1922–23 in English football

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Honours

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1922–23 in English football

The 1922–23 season was the 48th season of competitive football in England.

Overview

Liverpool retained the First Division title, but halfway through the season their manager David Ashworth left the club to take over at Oldham Athletic, who ended the season relegated.^[1]

Honours


Competition	Winner	Runner-up
First Division	Liverpool (4)	Sunderland
Second Division	Notts County	West Ham United
Third Division North	Nelson	Bradford Park Avenue
Third Division South	Bristol City	Plymouth Argyle
FA Cup	Bolton Wanderers (1)	West Ham United
Charity Shield	Huddersfield Town	Liverpool
Home Championship	Scotland	England

Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition

Football League

First Division


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

Second Division


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

Third Division North


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Nelson	38	24	3	11	61	41	1.488	51	Promoted to the Second Division
2	Bradford Park Avenue	38	19	9	10	67	38	1.763	47
3	Walsall	38	19	8	11	51	44	1.159	46
4	Chesterfield	38	19	7	12	68	52	1.308	45
5	Wigan Borough	38	18	8	12	64	39	1.641	44
6	Crewe Alexandra	38	17	9	12	48	38	1.263	43
7	Halifax Town	38	17	7	14	53	46	1.152	41
8	Accrington Stanley	38	17	7	14	59	65	0.908	41
9	Darlington	38	15	10	13	59	46	1.283	40
10	Wrexham	38	14	10	14	38	48	0.792	38
11	Stalybridge Celtic	38	15	6	17	42	47	0.894	36	Club resigned
12	Rochdale	38	13	10	15	42	53	0.792	36
13	Lincoln City	38	13	10	15	39	55	0.709	36
14	Grimsby Town	38	14	5	19	55	52	1.058	33
15	Hartlepools United	38	10	12	16	48	54	0.889	32
16	Tranmere Rovers	38	12	8	18	49	59	0.831	32
17	Southport	38	12	7	19	32	46	0.696	31
18	Barrow	38	13	4	21	50	60	0.833	30
19	Ashington	38	11	8	19	51	77	0.662	30	Re-elected
20	Durham City	38	9	10	19	43	59	0.729	28	Re-elected

Third Division South


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bristol City	42	24	11	7	66	40	1.650	59	Promoted to the Second Division
2	Plymouth Argyle	42	23	7	12	61	29	2.103	53
3	Swansea Town	42	22	9	11	78	45	1.733	53
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	20	11	11	52	34	1.529	51
5	Luton Town	42	21	7	14	68	49	1.388	49
6	Millwall	42	14	18	10	45	40	1.125	46
7	Portsmouth	42	19	8	15	58	52	1.115	46
8	Northampton Town	42	17	11	14	54	44	1.227	45
9	Swindon Town	42	17	11	14	62	56	1.107	45
10	Watford	42	17	10	15	57	54	1.056	44
11	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	10	16	54	49	1.102	42
12	Charlton Athletic	42	14	14	14	55	51	1.078	42
13	Bristol Rovers	42	13	16	13	35	36	0.972	42
14	Brentford	42	13	12	17	41	51	0.804	38
15	Southend United	42	12	13	17	49	54	0.907	37
16	Gillingham	42	15	7	20	51	59	0.864	37
17	Merthyr Town	42	11	14	17	39	48	0.813	36
18	Norwich City	42	13	10	19	51	71	0.718	36
19	Reading	42	10	14	18	36	55	0.655	34
20	Exeter City	42	13	7	22	47	84	0.560	33
21	Aberdare Athletic	42	9	11	22	42	70	0.600	29	Re-elected
22	Newport County	42	8	11	23	40	70	0.571	27	Re-elected

Top goalscorers

First Division

Charlie Buchan (Sunderland) – 30 goals^[2]

Second Division

Harry Bedford (Blackpool) – 32 goals^[2]

Third Division North

George Beel (Chesterfield) and Jimmy Carmichael (Grimsby Town) – 23 goals^[3]

Third Division South

Fred Pagnam (Watford) – 30 goals^[3]

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