The City Ground

SEASON: 1923-24

Prev Season: 1922-23
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)

Top Goalscorer:: Duncan Walker (17 goals)

Competitive Games:: 43
Competitive Goals:: 42
Goals per game:: 1.0
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 32 out of 84 (2 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 38.1%

Highest League Attendance:: 35,000 (Notts County)
Lowest League Attendance:: 8,000 (Blackburn Rovers)
Average League Attendance:: 15,095
Highest Cup Attendance:: -
Lowest Cup Attendance:: -

FA Cup:: Newcastle United
League Cup:
League Trophy:
Community Shield:: English Professionals

SEASON RECORDS

Most Goals scored: 4
4-2 (Sat Sep 08, 1923, Burnley, Away, League Tier 1)

Biggest Winning Margin: 2
4-2 (Sat Sep 08, 1923, Burnley, Away, League Tier 1)
3-1 (Sat Oct 13, 1923, Middlesbrough, Home, League Tier 1)
2-0 (Tue Dec 25, 1923, Chelsea, Home, League Tier 1)
2-0 (Sat Jan 19, 1924, Birmingham City, Away, League Tier 1)
3-1 (Wed Feb 13, 1924, Manchester City, Away, League Tier 1)

Most Goals Conceded: 5
2-5 (Sat Oct 06, 1923, Middlesbrough, Away, League Tier 1)

Biggest Losing Margin: 4
0-4 (Sat Jan 05, 1924, Newcastle United, Away, League Tier 1)
0-4 (Sat Feb 16, 1924, Bolton Wanderers, Away, League Tier 1)

Clean Sheets:: 11
Yellow Cards:: 0
Red Cards:: 0
Own goals (for):: 0 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 0 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 1
Penalties conceded:: 3
Penalties missed:: 1
Penalties saved:: 1

TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1923-24

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GA	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	Champions	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

Points per win: 2

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

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

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	3	-	1	2	2	6	1	Cardiff City (0-1), Cardiff City (1-4), Huddersfield Town (1-1)
2		2	3	-	-	3	1	6	0	Sunderland (0-1), Sunderland (1-2), Huddersfield Town (0-3)
3		3	3	2	-	1	2	4	4	Notts County (1-0), Bolton Wanderers (0-4), Bolton Wanderers (1-0)
4		4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5		5	3	-	1	2	4	6	1	West Bromwich Albion (1-1), West Bromwich Albion (2-3), Notts County (1-2)
6		6	4	-	3	1	1	5	3	Newcastle United (0-0), Newcastle United (0-4), Blackburn Rovers (0-0), Blackburn Rovers (1-1)
7		7	2	-	2	-	0	0	2	Sheffield United (0-0), Aston Villa (0-0)
8		8	1	1	-	-	1	0	2	Everton (1-0)
9		9	2	-	-	2	1	4	0	Sheffield United (1-2), Aston Villa (0-2)
10	8	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
11	9	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	6	12	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Liverpool (0-1)
13	7	13	2	1	-	1	4	3	2	Manchester City (1-2), Manchester City (3-1)
14	9	14	3	1	1	1	2	4	3	Tottenham Hotspur (0-0), Tottenham Hotspur (0-3), West Ham United (2-1)
15	9	15	2	1	-	1	6	5	2	Burnley (4-2), West Ham United (2-3)
16	23	16	1	-	-	1	2	4	0	Liverpool (2-4)
17	38	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
18	54	18	4	2	2	-	5	1	6	Burnley (0-0), Chelsea (2-0), Birmingham City (2-0), Preston North End (1-1)
19	80	19	2	-	2	-	2	2	2	Chelsea (1-1), Birmingham City (1-1)
20	9	20	1	1	-	-	2	1	2	Arsenal (2-1)
21		21	4	1	-	3	6	10	2	Middlesbrough (2-5), Middlesbrough (3-1), Preston North End (1-3), Arsenal (0-1)
22		22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Not included: Week 1 game against Everton (1-2) as all teams were unplaced at the time

