The City Ground

SEASON: 1923-24

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DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Bob Masters
FA Cup:: 1st Round (Manchester City (A) 0-2)
League Cup:: -

Top Goalscorer:: Duncan Walker (17 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	16 times	8 times	2 times	1 time
Conceded	14 times	8 times	5 times	4 times	1 time
Won By	5 times	5 times
Lost By	11 times	4 times	4 times	2 times

Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions and
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the positions.

		Record against teams
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results
1		1	3	-	1	2	2	6	1	Cardiff City (0-1), Cardiff City (1-4), Huddersfield Town (1-1)
2		2	3	-	-	3	1	6	0	Sunderland (0-1), Sunderland (1-2), Huddersfield Town (0-3)
3		3	3	2	-	1	2	4	4	Notts County (1-0), Bolton Wanderers (0-4), Bolton Wanderers (1-0)
4		4	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	West Bromwich Albion (1-1)
5		5	2	-	-	2	3	5	0	West Bromwich Albion (2-3), Notts County (1-2)
6		6	4	-	3	1	1	5	3	Newcastle United (0-0), Newcastle United (0-4), Blackburn Rovers (0-0), Blackburn Rovers (1-1)
7		7	2	-	2	-	0	0	2	Sheffield United (0-0), Aston Villa (0-0)
8		8	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	Everton (1-0)
9		9	2	-	-	2	1	4	0	Sheffield United (1-2), Aston Villa (0-2)
10	4	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	3	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	2	12	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Liverpool (0-1)
13	2	13	2	1	-	1	4	3	2	Manchester City (1-2), Manchester City (3-1)
14	2	14	3	1	1	1	2	4	3	Tottenham Hotspur (0-0), Tottenham Hotspur (0-3), West Ham United (2-1)
15	2	15	2	1	-	1	6	5	2	Burnley (4-2), West Ham United (2-3)
16	7	16	1	-	-	1	2	4	0	Liverpool (2-4)
17	10	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
18	13	18	4	2	2	-	5	1	6	Burnley (0-0), Chelsea (2-0), Birmingham City (2-0), Preston North End (1-1)
19	21	19	2	-	2	-	2	2	2	Chelsea (1-1), Birmingham City (1-1)
20	5	20	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Arsenal (2-1)
21		21	4	1	-	3	6	10	2	Middlesbrough (2-5), Middlesbrough (3-1), Preston North End (1-3), Arsenal (0-1)
22		22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Not included: Week 1 game against Everton (1-2)

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 35,000
Lowest League Attendance:: 8,000
Average League Attendance:: 15,095
Highest Cup Attendance:: 0
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 0

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 11
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 1
Penalties missed:: 1
Penalties saved:: 1

END OF SEASON TABLE (1923-24)

