1922–23 Southern Football League

The 1922–23 season was the 25th in the history of the Southern League. The league was split into two sections for a third season in a row, one for English clubs and one for Welsh clubs.^[1] Bristol City reserves won the English section, whilst Ebbw Vale won the Welsh section. Ebbw Vale were declared Southern League champions after beating Bristol City reserves 2–1 in a championship play-off.^[2] Boscombe, Pontypridd and Torquay United were the only Southern League clubs to apply for election to the Football League, with Boscombe being successful.^[3] The club was renamed Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic the following year.

Following to the mid-season resignation of four clubs in the Welsh section due to financial problems and Porth Athletic leaving the league at the end of the season, the following season saw the English section renamed the Eastern Division and the Welsh section renamed the Western Division, with eight clubs transferring from the English section to the Western section.

English section

Southern Football League English Section
Season	1922-23
Champions	Bristol City II
Promoted	Boscombe
Relegated	Southend United II (resigned)
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1228 (3.23 per match)
← 1921–22 1923–24 →

A total of 20 teams contest the division, including 17 sides from previous season and three new teams.

Newly elected teams:

Torquay United (from the Western League)
Yeovil & Petters (from the Western League], although they continued to play in the Western League as well until World War II)
Coventry City II (from the Birmingham & District League)

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Bristol City II	38	24	5	9	84	39	2.15	53	Transferred to 1923-24 Western Division at end of season
2	Boscombe	38	22	7	9	67	34	1.97	51	Elected to the 1923-24 Football League
3	Portsmouth II	38	23	3	12	93	51	1.82	49
4	Bristol Rovers II	38	20	8	10	59	41	1.43	48	Transferred to 1923-24 Western Division at end of season
5	Plymouth Argyle II	38	20	7	11	74	41	1.80	47	Transferred to 1923-24 Western Division at end of season
6	Torquay United	38	18	8	12	63	38	1.65	44	Transferred to 1923-24 Western Division at end of season
7	Brighton & Hove Albion II	38	20	3	15	95	60	1.58	43
8	Luton Town II	38	16	11	11	67	56	1.19	43
9	Southend United II	38	18	6	14	69	68	1.01	42	Left league at end of season
10	Southampton II	38	18	5	15	65	54	1.20	41
11	Millwall II	38	15	10	13	61	55	1.10	40
12	Coventry City II	38	15	8	15	56	61	0.91	38
13	Guildford United	38	15	7	16	65	59	1.10	37
14	Swindon Town II	38	13	6	19	54	73	0.73	32	Transferred to 1923-24 Western Division at end of season
15	Bath City	38	10	8	20	44	71	0.61	28	Transferred to 1923-24 Western Division at end of season
16	Watford II	38	11	6	21	34	79	0.43	28
17	Yeovil & Petters	38	10	6	22	56	104	0.53	26	Transferred to 1923-24 Western Division at end of season
18	Norwich City II	38	9	7	22	42	68	0.61	25
19	Exeter City II	38	10	5	23	43	81	0.53	25	Transferred to 1923-24 Western Division at end of season
20	Reading II	38	7	6	25	37	95	0.39	20

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Welsh section

Southern Football League Welsh Section
Season	1922-23
Champions	Ebbw Vale (1st title)
Promoted	none
Relegated	Porth Athletic (resigned) Ton Pentre (resigned) Mardy (resigned) Caerphilly (resigned) Abertillery (resigned)
Matches played	42
Goals scored	133 (3.17 per match)
← 1921–22 1923–24 →

A total of 11 teams contest the division, including 10 sides from previous season and one new team.

Newly elected team:

Swansea Town II

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Ebbw Vale	12	6	5	1	22	15	1.46	17
2	Aberaman Athletic	12	7	2	3	30	19	1.57	16
3	Swansea Town II	12	6	2	4	25	14	1.78	14
4	Pontypridd	12	6	2	4	18	18	1.00	14
5	Barry	12	4	3	5	15	11	1.36	11
6	Bridgend Town	12	4	2	6	15	21	0.71	10
7	Porth Athletic	12	0	2	10	8	35	0.22	2	Left league at end of season
8	Abertillery	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned from league in January, records expunged
9	Caerphilly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Mardy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Ton Pentre	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Football League election

In addition to the two clubs finishing bottom of Football League Third Division South, four non-League clubs joined the election process, of which three were from the Southern League. Boscombe from the English section were successful and joined the League the following season.

Club	League	Votes
Aberdare Athletic	Football League Third Division South	45
Newport County	Football League Third Division South	45
Boscombe	Southern League	28
Llanelly	Welsh National League (South)	9
Pontypridd	Southern League	8
Torquay United	Southern League	0

References

↑ England – Southern League Final Tables RSSSF
↑ Ebbw Vale at the Football Club History Database
↑ A history of admission to the Football League

Southern League

Premier Division	Bedworth United Bideford Biggleswade Town Cambridge City Chesham United Chippenham Town Cirencester Town Dorchester Town Dunstable Town Frome Town Histon Hitchin Town Hungerford Town Kettering Town King's Lynn Town Leamington Merthyr Town Paulton Rovers Poole Town Redditch United Slough Town St Neots Town Stratford Town Weymouth

Division One Central	AFC Rushden & Diamonds Arlesey Town Aylesbury Aylesbury United Barton Rovers Beaconsfield SYCOB Bedford Town Chalfont St. Peter Egham Town Fleet Town Godalming Town Hanwell Town Kings Langley Leighton Town North Greenford United Northwood Petersfield Town Potters Bar Town Royston Town St Ives Town Uxbridge Ware

Division One South & West	AFC Totton Banbury United Bashley Bishop's Cleeve Bridgwater Town Burnham Cinderford Town Didcot Town Evesham United Larkhall Athletic Mangotsfield United Marlow North Leigh Shortwood United Slimbridge Swindon Supermarine Taunton Town Tiverton Town Wantage Town Wimborne Town Winchester City Yate Town

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