1922–23 League of Ireland

League of Ireland
Season	1922–23
Champions	Shamrock Rovers (1st Title)
Matches played	130
Goals scored	529 (4.07 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bob Fullam (27)
Biggest home win	Shamrock Rovers 9-1 Midland Athletic Bohemians 8-0 Olympia Jacobs 8-0 Midland Athletic
Biggest away win	Pioneers 0-9 Shelbourne
Highest scoring	Shamrock Rovers 9-1 Midland Athletic
← 1921–22 1923–24 →

The 1922–23 League of Ireland was the second season of senior football in Republic of Ireland. It began on September 16, 1922, and ended in March, 1923. St James's Gate was the defending champion. Shamrock Rovers was the winner for this season.

Overview

Frankfort and YMCA were not re-elected. The League was extended to 12 teams from 8 with the election of Athlone Town, Midland Athletic, Pioneers, Rathmines Athletic, Shelbourne United and Shamrock Rovers. Athlone Town became the first team from outside of County Dublin to compete in the league. Rathmines Athletic left near the end of the season in March 1923 with their remaining match awarded as a win for Dublin United. Olympia v Athlone Town was not played, the points were shared.

Teams

Dublin

Athlone

Locations of the 1922/23 League of Ireland Division 'A' teams

Team	Home city/suburb	Home ground
Athlone Town	Athlone	Athlone Sports Ground
Bohemians	Phibsborough	Dalymount Park
Dublin United	Donnybrook, Dublin	Anglesea Road
Jacobs	Crumlin, Dublin	Rutland Avenue
Midland Athletic	Whitehall, Dublin	The Thatch
Olympia	Inchicore	Bellevue Lodge
Pioneers	Clontarf, Dublin	Strand Hall
Rathmines Athletic	Rathmines	Rathmines Park
St. James's Gate	Crumlin, Dublin	St. James's Park
Shamrock Rovers	Milltown, Dublin	Glenmalure Park
Shelbourne	Ringsend	Shelbourne Park
Shelbourne United	Donnybrook, Dublin	Anglesea Road

Division 'A'


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Shamrock Rovers !Shamrock Rovers (C)	22	18	3	1	77	19	+58	39
2	Shelbourne !Shelbourne	22	15	4	3	72	14	+58	34
3	Bohemians !Bohemians	22	14	4	4	72	23	+49	32
4	Shelbourne United !Shelbourne United	22	12	3	7	43	37	+6	27
5	St. James's Gate !St. James's Gate	22	11	3	8	49	35	+14	25
6	Athlone Town !Athlone Town	22	11	3	8	46	33	+13	25
7	Jacobs !Jacobs	22	6	8	8	38	34	+4	20
8	Pioneers !Pioneers	22	8	3	11	38	65	−27	19
9	Midland Athletic !Midland Athletic	22	7	2	13	30	68	−38	16
10	Dublin United !Dublin United	22	4	3	15	30	70	−40	11
11	Olympia !Olympia	22	2	7	13	13	57	−44	11
12	Rathmines Athletic !Rathmines Athletic	22	2	1	19	21	74	−53	5

Source: ^[1]^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Athlone Town !ATH	Bohemians !BOH	Dublin United !DBU	Jacobs !JAC	Midland Athletic !MID	Olympia !OLY	Pioneers !PIO	Rathmines Athletic !RAT	St. James's Gate !STG	Shamrock Rovers !SHM	Shelbourne !SHE	Shelbourne United !SHU
Athlone Town !Athlone Town		2–1	6–1	2–1	2–1	4–0	5–0	4–2	1–3	0–1	0–0	3–3
Bohemians !Bohemians	2–0		7–1	1–1	4–0	8–0	7–0	4–1	2–2	0–2	1–4	1–0
Dublin United !Dublin United	0–4	0–6		2–2	2–2	3–3	2–3	6–1	1–0	1–7	0–6	4–2
Jacobs !Jacobs	1–2	1–4	2–1		8–0	0–0	2–2	5–2	2–0	2–4	1–1	1–2
Midland Athletic !Midland Athletic	0–4	2–6	3–2	1–0		2–1	2–3	5–3	1–4	1–3	0–3	1–0
Olympia !Olympia	^[α]	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–4		0–0	2–1	0–1	0–6	0–3	0–4
Pioneers !Pioneers	1–2	1–2	3–1	2–0	4–0	1–1		2–1	1–5	1–5	0–9	5–1
Rathmines Athletic !Rathmines Athletic	2–0	1–4	^[β]	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–4		1–7	1–5	0–6	1–2
St. James's Gate !St. James's Gate	4–1	1–5	4–1	3–1	4–1	1–1	5–2	2–0		1–1	0–2	1–2
Shamrock Rovers !Shamrock Rovers	4–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	9–1	6–0	4–1	3–1	2–1		0–0	0–1
Shelbourne !Shelbourne	3–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	3–0	6–0	7–0	5–0	3–0	2–7		4–0
Shelbourne United !Shelbourne United	3–1	0–5	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	4–2	6–1	4–0	0–1	2–1

Source: ^[1]^[2]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

^α The Olympia v Athlone Town match was not played. The FA awarded 1 point to each team and the match was recorded as a draw.

^β Rathmines Athletic resigned from the league after 21 games. Their last match was awarded to Dublin United with a 0-0 scoreline registered.

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Club	Goals
1	Bob Fullam	Shamrock Rovers	27
2	Ralph Ardiff	Shelbourne	26
3	Stephen Doyle	Shelbourne	14
	Patrick Duncan	St James's Gate	14
	Christy Robinson	Bohemians	14

Source:^[2]

References

1 2 McSweeney, Niall. A Record of League of Ireland Football 1921-22 to 1984-85. Association of Football Statisticians.
1 2 3 Graham, Alex. Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statisical Record 1921-2005. Soccer Books Limited. ISBN 1-86223-135-4.

League of Ireland Premier Division

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Seasons

A Division	1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85

Premier Division	1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Awards

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