1923–24 Football League

The 1923–24 season was the 32nd season of The Football League. It began on 25 August 1923 and ended on 3 May 1924.^[1]

The Football League

Season	1923–24
Champions	Huddersfield Town
New Teams in League	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Doncaster Rovers New Brighton
← 1922–23 1924–25 →

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^[2] and in Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,^[3] 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. From the 1922–23 season on, re-election was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South.^[3]

First Division

First Division

Season	1923–24
Champions	Huddersfield Town 1st English title
Relegated	Chelsea Middlesbrough
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,143 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	Wilf Chadwick (28 goals)[4]
Biggest home win	Bolton Wanderers 7–1 Notts County (15 December 1923)
Biggest away win	Chelsea 0–6 Notts County (9 February 1924)
Highest scoring	Bolton Wanderers 7–1 Notts County (15 December 1923) Sheffield United 6–2 Tottenham Hotspur (8 March 1924) Liverpool 6–2 Birmingham (29 April 1924)
← 1922–23 1924–25 →

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

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BIR	BLB	BOL	BUR	CAR	CHE	EVE	HUD	LIV	MCI	MID	NEW	NOT	NTC	PNE	SHU	SUN	TOT	WBA	WHU
Arsenal		0–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–3	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–4	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	1–0	4–1
Aston Villa	2–1		0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	6–1	2–0	0–0	5–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	4–0	1–1
Birmingham	0–2	3–0		1–1	0–3	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	4–1	0–2	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–2	3–2	0–0	2–0
Blackburn Rovers	2–0	3–1	4–1		3–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–1	4–0	0–0
Bolton Wanderers	1–2	1–0	1–1	3–0		0–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	3–1	4–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	4–0	7–1	0–0	4–2	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–1
Burnley	4–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–0		1–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	3–2	0–0	3–2	2–4	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–3	2–2	4–0	5–1
Cardiff City	4–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	3–2	2–0		1–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	4–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–0
Chelsea	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	3–2	1–2		1–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–6	1–2	1–1	4–1	0–1	0–0	0–0
Everton	3–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–2	3–3	0–0	2–0		1–1	1–0	6–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–3	4–2	2–0	2–1
Huddersfield Town	6–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–0		3–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	4–0	1–0	3–2	2–1	0–0	1–1
Liverpool	0–0	0–1	6–2	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–2	3–1	1–2	1–1		0–0	3–1	0–1	4–2	1–0	3–1	2–3	4–2	1–0	0–0	2–0
Manchester City	1–0	1–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–1		3–2	1–1	1–3	1–0	2–2	2–1	4–1	1–0	3–3	2–1
Middlesbrough	0–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	1–2	3–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–1		1–0	5–2	2–3	1–2	0–1	1–3	0–1	0–1	0–1
Newcastle United	1–0	4–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	4–1	3–2		4–0	1–2	3–1	2–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–0
Nottingham Forest	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	3–1	0–0		1–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–1
Notts County	1–2	0–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1		0–0	0–2	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–1
Preston North End	0–2	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–2	5–0	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–3	0–1	4–1	4–0	1–2	3–1	2–1		1–1	1–2	2–2	1–2	2–1
Sheffield United	3–1	2–1	0–2	4–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	4–0		1–1	6–2	2–0	0–2
Sunderland	1–1	2–0	1–1	5–1	2–2	0–1	0–3	2–0	3–0	2–1	0–0	5–2	3–2	3–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–2		1–0	2–0	0–0
Tottenham Hotspur	3–0	2–3	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–5	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–3	2–0	1–2	1–1		0–0	0–1
West Bromwich Albion	4–0	1–0	0–0	3–3	0–5	0–3	2–4	2–2	5–0	2–4	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–2	5–0	1–2	3–1	3–1	4–1		0–0
West Ham United	1–0	1–0	4–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–3	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Arsenal

