1923-24 season

1923-24 season
General information
Manager	David Ashworth Matt McQueen
Captain	Don Mackinlay
Performance
Division 1	12th
FA Cup	4th round
Top scorers
League	Walsh (16)
FA Cup	Chambers (4)
Overall	Walsh (19)
Attendances
Average	30,434
←1922-23	1924-25→

The 1923-24 season was Liverpool's 32nd season of football since they were established.

Squad

• GK. Elisha Scott
• DF. Tom Bromilow
• DF. Tommy Lucas
• DF. Donald Mackinlay
• DF. Jock McNab
• DF. Ephraim Longworth
• DF. David Pratt
• DF. Walter Wadsworth
• DF. Billy McDevitt
• DF. Edward Parry
• MF. John Bamber
• MF. Fred Hopkin
• MF. Archie Rawlings
• MF. Harold Wadsworth
• MF. Hector Lawson
• MF. Bill Lacey
• MF. Cyril Gilhespy
• FW. Harry Beadles
• FW. Harry Chambers
• FW. Jimmy Walsh
• FW. Dick Forshaw
• FW. Danny Shone
• FW. Joe Keetley
• FW. Dick Johnson

Note: Fixed squad numbers were not introduced until the 1993-94 season.

Friendlies

Pre-season

No pre-season friendlies were played this season.

Other friendlies

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
10 September 1923	Rangers	1-1	Chambers
24 April 1924	Rangers	0-2
29 April 1924	Partick Thistle	1-4	?
30 April 1924	Aberdeen	1-1	?

Results

League

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
25 August 1923	West Brom	0-2
29 August 1923	Birmingham	6-2	Walsh 2, Forshaw (44), Chambers 3
1 September 1923	West Brom	0-0
5 September 1923	Birmingham	1-2	Walsh (80)
8 September 1923	Preston	1-0	Walsh (27)
15 September 1923	Preston	3-1	Chambers (10), Walsh (76, 85)
22 September 1923	Burnley	0-2
29 September 1923	Burnley	1-0	Forshaw (22)
6 October 1923	Everton	0-1
13 October 1923	Everton	1-2	Walsh (11)
20 October 1923	Nottingham Forest	4-2	Mackinlay (pen 23, 40), Walsh (57, 62)
27 October 1923	Nottingham Forest	1-0	Walsh (60)
3 November 1923	Huddersfield	1-1	Chambers (68)
10 November 1923	Huddersfield	1-3	Chambers (53)
17 November 1923	Aston Villa	0-0
24 November 1923	Aston Villa	0-1
1 December 1923	Sheffield United	1-1	Chambers (49)
8 December 1923	Sheffield United	2-3	Chambers (75), Forshaw (87)
15 December 1923	Cardiff	0-2
22 December 1923	Cardiff	0-2
25 December 1923	Newcastle	0-1
26 December 1923	Newcastle	1-2	Keetley (83)
29 December 1923	West Ham	2-0	Walsh (19, 39)
1 January 1924	Chelsea	3-1	Shone (25), Walsh (27), Keetley (60)
5 January 1924	West Ham	0-1
19 January 1924	Man City	1-0	Chambers (65)
26 January 1924	Man City	0-0
9 February 1924	Bolton	3-1	Chambers (31), Forshaw (55), Mackinlay (pen 78)
16 February 1924	Sunderland	0-0
1 March 1924	Arsenal	1-3	Chambers (78)
12 March 1924	Bolton	1-4	Walsh (24)
15 March 1924	Blackburn	0-0
19 March 1924	Sunderland	4-2	Chambers (6), Mackinlay (?, 39), Shone (75)
22 March 1924	Blackburn	0-0
29 March 1924	Tottenham	1-0	Chambers (2)
2 April 1924	Arsenal	0-0
5 April 1924	Tottenham	1-1	Shone (43)
12 April 1924	Middlesbrough	3-1	Mackinlay (47), Walsh (76, 88)
18 April 1924	Chelsea	1-2	Baker (og 89)
19 April 1924	Middlesbrough	1-1	Shone (84)
26 April 1924	Notts County	1-0	Forshaw (44)
3 May 1924	Notts County	2-1	Cornwell (og 44), Shone (80)

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
1	12 January 1924	Bradford City	2-1	Chambers (41, 87)
2	2 February 1924	Bolton	4-1	Walsh (3, 88, 89), Chambers (50)
3	23 February 1924	Southampton	0-0
3 (R)	27 February 1924	Southampton	2-0	Chambers (46), Forshaw (84)
4	8 March 1924	Newcastle	0-1

Tables

League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	G. Avg	Pts
11	Man City	42	15	12	15	54	71	0.76	42
12	Liverpool	42	15	11	16	49	48	1.02	41
13	West Ham	42	13	15	14	40	43	0.93	41

Player stats

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
MF	John Bamber	6	0	0	0	6	0
FW	Harry Beadles	2	0	0	0	2	0
DF	Tom Bromilow	27	0	5	0	32	0
FW	Harry Chambers	30	13	5	4	35	17
FW	Dick Forshaw	39	5	5	1	44	6
MF	Cyril Gilhespy	5	0	0	0	5	0
MF	Fred Hopkin	33	0	5	0	38	0
FW	Dick Johnson	2	0	0	0	2	0
FW	Joe Keetley	9	2	0	0	9	2
MF	Bill Lacey	8	0	1	0	9	0
MF	Hector Lawson	10	0	4	0	14	0
DF	Ephraim Longworth	14	0	0	0	14	0
DF	Tommy Lucas	28	0	5	0	33	0
DF	Don Mackinlay	39	6	5	0	44	6
DF	Billy McDevitt	3	0	0	0	3	0
DF	Jock McNab	30	0	4	0	34	0
DF	Edward Parry	3	0	0	0	3	0
DF	David Pratt	15	0	0	0	15	0
MF	Archie Rawlings	11	0	0	0	11	0
GK	Elisha Scott	42	0	5	0	47	0
FW	Danny Shone	15	5	1	0	16	5
MF	Harold Wadsworth	17	0	0	0	17	0
DF	Walter Wadsworth	37	0	5	0	42	0
FW	Jimmy Walsh	37	16	5	3	42	19

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date
Billy McDevitt	Belfast United	Unknown	1923
William Chalmers	Old Aberdeen FC	Unknown	1923
Joe Keetley	Accrington Stanley	£1,200	November 1923
Hector Lawson	Rangers	Unknown	January 1924
Archie Rawlings	Preston	Unknown	March 1924

Out

Player	To	Fee	Date
Harry Lewis	Hull City	Unknown	1923
Jack Sambrook	Stockport County	Unknown	15 May 1923
Frank Mitchell	Tranmere	Unknown	June 1923
Francis Checkland	Tranmere	Unknown	October 1923
John Bamber	Leicester	Unknown	February 1924