1922–23 Football League

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

The Football League

Season	1922–23
Champions	Liverpool
Resigned	Stalybridge Celtic
← 1921–22 1923–24 →

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. 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

First Division

Season	1922–23
Champions	Liverpool 4th English title
Relegated	Stoke Oldham Athletic
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,215 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Charlie Buchan (30 goals)[3]
Biggest home win	Burnley 8–2 Nottingham Forest (4 November 1922) Aston Villa 6–0 Stoke (17 February 1923) Sheffield United 7–1 Birmingham (17 February 1923)
Biggest away win	Blackburn Rovers 0–5 Arsenal (1 January 1923)
Highest scoring	Burnley 8–2 Nottingham Forest (4 November 1922)
← 1921–22 1923–24 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Relegation
1	Liverpool (C)	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 (R)	42	10	10	22	47	67	0.701	30	Relegation to the Second Division
22	Oldham Athletic (R)	42	10	10	22	35	65	0.538	30

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	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

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

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

Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Arsenal

Chelsea

Tottenham

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams

Second Division

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 [3]
Biggest home win	Leicester City – Wolverhampton Wanderers 7–0 (10 Mar 1923)
Biggest away win	Leicester City – West Ham United 0–6 (15 Feb 1923)
Highest scoring	Stockport County – Leicester City 4–5 (26 Apr 1923)
← 1921–22 1923–24 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Notts County	42	16	1	4	29	15	7	6	8	17	19	1.353	53	Division Champions, promoted
2	West Ham United	42	9	8	4	21	11	11	3	7	42	27	1.658	51	Promoted
3	Leicester City	42	14	2	5	42	19	7	7	7	23	25	1.477	51
4	Manchester United	42	10	6	5	25	17	7	8	6	26	19	1.417	48
5	Blackpool	42	12	4	5	37	14	6	7	8	23	29	1.395	47
6	Bury	42	14	5	2	41	16	4	6	11	14	30	1.196	47
7	Leeds United	42	11	8	2	26	10	7	3	11	17	26	1.194	47
8	The Wednesday	42	14	3	4	36	16	3	9	9	18	31	1.149	46
9	Barnsley	42	12	4	5	42	21	5	7	9	20	30	1.216	45
10	Fulham	42	10	7	4	29	12	6	5	10	14	20	1.344	44
11	Southampton	42	10	5	6	28	21	4	9	8	12	19	1.000	42
12	Hull City	42	9	8	4	29	22	5	6	10	14	23	0.956	42
13	South Shields	42	11	7	3	26	12	4	3	14	9	32	0.795	40
14	Derby County	42	9	5	7	25	16	5	6	10	21	34	0.920	39
15	Bradford City	42	8	7	6	27	18	4	6	11	14	27	0.911	37
16	Crystal Palace	42	10	7	4	33	16	3	4	14	21	46	0.871	37
17	Port Vale	42	8	6	7	23	18	6	3	12	16	33	0.765	37
18	Coventry City	42	12	2	7	35	21	3	5	13	11	42	0.730	37
19	Clapton Orient	42	9	6	6	26	17	3	6	12	14	33	0.800	36
20	Stockport County	42	10	6	5	32	24	4	2	15	11	34	0.741	36
21	Rotherham County	42	10	7	4	30	19	3	2	16	14	44	0.698	35	Relegated
22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	9	4	8	32	26	0	5	16	10	51	0.545	27

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	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