Aston Villa

Birmingham

Blackburn Rovers

Bolton

Burnley

Cardiff City

Chelsea

Everton

Huddersfield

Liverpool

Manchester City

Middlesbrough

Newcastle

Nottingham Forest

Notts County

Preston North End

Sheffield United

Sunderland

Tottenham

West Bromwich Albion

West Ham

Locations of the Football League First Division teams

Arsenal

Chelsea

Tottenham

West Ham

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams

Second Division

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[4]
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 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Leeds United	42	14	5	2	41	10	7	7	7	20	25	1.743	54	Division Champions, promoted
2	Bury	42	15	5	1	42	7	6	4	11	21	28	1.800	51	Promoted
3	Derby County	42	15	4	2	52	15	6	5	10	23	27	1.786	51
4	Blackpool	42	13	7	1	43	12	5	6	10	29	35	1.532	49
5	Southampton	42	13	5	3	36	9	4	9	8	16	22	1.677	48
6	Stoke	42	9	11	1	27	10	5	7	9	17	32	1.048	46
7	Oldham Athletic	42	10	10	1	24	12	4	7	10	21	40	0.865	45
8	The Wednesday	42	15	5	1	42	9	1	7	13	12	42	1.059	44
9	South Shields	42	13	5	3	34	16	4	5	12	15	34	0.980	44
10	Clapton Orient	42	11	7	3	27	10	3	8	10	13	26	1.111	43
11	Barnsley	42	12	7	2	34	16	4	4	13	23	45	0.934	43
12	Leicester City	42	13	4	4	43	16	4	4	13	21	38	1.185	42
13	Stockport County	42	10	7	4	32	21	3	9	9	12	31	0.846	42
14	Manchester United	42	10	7	4	37	15	3	7	11	15	29	1.182	40
15	Crystal Palace	42	11	7	3	37	19	2	6	13	16	46	0.815	39
16	Port Vale	42	9	5	7	33	29	4	7	10	17	37	0.758	38
17	Hull City	42	8	7	6	32	23	2	10	9	14	28	0.902	37
18	Bradford City	42	8	7	6	24	21	3	8	10	11	27	0.729	37
19	Coventry City	42	9	6	6	34	23	2	7	12	18	45	0.765	35
20	Fulham	42	9	8	4	30	20	1	6	14	15	36	0.804	34
21	Nelson	42	8	8	5	32	31	2	5	14	8	43	0.541	33	Relegated
22	Bristol City	42	5	8	8	19	26	2	7	12	13	39	0.492	29

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BLP	BRA	BRI	BRY	CLA	COV	CRY	DER	FUL	HUL	LEE	LEI	MUN	NEL	OLD	PTV	SOU	SSH	STP	STK	WED
Barnsley		3–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	5–2	1–3	2–1	0–0	1–3	3–1	1–0	0–0	4–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Blackpool	0–2		2–1	2–0	3–1	3–0	5–0	2–0	4–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	6–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0
Bradford City	3–2	0–2		1–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	4–1
Bristol City	1–1	1–1	0–1		4–1	0–2	2–2	0–0	0–8	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–3
Bury	1–1	2–0	3–0	6–0		0–0	5–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	5–0
Clapton Orient	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0		4–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	5–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	0–2	0–0
Coventry City	2–3	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1		0–0	0–1	3–0	0–2	2–1	2–4	1–1	4–0	5–2	1–3	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	5–1
Crystal Palace	3–1	3–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–1		0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	4–3	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	5–1	3–0
Derby County	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–3	0–2	1–0	1–0	5–0		3–3	4–1	2–0	4–0	3–0	6–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	6–1	4–1	1–1	1–1
Fulham	3–0	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–2		1–1	0–2	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–2	2–3	1–0	3–0	4–1
Hull City	1–2	2–1	2–0	5–0	0–1	2–2	3–2	2–2	0–1	4–2		1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–1
Leeds United	3–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	5–2		1–2	0–0	1–0	5–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	4–0	0–0	1–0
Leicester City	2–0	1–2	0–1	5–1	3–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–0		2–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	4–1	1–1	5–0	2–1
Manchester United	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	5–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	3–1	3–0		0–1	2–0	5–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–2	2–0
Nelson	4–3	2–3	1–1	2–1	0–5	1–1	3–0	4–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2		2–1	1–3	0–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1
Oldham Athletic	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	3–2	1–0		2–0	1–3	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–0
Port Vale	4–1	2–6	2–2	0–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–4	2–0	3–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	3–0		1–0	1–1	0–1	2–4	2–0
Southampton	6–0	3–2	2–0	1–0	3–0	5–0	1–3	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	3–1	1–1		0–0	0–0	0–1	3–0
South Shields	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	4–2	2–0	3–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	3–0	2–0	3–3	1–2		3–1	1–0	1–1
Stockport County	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–2	2–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	5–1	1–1	3–1	3–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	2–3	3–2		0–1	1–0
Stoke	2–0	2–2	2–0	3–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0		1–1
The Wednesday	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	6–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	5–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	5–0	3–0	3–0

