Seasons · Division Two · Season 4

1923/24

Finished 1st · Manager Arthur Fairclough

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The season · Record

Played: 46
Won: 23
Drawn: 13
Lost: 10
For: 64
Against: 39
Points: 54

The season · Highlights

Biggest win: 5–0; v Oldham Athletic
Biggest defeat: 0–3; v Bury
Clean sheets: 23
Top scorer: Swan; 18 goals
Most assists: -
Avg attendance: 16,712

Final table

Division Two

Final Division Two table, 1923/24
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Leeds United	42	21	12	9	61	35	+26	54
2	Bury	42	21	9	12	63	35	+28	51
3	Derby County	42	21	9	12	75	42	+33	51
4	Blackpool	42	18	13	11	72	47	+25	49
5	Southampton	42	17	14	11	52	31	+21	48
6	Stoke	42	14	18	10	44	42	+2	46
7	Oldham Athletic	42	14	17	11	45	52	-7	45
8	South Shields AFC	42	17	10	15	49	50	-1	44
9	Sheffield Wednesday	42	16	12	14	54	51	+3	44
10	Leyton Orient	42	14	15	13	40	36	+4	43
11	Barnsley	42	16	11	15	57	61	-4	43
12	Leicester City	42	17	8	17	64	54	+10	42
13	Stockport County	42	13	16	13	44	52	-8	42
14	Manchester United	42	13	14	15	52	44	+8	40
15	Crystal Palace	42	13	13	16	53	65	-12	39
16	Port Vale	42	13	12	17	47	58	-11	38
17	Hull City	42	10	17	15	46	51	-5	37
18	Bradford City	42	11	15	16	35	48	-13	37
19	Coventry City	42	11	13	18	52	68	-16	35
20	Fulham	42	10	14	18	45	56	-11	34
21	Nelson	42	10	13	19	40	74	-34	33
22	Bristol City	42	7	15	20	32	65	-33	29

Matchlog

Every fixture

Division Two · 42 played

Division Two fixtures, 1923/24
Date	H/A	Opponent	Score	Att.	Result
25 Aug	A	Stoke City	1–1	12,000	Drew 1–1 v Stoke City
27 Aug	H	Crystal Palace	3–0	10,000	Won 3–0 v Crystal Palace
1 Sep	H	Stoke City	0–0	12,900	Drew 0–0 v Stoke City
5 Sep	A	Crystal Palace	1–1	8,000	Drew 1–1 v Crystal Palace
8 Sep	A	Leicester City	0–2	18,000	Lost 0–2 v Leicester City
15 Sep	H	Leicester City	1–2	15,000	Lost 1–2 v Leicester City
22 Sep	A	Hull City	2–1	11,500	Won 2–1 v Hull City
29 Sep	H	Hull City	5–2	12,000	Won 5–2 v Hull City
6 Oct	A	Leyton Orient	1–0	25,000	Won 1–0 v Leyton Orient
13 Oct	H	Leyton Orient	1–0	15,000	Won 1–0 v Leyton Orient
20 Oct	A	Port Vale	1–0	10,000	Won 1–0 v Port Vale
27 Oct	H	Port Vale	3–0	12,000	Won 3–0 v Port Vale
3 Nov	H	Bradford City	1–0	17,000	Won 1–0 v Bradford City
10 Nov	A	Bradford City	0–0	25,000	Drew 0–0 v Bradford City
17 Nov	H	Barnsley	3–1	12,000	Won 3–1 v Barnsley
24 Nov	A	Barnsley	3–1	12,000	Won 3–1 v Barnsley
1 Dec	H	Manchester United	0–0	20,000	Drew 0–0 v Manchester United
8 Dec	A	Manchester United	1–3	30,000	Lost 1–3 v Manchester United
15 Dec	H	Bury	1–2	17,000	Lost 1–2 v Bury
22 Dec	A	Bury	0–3	10,000	Lost 0–3 v Bury
25 Dec	A	Oldham Athletic	2–2	17,000	Drew 2–2 v Oldham Athletic
26 Dec	H	Oldham Athletic	5–0	12,000	Won 5–0 v Oldham Athletic
5 Jan	A	South Shields	0–2	10,000	Lost 0–2 v South Shields
19 Jan	A	Sheffield Wednesday	0–0	18,000	Drew 0–0 v Sheffield Wednesday
26 Jan	H	Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	15,000	Won 1–0 v Sheffield Wednesday
9 Feb	H	Coventry City	3–1	11,239	Won 3–1 v Coventry City
16 Feb	A	Bristol City	1–0	14,000	Won 1–0 v Bristol City
27 Feb	H	South Shields	2–1	8,000	Won 2–1 v South Shields
1 Mar	A	Southampton	1–0	8,000	Won 1–0 v Southampton
8 Mar	H	Southampton	3–0	15,000	Won 3–0 v Southampton
10 Mar	A	Coventry City	1–2	6,000	Lost 1–2 v Coventry City
15 Mar	H	Fulham	3–0	18,000	Won 3–0 v Fulham
19 Mar	H	Bristol City	0–0	8,000	Drew 0–0 v Bristol City
22 Mar	A	Fulham	2–0	17,000	Won 2–0 v Fulham
29 Mar	H	Blackpool	0–0	25,000	Drew 0–0 v Blackpool
5 Apr	A	Blackpool	1–1	14,000	Drew 1–1 v Blackpool
12 Apr	H	Derby County	1–1	20,000	Drew 1–1 v Derby County
18 Apr	A	Stockport County	1–1	15,000	Drew 1–1 v Stockport County
19 Apr	A	Derby County	0–2	21,622	Lost 0–2 v Derby County
21 Apr	H	Stockport County	4–0	22,500	Won 4–0 v Stockport County
26 Apr	H	Nelson	1–0	20,000	Won 1–0 v Nelson
3 May	A	Nelson	1–3	10,000	Lost 1–3 v Nelson

FA Cup · 4 played

FA Cup fixtures, 1923/24
Date	H/A	Opponent	Score	Att.	Result
12 Jan	H	Stoke City	1–0	26,574	Won 1–0 v Stoke City
2 Feb	A	West Ham United	1–1	30,123	Drew 1–1 v West Ham United
6 Feb	H	West Ham United	1–0	31,071	Won 1–0 v West Ham United
23 Feb	A	Aston Villa	0–3	51,238	Lost 0–3 v Aston Villa