1922–23 Manchester United F.C. season

Manchester United
1922–23 season
ChairmanJohn Henry Davies
ManagerJohn Chapman
Second Division4th
FA CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ernie Goldthorpe (13)
Arthur Lochhead (13)
All:
Ernie Goldthorpe (14)
Highest home attendance30,000 vs Crystal Palace (26 August 1922)
30,000 vs Southampton (3 March 1923)
30,000 vs Leicester City (21 April 1923)
Lowest home attendance12,100 vs Notts County (21 February 1923)
Average home league attendance22,950

The 1922–23 season was Manchester United's 27th season in the Football League. Having been relegated from the First Division the previous season, they finished the season fourth in the Second Division, just missing out on promotion from the division in which they had not played for nearly 20 years.[1]

Second Division

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A 		Scorers Attendance
26 August 1922 Crystal Palace H 2 – 1 Spence, Wood 30,000
28 August 1922 The Wednesday A 0 – 1 12,500
2 September 1922 Crystal Palace A 3 – 2 Spence (2), Williams 8,500
4 September 1922 The Wednesday H 1 – 0 Spence 22,000
9 September 1922 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1 – 0 Williams 18,000
16 September 1922 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1 – 0 Spence 28,000
23 September 1922 Coventry City A 0 – 2 19,000
30 September 1922 Coventry City H 2 – 1 Henderson, Spence 25,000
7 October 1922 Port Vale H 1 – 2 Spence 25,000
14 October 1922 Port Vale A 0 – 1 16,000
21 October 1922 Fulham H 1 – 1 Myerscough 18,000
28 October 1922 Fulham A 0 – 0 20,000
4 November 1922 Clapton Orient H 0 – 0 16,500
11 November 1922 Clapton Orient A 1 – 1 Goldthorpe 11,000
18 November 1922 Bury A 2 – 2 Goldthorpe (2) 21,000
25 November 1922 Bury H 0 – 1 28,000
2 December 1922 Rotherham County H 3 – 0 Lochhead, McBain, Spence 13,500
9 December 1922 Rotherham County A 1 – 1 Goldthorpe 7,500
16 December 1922 Stockport County H 1 – 0 McBain 24,000
23 December 1922 Stockport County A 0 – 1 15,500
25 December 1922 West Ham United H 1 – 2 Lochhead 17,500
26 December 1922 West Ham United A 2 – 0 Lochhead (2) 25,000
30 December 1922 Hull City A 1 – 2 Lochhead 6,750
1 January 1923 Barnsley H 1 – 0 Lochhead 29,000
6 January 1923 Hull City H 3 – 2 Goldthorpe, Lochhead, own goal 15,000
20 January 1923 Leeds United H 0 – 0 25,000
27 January 1923 Leeds United A 1 – 0 Lochhead 24,500
10 February 1923 Notts County A 6 – 1 Goldthorpe (4), Myerscough (2) 10,000
17 February 1923 Derby County H 0 – 0 27,500
21 February 1923 Notts County H 1 – 1 Lochhead 12,100
3 March 1923 Southampton H 1 – 2 Lochhead 30,000
14 March 1923 Derby County A 1 – 1 MacDonald 12,000
17 March 1923 Bradford City A 1 – 1 Goldthorpe 10,000
21 March 1923 Bradford City H 1 – 1 Spence 15,000
30 March 1923 South Shields H 3 – 0 Goldthorpe (2), Lochhead 26,000
31 March 1923 Blackpool A 0 – 1 21,000
2 April 1923 South Shields A 3 – 0 Goldthorpe, Hilditch, Spence 6,500
7 April 1923 Blackpool H 2 – 1 Lochhead, Radford 20,000
11 April 1923 Southampton A 0 – 0 5,500
14 April 1923 Leicester City A 1 – 0 Bain 25,000
21 April 1923 Leicester City H 0 – 2 30,000
28 April 1923 Barnsley A 2 – 2 Lochhead, Spence 8,000

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Promotion or relegation
2 West Ham United 42 20 11 11 63 38 1.658 51 Promoted
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
Source: [citation needed]

FA Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – A 		Scorers Attendance
13 January 1923 First Round Bradford City A 1 – 1 Partridge 27,000
17 January 1923 First Round
Replay 		Bradford City H 2 – 0 Barber, Goldthorpe 27,791
3 February 1923 Second Round Tottenham Hotspur A 0 – 4 38,333

References

  1. ^ "Manchester United Season 1922/23". StretfordEnd.co.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2011.