1922–23 Football League

31st season of the Football League The Football League 1922–23 Liverpool Resigned Stalybridge Celtic 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 websitehttps://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1922-23.html England 1922-23 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2010-02-24 and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. 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. From the 1922–23 season on, Re-election was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South. First Division First Division 1922–23 Liverpool4th English title StokeOldham Athletic Charlie Buchan(30 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 Burnley 8–2 Nottingham Forest(4 November 1922)Aston Villa 6–0 Stoke(17 February 1923)Sheffield United 7–1 Birmingham(17 February 1923) Blackburn Rovers 0–5 Arsenal(1 January 1923) Burnley 8–2 Nottingham Forest(4 November 1922) 462 1215 1921–22 1923–24 main WDL First Division World Football LIV, SUN, HUD, NEW, EVE, AVL, WBA, MCI, CAR, SHU, ARS, TOT, BOL, BLA, BUR, PNE, BIR, MID, CHE, NFO, STK, OLD 1st REL REL complete 16 10 16 61 62 18 10 14 64 51 13 11 18 41 57 14 12 16 47 62 14 12 16 50 58 16 6 20 58 59 18 7 17 73 59 9 18 15 45 53 20 7 15 63 59 21 11 10 60 32 26 8 8 70 31 17 11 14 50 49 13 10 19 57 63 18 12 12 45 37 13 8 21 41 70 10 10 22 35 65 13 11 18 60 64 16 10 16 68 64 10 10 22 47 67 22 10 10 72 54 17 7 18 50 50 17 11 14 58 49 C R R Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Cardiff City Chelsea Everton Huddersfield Town Liverpool Manchester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Oldham Athletic Preston North End Sheffield United Stoke Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion 5 2 y 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored R yellow red1 Relegation to the Second Division Results main FBR grey ARS AST BIR BLB BOL BUR CAR CHE EVE HUD LIV MCI MID NEW NOT OLD PNE SHU STK SUN TOT WBA Arsenal 2–0 1–0 1–1 5–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–3 0–2 3–1 Aston Villa 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–3 1–0 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 4–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 6–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 Birmingham 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–3 1–0 4–2 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–2 Blackburn Rovers 0–5 4–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 5–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–5 0–0 1–0 5–1 Bolton Wanderers 4–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 4–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–0 Burnley 4–1 1–1 0–2 3–1 2–1 1–5 1–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 8–2 1–1 2–0 1–4 3–2 2–0 0–1 3–0 Cardiff City 4–1 3–0 1–1 5–0 1–0 2–2 6–1 0–2 0–1 3–0 3–1 2–0 5–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–4 2–3 3–0 Chelsea 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 4–0 0–1 0–0 3–2 1–3 0–0 2–2 Everton 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 0–3 0–1 0–0 5–3 3–2 4–2 0–0 1–0 5–1 4–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 Huddersfield Town 4–0 3–5 4–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–1 Liverpool 5–2 3–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 5–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 2–1 2–1 5–2 2–1 1–0 5–1 0–0 2–0 Manchester City 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 5–1 3–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–2 2–1 3–3 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 Middlesbrough 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 4–1 0–1 2–1 2–4 2–2 0–2 5–0 1–1 4–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 Newcastle United 1–1 0–0 0–0 5–1 1–0 0–2 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 Nottingham Forest 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 0–4 2–1 0–1 1–3 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–4 Oldham Athletic 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–3 0–2 0–3 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 4–1 0–0 0–3 0–0 Preston North End 1–2 3–2 2–3 1–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–3 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 5–1 2–3 4–2 2–0 2–0 0–0 Sheffield United 2–1 1–1 7–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 4–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 2–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 3–1 Stoke 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 1–2 4–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 4–2 4–0 1–2 0–0 0–2 Sunderland 3–3 2–0 5–3 4–3 5–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 3–5 2–0 2–0 3–2 Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–4 3–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 3–1 West Bromwich Albion 7–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 4–0 0–1 1–1 5–1 complete Maps England left 369 Locations of the Football League First Division teams England 51.56 -0.10 right England 52.54 -1.87 right England 52.48 -1.89 right England 53.75 -2.48 right England 53.59 -2.56 right England 53.79 -2.25 right England 51.47 -3.20 right England 51.50 -0.19 right England 53.48 -2.97 right England 53.64 -1.78 right England 53.53 -2.99 right England 53.47 -2.18 right England 54.57 -1.23 right England 54.98 -1.62 right England 53.01 -1.137 right England 53.54 -2.12 right England 53.75 -2.7 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 54.91 -1.39 right England 53.38 -1.47 right England 51.61 -0.063 right England 52.52 -1.97 right Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham Blackburn