The City Ground

SEASON: 1923-24

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This Season: 1923-24
Next Season: 1924-25

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

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

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	Relegated	2-0	1-1
22	Middlesbrough	42	7	8	27	37	60	6	4	11	23	23	1	4	16	14	37	.617	22	Relegated	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 (?)

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