GAMES

Manager for all games: Bob Masters
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Aug 25, 1923	Everton	A	1-2	25,000	15	Spaven (53')
2	Mon Aug 27, 1923	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-1	21,000	14	Walker (67')
3	Sat Sep 01, 1923	Everton	H	1-0	18,000	10	Walker (5')
4	Mon Sep 03, 1923	West Bromwich Albion	A	2-3	26,909	16	Parker (?, ?)
5	Sat Sep 08, 1923	Burnley	A	4-2	15,000	10	Parker (24'), Martin (67'), Walker (69'), Gibson (79')
6	Sat Sep 15, 1923	Burnley	H	0-0	20,000	10
7	Sat Sep 22, 1923	Notts County	A	1-2	35,000	14	Tinsley (22')
8	Sat Sep 29, 1923	Notts County	H	1-0	35,000	13	Tinsley (42')
9	Sat Oct 06, 1923	Middlesbrough	A	2-5	18,000	15	Martin (15'), Flood (50')
10	Sat Oct 13, 1923	Middlesbrough	H	3-1	17,000	11	Walker (2', 66'), Flood (51')
11	Sat Oct 20, 1923	Liverpool	A	2-4	30,000	16	Walker (7', 80')
12	Sat Oct 27, 1923	Liverpool	H	0-1	15,000	16
13	Sat Nov 03, 1923	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-0	18,000	17
14	Sat Nov 10, 1923	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-3	23,831	17
15	Sat Nov 17, 1923	Sheffield United	H	1-2	8,000	18	Walker (78')
16	Sat Nov 24, 1923	Sheffield United	A	0-0	12,000	18
17	Sat Dec 01, 1923	Cardiff City	H	0-1	15,000	19
18	Sat Dec 08, 1923	Cardiff City	A	1-4	20,000	19	Walker (65')
19	Sat Dec 15, 1923	West Ham United	H	2-1	10,000	18	Walker (43'), Gibson (46')
20	Sat Dec 22, 1923	West Ham United	A	2-3	15,000	19	Martin (8'), Walker (54')
21	Tue Dec 25, 1923	Chelsea	H	2-0	20,000	17	Walker (?), Gibson (?)
22	Wed Dec 26, 1923	Chelsea	A	1-1	30,000	16	Walker (39' pen)
23	Sat Dec 29, 1923	Newcastle United	H	0-0	12,000	18
24	Sat Jan 05, 1924	Newcastle United	A	0-4	25,000	19
25	Sat Jan 19, 1924	Birmingham City	A	2-0	15,000	18	Ransford (31'), Flood (86')
26	Sat Jan 26, 1924	Birmingham City	H	1-1	10,000	17	Walker (32')
27	Sat Feb 02, 1924	Preston North End	A	1-3	17,000	17	Flood (24')
28	Sat Feb 09, 1924	Manchester City	H	1-2	10,000	19	Walker (46')
29	Wed Feb 13, 1924	Manchester City	A	3-1	3,000	17	Marshall (11'), Martin (13'), Flood (27')
30	Sat Feb 16, 1924	Bolton Wanderers	A	0-4	16,000	19
31	Sat Feb 23, 1924	Bolton Wanderers	H	1-0	15,000	17	Flood (12')
32	Sat Mar 01, 1924	Sunderland	A	0-1	16,000	18
33	Sat Mar 08, 1924	Sunderland	H	1-2	12,000	19	Marshall (88')
34	Sat Mar 15, 1924	Arsenal	H	2-1	14,000	18	Gibson (8'), Walker (22')
35	Sat Mar 22, 1924	Arsenal	A	0-1	20,000	19
36	Sat Mar 29, 1924	Blackburn Rovers	H	0-0	8,000	19
37	Sat Apr 05, 1924	Blackburn Rovers	A	1-1	15,000	19	Flood (77')
38	Sat Apr 12, 1924	Aston Villa	H	0-0	12,000	18
39	Sat Apr 19, 1924	Aston Villa	A	0-2	20,000	20
40	Mon Apr 21, 1924	Preston North End	H	1-1	15,000	19	Walker (?)
41	Sat Apr 26, 1924	Huddersfield Town	H	1-1	12,000	20	Nelis (46')
42	Sat May 03, 1924	Huddersfield Town	A	0-3	19,000	20		Safe

