1923–24 League of Ireland

League of Ireland
Season	1923–24
Champions	Bohemians (1st Title)
Matches played	90
Goals scored	335 (3.72 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dave Roberts (20)
Biggest home win	Jacobs 7-1 Midland Athletic Athlone Town 6-0 Midland Athletic
Biggest away win	Pioneers 1-7 Bohemians Pioneers 1-7 Shelbourne Midland Athletic 0-6 Shelbourne Pioneers 0-6 Brooklyn
Highest scoring	St. James's Gate 3-6 Shelbourne
← 1922–23 1924–25 →

The 1923–24 League of Ireland was the 3rd season of senior football in Republic of Ireland. It began on September 8, 1923, and ended on May 13, 1924. Shamrock Rovers were the defending champion. Bohemians was the winner for this season.

Overview

Dublin United, Olympia and Rathmines Athletic were not re-elected. Brooklyn was elected to the League. The League was reduced to 10 teams from 12.

Teams

Dublin

Athlone

Locations of the 1923/24 League of Ireland Division 'A' teams

Team	Home city/suburb	Home ground
Athlone Town	Athlone	Sports Ground
Bohemians	Phibsborough	Dalymount Park
Brooklyn	Merchants Quay	Chalgrove Terrace
Jacobs	Crumlin, Dublin	Rutland Avenue
Midland Athletic	Whitehall, Dublin	The Thatch
Pioneers	Clontarf, Dublin	Strand Hall
St. James's Gate	Crumlin, Dublin	St. James's Park
Shamrock Rovers	Milltown, Dublin	Glenmalure Park
Shelbourne	Ringsend	Shelbourne Park
Shelbourne United	Milltown, Dublin	Glenmalure Park

Division 'A'


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bohemians !Bohemians (C)	18	16	0	2	56	20	+36	32
2	Shelbourne !Shelbourne	18	13	2	3	55	21	+34	28
3	Jacobs !Jacobs	18	11	2	5	36	21	+15	24
4	Athlone Town !Athlone Town	18	8	5	5	34	24	+10	21
5	St. James's Gate !St. James's Gate	18	9	2	7	38	27	+11	20
6	Shelbourne United !Shelbourne United	18	8	3	7	30	31	−1	19
7	Shamrock Rovers !Shamrock Rovers	18	7	3	8	35	32	+3	17
8	Brooklyn !Brooklyn	18	4	2	12	23	37	−14	10
9	Pioneers !Pioneers	18	2	1	15	15	60	−45	5
10	Midland Athletic !Midland Athletic	18	2	0	16	13	62	−49	4

Source: ^[1]^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Athlone Town !ATH	Bohemians !BOH	Brooklyn !BRK	Jacobs !JAC	Midland Athletic !MID	Pioneers !PIO	St. James's Gate !STG	Shamrock Rovers !SHM	Shelbourne !SHE	Shelbourne United !SHU
Athlone Town !Athlone Town		0–1	4–1	3–1	6–0	3–0	3–2	1–2	2–3	0–0
Bohemians !Bohemians	4–1		3–1	2–1	4–0	3–2	2–1	4–1	2–0	5–0
Brooklyn !Brooklyn	0–2	0–2		1–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	1–3	1–3	1–3
Jacobs !Jacobs	1–2	1–2	3–0		7–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–0
Midland Athletic !Midland Athletic	0–2	2–4	0–3	1–6		1–0	0–3	2–4	0–6	2–6
Pioneers !Pioneers	1–1	1–7	0–6	1–2	1–4		2–6	2–1	1–7	1–3
St. James's Gate !St. James's Gate	4–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	5–0		2–0	3–6	1–1
Shamrock Rovers !Shamrock Rovers	3–3	2–0	1–1	1–2	3–0	5–1	2–3		2–2	0–2
Shelbourne !Shelbourne	0–0	5–2	5–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	3–2		4–0
Shelbourne United !Shelbourne United	1–1	1–6	2–5	0–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	1–2	2–1

Source: ^[1]^[2]
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Club	Goals
1	Dave Roberts	Bohemians	20
2	Christy Robinson	Bohemians	12
2	Frank Rushe	Shelbourne	12

Source:^[2]

References

1 2 McSweeney, Niall. A Record of League of Ireland Football 1921-22 to 1984-85. Association of Football Statisticians.
1 2 3 Graham, Alex. Football in the Republic of Ireland a Statisical Record 1921-2005. Soccer Books Limited. ISBN 1-86223-135-4.

League of Ireland Premier Division

2017 clubs

Seasons

A Division	1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85

Premier Division	1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Awards

1923–24 in European football

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Domestic leagues	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Denmark England Estonia '23 '24 Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '23 '24 Italy Latvia '23 '24 Lithuania '23 '24 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Romania Russia Scotland Soviet Union Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia '23 '24

Domestic cups	Austria England France Luxembourg Northern Ireland Norway '23 '24 Portugal Republic of Ireland Scotland Spain '23 '24 Sweden '23 '24 Wales

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