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1)								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Huddersfield Town	42	23	11	8	60	33	15	5	1	35	9	8	6	7	25	24	1.818	57		1-1	0-3
2	Cardiff City	42	22	13	7	61	34	14	5	2	35	13	8	8	5	26	21	1.794	57		0-1	1-4
3	Sunderland	42	22	9	11	71	54	12	7	2	38	20	10	2	9	33	34	1.315	53		1-2	0-1
4	Bolton Wanderers	42	18	14	10	68	34	13	6	2	45	13	5	8	8	23	21	2.000	50		1-0	0-4
5	Sheffield United	42	19	12	11	69	49	12	5	4	39	16	7	7	7	30	33	1.408	50		1-2	0-0
6	Aston Villa	42	18	13	11	52	37	10	10	1	33	11	8	3	10	19	26	1.405	49		0-0	0-2
7	Everton	42	18	13	11	62	53	13	7	1	43	18	5	6	10	19	35	1.170	49		1-0	1-2
8	Blackburn Rovers	42	17	11	14	54	50	14	5	2	40	13	3	6	12	14	37	1.080	45		0-0	1-1
9	Newcastle United	42	17	10	15	60	54	13	5	3	40	21	4	5	12	20	33	1.111	44		0-0	0-4
10	Notts County	42	14	14	14	44	49	9	7	5	21	15	5	7	9	23	34	.898	42		1-0	1-2
11	Manchester City	42	15	12	15	54	71	11	7	3	34	24	4	5	12	20	47	.761	42		1-2	3-1
12	Liverpool	42	15	11	16	49	48	11	5	5	35	20	4	6	11	14	28	1.021	41		0-1	2-4
13	West Ham United	42	13	15	14	40	43	10	6	5	26	17	3	9	9	14	26	.930	41		2-1	2-3
14	Birmingham City	42	13	13	16	41	49	10	4	7	25	19	3	9	9	16	30	.837	39		1-1	2-0
15	Tottenham Hotspur	42	12	14	16	50	56	9	6	6	30	22	3	8	10	20	34	.893	38		0-0	0-3
16	West Bromwich Albion	42	12	14	16	51	62	10	6	5	43	30	2	8	11	8	32	.823	38		1-1	2-3
17	Burnley	42	12	12	18	55	60	10	5	6	39	27	2	7	12	16	33	.917	36		0-0	4-2
18	Preston North End	42	12	10	20	52	67	8	4	9	34	27	4	6	11	18	40	.776	34		1-1	1-3
19	Arsenal	42	12	9	21	40	63	8	5	8	25	24	4	4	13	15	39	.635	33		2-1	0-1
20	Nottingham Forest	42	10	12	20	42	64	7	9	5	19	15	3	3	15	23	49	.656	32
21	Chelsea	42	9	14	19	31	53	7	9	5	23	21	2	5	14	8	32	.585	32		2-0	1-1
22	Middlesbrough	42	7	8	27	37	60	6	4	11	23	23	1	4	16	14	37	.617	22		3-1	2-5

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 25, 1923	Everton	A	1-2	Loss	25,000	15	Spaven (?)
2	Mon Aug 27, 1923	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-1	Draw	21,000	14	Walker (?)
3	Sat Sep 01, 1923	Everton	H	1-0	Win	18,000	10	Walker (?)
4	Mon Sep 03, 1923	West Bromwich Albion	A	2-3	Loss	26,909	16	Parker (?, ?)
5	Sat Sep 08, 1923	Burnley	A	4-2	Win	15,000	10	Parker (?), Walker (?), Martin (?), Gibson (?)
6	Sat Sep 15, 1923	Burnley	H	0-0	Draw	20,000	10
7	Sat Sep 22, 1923	Notts County	A	1-2	Loss	35,000	14	Tinsley (?)
8	Sat Sep 29, 1923	Notts County	H	1-0	Win	35,000	13	Tinsley (?)
9	Sat Oct 06, 1923	Middlesbrough	A	2-5	Loss	18,000	15	Martin (?), Flood (?)
10	Sat Oct 13, 1923	Middlesbrough	H	3-1	Win	17,000	11	Flood (?), Walker (?, ?)
11	Sat Oct 20, 1923	Liverpool	A	2-4	Loss	30,000	16	Walker (?, ?)
12	Sat Oct 27, 1923	Liverpool	H	0-1	Loss	15,000	16
13	Sat Nov 03, 1923	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-0	Draw	18,000	17
14	Sat Nov 10, 1923	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-3	Loss	23,831	17
15	Sat Nov 17, 1923	Sheffield United	H	1-2	Loss	8,000	18	Walker (?)
16	Sat Nov 24, 1923	Sheffield United	A	0-0	Draw	12,000	18
17	Sat Dec 01, 1923	Cardiff City	H	0-1	Loss	15,000	19
18	Sat Dec 08, 1923	Cardiff City	A	1-4	Loss	20,000	19	Walker (?)
19	Sat Dec 15, 1923	West Ham United	H	2-1	Win	10,000	18	Gibson (?), Walker (?)
20	Sat Dec 22, 1923	West Ham United	A	2-3	Loss	15,000	19	Walker (?), Martin (?)
21	Tue Dec 25, 1923	Chelsea	H	2-0	Win	20,000	17	Gibson (?), Walker (?)
22	Wed Dec 26, 1923	Chelsea	A	1-1	Draw	30,000	16	Walker (?)
23	Sat Dec 29, 1923	Newcastle United	H	0-0	Draw	12,000	18
24	Sat Jan 05, 1924	Newcastle United	A	0-4	Loss	25,000	19
25	Sat Jan 19, 1924	Birmingham City	A	2-0	Win	15,000	18	Ransford (?), Flood (?)
26	Sat Jan 26, 1924	Birmingham City	H	1-1	Draw	10,000	17	Walker (?)
27	Sat Feb 02, 1924	Preston North End	A	1-3	Loss	17,000	17	Flood (?)
28	Sat Feb 09, 1924	Manchester City	H	1-2	Loss	10,000	19	Walker (?)
29	Wed Feb 13, 1924	Manchester City	A	3-1	Win	3,000	17	Flood (?), Marshall (?), Martin (?)
30	Sat Feb 16, 1924	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-4	Loss	16,000	19
31	Sat Feb 23, 1924	Bolton Wanderers	H	1-0	Win	15,000	17	Flood (?)
32	Sat Mar 01, 1924	Sunderland	A	0-1	Loss	16,000	18
33	Sat Mar 08, 1924	Sunderland	H	1-2	Loss	12,000	19	Marshall (?)
34	Sat Mar 15, 1924	Arsenal	H	2-1	Win	14,000	18	Gibson (?), Walker (?)
35	Sat Mar 22, 1924	Arsenal	A	0-1	Loss	20,000	19
36	Sat Mar 29, 1924	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-0	Draw	8,000	19
37	Sat Apr 05, 1924	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-1	Draw	15,000	19	Flood (?)
38	Sat Apr 12, 1924	Aston Villa	H	0-0	Draw	12,000	18
39	Sat Apr 19, 1924	Aston Villa	A	0-2	Loss	20,000	20
40	Mon Apr 21, 1924	Preston North End	H	1-1	Draw	15,000	19	Walker (?)
41	Sat Apr 26, 1924	Huddersfield Town	H	1-1	Draw	12,000	20	Nelis (?)
42	Sat May 03, 1924	Huddersfield Town	A	0-3	Loss	19,000	20