Rovers Bolton Burnley Cardiff City Chelsea Everton Huddersfield Liverpool Manchester City Middlesbrough Newcastle Nottingham Forest Oldham Preston North End Sheffield United Stoke Sunderland Tottenham West Bromwich Albion Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League First Division London teams Greater London 51.558 -0.103 right Greater London 51.482 -0.191 right Greater London 51.603 -0.066 right Arsenal Chelsea Tottenham Second Division Football LeagueSecond Division 1922–23 Notts County (3rd title) Rotherham CountyWolverhampton Wanderers Harry Bedford (Blackpool), 32 Leicester City – Wolverhampton Wanderers 7–0 (10 Mar 1923) Leicester City – West Ham United 0–6 (15 Feb 1923) Stockport County – Leicester City 4–5 (26 Apr 1923) 462 1055 1921–22 1923–24 main WDL PR 5 Second Division 2 y NTC Notts County WHU West Ham United LEI Leicester City MUN Manchester United BLP Blackpool Bury Bury LEE Leeds United WED The Wednesday BAR Barnsley FUL Fulham SOU Southampton HUL Hull City SSH South Shields DER Derby County BRA Bradford City CRY Crystal Palace PTV Port Vale COV Coventry City CLA Clapton Orient STP Stockport County ROT Rotherham County WOL Wolverhampton Wanderers 23 7 12 46 34 20 11 11 63 38 21 9 12 65 44 17 14 11 51 36 18 11 13 60 43 18 11 13 55 46 18 11 13 43 36 17 12 13 54 47 17 11 14 62 51 16 12 14 43 32 14 14 14 40 40 14 14 14 43 45 15 10 17 35 44 14 11 17 46 50 12 13 17 41 45 13 11 18 54 62 14 9 19 39 51 15 7 20 46 63 12 12 18 40 50 14 8 20 43 58 13 9 20 44 63 9 9 24 42 77 CP P R R green1 Promotion to the First Division P P red1 Relegation to the Third Division North R R complete Results main FBR grey BAR BLP BRA Bury CLA COV CRY DER FUL HUL LEE LEI MUN NTC PTV ROT SOU SSH STP WED WHU WOL Barnsley 2–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 6–2 1–2 5–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–2 3–0 5–0 1–1 2–4 2–0 1–0 Blackpool 0–1 3–0 5–1 0–0 0–1 4–0 3–2 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 3–0 0–0 3–0 4–1 3–1 Bradford City 2–0 0–2 4–0 1–2 4–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 Bury 2–1 3–0 1–0 5–1 1–1 2–1 4–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 2–5 3–0 Clapton Orient 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 5–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–2 0–2 4–1 Coventry City 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 7–1 Crystal Palace 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–3 0–1 2–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–5 5–0 Derby County 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 4–0 6–0 2–0 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 Fulham 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 4–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 Hull City 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 4–2 1–0 3–1 1–3 2–1 0–2 3–0 2–3 1–3 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 Leeds United 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 Leicester City 2–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 0–6 7–0 Manchester United 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–2 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 Notts County 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–4 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–6 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 Port Vale 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 2–3 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 0–2 2–2 1–3 1–0 Rotherham County 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 4–1 3–0 1–3 0–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 3–2 Southampton 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–3 2–0 3–0 0–2 0–4 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 4–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 South Shields 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 3–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–3 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 Stockport County 3–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–2 5–1 2–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 4–5 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 The Wednesday 2–3 2–3 2–2 2–0 4–1 3–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 4–1 0–2 1–0 West Ham United 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–2 0–2 0–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–3 3–4 4–1 1–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 3–0 3–2 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–4 complete Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps England left 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division teams England 53.55 -1.48 right England 53.81 -3.05 right England 53.82 -1.73 right England 53.58 -2.295 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 51.57 -0.047 right England 52.41 -1.51 right England 51.42 -0.07 right England 51.46 -0.23 right England 53.74 -0.33 right England 53.78 -1.57 right England 52.62 -1.14 right England 53.47 -2.30 right England 52.94 -1.137 right England 53.06 -2.21 right England 53.43 -1.36 right England 50.91 -1.39 right England 54.99 -1.43 right England 53.41 -2.16 right England 53.32 -1.47 right England 51.53 0.040 right England 52.59 -2.13 right Barnsley Blackpool Bradford City Bury Coventry Crystal P. Derby County Fulham Clapton Orient Hull Leeds U. Leicester City Manchester United Notts County Port Vale Rotherham Southampton South Shields Stockport County The Wednesday (Sheffield) West Ham Wolverhampton Wanderers Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams Greater London 51.398 0.085 right Greater London 51.475 -0.222 