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Barnsley

Blackpool

Bradford City

Bristol City

Bury

Coventry

Crystal P.

Derby County

Fulham

Clapton Orient

Hull

Leeds U.

Leicester City

Manchester United

Nelson

Oldham

Port Vale

Southampton

South Shields

Stockport County

Stoke

The Wednesday (Sheffield)

Locations of the Football League Second Division teams

Crystal Palace

Clapton Orient

Fulham

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams

Third Division North

Football League
Third Division North

Season	1923–24
Champions	Wolverhampton Wanderers (1st title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,150 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorer	David Brown (Darlington), 27[4]
← 1922–23 1924–25 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	18	3	0	51	10	6	12	3	25	17	2.815	63	Division Champions, promoted
2	Rochdale	42	17	4	0	40	8	8	8	5	20	18	2.308	62
3	Chesterfield	42	16	4	1	54	15	6	6	9	16	24	1.795	54
4	Rotherham County	42	16	3	2	46	13	7	3	11	24	30	1.628	52
5	Bradford Park Avenue	42	17	3	1	50	12	4	7	10	19	31	1.605	52
6	Darlington	42	16	5	0	51	19	4	3	14	19	34	1.321	48
7	Southport	42	13	7	1	30	10	3	7	11	14	32	1.048	46
8	Ashington	42	14	4	3	41	21	4	4	13	18	40	0.967	44
9	Doncaster Rovers[lower-alpha 1]	42	13	4	4	41	17	2	8	11	18	36	1.113	42
10	Wigan Borough	42	12	5	4	39	15	2	9	10	16	38	1.038	42
11	Grimsby Town	42	11	9	1	30	7	3	4	14	19	40	1.043	41
12	Tranmere Rovers	42	11	5	5	32	21	2	10	9	19	39	0.850	41
13	Accrington Stanley	42	12	5	4	35	21	4	3	14	13	40	0.787	40
14	Halifax Town	42	11	4	6	26	17	4	6	11	16	42	0.712	40
15	Durham City	42	12	5	4	40	23	3	4	14	19	37	0.983	39
16	Wrexham	42	8	11	2	24	12	2	7	12	13	32	0.841	38	Welsh Cup winners
17	Walsall	42	10	5	6	31	20	4	3	14	13	39	0.746	36
18	New Brighton[lower-alpha 2]	42	9	9	3	28	10	2	4	15	12	43	0.755	35
19	Lincoln City	42	8	8	5	29	22	2	4	15	19	37	0.814	32
20	Crewe Alexandra	42	6	7	8	20	24	1	6	14	12	34	0.552	27
21	Hartlepools United	42	5	7	9	22	24	2	4	15	11	46	0.471	25	Re-elected
22	Barrow	42	7	7	7	25	24	1	2	18	10	56	0.438	25

