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1923–24 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Huddersfield Town
season	1923–24
chairman	Joseph Barlow
manager	Herbert Chapman
stadium	Leeds Road
league	Football League First Division
league result	1st (champion, 1st English title)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Third round
(knocked out by Burnley)
league topscorer	Charlie Wilson (18 goals)
season topscorer	Charlie Wilson (20 goals)
highest attendance	33,178 vs Burnley (22 April 1924)
lowest attendance	6,000 vs Newcastle United (27 February 1924)
largest win	6–1 vs Arsenal (22 December 1923)
largest loss	0–2 vs Middlesbrough (1 September 1923)
1–3 vs Bolton Wanderers (17 November 1923)
1–3 vs Aston Villa (17 April 1924)
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prevseason	1922–23
nextseason	1924–25

(knocked out by Burnley) 1–3 vs Bolton Wanderers (17 November 1923) 1–3 vs Aston Villa (17 April 1924) The 1923–24 Huddersfield Town season saw Town become the champion of English football for the first time. They beat Welsh side Cardiff City to the title by goal average.

Squad at the start of the season

Review

After finishing 3rd the previous season and winning the FA Cup the season before, some thought that a championship under Herbert Chapman wasn't impossible. The season would see Town reach the pinnacle of football excellence and win the 1st Division.

This was done with Town only having 5 different scorers all season; George Brown with 8, George Cook with 9, Clem Stephenson with 11, Billy Smith with 13 and Charlie Wilson top-scoring with 18 league goals. (Billy Johnston did score an FA Cup goal). The title went down to the last match and Town's 3–0 win over Nottingham Forest giving Town their title by goal average.

Squad at the end of the season

Results

[[Football League First Division|Division One]]

Date	Opponents	**Home/
Away**	**Result
F - A**	Scorers	Attendance	Position
25 August 1923	Middlesbrough	H	1 - 0	C. Wilson	20,000	1st
27 August 1923	Preston North End	A	3 - 1	B. Smith, C. Wilson, Stephenson	18,331	2nd
1 September 1923	Middlesbrough	A	0 - 2		20,000	6th
4 September 1923	Preston North End	H	4 - 0	B. Smith, C. Wilson (2), Stephenson	14,198	2nd
8 September 1923	Notts County	A	0 - 1		20,000	6th
15 September 1923	Notts County	H	0 - 0		16,000	8th
22 September 1923	Everton	A	1 - 1	Brown	35,000	9th
29 September 1923	Everton	H	2 - 0	Brown, Stephenson	16,500	4th
6 October 1923	West Bromwich Albion	A	4 - 2	B. Smith (2), Cook (2)	17,041	4th
13 October 1923	West Bromwich Albion	H	0 - 0		18,800	5th
20 October 1923	Birmingham	A	1 - 0	B. Smith	18,000	3rd
27 October 1923	Birmingham	H	1 - 0	Stephenson	12,000	1st
3 November 1923	Liverpool	A	1 - 1	Stephenson	30,000	2nd
10 November 1923	Liverpool	H	3 - 1	Cook (2), W. Wadsworth (og)	15,400	2nd
17 November 1923	Bolton Wanderers	A	1 - 3	C. Wilson	17,630	2nd
24 November 1923	Bolton Wanderers	H	1 - 0	Cook	18,000	2nd
1 December 1923	Sunderland	A	1 - 2	C. Wilson	29,000	3rd
8 December 1923	Sunderland	H	3 - 2	C. Wilson (2), B. Smith	18,600	3rd
15 December 1923	Arsenal	A	3 - 1	C. Wilson (3)	25,000	2nd
22 December 1923	Arsenal	H	6 - 1	Cook, C. Wilson (3), Stephenson (2)	15,000	2nd
25 December 1923	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0 - 1		44,274	3rd
26 December 1923	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2 - 1	B. Smith (2 pens)	28,600	3rd
29 December 1923	Blackburn Rovers	A	0 - 1		18,000	3rd
5 January 1924	Blackburn Rovers	H	1 - 0	Stephenson	16,300	4th
19 January 1924	Chelsea	H	0 - 1		14,200	4th
26 January 1924	Chelsea	A	1 - 0	Stephenson	33,500	4th
9 February 1924	Newcastle United	A	1 - 0	Stephenson	25,000	4th
16 February 1924	West Ham United	H	1 - 1	B. Smith	12,500	4th
27 February 1924	Newcastle United	H	1 - 1	Stephenson	6,000	4th
1 March 1924	Cardiff City	H	2 - 0	Brown (2)	18,000	3rd
15 March 1924	Sheffield United	A	1 - 0	Brown	29,000	4th
22 March 1924	Sheffield United	H	1 - 0	C. Wilson	19,500	3rd
27 March 1924	West Ham United	A	3 - 2	B. Smith, C. Wilson (2)	15,000	1st
5 April 1924	Aston Villa	H	1 - 0	B. Smith (pen)	26,280	3rd
12 April 1924	Manchester City	H	1 - 1	Brown	11,000	2nd
14 April 1924	Cardiff City	A	0 - 0		24,000	1st
18 April 1924	Burnley	A	1 - 1	Brown	25,000	2nd
19 April 1924	Manchester City	A	1 - 1	C. Wilson	30,000	2nd
22 April 1924	Burnley	H	1 - 0	B. Smith	33,178	1st
26 April 1924	Nottingham Forest	A	1 - 1	Cook	12,000	2nd
30 April 1924	Aston Villa	A	1 - 3	B. Smith	33,000	2nd
3 May 1924	Nottingham Forest	H	3 - 0	Cook (2), Brown	19,000	1st

[[FA Cup]]

Date	Round	Opponents	**Home/
Away**	**Result
F - A**	Scorers	Attendance
12 January 1924	Round 1	Birmingham	H	1 - 0	Johnston	30,924
2 February 1924	Round 2	Manchester United	A	3 - 0	C. Wilson (2), Stephenson	66,678
23 February 1924	Round 3	Burnley	A	0 - 1		54,775

Appearances and goals

Name	Position	League	FA Cup	Total	Apps	Goals	Apps
Ned Barkas	DF	21	0	2	0	23	0
Leonard Boot	GK	5	0	0	0	5	0
George Brown	FW	22	8	1	0	23	8
Harry Cawthorne	DF	16	0	0	0	16	0
George Cook	FW	25	9	1	0	26	9
Billy Cowell	GK	2	0	0	0	2	0
Roy Goodall	DF	14	0	1	0	15	0
Ernie Islip	FW	3	0	0	0	3	0
Billy Johnston	FW	8	0	3	1	11	1
George Richardson	MF	2	0	0	0	2	0
Ted Richardson	MF	5	0	0	0	5	0
George Shaw	DF	9	0	0	0	9	0
Albert Smith	FW	8	0	0	0	8	0
Billy Smith	MF	39	13	3	0	42	13
David Steele	DF	31	0	3	0	34	0
Clem Stephenson	FW	40	11	3	1	43	12
Ted Taylor	GK	35	0	3	0	38	0
Sam Wadsworth	DF	37	0	3	0	40	0
Joe Walter	MF	26	0	2	0	28	0
Billy Watson	DF	42	0	3	0	45	0
Charlie Wilson	FW	31	18	2	2	33	20
Tom Wilson	DF	41	0	3	0	44	0

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