1923–24 Manchester United F.C. season
Lowest home attendance | 7,000 vs Coventry City (2 January 1924) | ||
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Average home league attendance | 21,951 | ||
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The 1923–24 season was Manchester United's 28th season 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.[1]
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 | 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 | 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 | Spence
|
22,250 |
15 December 1923 | Port Vale | A | 1–0 | Grimwood | 7,500 |
22 December 1923 | Port Vale | H | 5–0 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Smith
|
7,500 |
3 May 1924 | The Wednesday | A | 0–2 | 7,250 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12 | Leicester City | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 64 | 54 | 1.185 | 42 |
13 | Stockport County | 42 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 44 | 52 | 0.846 | 42 |
14 | Manchester United | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 52 | 44 | 1.182 | 40 |
15 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 53 | 65 | 0.815 | 39 |
16 | Port Vale | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 50 | 66 | 0.758 | 38 |
Source: [citation needed]
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
- ^ "Manchester United Season 1923/24". StretfordEnd.co.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2011.