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

1. New club in the league; elected from Midland League
2. New club in the league; elected from Lancashire Combination

Results

Home \ Away	ACC	ASH	BRW	BPA	CHF	CRE	DAR	DON	DUR	GRI	HAL	HAR	LIN	NWB	ROC	ROT	SOU	TRA	WAL	WIG	WOL	WRE
Accrington Stanley		0–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	5–4	2–0	1–2	2–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	3–2	2–0	3–1	0–3	2–2	1–0	1–0
Ashington	1–1		2–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	0–0	2–1	5–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	3–3	3–1	3–0	1–7	0–2
Barrow	0–0	2–2		1–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–2	3–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–2	0–0
Bradford Park Avenue	1–1	3–1	3–0		2–1	1–1	1–0	4–2	3–0	2–1	1–0	4–0	3–1	1–1	4–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	5–0	4–0	0–1	2–0
Chesterfield	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–3		2–1	5–1	2–1	1–1	4–2	1–1	5–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	4–0	5–0	7–0	1–0	0–0	1–0
Crewe Alexandra	1–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	0–1		2–1	0–2	0–2	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–1
Darlington	2–1	3–2	5–1	3–1	2–1	1–1		1–1	3–2	1–0	0–0	5–0	1–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	3–1	4–1	4–2	3–1	1–1	3–0
Doncaster Rovers	1–2	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	4–1	1–0		2–1	2–1	7–0	3–1	3–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	3–0	4–0	3–0	0–0	0–2	1–0
Durham City	3–0	4–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–2	2–1		0–1	2–2	3–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	2–3	4–3
Grimsby Town	2–0	4–0	5–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–0		1–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0
Halifax Town	3–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–4	0–1	2–1	1–3		1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	2–2	0–0
Hartlepools United	3–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–3	2–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–3		1–1	0–1	1–2	2–5	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	4–0
Lincoln City	0–2	2–0	4–1	2–3	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1		1–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	4–2
New Brighton	1–2	1–1	5–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	3–1		1–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	5–0	0–1	0–0
Rochdale	4–1	1–0	3–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	4–2	3–0	1–0	1–0	6–2		1–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0
Rotherham County	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	3–0	5–1	2–1	3–2	5–0	2–0	3–1	0–0		1–1	5–1	0–2	4–0	1–1	2–1
Southport	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	3–0	3–0	2–2	3–2	3–0	0–1	0–0		1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0
Tranmere Rovers	2–0	2–4	3–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–4	3–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–3	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–1		3–1	1–0	0–0	1–1
Walsall	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–3	0–1	1–0	2–1	5–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–4		3–0	2–1	1–2
Wigan Borough	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–1	3–1	3–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	4–0	0–1	4–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–1		1–1	3–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	5–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	4–0	2–1	3–0	5–1	0–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	0–0	3–3		3–0
Wrexham	1–0	4–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–2

Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Accrington Stanley

Ashington

Barrow

Bradford Park Avenue

Chesterfield

Crewe Alexandra

Darlington

Doncaster

Durham City

Grimsby Town

Halifax Town

Hartlepools United

Lincoln City

New Brighton

Rochdale

Rotherham

Southport

Tranmere Rovers

Walsall

Wigan Borough

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Wrexham

Locations of the Football League Third Division North teams

Third Division South

Football League
Third Division South

Season	1923–24
Champions	Portsmouth (1st title)
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,177 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Willie Haines (Portsmouth), 28[4]
← 1922–23 1924–25 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Portsmouth	42	15	3	3	57	11	9	8	4	30	19	2.900	59	Division Champions, promoted
2	Plymouth Argyle	42	13	6	2	46	15	10	3	8	24	19	2.059	55
3	Millwall	42	17	3	1	45	11	5	7	9	19	27	1.684	54
4	Swansea Town	42	18	2	1	39	10	4	6	11	21	38	1.250	52
5	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	16	4	1	56	12	5	5	11	12	25	1.838	51
6	Swindon Town	42	14	5	2	38	11	3	8	10	20	33	1.318	47
7	Luton Town	42	11	7	3	35	19	5	7	9	15	25	1.136	46
8	Northampton Town	42	14	3	4	40	15	3	8	10	24	32	1.362	45
9	Bristol Rovers	42	11	7	3	34	15	4	6	11	18	31	1.130	43
10	Newport County	42	15	4	2	39	15	2	5	14	17	49	0.875	43
11	Norwich City	42	13	5	3	45	18	3	3	15	15	41	1.017	40
12	Aberdare Athletic	42	9	9	3	35	18	3	5	13	10	40	0.776	38
13	Merthyr Town	42	11	8	2	33	19	0	8	13	12	46	0.692	38
14	Charlton Athletic	42	8	7	6	26	20	3	8	10	12	25	0.844	37
15	Gillingham	42	11	6	4	27	15	1	7	13	16	43	0.741	37
16	Exeter City	42	14	3	4	33	17	1	4	16	4	35	0.712	37
17	Brentford	42	9	8	4	33	21	5	0	16	21	50	0.761	36
18	Reading	42	12	2	7	35	20	1	7	13	16	37	0.895	35
19	Southend United	42	11	7	3	35	19	1	3	17	18	65	0.631	34
20	Watford	42	8	8	5	35	18	1	7	13	10	36	0.833	33
21	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic[lower-alpha 1]	42	6	8	7	19	19	5	3	13	21	46	0.615	33	Re-elected
22	Queens Park Rangers	42	9	6	6	28	26	2	3	16	9	51	0.481	31

