Sporting Chronicle

Huddersfield Town were the winners of the 1923/1924 First Division Championship. The interesting little fact about this is that Huddersfield Town and Cardiff City (who finished second) both had 57 points but the system in use at the time to decide tiebreakers - goal average (goals scored divided by goals conceded) - put Huddersfield marginally in front (1.818 to 1.794) which gave them the Championship. These days goal difference, goals scored minus goals conceded, decides such situations but in the rare case of identical goal differences then total goals scored would decide. In 1924 Huddersfield Town and Cardiff City both had a goal difference of 27 and using the system that is in place today then it would be Cardiff City who would be Champions - +61 goals to +60 goals.

1923/1924 First Division Final Standings

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Points
1	Huddersfield Town	42	23	11	8	60	33	57
2	Cardiff City	42	22	13	7	61	34	57
3	Sunderland	42	22	9	11	71	54	53
4	Bolton Wanderers	42	18	14	10	68	34	50
5	Sheffield United	42	19	12	11	69	49	50
6	Aston Villa	42	18	13	11	52	37	49
7	Everton	42	18	13	11	62	53	49
8	Blackburn Rovers	42	17	11	14	54	50	45
9	Newcastle United	42	17	10	15	60	54	44
10	Notts County	42	14	14	14	44	49	42
11	Manchester City	42	15	12	15	54	71	42
12	Liverpool	42	15	11	16	49	48	41
13	West Ham United	42	13	15	14	40	43	41
14	Birmingham	42	13	13	16	41	49	39
15	Tottenham Hotspur	42	12	14	16	50	56	38
16	West Bromwich Albion	42	12	14	16	51	62	38
17	Burnley	42	12	12	18	55	60	36
18	Preston North End	42	12	10	20	52	67	34
19	Arsenal	42	12	9	21	40	63	33
20	Nottingham Forest	42	10	12	20	42	64	32
21	Chelsea	42	9	14	19	31	53	32
22	Middlesbrough	42	7	8	27	37	60	22