1922–23 Nelson F.C. season
Football League Third Division North | 1st (champions) | |
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FA Cup | Fifth Qualifying Round | |
Top goalscorer | League: Joe Eddleston (22) All: Joe Eddleston (23) | |
Highest home attendance | 12,000 (vs Chesterfield, 10 March 1923) | |
Lowest home attendance | 3,000 (vs Darlington, 23 December 1922) | |
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The 1922–23 season was the 42nd season in the history of
Nelson entered the FA Cup in the Fourth Qualifying Round, in which they defeated Rochdale. However, they were knocked out by Stalybridge Celtic in the next round. A total of 19 players were used by Nelson in their 40 first-team matches, only six of whom had played for the club in the previous season. Bob Hutchinson and Ernie Braidwood, both new signings, played every league and cup match. With 23 goals in 36 appearances, Joe Eddleston was the team's top goalscorer for the second season in succession. The highest attendance of the season at the club's Seedhill stadium was 12,000 on two occasions, the first of these the win over Chesterfield on 10 March 1923.
Background
In the 1921–22 season, Nelson had played as a professional club in the Football League for the first time, following the restructuring of the league to introduce North and South divisions.
There were a number of first-team personnel changes from the previous campaign, with only six first-team players staying at the club. Centre forward
Transfers
FW = Forward, MF = Midfielder, GK = Goalkeeper, DF = Defender |
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Football League Third Division North
Nelson's league campaign started on 26 August 1922 with an away fixture at
October began with a 1–3 defeat away at
In spite of suffering their second defeat of November, Nelson remained top of the league going into December.
Nelson attained a first ever win against Durham City on 3 February 1923, and this was followed by a 4–0 win over the same side. The win saw Sid Hoad and Bob Hutchinson each net their first of the campaign, and striker Eddleston increase his tally for the season to 19. A goal by Black was not enough to prevent Nelson's winning streak come to an end on 17 February with a 1–3 defeat away at Wigan Borough. Nelson made up for the loss the following week, exacting a 1–0 win over Wigan, with new signing Dick Crawshaw scoring on his Nelson debut.[17] At the beginning of March, Nelson achieved back-to-back victories against Chesterfield, the second a 4–0 win which saw a second goal in three games for Crawshaw and two goals from utility man Black, who was playing in an unfamiliar centre-forward role.[13] Nelson took only one point from the next two matches against Crewe Alexandra. The team failed to score in both games, the only time in the season they did so in successive matches. Entering the Easter period, Eddleston's 20th league goal of the campaign earned Nelson a 1–1 draw with Grimsby Town at Seedhill on 31 March.
Nelson's winless streak extended to four games when they lost 1–2 away to
Match results
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Date | Opponents | Result | Goalscorers | Attendance |
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26 August 1922 | Bradford Park Avenue (A)
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2–6 | Eddleston, Howie (o.g.) | 10,000 |
2 September 1922 | Bradford Park Avenue (H)
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1–0 | McCulloch | 7,000 |
9 September 1922 | Stalybridge Celtic (H) | 1–0 | Eddleston | 5,000 |
12 September 1922 | Halifax Town (H) | 2–0 | Eddleston (2) | 5,000 |
16 September 1922 | Stalybridge Celtic (A) | 0–2 | — | |
23 September 1922 | Southport (H) | 2–0 | McCulloch (2) | 7,500 |
30 September 1922 | Southport (A) | 1–0 | Eddleston | 5,000 |
7 October 1922 | Ashington (H) | 1–3 | Wolstenholme | 7,000 |
14 October 1922 | Ashington (A) | 2–0 | McCulloch, Eddleston | 8,000 |
21 October 1922 | Tranmere Rovers (A) | 2–0 | Eddleston (2) | 6,000 |
28 October 1922 | Tranmere Rovers (H) | 1–0 | Black
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7,000 |
4 November 1922 | Barrow (A) | 0–1 | 4,000 | |
11 November 1922 | Barrow (H) | 2–1 | Wolstenholme, Eddleston | 7,000 |
25 November 1922 | Rochdale (H) | 1–2 | Braidwood | 6,000 |
9 December 1922 | Darlington (A) | 3–2 | Braidwood, Eddleston (2) | 5,583 |
23 December 1922 | Darlington (H) | 3–0 | Wolstenholme (3) | 3,000 |
25 December 1922 | Halifax Town (A) | 2–2 | Braidwood, Wolstenholme | 18,000 |
30 December 1922 | Hartlepools United (H)
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4–1 | Eddleston, Wolstenholme (2), McCulloch | 5,000 |
6 January 1923 | Hartlepools United (A)
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1–5 | Wolstenholme | 5,500 |
13 January 1923 | Rochdale (A) | 3–0 | Eddleston (3) | 6,000 |
20 January 1923 | Lincoln City (A) | 0–1 | 4,000 | |
27 January 1923 | Lincoln City (H) | 2–1 | McCulloch, Eddleston | — |
3 February 1923 | Durham City (A) | 1–0 | Eddleston | 3,000 |
10 February 1923 | Durham City (H) | 4–0 | Hoad, Eddleston, Hutchinson | 5,000 |
17 February 1923 | Wigan Borough (A) | 1–3 | Black
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15,000 |
24 February 1923 | Wigan Borough (H) | 1–0 | Crawshaw | 10,000 |
3 March 1923 | Chesterfield (A) | 2–1 | Black, Wolstenholme
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14,280 |
10 March 1923 | Chesterfield (H) | 4–0 | 12,000 | |
17 March 1923 | Crewe Alexandra (H) | 0–0 | 10,000 | |
