Football League First Division 1922/23

Football League First Division 1922/23
master	Liverpool FC
Cup winners	Bolton Wanderers
Relegated	Stoke FC , Oldham Athletic
Teams	22nd
Games	462
Gates	1,215  (ø 2.63 per game)
Top scorer	Charlie Buchan ( Sunderland AFC )
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Football League Second Division 1922/23 ↓

The Football League First Division 1922/23 was the 31st season of the highest English football league . It began on August 26, 1922 and ended on May 5, 1923.

The Liverpool defended with six points ahead of Sunderland AFC last year's title and won a total of four English championship in their history. Of the two promoted Nottingham Forest and FC Stoke only the club from Nottingham could hold the class; in addition to FC Stoke, Oldham Athletic had to go into the Second Division . These two clubs should be replaced in the following season by the two second division promoted Notts County and West Ham United .

A total of 563 players were used, with Liverpool FC with 19 the fewest and Oldham Athletic and AFC Sunderland with 31 the most players in league games. 154 newcomers opposed 165 footballers who last came into play in the 1922/23 season. 15 players were able to play all 42 league games of their club.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Quota	Points	EgS
1.	Liverpool FC (M)	42	26th	8th	8th	070:310	2.26	60:24	19th
2.	Sunderland AFC	42	22nd	10	10	072:540	1.33	54:30	27
3.	Huddersfield Town (P)	42	21st	11	10	060:320	1.88	53:31	24
4th	Newcastle United	42	18th	12	12	045:370	1.22	48:36	28
5.	Everton FC	42	20th	7th	15th	063:590	1.07	47:37	27
6th	Aston Villa	42	18th	10	14th	064:510	1.25	46:38	20th
7th	West Bromwich Albion	42	17th	11	14th	058:490	1.18	45:39	24
8th.	Manchester City	42	17th	11	14th	050:490	1.02	45:39	26th
9.	Cardiff City	42	18th	7th	17th	073:590	1.24	43:41	26th
10.	Sheffield United	42	16	10	16	068:640	1.06	42:42	26th
11.	Arsenal FC	42	16	10	16	061:620	0.98	42:42	30th
12.	Tottenham Hotspur	42	17th	7th	18th	050:500	1.00	41:43	28
13.	Bolton Wanderers	42	14th	12	16	050:580	0.86	40:44	30th
14th	Blackburn Rovers	42	14th	12	16	047:620	0.76	40:44	31
15th	Burnley FC	42	16	6th	20th	058:590	0.98	38:46	27
16.	Preston North End	42	13	11	18th	060:640	0.94	37:47	23
17th	Birmingham FC	42	13	11	18th	041:570	0.72	37:47	26th
18th	Middlesbrough FC	42	13	10	19th	057:630	0.90	36:48	24
19th	Chelsea FC	42	9	18th	15th	045:530	0.85	36:48	25th
20th	Nottingham Forest (N)	42	13	8th	21st	041:700	0.59	34:50	24
21st	FC Stoke (N)	42	10	10	22nd	047:670	0.70	30:54	29
22nd	Oldham Athletic	42	10	10	22nd	035:650	0.54	30:54	31

English master

Relegation to the Football League Second Division

(M)	English champion 1921/22
(P)	FA Cup winner 1921/22
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Second Division 1921/22
EgS	used players

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

	ARS	AST	BIR	BLA	BOL	BUR	CAR	CHE	EVE	HUD	LIV	MNC	MID	NEW	NOF	OLD	PNE	SHU	STO	SUN	DEAD	WBA
Arsenal FC		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 FC	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 FC	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 FC	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 FC	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 FC	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 FC	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
FC 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 AFC	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

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates	Sp
1	Charlie Buchan	Sunderland FC	30th	41
2	Tommy Roberts	Preston North End	28	39
3	Jimmy Broad	FC Stoke	23	30th
	George Elliott	Middlesbrough FC		33
	Billy Walker	Aston Villa		40
6th	Harry Chambers	Liverpool FC	22nd	39
7th	Horace Barnes	Manchester City	21st	38
	Jock Paterson	Sunderland FC		40
9	Bob Turnbull	Arsenal FC	20th	35
	Stan Davies	West Bromwich Albion		37

The championship team of Liverpool FC

The following list lists all players who played in a league game for Liverpool FC during the 1922/23 season. It must be noted that in English football a minimum number of games is usually required in order to receive the official championship medal. Since there was uncertainty about the specific regulation before the introduction of the Premier League, all players who presumably did not receive a championship medal due to their low contribution were marked with an asterisk (*). The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.

1.

Liverpool FC

John Bamber * (4/0) | Harold Beadles * (4/0) | Tom Bromilow (41/3) | Harry Chambers (39/22) | Dick Forshaw (42/19) | Cyril Gilhespy (10/2) | Fred Hopkin (40/1) | Dick Johnson (37/14) | Bill Lacey (30/1) | Tommy Lucas * (1/0) | Ephraim Longworth (41/0) | Donald McKinlay (42/5) | Jock McNab (39/1) | David Pratt * (7/0) | Jack Sambrook * (2/0) | Elisha Scott (42/0) | Danny Shone * (1/0) | Harold Wadsworth * (3/0) | Walter Wadsworth (37/2). Coach: David Ashworth / Matt McQueen

Change of players during the season

player	from club	Games	to club	Games
Harry Brough	Huddersfield Town	08th	FC Stoke	12
Jack Byers	Huddersfield Town	07th	Blackburn Rovers	02
Jack Crisp	West Bromwich Albion	13	Blackburn Rovers	09
Stan Dixon	Newcastle United	04th	Blackburn Rovers	11
Joe Kasher	Sunderland AFC	04th	FC Stoke	29
Albert Rawson	Sheffield United	03	Birmingham FC	13
Frank Roberts	Bolton Wanderers	08th	Manchester City	32
Kenny Sharp	Chelsea FC	25th	Tottenham Hotspur	02
Charlie Slade	Huddersfield Town	06th	Middlesbrough FC	20th
George Waddell	Oldham Athletic	01	Birmingham FC	02
Charlie Flood	Bolton Wanderers	08th	Nottingham Forest	14th
Charlie Wilson	Tottenham Hotspur	02	Huddersfield Town	26th

literature

• Michael Joyce: Football League Players' Records, 1888 to 1939. SoccerData, Beeston 2002, ISBN 1-899468-63-3 .
• Brian Pead: Liverpool. A Complete Record 1892-1988. 2nd edition. Breedon, Derby 1988, ISBN 0-907969-44-5 ( Breedon Books Sport ).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Cross table of the English Football League First Division 1922/1923 (Fussballdaten.de)