The City Ground

SEASON: 1922-23

Prev Season: 1921-22
This Season: 1922-23
Next Season: 1923-24

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Bob Masters
FA Cup:: 1st Round (Sheffield United (N) 0-1)
League Cup:: Not started

Top Goalscorer:: Jack Spaven (10 goals)

LEAGUE POSITIONS

SEASON END TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1922-23								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Liverpool	42	26	8	8	70	31	17	3	1	50	13	9	5	7	20	18	2.258	60	Champions	1-3	1-2
2	Sunderland	42	22	10	10	72	54	15	5	1	50	25	7	5	9	22	29	1.333	54		1-0	0-0
3	Huddersfield Town	42	21	11	10	60	32	14	2	5	35	15	7	9	5	25	17	1.875	53		0-1	1-2
4	Newcastle United	42	18	12	12	45	37	13	6	2	31	11	5	6	10	14	26	1.216	48		0-1	0-1
5	Everton	42	20	7	15	63	59	14	4	3	41	20	6	3	12	22	39	1.068	47		2-1	2-4
6	Aston Villa	42	18	10	14	64	51	15	3	3	42	11	3	7	11	22	40	1.255	46		3-1	0-4
7	West Bromwich Albion	42	17	11	14	58	49	12	7	2	38	10	5	4	12	20	39	1.184	45		0-4	0-0
8	Manchester City	42	17	11	14	50	49	14	6	1	38	16	3	5	13	12	33	1.020	45		2-0	1-1
9	Cardiff City	42	18	7	17	73	59	15	2	4	51	18	3	5	13	22	41	1.237	43		3-2	1-3
10	Sheffield United	42	16	10	16	68	64	11	7	3	41	20	5	3	13	27	44	1.063	42		1-0	0-0
11	Arsenal	42	16	10	16	61	62	13	4	4	38	16	3	6	12	23	46	.984	42		2-1	0-2
12	Tottenham Hotspur	42	17	7	18	50	50	11	3	7	34	22	6	4	11	16	28	1.000	41		0-1	1-2
13	Bolton Wanderers	42	14	12	16	50	58	11	8	2	36	17	3	4	14	14	41	.862	40		1-1	2-4
14	Blackburn Rovers	42	14	12	16	47	62	12	7	2	32	19	2	5	14	15	43	.758	40		1-0	0-2
15	Burnley	42	16	6	20	58	59	12	3	6	39	24	4	3	14	19	35	.983	38		1-0	2-8
16	Preston North End	42	13	11	18	60	64	12	3	6	41	26	1	8	12	19	38	.938	37		3-0	2-2
17	Birmingham City	42	13	11	18	41	57	10	4	7	25	19	3	7	11	16	38	.719	37		1-1	0-2
18	Middlesbrough	42	13	10	19	57	63	11	4	6	41	25	2	6	13	16	38	.905	36		2-1	0-4
19	Chelsea	42	9	18	15	45	53	5	13	3	29	20	4	5	12	16	33	.849	36		0-4	2-2
20	Nottingham Forest	42	13	8	21	41	70	12	2	7	25	23	1	6	14	16	47	.586	34
21	Stoke City	42	10	10	22	47	67	7	9	5	28	19	3	1	17	19	48	.701	30	Relegated	0-1	1-0
22	Oldham Athletic	42	10	10	22	35	65	9	6	6	21	20	1	4	16	14	45	.538	30	Relegated	1-0	0-2

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Competitive Games:: 46
Competitive Goals:: 42
Goals per game:: .9
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 34 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 40.5%

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	15 times	9 times	3 times
Conceded	14 times	10 times	2 times	6 times	1 time
Won By	10 times	2 times	1 time
Lost By	9 times	8 times		4 times	1 time

