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1923–24 Manchester United F.C. season
English football club season
English football club season
| Field | Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| club | Manchester United | ||||
| season | 1923–24 | ||||
| manager | John Chapman | ||||
| chairman | John Henry Davies | ||||
| league | Second Division | ||||
| league result | 14th | ||||
| cup1 | FA Cup | ||||
| cup1 result | Second Round | ||||
| league topscorer | |||||
| Arthur Lochhead (14) | |||||
| season topscorer | |||||
| Arthur Lochhead (14) | |||||
| highest attendance | 66,673 vs Huddersfield Town (2 February 1924) | ||||
| lowest attendance | 7,000 vs Coventry City (2 January 1924) | ||||
| average attendance | 21,951 | ||||
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| prevseason | 1922–23 | ||||
| nextseason | 1924–25 |
Arthur Lochhead (14) Arthur Lochhead (14) The 1923–24 season was Manchester United's 28th in the Football League. It was their second successive season in the Second Division, and after narrowly missing out on promotion a year earlier, they finished a disappointing 14th in the league.
Second Division
| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F–A | Scorers | Attendance | |||
| 25 August 1923 | Bristol City | A | 2–1 | Lochhead, MacDonald | 20,500 |
| 27 August 1923 | Southampton | H | 1–0 | Goldthorpe | 21,750 |
| 1 September 1923 | Bristol City | H | 2–1 | Lochhead, Spence | 21,000 |
| 3 September 1923 | Southampton | A | 0–0 | 11,500 | |
| 8 September 1923 | Bury | A | 0–2 | 19,000 | |
| 15 September 1923 | Bury | H | 0–1 | 43,000 | |
| 22 September 1923 | South Shields | A | 0–1 | 9,750 | |
| 29 September 1923 | South Shields | H | 1–1 | Lochhead | 22,250 |
| 6 October 1923 | Oldham Athletic | A | 2–3 | own goals (2) | 12,250 |
| 13 October 1923 | Oldham Athletic | H | 2–0 | Bain (2) | 26,000 |
| 20 October 1923 | Stockport County | H | 3–0 | Mann (2), Bain | 31,500 |
| 27 October 1923 | Stockport County | A | 2–3 | Barber, Lochhead | 16,500 |
| 3 November 1923 | Leicester City | A | 2–2 | Lochhead (2) | 17,000 |
| 10 November 1923 | Leicester City | H | 3–0 | Lochhead, Mann, Spence | 20,000 |
| 17 November 1923 | Coventry City | A | 1–1 | own goal | 13,580 |
| 1 December 1923 | Leeds United | A | 0–0 | 20,000 | |
| 8 December 1923 | Leeds United | H | 3–1 | Lochhead (2), Spence | 22,250 |
| 15 December 1923 | Port Vale | A | 1–0 | Grimwood | 7,500 |
| 22 December 1923 | Port Vale | H | 5–0 | Bain (3), Lochhead, Spence | 11,750 |
| 25 December 1923 | Barnsley | H | 1–2 | Grimwood | 34,000 |
| 26 December 1923 | Barnsley | A | 0–1 | 12,000 | |
| 29 December 1923 | Bradford City | A | 0–0 | 15,500 | |
| 2 January 1924 | Coventry City | H | 1–2 | Bain | 7,000 |
| 5 January 1924 | Bradford City | H | 3–0 | Bain, Lochhead, McPherson | 18,000 |
| 19 January 1924 | Fulham | A | 1–3 | Lochhead | 15,500 |
| 26 January 1924 | Fulham | H | 0–0 | 25,000 | |
| 6 February 1924 | Blackpool | A | 0–1 | 6,000 | |
| 9 February 1924 | Blackpool | H | 0–0 | 13,000 | |
| 16 February 1924 | Derby County | A | 0–3 | 12,000 | |
| 23 February 1924 | Derby County | H | 0–0 | 25,000 | |
| 1 March 1924 | Nelson | A | 2–0 | Kennedy, Spence | 2,750 |
| 8 March 1924 | Nelson | H | 0–1 | 8,500 | |
| 15 March 1924 | Hull City | H | 1–1 | Lochhead | 13,000 |
| 22 March 1924 | Hull City | A | 1–1 | Miller | 6,250 |
| 29 March 1924 | Stoke | H | 2–2 | Smith (2) | 13,000 |
| 5 April 1924 | Stoke | A | 0–3 | 11,000 | |
| 12 April 1924 | Crystal Palace | H | 5–1 | Spence (4), Smith | 8,000 |
| 18 April 1924 | Clapton Orient | A | 0–1 | 18,000 | |
| 19 April 1924 | Crystal Palace | A | 1–1 | Spence | 7,000 |
| 21 April 1924 | Clapton Orient | H | 2–2 | Evans (2) | 11,000 |
| 26 April 1924 | The Wednesday | H | 2–0 | Lochhead, Smith | 7,500 |
| 3 May 1924 | The Wednesday | A | 0–2 | 7,250 |
FA Cup
| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F–A | Scorers | Attendance | ||||
| 12 January 1924 | First Round | Plymouth Argyle | H | 1–0 | McPherson | 35,700 |
| 2 February 1924 | Second Round | Huddersfield Town | H | 0–3 | 66,673 |
References
References
- "Manchester United Season 1923/24". StretfordEnd.co.uk.
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