q6
15	7	Southend United	42	10	6	5	35	18	2	7	12	14	36	0.907	37	Q5
16	2	Gillingham	42	13	4	4	38	18	2	3	16	13	41	0.864	37	Q6
17	-6	Merthyr Town	42	10	4	7	27	17	1	10	10	12	31	0.813	36	Rd 1
18	-3	Norwich City	42	8	7	6	29	26	5	3	13	22	45	0.718	36	Rd 1
19	-6	Reading	42	9	8	4	24	15	1	6	14	12	40	0.655	34	Q5
20	1	Exeter City	42	10	4	7	27	18	3	3	15	20	66	0.560	33	Q5
21	-13	Aberdare Athletic	42	6	8	7	25	23	3	3	15	17	47	0.600	29	Rd 1
22	-2	Newport County	42	8	6	7	28	21	0	5	16	12	49	0.571	27	Q5

Notes
1923 Election to the Third Division North of the Football League
Relegated Rotherham County & Wolverhampton both join Third Division North
League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	Ballot	Result
D 3N	Ashington	4,350	Q5	45	Re-elected
ML	Doncaster Rovers		Q3	45	Elected
D 3N	Durham City	2,108	Q3	45	Re-elected
Lan	New Brighton		Rd 1	45	Elected
Bir	Nuneaton Town		Q3	0	Failed
TCm	Wallasey United		Q6	0	Failed
D 3N	Stalybridge Celtic	3,374	Rd 1	X	Resigned
1923 Election to the Third Division South of the Football League
Notes
Stalybridge Celtic place switched to Third Division South
League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	Ballot	Result
D 3S	Aberdare Athletic	7,493	Rd 1	45	Re-elected
D 3S	Newport County	7,905	Q5	45	Re-elected
SL	Boscombe		Q4	28	Elected
SL	Llanelly		EP	9	Failed
Wel	Pontypridd		EP	8	Failed
SL	Torquay United		Q1	0	Failed
Notes
Boscombe changes its name to Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic