# 1923–24 Scottish Division Three

The 1923–24 Scottish Division Three was the first season of the Scottish Division Three, the third-tier of Scottish football. It began on 18 August 1923 and ended on 28 April 1924. It was won by Arthurlie who, along with second placed East Stirlingshire, gained promotion to Division Two. Brechin City finished bottom.

## Clubs

| Club | Home town | Home ground |
| Arthurlie | Barrhead | Dunterlie Park |
| Beith | Beith | Bellsdale Park |
| Brechin City | Brechin | Glebe Park |
| Clackmannan | Clackmannan | Chapelhill Park |
| Dumbarton Harp | Dumbarton | Meadow Park |
| Dykehead | Shotts | Parkside |
| East Stirlingshire | Falkirk | Firs Park |
| Galston | Galston | Portland Park |
| Helensburgh | Helensburgh | Ardencaple Park |
| Mid-Annandale | Lockerbie | Kintail Park |
| Montrose | Montrose | Links Park |
| Nithsdale Wanderers | Sanquhar | Crawick Holm |
| Peebles Rovers | Peebles | Whitestone Park |
| Queen of the South | Dumfries | Palmerston Park |
| Royal Albert | Larkhall | Raploch Park |
| Solway Star | Annan | Kimmeter Park Green |

## Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Arthurlie (C, P) | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 59 | 24 | 2.458 | 47 | Promoted to the 1924–25 Scottish Division Two |
| 2 | East Stirlingshire (P) | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 63 | 36 | 1.750 | 42 | Promoted to the 1924–25 Scottish Division Two |
| 3 | Queen of the South | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 64 | 31 | 2.065 | 38 | |
| 4 | Montrose | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 60 | 48 | 1.250 | 36 | |
| 5 | Dykehead | 30 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 55 | 41 | 1.341 | 33 | |
| 6 | Nithsdale Wanderers | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 35 | 1.200 | 33 | |
| 7 | Beith | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 49 | 41 | 1.195 | 32 | |
| 8 | Mid-Annandale | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 59 | 48 | 1.229 | 31 | |
| 9 | Royal Albert | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 44 | 53 | 0.830 | 28 | |
| 10 | Dumbarton Harp | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 51 | 0.784 | 28 | |
| 11 | Solway Star | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 48 | 0.875 | 27 | |
| 12 | Clackmannan | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 54 | 0.685 | 27 | |
| 13 | Galston | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 53 | 70 | 0.757 | 25 | |
| 14 | Peebles Rovers | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 43 | 56 | 0.768 | 22 | |
| 15 | Helensburgh | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 46 | 72 | 0.639 | 17 | |
| 16 | Brechin City | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 28 | 76 | 0.368 | 14 | |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ART | BEI | BRE | CLK | DBH | DYK | EST | GAL | HEL | MAN | MON | NIT | PRO | QOS | ROY | SOL |
| Arthurlie | | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Beith | 0–1 | | 2–1 | 3–2 | 6–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Brechin City | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–8 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Clackmannan | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Dumbarton Harp | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Dykehead | 1–2 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| East Stirlingshire | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Galston | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–4 | | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Helensburgh | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 2–1 | | 3–3 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 1–1 |
| Mid-Annandale | 2–2 | 2–3 | 6–1 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 4–3 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 0–1 |
| Montrose | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 |
| Nithsdale Wanderers | 0–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Peebles Rovers | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–6 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Queen of the South | 0–0 | 2–0 | 7–2 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 4–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Royal Albert | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | | 3–3 |
| Solway Star | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | |