TWO HUNDREDTHS OF A GOAL

May 3rd 1924: The 1923/24 season was the closest a Welsh club got to winning the Football League Championship. Saturday May 3rd saw the last matches of the season being played and at the top of the First Division table Cardiff City led Huddersfield Town by a point. But on that last day Huddersfield defeated Nottingham Forest 3-0 and Cardiff drew at Birmingham 0-0 after leading scorer Len Davies missed a penalty. 

Both clubs had 57 points and under present rules Cardiff would have won the title on goal difference (and then goals scored) but in the days of "goal average" the title went to Huddersfield by two-hundredths of a goal! Even if their points totals remained the same, had Cardiff scored one more goal during the season - or Huddersfield had conceded one more - the title would have been Cardiff's. So that missed penalty cost the Welsh a League title!

The 1923–24 season was the 23rd season of competitive football played by Cardiff City and the team's third consecutive season in the First Division of the FL. Cardiff had been promoted to the First Division in the 1920-1 season, after finishing as runners-up in the Second Division.

Cardiff led the First Division for the majority of the season. A poor run of form in March resulted in the team dropping to fourth position but they recovered to again lead the division prior to the final game of the season. Needing a win to claim the First Division title, Cardiff could only achieve a draw against Birmingham allowing Huddersfield Town to move into first place and win the championship on goal average. The margin of victory, 0.024 of a goal, remains the narrowest title win in the history of the top tier in English football and was the first time the championship had ever been decided by the method.

Goal difference was first introduced as a tiebreaker in association football, at the 1970 FIFA World Cup, and was adopted by the Football League in England five years later. If goal difference is equal then most goals scored counts.

3rd May 2014: Hamilton Academical equalled its club record league win with a 10-2 last day of season victory over Morton at New Douglas Park. Att:2034. The club secured promotion via the play offs 3 weeks later. It was the first double figure League win in the Scottish League since 1967.