Football League Third Division 1923/24

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The Football League Third Division 1923/24 was the fourth season of the third highest English football league . The division, which is divided into the north and south, had the Wolverhampton Wanderers and Portsmouth FC their two champions and at the same time promoted to the Football League Second Division . For the two promoted teams in the following third division season 1924/25, the two second division clubs FC Nelson and Bristol City ranked in the table below . Nobody had to relegate from both third division seasons, because both the lower-ranked northern clubs Hartlepools United and AFC Barrow as well as Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic and Queens Park Rangers in the south received enough votes in the re-election process of the league association to win in the following season 1924 / 25 to participate.

Football League Third Division North

Football League Third Division 1923/24
Football League logo until 1988
master Wolverhampton Wanderers
Climbers Wolverhampton Wanderers
Relegated none
Teams 22nd
Games 462
Gates 1,150  (ø 2.49 per game)
Top scorer Davie Brown ( Darlington FC )
← Football League Third Division 1922/23
^ Football League Second Division 1923/24

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
 1. Wolverhampton Wanderers (A)  42  24  15th  3 076:270 2.81 63:21
 2. Rochdale AFC  42  25th  12  5 060:260 2.31 62:22
 3. Chesterfield FC  42  22nd  10  10 070:390 1.79 54:30
 4th Rotherham County (A)  42  23  6th  13 070:430 1.63 52:32
 5. Bradford Park Avenue  42  21st  10  11 069:430 1.60 52:32
 6th Darlington FC  42  20th  8th  14th 070:530 1.32 48:36
 7th Southport FC  42  16  14th  12 044:420 1.05 46:38
 8th. Ashington AFC  42  18th  8th  16 059:610 0.97 44:40
 9. Doncaster Rovers (N)  42  15th  12  15th 059:530 1.11 42:42
10. Wigan Borough  42  14th  14th  14th 055:530 1.04 42:42
11. Grimsby Town  42  14th  13  15th 049:470 1.04 41:43
12. Tranmere Rovers  42  13  15th  14th 051:600 0.85 41:43
13. Accrington Stanley  42  16  8th  18th 048:610 0.79 40:44
14th Halifax Town  42  15th  10  17th 042:590 0.71 40:44
15th Durham City  42  15th  9  18th 059:600 0.98 39:45
16. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wrexham AFC  42  10  18th  14th 037:440 0.84 38:46
17th Walsall FC  42  14th  8th  20th 044:590 0.75 36:48
18th AFC New Brighton (N)  42  11  13  18th 040:530 0.75 35:49
19th Lincoln City  42  10  12  20th 048:590 0.81 32:52
20th Crewe Alexandra  42  7th  13  22nd 032:580 0.55 27:57
21st Hartlepools United  42  7th  11  24 033:700 0.47 25:59
22nd AFC Barrow  42  8th  9  25th 035:800 0.44 25:59
  • Third division northern champion and promoted to the Football League Second Division 1924/25
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League Second Division 1922/23
    (N) Newcomers from the 1922/23 season

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    ACC ASH BAR BPA CHF CRE DAR DON MAJOR GRI HAL HPL LIN NBR ROC RED SOP TRA WHALE WIB 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 AFC 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
    AFC 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 FC 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 FC 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
    AFC 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 AFC 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 FC 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 FC 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 AFC 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

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 ScotlandScotland Davie Brown Darlington FC 27

    Football League Third Division South

    Football League Third Division 1923/24
    Football League logo until 1988
    master Portsmouth FC
    Climbers Portsmouth FC
    Relegated none
    Teams 22nd
    Games 462
    Gates 1,177  (ø 2.55 per game)
    Top scorer Willie Haines ( Portsmouth FC )
    ← Football League Third Division 1922/23
    ^ Football League Second Division 1923/24

    Closing table

    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Quota Points
     1. Portsmouth FC  42  24  11  7th 087:300 2.90 59:25
     2. Plymouth Argyle  42  23  9  10 070:340 2.06 55:29
     3. Millwall FC  42  22nd  10  10 064:380 1.68 54:30
     4th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Swansea Town  42  22nd  8th  12 060:480 1.25 52:32
     5. Brighton & Hove Albion  42  21st  9  12 068:370 1.84 51:33
     6th Swindon Town  42  17th  13  12 058:440 1.32 47:37
     7th Luton Town  42  16  14th  12 050:440 1.14 46:38
     8th. Northampton Town  42  17th  11  14th 064:470 1.36 45:39
     9. Bristol Rovers  42  15th  13  14th 052:460 1.13 43:41
    10. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Newport County  42  17th  9  16 056:640 0.88 43:41
    11. Norwich City  42  16  8th  18th 060:590 1.02 40:44
    12. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Aberdare Athletic  42  12  14th  16 045:580 0.78 38:46
    13. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Merthyr Town  42  11  16  15th 045:650 0.69 38:46
    14th Charlton Athletic  42  11  15th  16 038:450 0.84 37:47
    15th Gillingham FC  42  12  13  17th 043:580 0.74 37:47
    16. Exeter City  42  15th  7th  20th 037:520 0.71 37:47
    17th Brentford FC  42  14th  8th  20th 054:710 0.76 36:48
    18th Reading FC  42  13  9  20th 051:570 0.89 35:49
    19th Southend United  42  12  10  20th 053:840 0.63 34:50
    20th Watford FC  42  9  15th  18th 045:540 0.83 33:51
    21st Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (N)  42  11  11  20th 040:650 0.62 33:51
    22nd Queens Park Rangers  42  11  9  22nd 037:770 0.48 31:53
  • Third division south champion and promoted to the Football League Second Division 1924/25
    • (N) Newcomers from the 1922/23 season

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    ABA BOU BRE BHA BRR CHA EXE GIL LUT MER Mil NPC NHT NOR PLY POR QPR REA SEU 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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 FC 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

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Willie Haines Portsmouth FC 28

    literature

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

    Web links

    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ a b English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)