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 12, 1924	Manchester City	1		A	0-2	-

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Mon Oct 08, 1923	St Mirren	Scotland	A	1-1	-	Walker (?)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Bob Masters
Sat Aug 25, 1923	League Tier 1	Everton		A	1-2	25,000	Spaven (53')
Mon Aug 27, 1923	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion		H	1-1	21,000	Walker (67')
Sat Sep 01, 1923	League Tier 1	Everton		H	1-0	18,000	Walker (5')
Mon Sep 03, 1923	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion		A	2-3	26,909	Parker (?, ?)
Sat Sep 08, 1923	League Tier 1	Burnley		A	4-2	15,000	Parker (24'), Martin (67'), Walker (69'), Gibson (79')
Sat Sep 15, 1923	League Tier 1	Burnley		H	0-0	20,000
Sat Sep 22, 1923	League Tier 1	Notts County		A	1-2	35,000	Tinsley (22')
Sat Sep 29, 1923	League Tier 1	Notts County		H	1-0	35,000	Tinsley (42')
Sat Oct 06, 1923	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough		A	2-5	18,000	Martin (15'), Flood (50')
Mon Oct 08, 1923	Friendly	St Mirren		A	1-1	-	Walker (?)
Sat Oct 13, 1923	League Tier 1	Middlesbrough		H	3-1	17,000	Walker (2', 66'), Flood (51')
Sat Oct 20, 1923	League Tier 1	Liverpool		A	2-4	30,000	Walker (7', 80')
Sat Oct 27, 1923	League Tier 1	Liverpool		H	0-1	15,000
Sat Nov 03, 1923	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur		H	0-0	18,000
Sat Nov 10, 1923	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur		A	0-3	23,831
Sat Nov 17, 1923	League Tier 1	Sheffield United		H	1-2	8,000	Walker (78')
Sat Nov 24, 1923	League Tier 1	Sheffield United		A	0-0	12,000
Sat Dec 01, 1923	League Tier 1	Cardiff City		H	0-1	15,000
Sat Dec 08, 1923	League Tier 1	Cardiff City		A	1-4	20,000	Walker (65')
Sat Dec 15, 1923	League Tier 1	West Ham United		H	2-1	10,000	Walker (43'), Gibson (46')
Sat Dec 22, 1923	League Tier 1	West Ham United		A	2-3	15,000	Martin (8'), Walker (54')
Tue Dec 25, 1923	League Tier 1	Chelsea		H	2-0	20,000	Walker (?), Gibson (?)
Wed Dec 26, 1923	League Tier 1	Chelsea		A	1-1	30,000	Walker (39' pen)
Sat Dec 29, 1923	League Tier 1	Newcastle United		H	0-0	12,000
Sat Jan 05, 1924	League Tier 1	Newcastle United		A	0-4	25,000
Sat Jan 12, 1924	FA Cup	Manchester City	1	A	0-2	-
Sat Jan 19, 1924	League Tier 1	Birmingham City		A	2-0	15,000	Ransford (31'), Flood (86')
Sat Jan 26, 1924	League Tier 1	Birmingham City		H	1-1	10,000	Walker (32')
Sat Feb 02, 1924	League Tier 1	Preston North End		A	1-3	17,000	Flood (24')
Sat Feb 09, 1924	League Tier 1	Manchester City		H	1-2	10,000	Walker (46')
Wed Feb 13, 1924	League Tier 1	Manchester City		A	3-1	3,000	Marshall (11'), Martin (13'), Flood (27')
Sat Feb 16, 1924	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers		A	0-4	16,000
Sat Feb 23, 1924	League Tier 1	Bolton Wanderers		H	1-0	15,000	Flood (12')
Sat Mar 01, 1924	League Tier 1	Sunderland		A	0-1	16,000
Sat Mar 08, 1924	League Tier 1	Sunderland		H	1-2	12,000	Marshall (88')
Sat Mar 15, 1924	League Tier 1	Arsenal		H	2-1	14,000	Gibson (8'), Walker (22')
Sat Mar 22, 1924	League Tier 1	Arsenal		A	0-1	20,000
Sat Mar 29, 1924	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers		H	0-0	8,000
Sat Apr 05, 1924	League Tier 1	Blackburn Rovers		A	1-1	15,000	Flood (77')
Sat Apr 12, 1924	League Tier 1	Aston Villa		H	0-0	12,000
Sat Apr 19, 1924	League Tier 1	Aston Villa		A	0-2	20,000
Mon Apr 21, 1924	League Tier 1	Preston North End		H	1-1	15,000	Walker (?)
Sat Apr 26, 1924	League Tier 1	Huddersfield Town		H	1-1	12,000	Nelis (46')
Sat May 03, 1924	League Tier 1	Huddersfield Town		A	0-3	19,000		Safe

