Football League Second Division 1923/24

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Football League Second Division 1923/24
Football League logo until 1988
master Leeds United
Climbers Leeds United, Bury FC
Relegated Nelson FC , Bristol City
Teams 22nd
Games 462
Gates 1,125  (ø 2.44 per game)
Top scorer Harry Bedford ( Blackpool FC )
← Football League Second Division 1922/23
^ Football League First Division 1923/24

The Football League Second Division 1923/24 was the 28th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 25, 1923 and ended on May 3, 1924.

Second division champions Leeds United and also the second-placed FC Bury rose to the Football League First Division . For the two promoted teams in the following second division season 1924/25, the two first division clubs, Chelsea and Middlesbrough, ranked in the table below . FC Nelson and Bristol City had to relegate from the Second Division , with FC Nelson henceforth having to compete in the North Season Football League Third Division North and Bristol in the southern Football League Third Division South . Instead of the two clubs took the free positions in the following season 1924/25 Third Division North champions Wolverhampton Wanderers and Third Division South winners Portsmouth FC .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Leeds United  42  21st  12  9 061:350 1.74 54:30
 2. Bury FC  42  21st  9  12 063:350 1.80 51:33
 3. Derby County  42  21st  9  12 075:420 1.79 51:33
 4th Blackpool FC  42  18th  13  11 072:470 1.53 49:35
 5. Southampton FC  42  17th  14th  11 052:310 1.68 48:36
 6th FC Stoke (A)  42  14th  18th  10 044:420 1.05 46:38
 7th Oldham Athletic (A)  42  14th  17th  11 045:520 0.87 45:39
 8th. The Wednesday  42  16  12  14th 054:510 1.06 44:40
 9. South Shields FC  42  17th  10  15th 049:500 0.98 44:40
10. Clapton Orient  42  14th  15th  13 040:360 1.11 43:41
11. Barnsley FC  42  16  11  15th 057:610 0.93 43:41
12. Leicester City  42  17th  8th  17th 064:540 1.19 42:42
13. Stockport County  42  13  16  13 044:520 0.85 42:42
14th Manchester United  42  13  14th  15th 052:440 1.18 40:44
15th Crystal Palace  42  13  13  16 053:650 0.82 39:45
16. Port Vale  42  13  12  17th 050:660 0.76 38:46
17th Hull City  42  10  17th  15th 046:510 0.90 37:47
18th Bradford City  42  11  15th  16 035:480 0.73 37:47
19th Coventry City  42  11  13  18th 052:680 0.76 35:49
20th Fulham FC  42  10  14th  18th 045:560 0.80 34:50
21st Nelson FC (N)  42  10  13  19th 040:740 0.54 33:51
22nd Bristol City (N)  42  7th  15th  20th 032:650 0.49 29:55
  • Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1924/25
  • Promoted to the Football League First Division 1924/25
  • Relegation from the Football League Second Division
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League First Division 1922/23
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1922/23

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    1923/24 BAR BLP BRA BRC BUY CLO COV CRY OF THE FUL HUL LEE LEI MNU NEL OLD PVA SOH SOS STC STK WED
    Barnsley FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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
    FC 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

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Harry Bedford Blackpool FC 34

    literature

    • Michael Joyce: Football League Players' Records, 1888 to 1939. SoccerData, Beeston 2002, ISBN 1-899468-63-3 .

    Web links

    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. ↑ Season 1923/24. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 4, 2018 .