footballsite - Football League Division 3 (South) table 1923/24

			DIVISION 3 (South) 1923/24

				P	W	D	L	F	A	*Pts*
Leading League goalscorer: Billy Haines (Portsmouth) 28 goals Despite worsening thick fog the crowd at the Newport County v QPR match weren't going to let the match be abandoned - abandoned matches. In their first season in the Football League Bournemouth were expected to start their FA Cup campaign at the Preliminary Round stage where they were drawn away to the Portsea Gas Company. To reach even the First Round of the FA Cup they would have had to play through seven qualifying rounds. Instead they withdrew from the competition!		1	Portsmouth	42	24	11	7	87	30	59
		2	Plymouth Argyle	42	23	9	10	70	34	55
		3	Millwall	42	22	10	10	64	38	54
		4	Swansea Town	42	22	8	12	60	48	52
	Results	5	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	21	9	12	68	37	51
		6	Swindon Town	42	17	13	12	58	44	47
		7	Luton Town	42	16	14	12	50	44	46
	Results	8	Northampton Town	42	17	11	14	64	47	45
		9	Bristol Rovers	42	15	13	14	52	46	43
	Results	10	Newport County	42	17	9	16	56	64	43
	Results	11	Norwich City	42	16	8	18	60	59	40
	Results	12	Aberdare Athletic	42	12	14	16	45	58	38
	Results	13	Merthyr Town	42	11	16	15	45	65	38
		14	Charlton Athletic	42	11	15	16	38	45	37
		15	Gillingham	42	12	13	17	43	58	37
		16	Exeter City	42	15	7	20	37	52	37
	Results	17	Brentford	42	14	8	20	54	71	36
		18	Reading	42	13	9	20	51	57	35
		19	Southend United	42	12	10	20	53	84	34
	Results	20	Watford	42	9	15	18	45	54	33
	Results	21	Bournemouth	42	11	11	20	40	65	33
	Results	22	Queens Park Rangers	42	11	9	22	37	77	31

			R Bournemouth and QPR were re-elected to the Football League, unopposed.