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 12, 1924	Manchester City	1			A	0-2	Loss	-

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Oct 08, 1923	St Mirren	Scotland	A	1-1	Draw	-	Walker (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (5)				Out (6)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Arthur Dexter	Bought			Fleming Falconer	Sold
	Bob Wallace	Bought			George Dennis	Sold
	Duncan Walker	Bought			Harry Jones	Retired
	Fleming Falconer	Bought			Herbert Ransford	Sold
	Herbert Ransford	Bought			Joseph Mills	Sold
					Walter Tinsley	Sold

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Alfred Bennett	15	3	6	6
GK		Arthur Dexter	2	1	1
GK		Sam Hardy	26	6	5	15
D		Bobby Parker	12	4	1	7	3
D		Fleming Falconer	2	1		1
D		Harold Bulling	34	9	10	15
D		William 'Bill' Thompson	26	6	7	13
M		Gerry Morgan	33	6	11	16
M		Joseph Mills	2	1		1
M		Sid Gibson	38	8	12	18	4
F		Bob Wallace	43	10	12	21
F		Charlie Flood	40	10	12	18	7
F		Duncan Walker	40	9	12	19	17
F		George Dennis	1		1
F		Harry Jones	16	4	3	9
F		Harry Marshall	7	3		4	2
F		Henry Martin	41	10	11	20	4
F		Herbert Ransford	4	2	1	1	1
F		Jack Spaven	20	3	6	11	1
F		Jackie Belton	34	6	11	17
F		Noah Burton	8	3	2	3
F		Patrick Nelis	6		2	4	1
F		Percy Barratt	7	1	3	3
F		Walter Tinsley	16	4	3	9	2

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
17	Duncan Walker	40
7	Charlie Flood	40
4	Henry Martin	41
4	Sid Gibson	38
3	Bobby Parker	12
2	Harry Marshall	7
2	Walter Tinsley	16
1	Herbert Ransford	4
1	Jack Spaven	20
1	Patrick Nelis	6

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season