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.

Team Kit

Football League First Division

Results summary

Reports

DateOpponentsH / AVenueResult
F – A		ScorersAttendance
25 August 1923Sheffield UnitedHMaine Road2 – 1Johnson, Barnes56,993
29 August 1923Aston VillaAVilla Park0 – 215,000
1 September 1923Sheffield UnitedABramall Lane0 – 330,000
5 September 1923Aston VillaHMaine Road1 – 2Barnes32,038
8 September 1923Bolton WanderersHMaine Road1 – 1Roberts43,601
15 September 1923Bolton WanderersABurnden Park0 – 035,000
22 September 1923SunderlandHMaine Road4 – 1Barnes, Johnson, Hamill33,952
29 September 1923SunderlandARoker Park2 – 5Barnes 15,000
6 October 1923ArsenalHMaine Road1 – 0Roberts23,477
13 October 1923ArsenalAHighbury2 – 1Barnes 32,000
20 October 1923Blackburn RoversAEwood Park1 – 0Barnes30,000
27 October 1923Blackburn RoversHMaine Road3 – 1Roberts, Barnes32,498
3 November 1923Newcastle UnitedHMaine Road1 – 1Barnes27,652
10 November 1923Newcastle UnitedASt James' Park1 – 4Murphy30,000
17 November 1923Cardiff CityHMaine Road1 – 1Murphy20,200
24 November 1923Cardiff CityANinian Park1 – 1Roberts30,000
1 December 1923Notts CountyHMaine Road1 – 0Roberts22,990
8 December 1923Notts CountyAMeadow Lane0 – 212,000
15 December 1923EvertonHMaine Road2 – 1Roberts, Barnes35,000
22 December 1923EvertonAGoodison Park1 – 6Barnes20,000
26 December 1923BirminghamASt Andrew's0 – 330,000
29 December 1923West Bromwich AlbionHMaine Road3 – 3Barnes, Roberts20,000
1 January 1924Tottenham HotspurHMaine Road1 – 0Johnson40,000
5 January 1924West Bromwich AlbionAThe Hawthorns1 – 2Barnes15,000
19 January 1924LiverpoolHMaine Road0 – 122,000
26 January 1924LiverpoolAAnfield0 – 025,000
9 February 1924Nottingham ForestACity Ground2 – 1Johnson, Browell10,000
13 February 1924Nottingham ForestHMaine Road1 – 3Roberts3,000
16 February 1924BurnleyHMaine Road2 – 2Roberts, Hicks24,000
1 March 1924MiddlesbroughHMaine Road3 – 2Barnes, Roberts20,000
15 March 1924Preston North EndADeepdale1 – 4Barnes18,000
17 March 1924BurnleyATurf Moor2 – 3Warner, Browell12,000
22 March 1924Preston North EndHMaine Road2 – 2Barnes, Johnson22,000
2 April 1924MiddlesbroughAAyresome Park1 – 1Johnson10,000
5 April 1924ChelseaHMaine Road1 – 0Johnson17,000
12 April 1924Huddersfield TownALeeds Road1 – 1Roberts11,000
18 April 1924BirminghamHMaine Road1 – 0Roberts30,000
19 April 1924Huddersfield TownHMaine Road1 – 1Warner35,000
21 April 1924Tottenham HotspurAWhite Hart Lane1 – 4Johnson18,000
26 April 1924West Ham UnitedAUpton Park2 – 1Roberts, Browell16,000
30 April 1924ChelseaAStamford Bridge1 – 3Browell3,600
3 May 1924West Ham UnitedHMaine Road2 – 1Warner, Johnson12,000

FA Cup

DateRoundOpponentsH / AVenueResult
F – A		ScorersAttendance
12 January 1924First roundNottingham ForestHMaine Road2 – 1Roberts, Barnes33,849
2 February 1924Second roundHalifax TownHMaine Road2 – 2Hamill, Roberts30,970
6 February 1924Second round replayHalifax TownAThe Shay0 – 021,590
11 February 1924Second round second replayHalifax TownNOld Trafford3 – 0Roberts, Browell28,128
23 February 1924Third roundBrighton & Hove AlbionAGoldstone Ground5 – 1Browell, Meredith, Barnes, Sharp24,734
8 March 1924Fourth roundCardiff CityHMaine Road0 – 076,166
12 March 1924Fourth round replayCardiff CityANinian Park1 – 0Browell50,000
29 March 1924Semi-finalNewcastle UnitedNSt Andrew's0 – 250,039

Squad statistics

Squad

Appearances for competitive matches only

Scorers