1923–24 in English football explained

Country:	England
Season:	1923–24
Division1:	Football League
Champions1:	Huddersfield Town
Division2:	Football League Second Division
Champions2:	Leeds United
Domestic:	FA Cup
Dchampions:	Newcastle United
Prevseason:	1922–23
Nextseason:	1924–25
Flagicon:	yes

The 1923–24 season was the 49th season of competitive football in England, with Huddersfield Town becoming League Champions for the first time, managing to beat Cardiff City in the closest finish in the competition's history, having the same number of points and winning the title by just 0.024 on goal average.

Overview

• On 11 November 1923, Aston Villa centre-half Tommy Ball was shot dead by his neighbour, thus becoming the only Football League player to have been murdered.^[1]

Honours

Competition	Winner	Runner-up
First Division	Huddersfield Town (1)	Cardiff City
Second Division	Leeds United	Bury
Third Division North	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Rochdale
Third Division South	Portsmouth	Plymouth Argyle
FA Cup	Newcastle United (2)	Aston Villa
Charity Shield	Professionals XI	Amateurs XI
Home Championship

Football League

See main article: 1923–24 Football League.

Top goalscorers

First Division

• Wilf Chadwick (Everton) – 28 goals^[2]

Second Division

• Harry Bedford (Blackpool) – 34 goals^[2]

Third Division North

• David Brown (Darlington) – 27 goals^[3]

Third Division South

• Willie Haines (Portsmouth) – 28 goals^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cowan . Mark . The star Villa player shot dead by neighbour . From the archives . Birmingham Mail . 3 November 2011 . 6 May 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100508230037/http://www.birminghammail.net/news/crime-news/2010/05/06/from-the-archives-the-star-villa-player-shot-dead-by-neighbour-97319-26389654/ . 8 May 2010 .
2. Web site: English League Leading Goalscorers . RSSSF . 2017-08-30.
3. Web site: English League Leading Goalscorers . RSSSF . 2017-08-30.