Home CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB 1922     1924

Summary of Season 1923-24

Football League Division 1

Home Away
Pl W D L F A W D L F A GA Pts
  1.  Huddersfield Town 42 15 5 1 35 9 8 6 7 25 24 1.818 57
  2.  Cardiff City 42 14 5 2 35 13 8 8 5 26 21 1.794 57
  3.  Sunderland 42 12 7 2 38 20 10 2 9 33 34 1.314 53
  4.  Bolton Wanderers 42 13 6 2 45 13 5 8 8 23 21 2 50
  5.  Sheffield United 42 12 5 4 39 16 7 7 7 30 33 1.408 50
  6.  Aston Villa 42 10 10 1 33 11 8 3 10 19 26 1.405 49
  7.  Everton 42 13 7 1 43 18 5 6 10 19 35 1.169 49
  8.  Blackburn Rovers 42 14 5 2 40 13 3 6 12 14 37 1.08 45
  9.  Newcastle United 42 13 5 3 40 21 4 5 12 20 33 1.111 44
10.  Notts County 42 9 7 5 21 15 5 7 9 23 34 0.897 42
11.  Manchester City 42 11 7 3 34 24 4 5 12 20 47 0.76 42
12.  Liverpool 42 11 5 5 35 20 4 6 11 14 28 1.02 41
13.  West Ham United 42 10 6 5 26 17 3 9 9 14 26 0.93 41
14.  Birmingham 42 10 4 7 25 19 3 9 9 16 30 0.836 39
15.  Tottenham Hotspur 42 9 6 6 30 22 3 8 10 20 34 0.892 38
16.  West Bromwich Albion 42 10 6 5 43 30 2 8 11 8 32 0.822 38
17.  Burnley 42 10 5 6 39 27 2 7 12 16 33 0.916 36
18.  Preston North End 42 8 4 9 34 27 4 6 11 18 40 0.776 34
19.  Arsenal 42 8 5 8 25 24 4 4 13 15 39 0.634 33
20.  Nottingham Forest 42 7 9 5 19 15 3 3 15 23 49 0.656 32
21.  Chelsea 42 7 9 5 23 21 2 5 14 8 32 0.584 32
22.  Middlesbrough 42 6 4 11 23 23 1 4 16 14 37 0.616 22

Relegated to Division 2

Matches

Aug 25 Blackburn Rovers Away 0-3
Aug 27 Tottenham Hotspur Home 0-1
Sep 1 Blackburn Rovers Home 2-0 Castle, Thain
Sep 3 Tottenham Hotspur Away 1-0 Linfoot
Sep 8 Aston Villa Home 0-0
Sep 15 Aston Villa Away 0-0
Sep 22 Sheffield United Home 1-1 Whitton
Sep 29 Sheffield United Away 0-1
Oct 6 Cardiff City Home 1-2 Castle
Oct 13 Cardiff City Away 1-1 Finlayson
Oct 17 Sunderland Away 0-2
Oct 20 West Ham United Home 0-0
Oct 27 West Ham United Away 0-2
Nov 3 Bolton Wanderers Home 0-0
Nov 10 Bolton Wanderers Away 0-4
Nov 17 Middlesbrough Away 0-2
Nov 24 Middlesbrough Home 2-0 Priestley, Meehan
Dec 1 Preston North End Away 1-1 Wilson
Dec 8 Preston North End Home 1-2 Miller
Dec 15 Burnley Away 0-2
Dec 22 Burnley Home 3-2 Crawford(2), Miller
Dec 25 Nottingham Forest Away 0-2
Dec 26 Nottingham Forest Home 1-1 Wilson
Dec 29 Arsenal Away 0-1
Jan 1 Liverpool Away 1-3 Wilson
Jan 5 Arsenal Home 0-0
Jan 19 Huddersfield Town Away 1-0 Miller
Jan 26 Huddersfield Town Home 0-1
Feb 9 Notts County Home 0-6
Feb 16 Everton Away 0-2
Feb 23 Everton Home 1-1 Wilson
Mar 1 West Bromwich Albion Away 2-2 Brown, Miller
Mar 5 Notts County Away 0-0
Mar 12 West Bromwich Albion Home 0-0
Mar 15 Birmingham Home 1-1 Wilson(P)
Mar 22 Birmingham Away 0-1
Apr 5 Manchester City Away 0-1
Apr 12 Newcastle United Away 1-2 Wilding
Apr 18 Liverpool Home 2-1 Brown, Armstrong
Apr 19 Newcastle United Home 1-0 Armstrong
Apr 26 Sunderland Home 4-1 Crawford, Brown(2), Wilding
Apr 30 Manchester City Home 3-1 Priestley, Wilding(2)

