1922–23 Newport County A.F.C. season

The 1922–23 season was Newport County's third season in the Football League, second season in the Third Division South and third season overall in the third tier.

1 Season review
- 1.1 League
  - 1.1.1 Results summary
  - 1.1.2 Results by round
2 Fixtures and results
3 League table
- 3.1 Election
4 External links
5 References

Season review

League

Results summary

Note: Two points for a win

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ave	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ave	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ave
42	8	11	23	40	70	0.57	27	8	6	7	28	21	1.33	0	5	16	12	49	0.24

Last updated: 5 May 1923
Source: [1]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	W
Position	20	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	21	20	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	21	21	21	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

Last updated: 5 May 1923.
Source: [2]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures and results

Third Division South

Main article: 1922–23 Football League#Third Division South

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
26 Aug 1922	Southend United	H	0–2		11,500
28 Aug 1922	Bristol Rovers	A	1–3	Whitton	12,000
2 Sep 1922	Southend United	A	1–3	W.Edwards	9,000
7 Sep 1922	Bristol Rovers	H	4–1	W.Edwards, Patterson, Fletcher, Brittan	7,000
9 Sep 1922	Bristol City	A	0–2		10,000
16 Sep 1922	Bristol City	H	0–1		9,500
23 Sep 1922	Portsmouth	A	0–2		14,294
30 Sep 1922	Portsmouth	H	0–0		9,000
7 Oct 1922	Millwall	A	0–0		18,000
14 Oct 1922	Millwall	H	0–0		12,000
21 Oct 1922	Merthyr Town	H	1–1	OG	8,000
28 Oct 1922	Merthyr Town	A	0–1		5,000
4 Nov 1922	Luton Town	H	0–3		5,000
11 Nov 1922	Luton Town	A	0–1		8,500
18 Nov 1922	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–0	Wood	7,000
25 Nov 1922	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	Gittins	5,000
9 Dec 1922	Gillingham	H	2–1	Whitton, Graham	8,000
16 Dec 1922	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1–0	Conner	8,000
23 Dec 1922	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1–2	Wood	7,000
26 Dec 1922	Swansea Town	A	1–5	Conner	16,000
27 Dec 1922	Swansea Town	H	1–2	Conner	6,000
30 Dec 1922	Swindon Town	A	2–2	McDonald, Conner	4,000
6 Jan 1923	Swindon Town	H	2–2	Hampton 2	10,000
13 Jan 1923	Gillingham	A	0–3		6,000
20 Jan 1923	Aberdare Athletic	H	0–0		7,000
27 Jan 1923	Aberdare Athletic	A	2–6	Whitton 2	7,000
3 Feb 1923	Exeter City	H	6–2	Lowes 2, Conner 2, Gaughan, Wood	8,000
10 Feb 1923	Exeter City	A	0–4		5,000
17 Feb 1923	Northampton Town	A	1–2	Lowes	10,000
24 Feb 1923	Northampton Town	H	1–1	Charlton	6,000
3 Mar 1923	Norwich City	A	1–1	Lowes	4,563
10 Mar 1923	Norwich City	H	1–3	Groves	7,000
17 Mar 1923	Brentford	A	0–0		5,000
24 Mar 1923	Brentford	H	0–1		4,000
30 Mar 1923	Reading	A	0–2		10,000
31 Mar 1923	Watford	A	1–2	Lowes	6,000
2 Apr 1923	Reading	H	3–0	Lowes 2, Charlton	7,000
7 Apr 1923	Watford	H	0–1		7,000
14 Apr 1923	Charlton Athletic	A	0–6		5,000
21 Apr 1923	Charlton Athletic	H	4–0	Gittins, Whitton, Lowes, Gaughan	4,000
28 Apr 1923	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–1		8,000
5 May 1923	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–0	Conner	7,000

