The 1923–24 season was the 49th season of competitive

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, with

Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The team have played home games at the Kirklees Stadium since moving from Leeds Road in 1994. Th ...

becoming League Champions for the first time, managing to beat Cardiff City in the closest finish in the competition's history, having the same number of points and winning the title by just 0.024 on goal average.

Overview

*On 11 November 1923,

Aston Villa Aston Villa Football Club is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club competes in the , the top tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1874, they have played at their home ground, Villa Park ...

centre-half

Tommy Ball Thomas Edgar Ball (11 February 1900 – 11 November 1923) was an English footballer who played at centre-half for Aston Villa. He was shot dead by his landlord and neighbour, ex-policeman George Stagg, thus becoming the first and to-date only ...

was shot dead by his neighbour, thus becoming the only Football League player to have been murdered.

Honours

Football League

First Division

Second Division

Third Division North

Third Division South

Top goalscorers

First Division * Wilf Chadwick ( Everton) – 28 goals Second Division * Harry Bedford (

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) – 34 goals Third Division North * David Brown (

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) – 27 goals Third Division South *

Willie Haines Wyndham William Pretoria Haines (14 July 1900 – 5 November 1974) was an English footballer who played at centre-forward for south coast rivals, Portsmouth and then Southampton in the 1920s and 1930s. Club career Haines was born at Warminster ...

(

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) – 28 goals

References

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