# 1923–24 Manchester City F.C. season

The 1923–24 season was Manchester City F.C.'s thirty-third season of league football, and tenth consecutive season in the Football League First Division, excluding the four years during the First World War in which no competitive football was played.
The season was notable for several reasons: primarily, it was the first season Manchester City would spend at their iconic Maine Road stadium, the predecessor Hyde Road having been left in the quest to meet the club's ambitions and move into a ground with a higher capacity. The season would also prove to be manager Ernest Mangnall's last at the club. He was at the time the club's longest serving manager, managing the club for 12 years and served 350 competitive games. He rounded his time at the club off with an FA Cup semi-final appearance, the first time that the club had got this far in the competition since they won it twenty years previously.

## Football League First Division

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 9 | Newcastle United | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 60 | 54 | 1.111 | 44 |
| 10 | Notts County | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 44 | 49 | 0.898 | 42 |
| 11 | Manchester City | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 54 | 71 | 0.761 | 42 |
| 12 | Liverpool | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 49 | 48 | 1.021 | 41 |
| 13 | West Ham United | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 40 | 43 | 0.930 | 41 |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 54 | 71 | 0.761 | 42 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 24 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 47 | 13 |
Source: rsssf.com

### Reports

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Venue | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 25 August 1923 | Sheffield United | H | Maine Road | 2 – 1 | Johnson, Barnes | 56,993 |
| 29 August 1923 | Aston Villa | A | Villa Park | 0 – 2 | | 15,000 |
| 1 September 1923 | Sheffield United | A | Bramall Lane | 0 – 3 | | 30,000 |
| 5 September 1923 | Aston Villa | H | Maine Road | 1 – 2 | Barnes | 32,038 |
| 8 September 1923 | Bolton Wanderers | H | Maine Road | 1 – 1 | Roberts | 43,601 |
| 15 September 1923 | Bolton Wanderers | A | Burnden Park | 0 – 0 | | 35,000 |
| 22 September 1923 | Sunderland | H | Maine Road | 4 – 1 | Barnes (2), Johnson, Hamill | 33,952 |
| 29 September 1923 | Sunderland | A | Roker Park | 2 – 5 | Barnes (2) | 15,000 |
| 6 October 1923 | Arsenal | H | Maine Road | 1 – 0 | Roberts | 23,477 |
| 13 October 1923 | Arsenal | A | Highbury | 2 – 1 | Barnes (2) | 32,000 |
| 20 October 1923 | Blackburn Rovers | A | Ewood Park | 1 – 0 | Barnes | 30,000 |
| 27 October 1923 | Blackburn Rovers | H | Maine Road | 3 – 1 | Roberts (2), Barnes | 32,498 |
| 3 November 1923 | Newcastle United | H | Maine Road | 1 – 1 | Barnes | 27,652 |
| 10 November 1923 | Newcastle United | A | St James' Park | 1 – 4 | Murphy | 30,000 |
| 17 November 1923 | Cardiff City | H | Maine Road | 1 – 1 | Murphy | 20,200 |
| 24 November 1923 | Cardiff City | A | Ninian Park | 1 – 1 | Roberts | 30,000 |
| 1 December 1923 | Notts County | H | Maine Road | 1 – 0 | Roberts | 22,990 |
| 8 December 1923 | Notts County | A | Meadow Lane | 0 – 2 | | 12,000 |
| 15 December 1923 | Everton | H | Maine Road | 2 – 1 | Roberts, Barnes | 35,000 |
| 22 December 1923 | Everton | A | Goodison Park | 1 – 6 | Barnes | 20,000 |
| 26 December 1923 | Birmingham | A | St Andrew's | 0 – 3 | | 30,000 |
| 29 December 1923 | West Bromwich Albion | H | Maine Road | 3 – 3 | Barnes (2), Roberts | 20,000 |
| 1 January 1924 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | Maine Road | 1 – 0 | Johnson | 40,000 |
| 5 January 1924 | West Bromwich Albion | A | The Hawthorns | 1 – 2 | Barnes | 15,000 |
| 19 January 1924 | Liverpool | H | Maine Road | 0 – 1 | | 22,000 |
| 26 January 1924 | Liverpool | A | Anfield | 0 – 0 | | 25,000 |
| 9 February 1924 | Nottingham Forest | A | City Ground | 2 – 1 | Johnson, Browell | 10,000 |
| 13 February 1924 | Nottingham Forest | H | Maine Road | 1 – 3 | Roberts | 3,000 |
| 16 February 1924 | Burnley | H | Maine Road | 2 – 2 | Roberts, Hicks | 24,000 |
| 1 March 1924 | Middlesbrough | H | Maine Road | 3 – 2 | Barnes (2), Roberts | 20,000 |
| 15 March 1924 | Preston North End | A | Deepdale | 1 – 4 | Barnes | 18,000 |
| 17 March 1924 | Burnley | A | Turf Moor | 2 – 3 | Warner, Browell | 12,000 |
| 22 March 1924 | Preston North End | H | Maine Road | 2 – 2 | Barnes, Johnson | 22,000 |
| 2 April 1924 | Middlesbrough | A | Ayresome Park | 1 – 1 | Johnson | 10,000 |
| 5 April 1924 | Chelsea | H | Maine Road | 1 – 0 | Johnson | 17,000 |
| 12 April 1924 | Huddersfield Town | A | Leeds Road | 1 – 1 | Roberts | 11,000 |
| 18 April 1924 | Birmingham | H | Maine Road | 1 – 0 | Roberts | 30,000 |
| 19 April 1924 | Huddersfield Town | H | Maine Road | 1 – 1 | Warner | 35,000 |
| 21 April 1924 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | White Hart Lane | 1 – 4 | Johnson | 18,000 |
| 26 April 1924 | West Ham United | A | Upton Park | 2 – 1 | Roberts, Browell | 16,000 |
| 30 April 1924 | Chelsea | A | Stamford Bridge | 1 – 3 | Browell | 3,600 |
| 3 May 1924 | West Ham United | H | Maine Road | 2 – 1 | Warner, Johnson | 12,000 |

