1922–23 League of Ireland

The 1922–23 League of Ireland was the second season of the League of Ireland. It started on 16 September 1922 and ended in March 1923.

League of Ireland

Season	1922–23
Dates	16 September 1922 - March 1923
Champions	Shamrock Rovers (1st title)
Matches played	130
Goals scored	529 (4.07 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bob Fullam (27 goals)
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 →

St James's Gate were the defending champions.

Changes from 1921–22

Team changes

Despite finishing in sixth and eighth place the previous season, Frankfort and YMCA were not re-elected.

Six new teams were elected, extending the League to twelve teams: Athlone Town, Midland Athletic, Pioneers, Rathmines Athletic, Shelbourne United and Shamrock Rovers. Athlone Town became the first team from outside Dublin to compete in the League.

Elected	Not Re-elected
Athlone Town Midland Athletic Pioneers Rathmines Athletic Shelbourne United Shamrock Rovers	Frankfort YMCA

Season overview

Two matches were not played:

• The match between Rathmines Athletic and Dublin United was awarded as a scoreless win to Dublin United, as Rathmines Athletic resigned from the League before the end of the season.
• The match between Olympia and Athlone Town was awarded as a scoreless draw.

Shamrock Rovers won their first title.

Teams

Dublin

Athlone

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Locations of the 1922-23 League of Ireland teams

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

Table

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

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ATH	BOH	DBU	JAC	MID	OLY	PIO	RAT	STG	SHA	SHE	SHU
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	2–0	—	7–1	1–1	4–0	8–0	7–0	4–1	2–2	0–2	1–4	1–0
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	1–2	1–4	2–1	—	8–0	0–0	2–2	5–2	2–0	2–4	1–1	1–2
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	–	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–4	—	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–6	0–3	0–4
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	2–0	1–4	–	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–4	—	1–7	1–5	0–6	1–2
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	4–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	9–1	6–0	4–1	3–1	2–1	—	0–0	0–1
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	3–1	0–5	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	4–2	6–1	4–0	0–1	2–1	—

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

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
	Christy Robinson	Bohemians

Source:

See also

• 1922–23 FAI Cup