1922–23 League of Ireland

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 →

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.

St James's Gate were the defending champions.

Changes from 1921–22

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

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.

Locations of the 1922-23 League of Ireland teams

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

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	–^[a]	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	–^[b]	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: ^[2]^[3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ The match between Olympia and Athlone Town was awarded as a scoreless draw.
^ 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.

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:^[3]

^ "History".
^ ^a ^b McSweeney, Niall. A Record of League of Ireland Football 1921-22 to 1984-85. Association of Football Statisticians.
^ ^a ^b ^c Graham, Alex (2005). Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statistical Record 1921-2005. Soccer Books Limited. ISBN 1-86223-135-4.

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