The 1922–23 FA Cup was the 48th season of the world's oldest association football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (more usually known as the FA Cup). Bolton Wanderers won the competition, beating West Ham United 2–0 in the first final to be held at Wembley Stadium, London.

Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held at neutral venues until a winner was determined. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played in a replay, a 30-minute period of extra time would be played.

The format of the FA Cup for the season had two preliminary rounds, six qualifying rounds, four proper rounds, and the semi-finals and final.

Of the 35 Football League clubs required to enter this season's tournament in the qualifying rounds, only eight ended up progressing through to the competition proper. Three Second Division sides, Port Vale, Stockport County and Coventry City were entered in the fifth qualifying round, but all three lost at that stage (to Wrexham, Barrow and New Brighton respectively).

Twelve Third Division clubs (Durham City, Crewe Alexandra, Wigan Borough, Nelson, Rochdale, Halifax Town, Chesterfield, Lincoln City, Tranmere Rovers and Barrow from the North along with Southend United and Exeter City from the South) were entered in the fourth qualifying round, with Crewe and Tranmere going out to non-league opponents (New Brighton and Wellington St George's) and the rest either going on or losing amongst themselves.

A further 20 Third Division sides (Darlington, Ashington, Hartlepools United, Southport, Stalybridge Celtic, Accrington Stanley, Grimsby Town, Walsall and Wrexham from the North; and Norwich City, Charlton Athletic, Northampton Town, Gillingham, Brentford, Reading, Bristol Rovers, Aberdare Athletic, Newport County, Merthyr Town and Swansea Town from the South) were entered in the fifth qualifying round, of which 12 moved on to the next stage and eight went out.

The final 12 winners from the sixth qualifying round were Stalybridge Celtic, Aberdare Athletic, Wrexham, Merthyr Town, Charlton Athletic, Norwich City, Wigan Borough and Halifax Town from the Football League, and non-league sides Bath City, Worksop Town, Blyth Spartans and New Brighton. Those appearing in the competition proper for the first time were Aberdare Athletic, Charlton Athletic, Blyth Spartans, New Brighton, Stalybridge Celtic and Wigan Borough, although Celtic and Borough were emulating the achievements of defunct predecessor outfits Stalybridge Rovers in 1899-1900 and Wigan County in 1897-98.

Wellington St George's was the most successful team from this season's extra preliminary round. In addition to their victory against Tranmere, they secured wins over Shrewsbury Town, Bloxwich Strollers, Darlaston, Oswestry Town and Oakengates Town but went out to Walsall in the fifth qualifying round.

41 of 44 clubs from the Football League First and Second Divisions joined the 12 lower-league clubs who came through the qualifying rounds. To bring the number of teams up to 64, nine Third Division South sides and one Third Division North side were given byes to this round. These were:

• Watford
• Brighton & Hove Albion
• Luton Town
• Swindon Town
• Queens Park Rangers
• Millwall
• Plymouth Argyle
• Bristol City
• Portsmouth
• Bradford Park Avenue

The Football Association also began the custom of awarding leading London amateur club Corinthian a bye to the same stage of the tournament as the Football League First Division sides. Corinthian would receive these byes for a further ten seasons, but the club's members had to ratify a special constitutional amendment for it to do so as its founding document initially prevented it from competing for "any challenge cup or any prize of any description"!

32 matches were scheduled to be played on Saturday, 13 January 1923. Twelve matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture, of which three went to another replay, and one match went to a third.

The 16 Second Round matches were played on Saturday, 3 February 1923. Five matches were drawn, with replays taking place in the following midweek fixture.

The eight Third Round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 24 February 1923. Two matches were drawn and went to replays in the following midweek fixture.

The four Fourth round matches were scheduled for Saturday, 10 March 1923. There was one replay, between Southampton and West Ham United, played in the following midweek fixture. However, this went to a second replay, which West Ham won.

The semi-final matches were played on Saturday, 24 March 1923. The matches ended in victories for Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United, who went on to meet in the final at Wembley.

The final was held on 28 April 1923 at the original Wembley Stadium in London. It was the first football match to be played at the newly built stadium. King George V was in attendance to present the trophy to the winning team. Bolton Wanderers won the match 2–0, through goals from David Jack and Jack Smith

28 April 1923

Bolton Wanderers	2–0	West Ham United
Jack 2' Jack Smith 53'	(Report)

Wembley Stadium, London^[1]

Attendance: 126,047 (officially)^[1]

Referee: D. H. Asson (West Bromwich)^[1]

Bolton Wanderers

West Ham United

• FA Cup Final Results 1872-

General

• Official site; fixtures and results service at TheFA.com
• 1922-23 FA Cup at rsssf.com
• 1922-23 FA Cup at soccerbase.com

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