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 spent at their 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 also proved to be manager Ernest Mangnall's last at the club. He was at the time the club's longest serving manager, having managed 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 – AScorersAttendance 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

DateRoundOpponentsH / AVenueResult F – AScorersAttendance 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.PlayerPos.First DivisionFA CupTotalAppsAppsApps GK 7 0 0 0 7 0 GK 4 0 0 0 4 0 GK 31 0 8 0 39 0 DF 2 0 0 0 2 0 DF 34 0 8 0 42 0 DF 20 0 4 0 24 0 DF 1 0 1 0 2 0 MF 8 0 0 0 8 0 MF 25 1 7 1 32 2 MF 1 0 0 0 1 0 MF 26 2 4 0 30 2 MF 28 0 8 0 36 0 MF 34 0 4 1 38 1 MF 6 0 0 0 6 0 MF 21 0 4 0 25 0 FW 14 0 4 0 18 0 FW 23 20 7 2 30 22 FW 14 4 5 4 19 8 FW 15 0 0 0 15 0 FW 11 0 1 0 12 0 FW 7 0 0 0 7 0 FW 2 1 0 0 2 1 FW 31 9 5 0 36 9 FW 2 0 4 1 6 1 FW 31 0 4 0 35 0 FW 41 14 8 4 49 18 FW 1 0 0 0 1 0 FW 23 3 2 0 25 3Own goals 0 0 0Totals541165

Scorers Nat.PlayerPos.Football LeagueFA CupTOTAL 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 1Own Goals 0 0 0Totals 54 11 65

See also Manchester City F.C. seasons

References

External links Extensive Manchester City statistics site