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

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

Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

Crystal Palace

Clapton Orient

Fulham

West Ham

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams

Third Division North

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	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Nelson	38	15	2	2	37	10	9	1	9	24	31	1.488	51	Division Champions, promoted
2	Bradford Park Avenue	38	14	4	1	51	15	5	5	9	16	23	1.763	47
3	Walsall	38	13	4	2	32	14	6	4	9	19	30	1.159	46
4	Chesterfield	38	13	5	1	49	18	6	2	11	19	34	1.308	45
5	Wigan Borough	38	14	3	2	45	11	4	5	10	19	28	1.641	44
6	Crewe Alexandra	38	13	3	3	32	9	4	6	9	16	29	1.263	43
7	Halifax Town	38	11	4	4	29	14	6	3	10	24	32	1.152	41
8	Accrington Stanley	38	14	2	3	40	21	3	5	11	19	44	0.908	41
9	Darlington	38	13	3	3	43	14	2	7	10	16	32	1.283	40
10	Wrexham	38	13	5	1	29	12	1	5	13	9	36	0.792	38
11	Stalybridge Celtic	38	13	2	4	32	18	2	4	13	10	29	0.894	36	Resigned
12	Rochdale	38	8	5	6	29	22	5	5	9	13	31	0.792	36
13	Lincoln City	38	9	7	3	21	11	4	3	12	18	44	0.709	36
14	Grimsby Town	38	10	3	6	35	18	4	2	13	20	34	1.058	33
15	Hartlepools United	38	10	6	3	34	14	0	6	13	14	40	0.889	32
16	Tranmere Rovers	38	11	4	4	41	21	1	4	14	8	38	0.831	32
17	Southport	38	11	3	5	21	12	1	4	14	11	34	0.696	31
18	Barrow	38	11	2	6	31	17	2	2	15	19	43	0.833	30
19	Ashington	38	10	3	6	34	33	1	5	13	17	44	0.662	30	Re-elected
20	Durham City	38	7	9	3	31	19	2	1	16	12	40	0.729	28

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	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

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

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

Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams

Third Division South

Football League
Third Division South

Season	1922–23
Champions	Bristol City (1st title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,141 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	Fred Pagnam (Watford), 30 [3][4]
← 1921–22 1923–24 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bristol City	42	16	4	1	43	13	8	7	6	23	27	1.650	59	Division Champions, promoted
2	Plymouth Argyle	42	18	3	0	47	6	5	4	12	14	23	2.103	53
3	Swansea Town	42	13	6	2	46	14	9	3	9	32	31	1.733	53
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	15	3	3	39	13	5	8	8	13	21	1.529	51
5	Luton Town	42	14	4	3	47	18	7	3	11	21	31	1.388	49
6	Millwall	42	9	10	2	27	13	5	8	8	18	27	1.125	46
7	Portsmouth	42	10	5	6	34	20	9	3	9	24	32	1.115	46
8	Northampton Town	42	13	6	2	40	17	4	5	12	14	27	1.227	45
9	Swindon Town	42	14	4	3	41	17	3	7	11	21	39	1.107	45
10	Watford	42	10	6	5	35	23	7	4	10	22	31	1.056	44
11	Queens Park Rangers	42	10	4	7	34	24	6	6	9	20	25	1.102	42
12	Charlton Athletic	42	11	6	4	33	14	3	8	10	22	37	1.078	42
13	Bristol Rovers	42	7	9	5	25	19	6	7	8	10	17	0.972	42
14	Brentford	42	9	4	8	27	23	4	8	9	14	28	0.804	38
15	Southend United	42	10	6	5	35	18	2	7	12	14	36	0.907	37
16	Gillingham	42	13	4	4	38	18	2	3	16	13	41	0.864	37
17	Merthyr Town	42	10	4	7	27	17	1	10	10	12	31	0.813	36
18	Norwich City	42	8	7	6	29	26	5	3	13	22	45	0.718	36
19	Reading	42	9	8	4	24	15	1	6	14	12	40	0.655	34
20	Exeter City	42	10	4	7	27	18	3	3	15	20	66	0.560	33
21	Aberdare Athletic	42	6	8	7	25	23	3	3	15	17	47	0.600	29	Re-elected
22	Newport County	42	8	6	7	28	21	0	5	16	12	49	0.571	27

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

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

Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams

Brentford

Charlton Athletic

Millwall

Queens Park Rangers

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams

See also

• 1922-23 in English football
• 1922 in association football
• 1923 in association football

References

1. "England 1922-23". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
2. Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
3. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
4. Trefor Jones, Watford Season by Season pp. 60–61

• Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.