right Greater London 51.570 -0.058 right Greater London 51.532 0.039 right Crystal Palace Clapton Orient Fulham West Ham Third Division North Football LeagueThird Division North 1922–23 Nelson (1st title) George Beel (Chesterfield), 23;Jimmy Carmichael (Grimsby Town), 23 Failed re-election None 380 1019 1921–22 1923–24 main WDL PR 5 Third Division North 2 y NEL Nelson BPA Bradford (Park Avenue) WAL Walsall CHF Chesterfield WIG Wigan Borough CRE Crewe Alexandra HAL Halifax Town ACC Accrington Stanley DAR Darlington WRE Wrexham STL Stalybridge Celtic ROC Rochdale LIN Lincoln City GRI Grimsby Town HAR Hartlepools United TRA Tranmere Rovers SOU Southport BRW Barrow ASH Ashington DUR Durham City 24 3 11 61 41 19 9 10 67 38 19 8 11 51 44 19 7 12 68 52 18 8 12 64 39 17 9 12 48 38 17 7 14 53 46 17 7 14 59 65 15 10 13 59 46 14 10 14 38 48 15 6 17 42 47 13 10 15 42 53 13 10 15 39 55 14 5 19 55 52 10 12 16 48 54 12 8 18 49 59 12 7 19 32 46 13 4 21 50 60 11 8 19 51 77 9 10 19 43 59 CP R green1 Promotion to the Second Division DC red1 Resigned from the league RES red2 Re-elected REE REE complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey ACC ASH BRW BPA CHF CRE DAR DUR GRI HAL HAR LIN NEL ROC SOU STL TRA WAL WIG WRE Accrington Stanley 4–1 3–4 4–3 0–4 0–0 2–1 3–1 4–0 4–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 Ashington 2–5 2–6 2–1 2–0 2–4 3–1 0–0 2–1 3–2 4–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–3 3–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 Barrow 5–2 3–0 1–2 3–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–3 1–0 4–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–3 1–0 Bradford Park Avenue 5–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 4–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 4–1 6–2 3–0 5–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 Chesterfield 3–1 2–2 2–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 3–1 3–2 3–0 1–1 3–3 1–2 4–0 3–0 1–0 5–0 6–0 3–1 2–1 Crewe Alexandra 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 4–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 Darlington 4–0 1–1 3–2 2–0 4–1 5–0 1–0 1–3 0–1 4–0 0–0 2–3 1–1 2–1 1–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 Durham City 4–1 1–1 4–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–3 2–2 3–2 7–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–2 2–0 Grimsby Town 7–1 7–4 2–0 0–1 3–1 2–3 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 4–0 Halifax Town 0–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–3 1–0 3–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 Hartlepools United 0–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 5–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 5–1 0–2 1–1 4–0 0–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 Lincoln City 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 2–0 Nelson 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 4–0 0–0 3–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 4–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 Rochdale 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–3 0–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 4–0 1–1 0–3 3–2 2–0 0–0 0–2 3–2 5–0 Southport 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–3 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 Stalybridge Celtic 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 4–2 1–0 3–2 4–3 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 0–2 3–2 Tranmere Rovers 4–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–3 1–2 2–2 5–1 3–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–3 4–2 4–0 Walsall 0–2 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 5–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 Wigan Borough 2–0 6–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–0 9–1 3–1 6–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 Wrexham 2–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 complete Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps England left 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams England 53.75 -2.36 right England 55.18 -1.57 right England 54.11 -3.23 right England 53.76 -1.78 right England 53.24 -1.43 right England 53.099 -2.44 right England 54.53 -1.55 right England 54.78 -1.57 right England 53.56 -0.068 right England 53.72 -1.86 right England 54.69 -1.21 right England 53.23 -0.54 right England 53.83 -2.22 right England 53.61 -2.16 right England 53.65 -3.01 right England 53.48 -2.04 right England 53.37 -3.04 right England 52.58 -1.98 right England 53.54 -2.63 right England 53.03 -2.98 right Accrington Stanley Ashington Barrow Bradford Park Avenue Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Durham City Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hartlepools United Lincoln City Nelson Rochdale Stalybridge Southport Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wigan Borough Wrexham Third Division South Football LeagueThird Division South 1922–23 Bristol City (1st title) Fred Pagnam (Watford), 30 Trefor Jones, Watford Season by Season pp. 60–61 Failed re-election None 462 1141 1921–22 1923–24 main WDL PR 5 Third Division South 2 y BRI Bristol City PLY Plymouth Argyle SWA Swansea Town B&HA Brighton & Hove Albion LUT Luton Town MIL Millwall POR Portsmouth NOR Northampton Town SWI Swindon Town WAT Watford QPR Queens Park Rangers CHA Charlton Athletic BRR Bristol Rovers BRE Brentford STD Southend United GIL Gillingham MER Merthyr Town NWC Norwich City REA Reading EXE Exeter City ADE Aberdare Athletic NPC Newport County 24 11 7 66 40 23 7 12 61 29 22 9 11 78 45 20 11 11 52 34 21 7 14 68 49 14 18 10 45 40 19 8 15 58 52 17 11 14 54 44 17 11 14 62 56 17 10 15 57 54 16 10 