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. New club in the league; elected from Southern League

Results

Home \ Away	ADE	B&BA	BRE	B&HA	BRR	CHA	EXE	GIL	LUT	MER	MIL	NPC	NOR	NWC	PLY	POR	QPR	REA	STD	SWA	SWI	WAT
Aberdare Athletic		1–0	1–2	3–1	2–0	4–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–0	5–2	4–2	2–2	4–0
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	0–1		2–4	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–3	3–3	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–1
Brentford	1–1	2–0		1–2	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–2	2–1	0–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	4–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	4–1
Brighton & Hove Albion	5–0	5–0	2–0		2–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	4–0	0–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	3–0	4–1	0–4	3–0	4–0	2–0	4–1	1–1	3–0
Bristol Rovers	2–0	3–4	2–0	2–0		2–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	4–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	0–1	4–2
Charlton Athletic	3–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	1–3		1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	4–1	1–3	3–1	1–1
Exeter City	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	3–1	0–0		2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	5–0	2–1	1–2	0–4	0–0	3–0	3–2	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–0
Gillingham	3–1	1–0	6–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1		0–0	2–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	3–2	0–1	1–0	0–0
Luton Town	1–0	6–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1		1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	4–1	2–0	2–0	4–4	1–2	3–2	0–0
Merthyr Town	0–0	4–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–2	0–0		1–0	3–3	0–0	2–3	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–0	2–1
Millwall	2–0	4–2	4–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	5–0	0–1	6–0		2–1	4–3	2–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0
Newport County	0–0	2–0	3–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	4–4	2–1		1–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	5–0	4–1	3–0	1–0
Northampton Town	1–2	3–1	2–3	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	0–0		1–0	1–0	0–4	3–0	3–1	8–0	2–0	1–1	1–2
Norwich City	5–0	1–1	2–3	1–0	3–1	2–2	4–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–4		0–1	3–1	5–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	0–0
Plymouth Argyle	2–0	4–0	4–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	4–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–0	2–0		1–2	2–0	2–1	7–1	2–0	1–3	1–0
Portsmouth	4–0	3–0	3–0	1–3	1–1	0–0	4–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	5–0	1–3	4–0	2–1		7–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	4–1	4–0
Queens Park Rangers	3–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–1	0–3	3–2	2–1	3–2	0–2		1–4	0–0	2–2	2–2	2–1
Reading	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	3–2	3–1	1–0	4–0	0–1	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–2	1–4	4–0		1–0	3–4	1–0	1–1
Southend United	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	3–2	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–0	5–1	3–1	0–2	0–1	4–2	2–1		0–0	0–2	3–0
Swansea Town	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	5–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	5–1	2–1		1–1	1–0
Swindon Town	3–1	3–1	2–1	4–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	4–1	3–2	3–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	4–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–0		0–0
Watford	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	4–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	0–0	4–0	1–1	8–2	0–2	0–0	0–1	2–3	0–2	2–1	4–1	2–2	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Aberdare

Bournemouth

Brentford

Brighton & Hove

Bristol Rovers

Charlton

Exeter City

Gillingham

Luton Town

Merthyr Town

Millwall

Newport County

Northampton Town

Norwich City

Portsmouth

Plymouth Argyle

QPR

Reading

Southend United

Swansea Town

Swindon

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division South teams

Brentford

Charlton Athletic

Millwall

Queens Park Rangers

Watford

Locations of the Football League Third Division South London teams

See also

• 1923–24 in English football
• 1923 in association football
• 1924 in association football

References

1. "Football League 1923-24", England Football Online
2. "England 1923-24". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
3. Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
4. "English League Leading Goalscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 31 October 2010.

• Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980.