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	2	-	-	2	2	5	0	Liverpool (1-2), Liverpool (1-3)
2		2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3		3	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	Burnley (1-0)
4	2	4	2	1	1	-	3	1	3	Manchester City (1-1), Manchester City (2-0)
5	14	5	3	1	-	2	3	9	2	Oldham Athletic (1-0), Burnley (2-8), Newcastle United (0-1)
6	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	14	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8		8	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Newcastle United (0-1)
9		9	2	-	1	1	3	5	1	Birmingham City (1-1), Bolton Wanderers (2-4)
10	7	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	9	11	4	2	2	-	4	1	6	Sunderland (0-0), Sheffield United (1-0), Aston Villa (3-1), West Bromwich Albion (0-0)
12	14	12	3	-	-	3	1	8	0	Huddersfield Town (1-2), Oldham Athletic (0-2), West Bromwich Albion (0-4)
13	9	13	4	-	-	4	1	10	0	Huddersfield Town (0-1), Birmingham City (0-2), Aston Villa (0-4), Cardiff City (1-3)
14	10	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	12	15	3	2	-	1	3	3	4	Blackburn Rovers (0-2), Blackburn Rovers (1-0), Middlesbrough (2-1)
16	17	16	2	-	1	1	0	4	1	Sheffield United (0-0), Middlesbrough (0-4)
17		17	4	1	-	3	3	6	2	Tottenham Hotspur (1-2), Tottenham Hotspur (0-1), Arsenal (2-1), Arsenal (0-2)
18	15	18	4	2	1	1	8	8	5	Preston North End (3-0), Chelsea (2-2), Chelsea (0-4), Cardiff City (3-2)
19	46	19	2	1	-	1	4	5	2	Everton (2-1), Everton (2-4)
20	62	20	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Bolton Wanderers (1-1)
21	14	21	2	-	1	1	2	3	1	Preston North End (2-2), Stoke City (0-1)
22		22	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	Stoke City (1-0)

Not included: Week 1 game against Sunderland (1-0) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 25,000 (Sunderland)
Lowest League Attendance:: 12,000 (Bolton Wanderers)
Average League Attendance:: 16,482
Highest Cup Attendance:: 24,700 (Sheffield United)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 24,700 (Sheffield United)

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 13
Yellow cards:: 0
Red cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 1 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 3
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

GAMES

Manager for all games: Bob Masters
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 26, 1922	Sunderland	H	1-0	Win	25,000	4	Spaven (?)
2	Mon Aug 28, 1922	Huddersfield Town	A	1-2	Loss	12,000	10	Martin (?)
3	Sat Sep 02, 1922	Sunderland	A	0-0	Draw	25,000	10
4	Mon Sep 04, 1922	Huddersfield Town	H	0-1	Loss	15,000	15
5	Sat Sep 09, 1922	Oldham Athletic	A	0-2	Loss	13,000	21
6	Sat Sep 16, 1922	Oldham Athletic	H	1-0	Win	15,000	16	Burton (?)
7	Sat Sep 23, 1922	Sheffield United	H	1-0	Win	17,000	13	Tinsley (?)
8	Sat Sep 30, 1922	Sheffield United	A	0-0	Draw	21,000	13
9	Thu Oct 05, 1922	Bolton Wanderers	H	1-1	Draw	12,000	11	Nelis (?)
10	Sat Oct 07, 1922	Preston North End	H	3-0	Win	22,000	5	Nelis (?, ?), Tinsley (?)
11	Sat Oct 14, 1922	Preston North End	A	2-2	Draw	20,000	6	Gibson (?), Spaven (?)
12	Sat Oct 21, 1922	Everton	H	2-1	Win	15,000	5	Spaven (?, ?)
13	Sat Oct 28, 1922	Everton	A	2-4	Loss	30,000	7	Spaven (?, ?)
14	Sat Nov 04, 1922	Burnley	A	2-8	Loss	15,000	12	Martin (? pen), Tinsley (?)
15	Sat Nov 11, 1922	Burnley	H	1-0	Win	19,998	7	Martin (? pen)
16	Sat Nov 18, 1922	Birmingham City	A	0-2	Loss	25,000	12
17	Sat Nov 25, 1922	Birmingham City	H	1-1	Draw	15,000	11	Spaven (?)
18	Sat Dec 02, 1922	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-2	Loss	15,000	14	Bulling (?)
19	Sat Dec 09, 1922	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-1	Loss	15,000	15
20	Sat Dec 16, 1922	Liverpool	A	1-2	Loss	25,000	16	Parker (?)
21	Sat Dec 23, 1922	Liverpool	H	1-3	Loss	20,000	16	Parker (?)
22	Mon Dec 25, 1922	Chelsea	A	2-2	Draw	35,000	16	Burton (?), Spaven (?)
23	Tue Dec 26, 1922	Chelsea	H	0-4	Loss	25,000	18
24	Sat Dec 30, 1922	Newcastle United	H	0-1	Loss	12,000	20
25	Tue Jan 02, 1923	Bolton Wanderers	A	2-4	Loss	15,000	20	Spaven (?), Parker (?)
26	Sat Jan 06, 1923	Newcastle United	A	0-1	Loss	25,000	20
27	Sat Jan 20, 1923	Aston Villa	H	3-1	Win	20,000	20	Spaven (?), Green (?), Ball (? OG)
28	Sat Jan 27, 1923	Aston Villa	A	0-4	Loss	25,000	21
29	Sat Feb 03, 1923	Arsenal	H	2-1	Win	15,000	19	Flood (?), Martin (?)
30	Sat Feb 10, 1923	Arsenal	A	0-2	Loss	20,000	20
31	Sat Feb 17, 1923	Cardiff City	H	3-2	Win	12,000	19	Belton (?), Green (?), Flood (?)
32	Sat Mar 03, 1923	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-4	Loss	17,134	19
33	Sat Mar 10, 1923	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-0	Draw	15,990	20
34	Sat Mar 17, 1923	Blackburn Rovers	A	0-2	Loss	20,000	20
35	Sat Mar 24, 1923	Blackburn Rovers	H	1-0	Win	12,000	20	Nelis (?)
36	Fri Mar 30, 1923	Middlesbrough	H	2-1	Win	18,000	19	Gibson (?), Tinsley (?)
37	Sat Mar 31, 1923	Stoke City	A	1-0	Win	15,000	18	Gibson (?)
38	Mon Apr 02, 1923	Middlesbrough	A	0-4	Loss	15,000	18
39	Sat Apr 07, 1923	Stoke City	H	0-1	Loss	12,000	19
40	Sat Apr 14, 1923	Manchester City	A	1-1	Draw	14,000	19	Jones (? pen)
41	Sat Apr 21, 1923	Manchester City	H	2-0	Win	12,000	18	Flood (?), Tinsley (?)
42	Wed Apr 25, 1923	Cardiff City	A	1-3	Loss	12,000	19	Gibson (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 13, 1923	Sheffield United	1			H	0-0	Draw	24,700
Wed Jan 17, 1923	Sheffield United	1	Y	1	A	0-0	Draw	39,868
Mon Jan 22, 1923	Sheffield United	1	Y	2	N	1-1	Draw	17,480	Green (?)
Tue Jan 23, 1923	Sheffield United	1	Y	3	N	0-1	Loss	31,982