### FA Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Venue | Result F – A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 12 January 1924 | First round | Nottingham Forest | H | Maine Road | 2 – 1 | Roberts, Barnes | 33,849 |
| 2 February 1924 | Second round | Halifax Town | H | Maine Road | 2 – 2 | Hamill, Roberts | 30,970 |
| 6 February 1924 | Second round replay | Halifax Town | A | The Shay | 0 – 0 | | 21,590 |
| 11 February 1924 | Second round second replay | Halifax Town | N | Old Trafford | 3 – 0 | Roberts (2), Browell | 28,128 |
| 23 February 1924 | Third round | Brighton & Hove Albion | A | Goldstone Ground | 5 – 1 | Browell (2), Meredith, Barnes, Sharp | 24,734 |
| 8 March 1924 | Fourth round | Cardiff City | H | Maine Road | 0 – 0 | | 76,166 |
| 12 March 1924 | Fourth round replay | Cardiff City | A | Ninian Park | 1 – 0 | Browell | 50,000 |
| 29 March 1924 | Semi-final | Newcastle United | N | St Andrew's | 0 – 2 | | 50,039 |

## Squad statistics
### Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only
| Nat. | Player | Pos. | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Total | Total |
| Nat. | Player | Pos. | Apps | | Apps | | Apps | |
| | Jim Goodchild | GK | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | Bill Harper | GK | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | James Mitchell | GK | 31 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| | Frank Carroll | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | Sam Cookson | DF | 34 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| | Eli Fletcher | DF | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| | Max Woosnam | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | Jimmy Elwood | MF | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| | Mickey Hamill | MF | 25 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 32 | 2 |
| | Alex Leslie | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | Spud Murphy | MF | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| | Charlie Pringle | MF | 28 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| | Sammy Sharp | MF | 34 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 1 |
| | Bob Smith | MF | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| | Billy Wilson | MF | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| | Jack Allen | FW | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| | Horace Barnes | FW | 23 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 22 |
| | Tommy Browell | FW | 14 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 8 |
| | James Calderwood | FW | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| | Arthur Daniels | FW | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| | Alex Donaldson | FW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| | George Hicks | FW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | Tommy Johnson | FW | 31 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 9 |
| | Billy Meredith | FW | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| | Hughbert Morris | FW | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| | Frank Roberts | FW | 41 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 49 | 18 |
| | Frank Thompson | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | Jack Warner | FW | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 3 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | | 0 | | 0 | | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 54 | | 11 | | 65 |

### Scorers

| Nat. | Player | Pos. | Football League | FA Cup | TOTAL |
| | Horace Barnes | FW | 20 | 2 | 22 |
| | Frank Roberts | FW | 14 | 4 | 18 |
| | Tommy Johnson | FW | 9 | 1 | 9 |
| | Tommy Browell | FW | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| | Jack Warner | FW | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| | Spud Murphy | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | Mickey Hamill | MF | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| | George Hicks | FW | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| | Billy Meredith | MF | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Sammy Sharp | MF | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 54 | 11 | 65 |