24 March 1923 | Crewe Alexandra (A) | 0–1 | 7,000 | |
31 March 1923 | Grimsby Town (H) | 1–1 | Eddleston | 8,000 |
2 April 1923 | Wrexham (A)
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1–2 | Crawshaw | 10,000 |
7 April 1923 | Grimsby Town (A) | 2–0 | Wolstenholme, Braidwood | 6,000 |
14 April 1923 | Accrington Stanley (H) | 2–1 | Crawshaw, Broadhead | 8,000 |
21 April 1923 | Accrington Stanley (A) | 1–0 | Braidwood | 10,000 |
24 April 1923 | Wrexham (H)
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2–0 | Crawshaw, Eddleston | 12,000 |
28 April 1923 | Walsall (H) | 3–0 | Eddleston, Wolstenholme (2) | 7,000 |
5 May 1923 | Walsall (A) | 0–5 | 2,500 |
Final league position
Pos | Team | Games played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals for | Goals against | Points |
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1 | Nelson | 38 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 61 | 41 | 51[19] |
FA Cup
Along with all the clubs in the Third Division North, Nelson entered the FA Cup in the Fourth Qualifying Round for the 1922–23 season. For their first match on 18 November 1922, Nelson were drawn away at league rivals Rochdale, who they had beaten 3–2 in the Fifth Qualifying Round the previous season.[20] Nelson emerged from the match with a 1–0 victory courtesy of an Eddleston goal, putting them into the Fifth Qualifying Round for only the fourth time since they first competed in the FA Cup in 1894. For the next round, Nelson were drawn against Stalybridge Celtic at Bower Fold, where they had been beaten 0–2 in the league on 16 September. In their first ever cup tie against Stalybridge, Nelson were defeated 1–0 before a crowd of 6,000 spectators.[13]
Match results
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Round | Date | Opponents | Result | Goalscorers | Attendance |
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Q4 | 18 November 1922 | Rochdale (A) | 1–0 | Eddleston | 10,000 |
Q5 | 2 December 1922 | Stalybridge Celtic (A) | 0–1 | 6,000 |
Player statistics
David Wilson used a total of 19 players during the 1922–23 season and there were nine different goalscorers. The team played in a 2–3–5 formation (the standard formation at the time) throughout the campaign, with two
- Key to positions
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- Statistics
Nat. | Position | Player | Third Division North | FA Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
GK | Harry Abbott
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
IF | William Bennett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
GK | Joseph Birds | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
OF | John Black
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23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 5 | |
HB | Ernie Braidwood | 38 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 6 | |
HB | Jimmy Broadhead | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 1 | |
IF | Dick Crawshaw | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | |
FB | Eddie Eastwood | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
CF | Joe Eddleston | 34 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 23 | |
OF | Sid Hoad | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
FB | Charles Howson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
OF | Bob Hutchinson | 38 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 1 | |
FB | Bob Lilley | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
IF | Mike McCulloch | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 6 | |
HB | James Price | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
FB | Clement Rigg
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37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |
FB | John Steel
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24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
HB | David Wilson
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30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
IF | Arthur Wolstenholme | 36 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 13 |
See also
Notes
- 1. ^ Despite announcing his retirement at the end of the 1921–22 season, Halligan later went on to play for Boston Town.[21]
- 2. ^ Until the 1925–26 season, match attendances in the Football League were not officially recorded.[22]
References
- General
- Dykes, Garth (2009). Nelson FC in the Football League. SoccerData. ISBN 978-1-905891-29-0.
- Robinson, Michael, ed. (2006). Football League Tables 1888–2006. Soccer Books. ISBN 978-1-86223-143-6.
- Specific
- ^ Robinson, p. 16
- ^ Dykes, p. 5
- ^ a b Dykes, p. 75
- ^ Broughton, Gary (30 August 2003). "3rd Div Champs 1: Heartache Avenue". Nelson FC. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
- ^ "Nelson". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
- ^ Dykes, p. 17
- ^ Dykes, p. 20
- ^ Dykes, p. 73
- ^ Dykes, p. 51
- ^ Dykes, p. 22
- ^ "League Football – The Season Opens". The Times. London. 28 August 1922.
- ^ "Match Results and League Tables". The Times. London. 11 September 1922.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Dykes, p. 76
- ^ "Match Results and League Tables". The Times. London. 16 October 1922.
- ^ Dykes, p. 19
- ^ "Match Results and League Tables – Third Division (Northern Section)". The Times. London. 27 November 1922.
- ^ Dykes, p. 30
- ^ a b "Nelson Win The Championship". Nelson: Nelson Leader. 24 April 1923.
- ^ Robinson, p. 17
- ^ Dykes, p. 85
- ^ Dykes, p. 38
- ^ Dykes, p. 74