The City Ground

SEASON: 1922-23

Prev Season: 1921-22
Next Season: 1923-24

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Bob Masters
FA Cup:: 1st Round (Sheffield United (Hillsborough) 0-1)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Jack Spaven (10 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

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 25,000
Lowest League Attendance:: 12,000
Average League Attendance:: 16,482
Highest Cup Attendance:: 24,700
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 24,700

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 13
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 3
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

DIVISION ONE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA*	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		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

*GA = Goal Average
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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Notes
1	Sat Aug 26, 1922	Sunderland	H	1-0	Win	25,000	5	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	Notes
Sat Jan 13, 1923	Sheffield United	1			H	0-0	Draw	24,700
Thu Jan 18, 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 (?)
Thu Jan 25, 1923	Sheffield United	1	Y	3	N	0-1	Loss	31,982

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
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 (?)

SQUAD

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

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

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

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season