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1920–21 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. Season
Huddersfield Town's 1920–21 campaign was Town's first season in the Football League First Division. It was more a baptism of fire than a season of success. They finished in 17th place, after scoring only 42 goals in the league and no player getting into double figures. One notable thing from this season was the appointment of Herbert Chapman as manager in March, as his vision would lead Town to great success in the rest of the decade. Squad at the start of the season Review After the previous season's successes in both Division 2 and FA Cup, many were wondering how Ambrose Langley's team would get on in the top-flight. After winning 5 of their first 6 games, Town were in line for a possible chance at the title, however the next 26 league games would only produce 3 more wins, which saw Town in the middle of a relegation battle. Earlier in the season, a Mr. Herbert Chapman was brought in as the new club secretary and at the end of March, he replac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huddersfield Town A
Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into the similar-sized Colne to the south of the town centre which then flows into the Calder in the north eastern outskirts of the town. The rivers around the town provided soft water required for textile treatment in large weaving sheds, this made it a prominent mill town with an economic boom in the early part of the Victorian era Industrial Revolution. The town centre has much neoclassical Victorian architecture, one example is which is a Grade I listed building – described by John Betjeman as "the most splendid station façade in England" – and won the Europa Nostra award for architecture. It hosts the University of Huddersfield and three colleges: Greenhead College, Kirklees College and Huddersfield New College. The town is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Bullock
Frederick Edwin Bullock (1 July 1886 – 14 November 1922) was an English professional Association football, footballer, best remembered for his 11-year spell with Huddersfield Town A.F.C., Huddersfield Town, before, during and after the First World War. He played left back and Captain (association football), captained the club. International career Bullock won one cap for England national football team, England, which came in a 2–0 win over Ireland national football team (1882-1950), Ireland in 1920. He won an England national amateur football team, amateur cap in 1910. Personal life Bullock was married to Maude and had one son. He served as a lance corporal in the Football Battalion during the First World War and was wounded in the right shoulder during the Battle of the Somme in 1916, in the region of Delville Wood and Guillemont. He was injured in the left knee after an accident in 1918 and was Demobilization, demobilised in March 1920. After his retirement from footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Mann (footballer)
Frank Drury Mann (17 March 1891 - July 1966) was an English football half back. In his early days, he played for Aston Villa, Huddersfield Town and Manchester City. While at Huddersfield he won the 1921–22 FA Cup and the 1922 FA Charity Shield. In March 1923, he was sold to Manchester United. He stayed with United until 1930 when he retired from playing professionally. He continued playing non-league football for a while with Mossley. During his United career, he made 197 appearances and scored five goals. He helped them win promotion to the First Division in 1926. He played for them until the age of 39, making him one of the oldest players ever to play for the club. He made seven appearances for Mossley Mossley (/ˈmɒzli/) is a town and civil parish in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, in the upper Tame Valley and the foothills of the Pennines, southeast of Oldham and east of Manchester. The historic counties of Lancashire, Cheshire ... scoring one goal in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Lunn
Frederick Levi Lunn (8 November 1895 – 1972) was an English professional footballer who played as a striker for Huddersfield Town, Sheffield Wednesday, Bristol Rovers, Southend United & Nuneaton Borough Nuneaton Borough Football Club is an English football club that is based in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The men's 1st team competes in the , the seventh tier of English football. In 1889, Nuneaton St. Nicholas FC was the first team in Nuneaton t .... References 1895 births 1972 deaths People from Marsden, West Yorkshire Sportspeople from Kirklees Footballers from West Yorkshire English men's footballers Men's association football forwards English Football League players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players Bristol Rovers F.C. players Southend United F.C. players Nuneaton Borough F.C. players {{England-footy-forward-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernie Islip
Ernest Islip (10 October 1892 – August 1941) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward. He played for several years in the First Division of the Football League, and won the FA Cup with Huddersfield Town. Biography Islip was born in Parkwood Springs, Sheffield. He began his football career with local club Sheffield Douglas F.C. before turning professional with Second Division Huddersfield Town in 1911. While at Huddersfield he contributed to the club gaining promotion from the Second Division in 1919–20, played in the 1920 FA Cup Final and again in 1922, this time on the winning side. He was the club's leading League scorer in the 1921–22 season. Islip moved to Birmingham in November 1923 for a fee of £1,500, and in his first full season was joint leading scorer, but the prolific partnership between George Briggs and Joe Bradford left him on the sidelines. He moved on to Bradford City for a fee of £400 in 1927, spending one season there in the Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Smith (footballer, Born 1895)