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Sat Jan 12, 1924	Manchester City	1		A	0-2	-

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Mon Oct 08, 1923	St Mirren	Scotland	A	1-1	-

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (5) - £0				Out (6) - £0
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Bob Wallace	Bought			Fleming Falconer	Sold
	Duncan Walker	Bought			George Dennis	Sold
	Fleming Falconer	Bought			Harry Jones	Retired
	Herbert Ransford	Bought			Herbert Ransford	Sold
Mar 1923	Arthur Dexter	Bought		1924	Joe Mills	Sold
				1924	Walter Tinsley	Sold

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Alfred Bennett	England	24	15	3	6	6
GK		Arthur Dexter	England	18	2	1	1
GK		Sam Hardy	England	40	26	6	5	15
Defenders
D		Bill Thompson	England	23	26	6	7	13
D		Fleming Falconer	Scotland	24	2	1		1
D		Fred Parker	England	29	12	4	1	7	3
D		Harold Bulling	England	32	34	9	10	15
D		Harry Jones	England	32	16	4	3	9
Midfielders
M		Gerry Morgan	N. Ireland	24	33	6	11	16
M		Joe Mills	England	28	2	1		1
M		Sid Gibson	England	24	38	8	12	18	4
Forwards
F		Bob Wallace	Scotland	30	43	10	12	21
F		Charlie Flood	England	27	40	10	12	18	7
F		Duncan Walker	Scotland	23	40	9	12	19	17
F		George Dennis	England	25	1		1
F		Harry Marshall	England	18	7	3		4	2
F		Henry Martin	England	31	41	10	11	20	4
F		Herbert Ransford	England	21	4	2	1	1	1
F		Jack Spaven	England	31	20	3	6	11	1
F		Jackie Belton	England	28	34	6	11	17
F		Noah Burton	England	26	8	3	2	3
F		Patrick Nelis	N. Ireland	24	6		2	4	1
F		Percy Barratt	England	24	7	1	3	3
F		Walter Tinsley	England	31	16	4	3	9	2

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
17	Duncan Walker	40
7	Charlie Flood	40
4	Henry Martin	41
4	Sid Gibson	38
3	Fred Parker	12
2	Harry Marshall	7
2	Walter Tinsley	16
1	Herbert Ransford	4
1	Jack Spaven	20
1	Patrick Nelis	6

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Cardiff City	Sat Dec 01, 1923	Home	0-1	Sat Dec 08, 1923	Away	1-4
Liverpool	Sat Oct 20, 1923	Away	2-4	Sat Oct 27, 1923	Home	0-1
Sunderland	Sat Mar 01, 1924	Away	0-1	Sat Mar 08, 1924	Home	1-2