Attendances

Total Highest Lowest Average
Home 673,000 50,000 15,000 32,048
Away 468,485 40,000 10,000 22,309
Total 1,141,485 50,000 10,000 27,178

F.A. Cup

Round 1 (replay)

Matches

Jan 12 Southampton Home 1-1 Wilson
Jan 16 Southampton Away 0-2

Attendances

Total Highest Lowest Average
Home 34,586 34,586 34,586 34,586
Away 18,415 18,415 18,415 18,415
Total 53,001 34,586 18,415 26,500

Diary

26/07/1923 Freddie Lewis born

24/08/1923 Frank Hoddinott transfered to Crystal Palace

25/08/1923 Chelsea lost to Blackburn Rovers 0-3 in Football League Division 1

27/08/1923 Chelsea lost to Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 in Football League Division 1

01/09/1923 Chelsea beat Blackburn Rovers 2-0 in Football League Division 1

03/09/1923 Chelsea beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 in Football League Division 1

08/09/1923 Chelsea drew with Aston Villa 0-0 in Football League Division 1

15/09/1923 Chelsea drew with Aston Villa 0-0 in Football League Division 1

22/09/1923 Chelsea drew with Sheffield United 1-1 in Football League Division 1

26/09/1923 Chelsea lost to Fulham 1-3 in London Professional Charity Fund

29/09/1923 Chelsea lost to Sheffield United 0-1 in Football League Division 1

06/10/1923 Chelsea lost to Cardiff City 1-2 in Football League Division 1

13/10/1923 Chelsea drew with Cardiff City 1-1 in Football League Division 1

17/10/1923 Chelsea lost to Sunderland 0-2 in Football League Division 1

20/10/1923 Chelsea drew with West Ham United 0-0 in Football League Division 1

22/10/1923 Chelsea lost to Clapton Orient 1-3 in London Challenge Cup Round 1

27/10/1923 Chelsea lost to West Ham United 0-2 in Football League Division 1

03/11/1923 Chelsea drew with Bolton Wanderers 0-0 in Football League Division 1

09/11/1923 Eric Parsons born

10/11/1923 Chelsea lost to Bolton Wanderers 0-4 in Football League Division 1

17/11/1923 Chelsea lost to Middlesbrough 0-2 in Football League Division 1

24/11/1923 Chelsea beat Middlesbrough 2-0 in Football League Division 1

28/11/1923 Andy Wilson transfered from Middlesborough for 6,500

01/12/1923 Chelsea drew with Preston North End 1-1 in Football League Division 1

08/12/1923 Chelsea lost to Preston North End 1-2 in Football League Division 1

15/12/1923 Chelsea lost to Burnley 0-2 in Football League Division 1

22/12/1923 Chelsea beat Burnley 3-2 in Football League Division 1

25/12/1923 Chelsea lost to Nottingham Forest 0-2 in Football League Division 1

26/12/1923 Chelsea drew with Nottingham Forest 1-1 in Football League Division 1

29/12/1923 Chelsea lost to Arsenal 0-1 in Football League Division 1

00/00/1924 John Lee transfered to Millwall

00/00/1924 William Finlayson transfered to Clapton Orient

01/01/1924 Chelsea lost to Liverpool 1-3 in Football League Division 1

05/01/1924 Chelsea drew with Arsenal 0-0 in Football League Division 1

12/01/1924 Chelsea drew with Southampton 1-1 in F.A. Cup Round 1

16/01/1924 Chelsea lost to Southampton 0-2 in F.A. Cup Round 1 (replay)