William Henry Smith (23 May 1895 – 13 April 1951) was a professional footballer who played most of his career at Huddersfield Town. He is one of Huddersfield's all-time top goal-scorers with 126 goals in his career between 1913 and 1934. Smith scored Huddersfield's winning goal in the 1922 FA Cup Final against Preston North End at Stamford Bridge. He also won three caps for England. He was also the first person ever to score from a corner in a match against Arsenal in October 1924. He made 574 appearances for the Terriers, scoring 126 goals. Career For a Huddersfield legend, the story opened in an unlikely manner. It was September 1913 when at a board meeting a letter of W.H. Smith of Tantobie in County Durham was discussed. The content of the note was short and to the point for the writer made it clear he was not prepared to accept terms of less than 50/- a week (£2.50) and for that reason did not wish to present himself to further trials. During a Division I match agains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Richardson (footballer, Born 1891)
George Edward Holland Richardson (born 4 December 1891 in Seaham, County Durham) was a professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town and Hull City. While at Huddersfield he won the 1921–22 FA Cup and the 1922 FA Charity Shield The 1922 Football Association Charity Shield was played on 10 May 1922. The game was played at Old Trafford, home of Manchester United, and was contested by the FA Cup holders Huddersfield Town and First Division champions Liverpool. The game end .... References * 1891 births Year of death missing English men's footballers Footballers from Seaham Men's association football midfielders English Football League players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Hull City A.F.C. players {{England-footy-midfielder-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Wood (footballer)
James William Wood (born 8 March 1893) was a professional footballer, who played for South Shields, Huddersfield Town and Blackpool. While at Huddersfield he won the 1921–22 FA Cup and the 1922 FA Charity Shield The 1922 Football Association Charity Shield was played on 10 May 1922. The game was played at Old Trafford, home of Manchester United, and was contested by the FA Cup holders Huddersfield Town and First Division champions Liverpool. The game end .... References * * 1893 births English footballers Footballers from Sunderland Association football defenders English Football League players South Shields F.C. (1889) players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Blackpool F.C. players Year of death unknown FA Cup final players {{England-footy-defender-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Wilson (footballer, Born 1896)
Thomas Wilson (16 April 1896 – 2 February 1948) was a footballer who was a member of the Huddersfield Town team that won the Football League three times in the 1920s. Playing career Born in Seaham, County Durham, Wilson started his professional career with Sunderland in 1914, before his career was interrupted by World War I. During the war he turned out for the Seaham Colliery side, before joining Huddersfield in 1919. Over the next 12 seasons, he was a virtual ever-present with Huddersfield, helping them to the Football League championship in 1923–24, 1924–25, and 1925–26, as well as victory in the FA Cup in 1922. In his time at Huddersfield, they also reached the FA Cup finals in 1920, 1928 and 1930. He was Huddersfield's captain throughout most of this period, before handing over to Clem Stephenson, later to be the club's manager. Thomas Wilson was known as the "Gentleman of football" also titled as "The Dauntless Tommy Wilson" In the FA Cup Final 1930 vs Arsenal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Watson, Snr
Billy may refer to: * Billy (name), a name (and list of people with the name) Animals * Billy (dog), a dog breed * Billy (pigeon), awarded the Dickin Medal in 1945 * Billy (pygmy hippo), a pet of U.S. President Calvin Coolidge * Billy, a young male domestic goat Film * Billy (''Black Christmas''), a character from ''Black Christmas'' * Billy (''Saw''), a puppet from ''Saw'' * '' Billy: The Early Years'', a 2008 biographical film about Billy Graham Literature * ''Billy'' (novel), a 1990 novel by Whitley Strieber * ''Billy'', a 2002 biography of Billy Connolly by Pamela Stephenson Music Musicals * ''Billy'' (musical), a musical based on Billy Liar * ''Billy'', a 1969 Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Gene Allen and Ron Dante Albums * ''Billy'' (Samiam album) (1992) * ''Billy'' (Feedtime album) Songs * "Billy" (Kathy Linden song), a 1958 song by Kathy Linden * "Billy", a 1986 song by Céline Dion from '' The Best of Celine Dion'' * "Billy", a 1973 son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Slade
Howard Charles Slade (29 January 1891 – 7 April 1971) was a professional footballer, who played for Aston Villa, Huddersfield Town, Middlesbrough and Darlington. While at Huddersfield he won the 1921–22 FA Cup and the 1922 FA Charity Shield. Slade was working as a scout for Crystal Palace when manager Ronnie Rooke Ronald Leslie Rooke (7 December 1911 – 9 June 1985) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward. During his three decades' playing career he scored at least 931 goals in 1029 official matches, among which more than 765 league goa ... resigned, in 1950. Palace appointed Slade as joint-manager with long-serving player, and Rooke's assistant, Fred Dawes. However the club had a poor 1950–51 season and early into the next campaign Dawes and Slade were removed from their positions. Slade reverted to his position as a scout and remained with Palace until 1955. References * 1891 births 1971 deaths English footballers Footballers from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Rodgerson
Ralph Rodgerson (30 December 1892 – 10 July 1939) was an English professional footballer who made 53 appearances in the Football League playing as a full back for Huddersfield Town and Leeds United. He was on the books of Burnley without playing for their first team, played in the Scottish League for Dundee both during the First World War (on loan from Huddersfield) and afterwards, and played non-League football for Pallion Institute, Sunderland West End, Spennymoor United and Carlisle United. Life and career Rodgerson was born in Sunderland in 1892, a son of Joseph Rodgerson, an iron worker, and his wife Margaret. The 1911 Census records the 18-year-old Rodgerson also an iron worker and living with his extended family in the Pallion district of the town. He played football for a local team, Pallion Institute, and spent time with Burnley during the 1912–13 season before signing for another Second Division club, Huddersfield Town, in 1913. Rodgerson made his first-t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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