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Feb 24, 1923	Corinthians	England	H	1-2	Loss	5,000	Cox (?)
Fri May 04, 1923	Lincoln City	England	A	2-1	Win	4,000	Nelis (?), Gibson (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Bob Masters
Sat Aug 26, 1922	League Tier 1	Sunderland			H	1-0	25,000	Spaven (?)
Mon Aug 28, 1922	League Tier 1	Huddersfield Town			A	1-2	12,000	Martin (?)
Sat Sep 02, 1922	League Tier 1	Sunderland			A	0-0	25,000
Mon Sep 04, 1922	League Tier 1	Huddersfield Town			H	0-1	15,000
Sat Sep 09, 1922	League Tier 1	Oldham Athletic			A	0-2	13,000
Sat Sep 16, 1922	League Tier 1	Oldham Athletic			H	1-0	15,000	Burton (?)
Sat Sep 23, 1922	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			H	1-0	17,000	Tinsley (?)
Sat Sep 30, 1922	League Tier 1	Sheffield United			A	0-0	21,000
Thu Oct 05, 1922	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers			H	1-1	12,000	Nelis (?)
Sat Oct 07, 1922	League Tier 1	Preston North End			H	3-0	22,000	Nelis (?, ?), Tinsley (?)
Sat Oct 14, 1922	League Tier 1	Preston North End			A	2-2	20,000	Gibson (?), Spaven (?)
Sat Oct 21, 1922	League Tier 1	Everton			H	2-1	15,000	Spaven (?, ?)
Sat Oct 28, 1922	League Tier 1	Everton			A	2-4	30,000	Spaven (?, ?)
Sat Nov 04, 1922	League Tier 1	Burnley			A	2-8	15,000	Martin (? pen), Tinsley (?)
Sat Nov 11, 1922	League Tier 1	Burnley			H	1-0	19,998	Martin (? pen)
Sat Nov 18, 1922	League Tier 1	Birmingham City			A	0-2	25,000
Sat Nov 25, 1922	League Tier 1	Birmingham City			H	1-1	15,000	Spaven (?)
Sat Dec 02, 1922	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			A	1-2	15,000	Bulling (?)
Sat Dec 09, 1922	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			H	0-1	15,000
Sat Dec 16, 1922	League Tier 1	Liverpool			A	1-2	25,000	Parker (?)
Sat Dec 23, 1922	League Tier 1	Liverpool			H	1-3	20,000	Parker (?)
Mon Dec 25, 1922	League Tier 1	Chelsea			A	2-2	35,000	Burton (?), Spaven (?)
Tue Dec 26, 1922	League Tier 1	Chelsea			H	0-4	25,000
Sat Dec 30, 1922	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			H	0-1	12,000
Tue Jan 02, 1923	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers			A	2-4	15,000	Spaven (?), Parker (?)
Sat Jan 06, 1923	League Tier 1	Newcastle United			A	0-1	25,000
Sat Jan 13, 1923	FA Cup	Sheffield United	1		H	0-0	24,700
Wed Jan 17, 1923	FA Cup	Sheffield United	1	1	A	0-0	39,868
Sat Jan 20, 1923	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			H	3-1	20,000	Spaven (?), Green (?), Ball (? OG)
Mon Jan 22, 1923	FA Cup	Sheffield United	1	2	N	1-1	17,480	Green (?)
Tue Jan 23, 1923	FA Cup	Sheffield United	1	3	N	0-1	31,982
Sat Jan 27, 1923	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			A	0-4	25,000
Sat Feb 03, 1923	League Tier 1	Arsenal			H	2-1	15,000	Flood (?), Martin (?)
Sat Feb 10, 1923	League Tier 1	Arsenal			A	0-2	20,000
Sat Feb 17, 1923	League Tier 1	Cardiff City			H	3-2	12,000	Belton (?), Green (?), Flood (?)
Sat Feb 24, 1923	Friendly	Corinthians			H	1-2	5,000	Cox (?)
Sat Mar 03, 1923	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			H	0-4	17,134
Sat Mar 10, 1923	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			A	0-0	15,990
Sat Mar 17, 1923	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			A	0-2	20,000
Sat Mar 24, 1923	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers			H	1-0	12,000	Nelis (?)
Fri Mar 30, 1923	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough			H	2-1	18,000	Gibson (?), Tinsley (?)
Sat Mar 31, 1923	League Tier 1	Stoke City			A	1-0	15,000	Gibson (?)
Mon Apr 02, 1923	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough			A	0-4	15,000
Sat Apr 07, 1923	League Tier 1	Stoke City			H	0-1	12,000
Sat Apr 14, 1923	League Tier 1	Manchester City			A	1-1	14,000	Jones (? pen)
Sat Apr 21, 1923	League Tier 1	Manchester City			H	2-0	12,000	Flood (?), Tinsley (?)
Wed Apr 25, 1923	League Tier 1	Cardiff City			A	1-3	12,000	Gibson (?)
Fri May 04, 1923	Friendly	Lincoln City			A	2-1	4,000	Nelis (?), Gibson (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (4) - £0				Out (6) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	William 'Bill' Thompson	Bought			Bobby Parker	Sold
	William Cox	Bought			Jack Armstrong	Retired
Nov 1922	Gerry Morgan	Bought			John Green	Sold
Feb 03, 1923	Charlie Flood	Bought			Peter Ronald	Sold
					Walter Boyman	Sold
					William Cox	Sold

