1923–24 Scottish Division Three

Scottish Division Three
Season	1923–24
Champions	Arthurlie
Promoted	Arthurlie and East Stirlingshire
Matches played	240
Goals scored	784 (3.27 per match)
Biggest home win	10 games by 5 goals^{[note 1]}
Biggest away win	Brechin City 2–8 Galston (10 November 1923)^[1]
Highest scoring	Brechin City 2–8 Galston (10 November 1923)^[1]
Longest winning run	6 games by Arthurlie^[2]
Longest unbeaten run	10 games by Solway Star^[2]
Longest winless run	13 games by Brechin City and Helensburgh^[2]
Longest losing run	6 games by Brechin City^[2]
1924–25 →

The 1923–24 Scottish Division Three was the first season of the Scottish Division Three, the third-tier of Scottish football. It began on 18 August 1923 and ended on 28 April 1924. It was won by Arthurlie who, along with second placed East Stirlingshire, gained promotion to Division Two. Brechin City finished bottom.

Clubs

Location of teams in 1923–24 Scottish Division Three

Club	Home town	Home ground^[3]
Arthurlie	Barrhead	Dunterlie Park
Beith	Beith	Bellsdale Park
Brechin City	Brechin	Glebe Park
Clackmannan	Clackmannan	Chapelhill Park
Dumbarton Harp	Dumbarton	Meadow Park
Dykehead	Shotts	Parkside
East Stirlingshire	Falkirk	Firs Park
Galston	Galston	Portland Park
Helensburgh	Helensburgh	Ardencaple Park
Mid-Annandale	Lockerbie	Kintail Park
Montrose	Montrose	Links Park
Nithsdale Wanderers	Sanquhar	Crawick Holm
Peebles Rovers	Peebles	Whitestone Park
Queen of the South	Dumfries	Palmerston Park
Royal Albert	Larkhall	Raploch Park
Solway Star	Annan	Kimmeter Park Green

Table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Arthurlie !Arthurlie (C) (P)	30	21	5	4	59	24	2.458	47	Promoted to the 1924–25 Scottish Division Two
2	East Stirlingshire !East Stirlingshire (P)	30	17	8	5	63	36	1.75	42	Promoted to the 1924–25 Scottish Division Two
3	Queen of the South !Queen of the South	30	14	10	6	64	31	2.065	38
4	Montrose !Montrose	30	15	6	9	60	48	1.25	36
5	Dykehead !Dykehead	30	16	1	13	55	41	1.341	33
6	Nithsdale Wanderers !Nithsdale Wanderers	30	13	7	10	42	35	1.2	33
7	Beith !Beith	30	14	4	12	49	41	1.195	32
8	Mid-Annandale !Mid-Annandale	30	13	5	12	59	48	1.229	31
9	Royal Albert !Royal Albert	30	12	4	14	44	53	0.83	28
10	Dumbarton Harp !Dumbarton Harp	30	10	8	12	40	51	0.784	28
11	Solway Star !Solway Star	30	9	9	12	42	48	0.875	27
12	Clackmannan !Clackmannan	30	10	7	13	37	54	0.685	27
13	Galston !Galston	30	11	3	16	53	70	0.757	25
14	Peebles Rovers !Peebles Rovers	30	7	8	15	43	56	0.768	22
15	Helensburgh !Helensburgh	30	5	7	18	46	72	0.639	17
16	Brechin City !Brechin City	30	4	6	20	28	76	0.368	14

Source: statto.com
Rules for classification: Teams are ranked by points then goal average. Points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss
(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	Arthurlie !ART	Beith !BEI	Brechin City !BRE	Clackmannan !CLK	Dumbarton Harp !DBH	Dykehead !DYK	East Stirlingshire !EST	Galston !GAL	Helensburgh !HEL	Mid-Annandale !MAN	Montrose !MON	Nithsdale Wanderers !NIT	Peebles Rovers !PRO	Queen of the South !QOS	Royal Albert !ROY	Solway Star !SOL
Arthurlie !Arthurlie		0–1	4–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	2–3	3–2	5–0	3–2	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	2–0	3–2
Beith !Beith	0–1		2–1	3–2	6–2	0–3	2–0	4–1	3–4	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	4–0	1–0	4–0
Brechin City !Brechin City	2–0	1–0		0–1	1–3	1–0	1–1	2–8	1–1	2–3	0–4	3–3	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–2
Clackmannan !Clackmannan	0–1	2–2	2–1		1–1	3–0	5–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–3	0–0	0–1	3–2	2–1
Dumbarton Harp !Dumbarton Harp	0–2	0–0	0–2	2–3		1–0	0–0	4–1	1–1	0–0	4–3	1–0	1–0	0–5	2–0	3–1
Dykehead !Dykehead	1–2	5–1	4–0	3–0	3–2		4–0	3–1	1–0	3–2	1–0	2–0	4–1	2–2	4–0	1–0
East Stirlingshire !East Stirlingshire	1–1	2–1	4–1	5–0	4–1	1–0		3–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	4–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–1
Galston !Galston	0–3	3–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–3	1–4		1–0	1–4	3–1	2–3	5–3	2–0	2–0	2–0
Helensburgh !Helensburgh	0–2	1–2	3–2	1–2	1–3	2–4	3–3	2–1		3–3	4–0	0–0	2–4	2–2	6–1	1–1
Mid-Annandale !Mid-Annandale	2–2	2–3	6–1	6–1	2–1	1–0	0–1	4–1	4–3		1–1	2–0	3–2	1–3	4–1	0–1
Montrose !Montrose	1–1	2–1	4–2	1–0	1–1	6–2	2–1	5–0	4–1	2–0		2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	5–1
Nithsdale Wanderers !Nithsdale Wanderers	0–1	2–0	5–0	1–1	0–4	1–0	0–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	3–0		3–2	1–1	3–1	2–1
Peebles Rovers !Peebles Rovers	1–3	0–0	2–0	4–0	0–0	2–1	2–6	1–3	5–2	1–2	3–1	0–0		1–1	3–0	2–2
Queen of the South !Queen of the South	0–0	2–0	7–2	5–0	5–2	2–0	1–0	6–1	4–0	3–0	3–3	0–0	4–0		0–1	1–1
Royal Albert !Royal Albert	0–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–3	1–1	4–2	1–1	2–4	2–1	4–0	2–0		3–3
Solway Star !Solway Star	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	3–3	4–1	2–1	1–3	3–1	0–1	2–1	0–2	2–3

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

Notes

^1. Nithsdale Wanderers 5–0 Brechin City (25 August 1923); East Stirlingshire 5–0 Clackmannan (1 September 1923); Queen of the South 6–1 Galston (15 November 1923); Mid-Annandale 6–1 Clackmannan (17 November 1923); Queen of the South 7–2 Brechin City (15 December 1923); Arthurlie 5–0 Helensburgh (2 January 1924); Queen of the South 5–0 Clackmannan (8 March 1924); Helensburgh 6–1 Royal Albert (29 March 1924); Montrose 5–0 Galston (12 April 1924); Mid-Annandale 6–1 Brechin City (26 April 1924).^[1]

References

1 2 3 Scottish Division Three (old) 1923-1924 : Season Summary, statto.com. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
1 2 3 4 Scottish Division Three (old) 1923-1924 : Full Longest Sequences, statto.com. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
↑ Results for Arthurlie for 1923-24, londonhearts.com. London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 11 February 2014.

Third division football seasons in Scotland

Division Three	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

Second Division	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 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 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13

Scottish League One	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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