19/01/1924 Chelsea beat Huddersfield Town 1-0 in Football League Division 1

26/01/1924 Chelsea lost to Huddersfield Town 0-1 in Football League Division 1

02/02/1924 Chelsea drew with Tottenham Hotspur 0-0 in a friendly

09/02/1924 Chelsea lost to Notts County 0-6 in Football League Division 1

16/02/1924 Chelsea lost to Everton 0-2 in Football League Division 1

23/02/1924 Chelsea drew with Everton 1-1 in Football League Division 1

28/02/1924 Willie Brown transfered from West Ham

01/03/1924 Chelsea drew with West Bromwich Albion 2-2 in Football League Division 1

05/03/1924 Chelsea drew with Notts County 0-0 in Football League Division 1

12/03/1924 Chelsea drew with West Bromwich Albion 0-0 in Football League Division 1

14/03/1924 Frederick Linfoot transfered to Fulham

15/03/1924 Chelsea drew with Birmingham 1-1 in Football League Division 1

22/03/1924 Chelsea lost to Birmingham 0-1 in Football League Division 1

28/03/1924 Seth Plum transfered from Charlton

29/03/1924 Chelsea lost to Corinthians 0-2 in a friendly

05/04/1924 Chelsea lost to Manchester City 0-1 in Football League Division 1

12/04/1924 Chelsea lost to Newcastle United 1-2 in Football League Division 1

18/04/1924 Chelsea beat Liverpool 2-1 in Football League Division 1

19/04/1924 Chelsea beat Newcastle United 1-0 in Football League Division 1

26/04/1924 Chelsea beat Sunderland 4-1 in Football League Division 1

30/04/1924 Chelsea beat Manchester City 3-1 in Football League Division 1

16/05/1924 Peter McKenna transfered from Bangor

17/05/1924 Roy Bentley born

23/05/1924 Wally Bennett transfered to Southend

26/05/1924 William Haywood transfered to Halifax

00/06/1924 George Rodger transfered from Kilsyth Rangers

03/06/1924 Ken Armstrong born

12/06/1924 Edward Ferguson transfered to Ashington

15/06/1924 Philip McKnight born

26/06/1924 William Morrison transfered from Linlithgow Rose

Players Statistics

 

Appearances

Player League F.A. Cup League Cup Europe Others Total
App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls App Sub Gls
J Priestley 40 2 2 42 2
HT Wilding 39 4 2 41 4
GW Smith 39 2 41
JH Harrow 38 2 40
HS Miller 32 4 2 34 4
R McNeil 29 1 30
W Ferguson 27 2 29
T Meehan 26 1 2 28 1
SR Castle 25 2 25 2
JF Crawford 21 3 1 22 3
C Hampton 22 22
AN Wilson 19 5 2 1 21 6
JW Armstrong 13 2 1 14 2
BH Baker 11 11
W Brown 11 4 11 4
DF Cameron 11 11
W Marsh 9 2 11
WA Whitton 10 1 10 1
J Frew 8 8
AE Thain 6 1 6 1
F Linfoot 5 1 1 6 1
W Finlayson 4 1 4 1
WR Bennett 4 4
FK Barrett 4 4
H Ford 4 4
AG Bower 3 3
W Haywood 1 1
B Duffy 1 1
Own Goal

Disciplinary

SY=Single Yellow    DY=Double Yellow (Red)

SR=Straight Red

Sq Player League F.A. Cup League Cup Europe Others Total
SY DY SR SY DY SR SY DY SR SY DY SR SY DY SR SY DY SR
J Priestley 1 1
Total 1 1