1923–24 Football League

Football League
Second Division
Season	1923–24
Champions	Leeds United (1st title)
Relegated	Bristol City; Nelson
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,125 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer	Harry Bedford (Blackpool), 34
Biggest home win	Blackpool – Port Vale 6–1 (22 Mar 1923)
Biggest away win	Bristol City – Derby County 0–8 (29 Sept 1923)
Highest scoring	Bristol City – Derby County 0–8 (29 Sept 1923)
	← 1922–23 1924–25 →

Football League
First Division
Season	1923–24
Champions	Huddersfield Town (1st English title)
Relegated	Chelsea; Middlesbrough
FA Cup winners	Newcastle United (2nd FA Cup title)
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,143 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	Wilf Chadwick (Everton), 28
Biggest home win	Bolton – Notts County 7–1 (15 Dec 1923)
Biggest away win	Chelsea – Notts County 0–6 (9 Feb 1924)
Highest scoring	Bolton – Notts County 7–1 (15 Dec 1923); Liverpool – Birmingham 6–2 (29 Apr 1924); Sheffield United – Tottenham 6–2 (8 Mar 1924)
	← 1922–23 1924–25 →

The Football League
Season	1923–24
Champions	Huddersfield Town
	← 1922–23 1924–25 →

The 1923–24 season was the 32nd season of The Football League.

Final league tables

The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website^[1] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,^[2] with home and away statistics separated.

Beginning with the season 1894–95, clubs finishing level on points were separated according to goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded), or more properly put, goal ratio. In case one or more teams had the same goal difference, this system favoured those teams who had scored fewer goals. The goal average system was eventually scrapped beginning with the 1976–77 season.

Since the goal average was used for this purpose for such a long time, it is presented in the tables below even for the seasons prior to 1894–95, and since the goal difference is a more informative piece of information for a modern reader than the goal average, the goal difference is added in this presentation after the goal average.

From the 1922–23 season on, re-election was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South.^[2]

First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Huddersfield Town	42	15	5	1	35	9	8	6	7	25	24	60	33	1.818	+27	57
2	Cardiff City	42	14	5	2	35	13	8	8	5	26	21	61	34	1.794	+27	57
3	Sunderland	42	12	7	2	38	20	10	2	9	33	34	71	54	1.315	+17	53
4	Bolton Wanderers	42	13	6	2	45	13	5	8	8	23	21	68	34	2.000	+34	50
5	Sheffield United	42	12	5	4	39	16	7	7	7	30	33	69	49	1.408	+20	50
6	Aston Villa	42	10	10	1	33	11	8	3	10	19	26	52	37	1.405	+15	49
7	Everton	42	13	7	1	43	18	5	6	10	19	35	62	53	1.170	+9	49
8	Blackburn Rovers	42	14	5	2	40	13	3	6	12	14	37	54	50	1.080	+4	45
9	Newcastle United	42	13	5	3	40	21	4	5	12	20	33	60	54	1.111	+6	44
10	Notts County	42	9	7	5	21	15	5	7	9	23	34	44	49	0.898	–5	42
11	Manchester City	42	11	7	3	34	24	4	5	12	20	47	54	71	0.761	–17	42
12	Liverpool	42	11	5	5	35	20	4	6	11	14	28	49	48	1.021	+1	41
13	West Ham United	42	10	6	5	26	17	3	9	9	14	26	40	43	0.930	–3	41
14	Birmingham	42	10	4	7	25	19	3	9	9	16	30	41	49	0.837	–8	39
15	Tottenham Hotspur	42	9	6	6	30	22	3	8	10	20	34	50	56	0.893	–6	38
16	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	6	5	43	30	2	8	11	8	32	51	62	0.823	–11	38
17	Burnley	42	10	5	6	39	27	2	7	12	16	33	55	60	0.917	–5	36
18	Preston North End	42	8	4	9	34	27	4	6	11	18	40	52	67	0.776	–15	34
19	Arsenal	42	8	5	8	25	24	4	4	13	15	39	40	63	0.635	–23	33
20	Nottingham Forest	42	7	9	5	19	15	3	3	15	23	49	42	64	0.656	–22	32
21	Chelsea	42	7	9	5	23	21	2	5	14	8	32	31	53	0.585	–22	32
22	Middlesbrough	42	6	4	11	23	23	1	4	16	14	37	37	60	0.617	–23	22

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	League Champions
	FA Cup Winners
	Relegated

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Leeds United	42	14	5	2	41	10	7	7	7	20	25	61	35	1.743	+26	54
2	Bury	42	15	5	1	42	7	6	4	11	21	28	63	35	1.800	+28	51
3	Derby County	42	15	4	2	52	15	6	5	10	23	27	75	42	1.786	+33	51
4	Blackpool	42	13	7	1	43	12	5	6	10	29	35	72	47	1.532	+25	49
5	Southampton	42	13	5	3	36	9	4	9	8	16	22	52	31	1.677	+21	48
6	Stoke	42	9	11	1	27	10	5	7	9	17	32	44	42	1.048	+2	46
7	Oldham Athletic	42	10	10	1	24	12	4	7	10	21	40	45	52	0.865	–7	45
8	The Wednesday	42	15	5	1	42	9	1	7	13	12	42	54	51	1.059	+3	44
9	South Shields	42	13	5	3	34	16	4	5	12	15	34	49	50	0.980	–1	44
10	Clapton Orient	42	11	7	3	27	10	3	8	10	13	26	40	36	1.111	+4	43
11	Barnsley	42	12	7	2	34	16	4	4	13	23	45	57	61	0.934	–4	43
12	Leicester City	42	13	4	4	43	16	4	4	13	21	38	64	54	1.185	+10	42
13	Stockport County	42	10	7	4	32	21	3	9	9	12	31	44	52	0.846	–8	42
14	Manchester United	42	10	7	4	37	15	3	7	11	15	29	52	44	1.182	+8	40
15	Crystal Palace	42	11	7	3	37	19	2	6	13	16	46	53	65	0.815	–12	39
16	Port Vale	42	9	5	7	33	29	4	7	10	17	37	50	66	0.758	–16	38
17	Hull City	42	8	7	6	32	23	2	10	9	14	28	46	51	0.902	–5	37
18	Bradford City	42	8	7	6	24	21	3	8	10	11	27	35	48	0.729	–13	37
19	Coventry City	42	9	6	6	34	23	2	7	12	18	45	52	68	0.765	–16	35
20	Fulham	42	9	8	4	30	20	1	6	14	15	36	45	56	0.804	–11	34
21	Nelson	42	8	8	5	32	31	2	5	14	8	43	40	74	0.541	–34	33
22	Bristol City	42	5	8	8	19	26	2	7	12	13	39	32	65	0.492	–33	29

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Relegated

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	18	3	0	51	10	6	12	3	25	17	76	27	2.815	+49	63
2	Rochdale	42	17	4	0	40	8	8	8	5	20	18	60	26	2.308	+34	62
3	Chesterfield	42	16	4	1	54	15	6	6	9	16	24	70	39	1.795	+31	54
4	Rotherham County	42	16	3	2	46	13	7	3	11	24	30	70	43	1.628	+27	52
5	Bradford Park Avenue	42	17	3	1	50	12	4	7	10	19	31	69	43	1.605	+26	52
6	Darlington	42	16	5	0	51	19	4	3	14	19	34	70	53	1.321	+17	48
7	Southport	42	13	7	1	30	10	3	7	11	14	32	44	42	1.048	+2	46
8	Ashington	42	14	4	3	41	21	4	4	13	18	40	59	61	0.967	–2	44
9	Doncaster Rovers	42	13	4	4	41	17	2	8	11	18	36	59	53	1.113	+6	42
10	Wigan Borough	42	12	5	4	39	15	2	9	10	16	38	55	53	1.038	+2	42
11	Grimsby Town	42	11	9	1	30	7	3	4	14	19	40	49	47	1.043	+2	41
12	Tranmere Rovers	42	11	5	5	32	21	2	10	9	19	39	51	60	0.850	–9	41
13	Accrington Stanley	42	12	5	4	35	21	4	3	14	13	40	48	61	0.787	–13	40
14	Halifax Town	42	11	4	6	26	17	4	6	11	16	42	42	59	0.712	–17	40
15	Durham City	42	12	5	4	40	23	3	4	14	19	37	59	60	0.983	–1	39
16	Wrexham	42	8	11	2	24	12	2	7	12	13	32	37	44	0.841	–7	38
17	Walsall	42	10	5	6	31	20	4	3	14	13	39	44	59	0.746	–15	36
18	New Brighton	42	9	9	3	28	10	2	4	15	12	43	40	53	0.755	–13	35
19	Lincoln City	42	8	8	5	29	22	2	4	15	19	37	48	59	0.814	–11	32
20	Crewe Alexandra	42	6	7	8	20	24	1	6	14	12	34	32	58	0.552	–26	27
21	Hartlepools United	42	5	7	9	22	24	2	4	15	11	46	33	70	0.471	–37	25
22	Barrow	42	7	7	7	25	24	1	2	18	10	56	35	80	0.438	–45	25

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Welsh Cup winners
	New club in the league
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

Final league tables

First Division

Results

Maps

Second Division

Results

Maps

Third Division North

Results

Maps

Third Division South

Results

Maps

See also

References