1923–24 in English football

The 1923–24 season was the 49th season of competitive football in England, with Huddersfield Town becoming League Champions for the first time, managing to beat Cardiff City in the closest finish in the competition's history, having the same number of points and winning the title by just 0.024 on goal average.

Football in England

Season	1923–24
Men's football
Football League	Huddersfield Town
Football League Second Division	Leeds United
FA Cup	Newcastle United

Overview

• On 11 November 1923, Aston Villa centre-half Tommy Ball was shot dead by his neighbour, thus becoming the only Football League player to have been murdered.

Honours

Competition	Winner	Runner-up
First Division	Huddersfield Town (1)	Cardiff City
Second Division	Leeds United	Bury
Third Division North	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Rochdale
Third Division South	Portsmouth	Plymouth Argyle
FA Cup	Newcastle United (2)	Aston Villa
Charity Shield	Professionals XI	Amateurs XI
Home Championship	Wales	Scotland

Football League

Main article: 1923–24 Football League

First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Huddersfield Town	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	42	9	14	19	31	53	0.585	32	Relegated to the Second Division
22	Middlesbrough	42	7	8	27	37	60	0.617	22

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio; 3) number of goals scored.

Second Division

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

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Third Division North

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

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Third Division South

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Portsmouth	42	24	11	7	87	30	2.900	59	Promoted to the Second Division
2	Plymouth Argyle	42	23	9	10	70	34	2.059	55
3	Millwall	42	22	10	10	64	38	1.684	54
4	Swansea Town	42	22	8	12	60	48	1.250	52
5	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	21	9	12	68	37	1.838	51
6	Swindon Town	42	17	13	12	58	44	1.318	47
7	Luton Town	42	16	14	12	50	44	1.136	46
8	Northampton Town	42	17	11	14	64	47	1.362	45
9	Bristol Rovers	42	15	13	14	52	46	1.130	43
10	Newport County	42	17	9	16	56	64	0.875	43
11	Norwich City	42	16	8	18	60	59	1.017	40
12	Aberdare Athletic	42	12	14	16	45	58	0.776	38
13	Merthyr Town	42	11	16	15	45	65	0.692	38
14	Charlton Athletic	42	11	15	16	38	45	0.844	37
15	Gillingham	42	12	13	17	43	58	0.741	37
16	Exeter City	42	15	7	20	37	52	0.712	37
17	Brentford	42	14	8	20	54	71	0.761	36
18	Reading	42	13	9	20	51	57	0.895	35
19	Southend United	42	12	10	20	53	84	0.631	34
20	Watford	42	9	15	18	45	54	0.833	33
21	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	11	11	20	40	65	0.615	33	Re-elected
22	Queens Park Rangers	42	11	9	22	37	77	0.481	31

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Top goalscorers

First Division

• Wilf Chadwick (Everton) – 28 goals

Second Division

• Harry Bedford (Blackpool) – 34 goals

Third Division North

• David Brown (Darlington) – 27 goals

Third Division South

• Willie Haines (Portsmouth) – 28 goals