16 54 49 14 14 14 55 51 13 16 13 35 36 13 12 17 41 51 12 13 17 49 54 15 7 20 51 59 11 14 17 39 48 13 10 19 51 71 10 14 18 36 55 13 7 22 47 84 9 11 22 42 70 8 11 23 40 70 CP green1 Promotion to the Second Division DC red2 Re-elected REE REE complete Results main FBR grey ADE BRE B&HA BRI BRR CHA EXE GIL LUT MER MIL NPC NOR NWC PLY POR QPR REA STD SWA SWI WAT Aberdare Athletic 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 6–2 0–2 0–3 2–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–3 3–1 Brentford 0–1 1–2 4–0 0–1 0–3 0–1 2–0 3–2 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–4 2–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 Brighton & Hove Albion 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 7–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 3–0 Bristol City 0–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 3–2 2–1 5–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 Bristol Rovers 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–3 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 3–2 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 Charlton Athletic 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 0–2 6–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 5–1 3–1 3–1 0–0 Exeter City 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 4–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–3 1–2 4–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 Gillingham 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 0–3 5–0 1–0 4–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–4 Luton Town 4–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 6–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 6–1 3–2 0–1 Merthyr Town 0–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 Millwall 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 5–1 Newport County 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 4–1 4–0 6–2 2–1 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–2 1–2 2–2 0–1 Northampton Town 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 4–2 5–0 5–2 1–3 1–2 1–1 Norwich City 1–4 0–2 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–3 6–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–4 0–0 2–0 Plymouth Argyle 2–0 3–0 2–2 5–1 3–0 2–0 5–1 2–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 Portsmouth 1–0 3–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 3–0 3–4 6–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–3 4–1 1–0 Queens Park Rangers 4–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 3–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 4–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 3–2 2–0 2–3 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 Reading 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–3 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 4–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 4–4 1–0 1–0 Southend United 4–0 1–2 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–0 5–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 4–0 3–1 1–2 3–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 Swansea Town 5–1 0–0 0–0 4–1 0–1 3–2 5–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 5–1 4–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 5–0 0–0 Swindon Town 5–4 3–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 4–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 Watford 6–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 4–0 5–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–3 0–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980. Maps England left 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams England 51.71 -3.45 right England 51.486 -0.31 right England 50.83 -0.15 right England 51.42 -2.59 right England 51.46 -2.54 right England 51.49 0.05 right England 50.72 -3.53 right England 51.38 0.55 right England 51.9 -0.433 right England 51.75 -3.38 right England 51.48 -0.048 right England 51.59 -3.00 right England 52.24 -0.90 right England 52.63 1.30 right England 50.39 -4.15 right England 50.80 -1.06 right England 51.51 -0.23 right England 51.41 -0.97 right England 51.55 0.70 right England 51.62 -3.95 right England 51.56 -1.77 right England 51.65 -0.40 right Aberdare Brentford Brighton & Hove Bristol City Bristol Rovers Charlton Exeter City Gillingham Luton Town Merthyr Town Millwall Newport County Northampton Town Norwich City Portsmouth Plymouth Argyle QPR Reading Southend United Swansea Town Swindon Watford Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams Greater London 51.486 -0.31 right Greater London 51.486 0.036 right Greater London 51.481 -0.048 right Greater London 51.509 -0.232 right Greater London 51.650 -0.401 right Brentford Charlton Athletic Millwall Queens Park Rangers Watford Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1923.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk July 18, 2026 Division One No. Club Average 1 Liverpool FC 33,495 2 Tottenham Hotspur FC 31,425 3 Everton FC 30,905 4 Arsenal FC 30,245 5 Chelsea FC 30,000 6 Aston Villa FC 28,550 7 Cardiff City FC 27,475 8 Birmingham City FC 27,470 9 Newcastle United FC 27,085 10 Manchester City FC 23,850 11 Sunderland AFC 23,070 12 Bolton Wanderers FC 21,870 13 Sheffield United FC 20,145 14 Stoke City FC 19,450 15 Preston North End FC 19,065 16 Blackburn Rovers FC 18,755 17 West Bromwich Albion FC 18,315 18 Middlesbrough FC 17,855 19 Burnley FC 16,885 20 Nottingham Forest FC 15,930 21 Huddersfield Town AFC 14,885 22 Oldham Athletic FC 13,965 See also 1922-23 in English football 1922 in association football 1923 in association football References Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. 1922–23 League