FA Cup

Main article: 1922–23 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
5Q	2 Dec 1922	Aberdare Athletic	A	1–1	Conner	8,000
5Qr	7 Dec 1922	Aberdare Athletic	H	1–1	Gittins	10,000
5Qr2	11 Dec 1922	Aberdare Athletic	N	1–2	Groves	6,500	At Ninian Park

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
6	15 Feb 1923	Pontypridd	H	4–1	Hampton 2, Groves, Conner
7	19 Mar 1923	Swansea Town	A	2–4	Patterson, Charlton	8,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Bristol City	42	24	11	7	66	40	1.650	59
2	Plymouth Argyle	42	23	7	12	61	29	2.103	53
3	Swansea Town	42	22	9	11	78	45	1.733	53
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	20	11	11	52	34	1.529	51
5	Luton Town	42	21	7	14	68	49	1.388	49
6	Millwall	42	14	18	10	45	40	1.125	46
7	Portsmouth	42	19	8	15	58	52	1.115	46
8	Northampton Town	42	17	11	14	54	44	1.227	45
9	Swindon Town	42	17	11	14	62	56	1.107	45
10	Watford	42	17	10	15	57	54	1.056	44
11	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	10	16	54	49	1.102	42
12	Charlton Athletic	42	14	14	14	55	51	1.078	42
13	Bristol Rovers	42	13	16	13	35	36	0.972	42
14	Brentford	42	13	12	17	41	51	0.804	38
15	Southend United	42	12	13	17	49	54	0.907	37
16	Gillingham	42	15	7	20	51	59	0.864	37
17	Merthyr Town	42	11	14	17	39	48	0.813	36
18	Norwich City	42	13	10	19	51	71	0.718	36
19	Reading	42	10	14	18	36	55	0.655	34
20	Exeter City	42	13	7	22	47	84	0.560	33
21	Aberdare Athletic	42	9	11	22	42	70	0.600	29
22	Newport County	42	8	11	23	40	70	0.571	27

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

Election

Votes	Club	Fate
45	Aberdare Athletic	Re-elected to the Football League
45	Newport County	Re-elected to the Football League
28	Boscombe	Elected to the Football League
9	Llanelly	Not elected to the Football League
8	Pontypridd	Not elected to the Football League
0	Torquay United	Not elected to the Football League

External links

Newport County Archives

References

Amber in the Blood: A History of Newport County. ISBN 978-0-956410337-7

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1922–23 in English football

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FA competitions	FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final) • FA Charity Shield

Football League	Football League (First Division • Second Division • Third Division)

Related to national team	Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal · Aston Villa · Birmingham City · Blackburn Rovers · Bolton Wanderers · Burnley · Cardiff City · Chelsea · Everton · Huddersfield Town · Liverpool · Manchester City · Middlesbrough · Newcastle United · Nottingham Forest · Oldham Athletic · Preston North End · Sheffield United · Stoke · Sunderland · Tottenham Hotspur · West Bromwich Albion

Second Division	Barnsley · Blackpool · Bradford City · Bury · Clapton Orient · Coventry City · Crystal Palace · Derby County · Fulham · Hull City · Leeds United · Leicester City · Manchester United · Notts County · Port Vale · Rotherham County · South Shields · Southampton · Stockport County · The Wednesday · West Ham United · Wolverhampton Wanderers

Third Division North	Accrington Stanley · Ashington · Barrow · Bradford Park Avenue · Chesterfield · Crewe Alexandra · Darlington · Durham City · Grimsby Town · Halifax Town · Hartlepools United · Lincoln City · Nelson · Rochdale · Southport · Stalybridge Celtic · Tranmere Rovers · Walsall · Wigan Borough · Wrexham

Third Division South	Aberdare Athletic · Brentford · Brighton & Hove Albion · Bristol City · Bristol Rovers · Charlton Athletic · Exeter City · Gillingham · Luton Town · Merthyr Town · Millwall · Newport County · Northampton Town · Norwich City · Plymouth Argyle · Portsmouth · Queens Park Rangers · Reading · Southend United · Swansea Town · Swindon Town · Watford

Other	Torquay United