SQUAD

				Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Country	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		England	Alfred Bennett	4			4
GK		England	Sam Hardy	42	13	11	18
Defenders
D		England	Fred Parker	29	7	8	14
D		England	Harold Bulling	35	11	10	14	1
D		England	Harry Jones	43	12	11	20	1
D			John Green	13	4	5	4	3
D			William 'Bill' Thompson	9	1	1	7
Midfielders
M		N. Ireland	Gerry Morgan	32	8	7	17
M		England	Joe Mills	4	1	2	1
M		England	Peter Ronald	1			1
M		England	Sid Gibson	39	12	9	18	4
M			William Cox	1			1
Forwards
F		Scotland	Bobby Parker	15	1	3	11	3
F		England	Charlie Flood	14	6	2	6	3
F		England	George Dennis	5	1	1	3
F		England	Henry Martin	40	11	10	19	4
F		England	Jack Armstrong	3	1		2
F		England	Jack Spaven	35	10	8	17	10
F		England	Jackie Belton	32	10	8	14	1
F		England	Noah Burton	45	13	10	22	2
F		N. Ireland	Patrick Nelis	33	8	8	17	4
F		England	Percy Barratt	4	2		2
F		England	Walter Boyman	3	1	1	1
F		England	Walter Tinsley	25	10	6	9	5

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
10	Jack Spaven	35
5	Walter Tinsley	25
4 (2)	Henry Martin	40
4	Patrick Nelis	33
4	Sid Gibson	39
3	Bobby Parker	15
3	Charlie Flood	14
3	John Green	13
2	Noah Burton	45
1	Harold Bulling	35
1 (1)	Harry Jones	43
1	Jackie Belton	32
1	Own Goals	46

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score