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1933–34 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. Season
Huddersfield Town's 1933–34 campaign was a season of triumph for a resurgent Huddersfield Town. Following the top 6 finishes in the previous 3 seasons, Town managed to finish in 2nd place in Football League First Division, Division 1. Town would finish behind Arsenal F.C., Arsenal, who win their second consecutive championship and would emulate Town's 1920s achievement the next season. Squad at the start of the season Review After a resurgence in form in the last few seasons, Town's form continued its upturn in form. 5 of their players, Wilf Bott, Charlie Luke (English footballer), Charlie Luke, Dave Mangnall, George McLean (footballer, born 1897), George McLean and Jack Smith (footballer, born 1915), Jack Smith all scored more than 10 goals during the season, helping Town become the top goalscorers in the league during the season. They were still in the title race until a defeat by Arsenal F.C., Arsenal at Arsenal Stadium, Highbury in April. They would ... [...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] |
Football League First Division
The Football League First Division was a division of the Football League in England from 1888 until 2004. It was the top division in the English football league system from the season 1888–89 until 1991–92, a century in which the First Division's winning club became English men's football champions. The First Division contained between 12 and 24 clubs, playing each other home and away in a double round robin. The competition was based on two points for a win from 1888 until the increase to three points for a win in 1981. After the creation of the Premier League, the name First Division was given to the second-tier division (from 1992). The name ceased to exist after the 2003–04 First Division season. The division was rebranded as the Football League Championship (now EFL Championship). History The Football League was founded in 1888 by Aston Villa director William McGregor. It originally consisted of a single division of 12 clubs ( Accrington, Aston Villa, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alf Young
Alfred Young (4 November 1905 in Sunderland – 30 August 1977) was a professional footballer who played as a defender for Huddersfield Town between 1927 and 1945. He also played for Durham City and York City. He played for England nine times between 1932 and 1938, including the infamous 6–3 win against Germany in Berlin in 1938. He was also one of Denmark's caretaker managers during the 1950s. He also coached Esbjerg fB Esbjerg forenede Boldklubber (; commonly known as Esbjerg fB or EfB in short) is a Danish professional football club based in Esbjerg, West Jutland, that plays in the 2nd division, the third-tier of the Danish football league system. Foun .... References 1905 births 1977 deaths Footballers from Sunderland English footballers England international footballers English Football League players Association football defenders Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Durham City A.F.C. players York City F.C. players Køge Boldklub manage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Witham
Richard Witham (4 May 1913 – 1999) was a professional footballer who played in the Football League for Huddersfield Town, Blackpool and Oldham Athletic. He was born in Bowburn Bowburn is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated about to the south-east of Durham, on the A177, between Coxhoe to the south-east, and High Shincliffe to the north-west. It is part of the Cassop-cum-Quarrington parish. History ..., County Durham. References 1913 births 1999 deaths English footballers Footballers from County Durham Association football defenders English Football League players Durham City A.F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Blackpool F.C. players Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players People from County Durham (district) {{England-footy-defender-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Willingham
Charles Kenneth Willingham (1 December 1912 – May 1975) was a professional footballer, born in Sheffield. As a school boy he captained the Yorkshire Schools' team and won the half-mile county running championship. Football career After playing for Ecclesfield, he joined Worksop Town in 1928 at the age of 16. He became a member of Huddersfield's ground staff at Leeds Road in 1930, before signing professionally for Huddersfield Town in 1930, where he spent most of his playing career. Whilst there he played in the 1938 FA Cup Final (which was the first FA Cup Final to be transmitted live on British television) in which Huddersfield Town lost 1–0 to Preston North End. He holds the record for the fastest ever goal scored by a Huddersfield Town player, against Sunderland on 14 December 1935, putting the ball in the back of the net after just ten seconds, with his fourth touch of the ball. He is also in the top 100 Huddersfield Town players as voted for by the fans as their favou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willis Vaughton
Willis Vaughton (20 January 1911 – 17 December 2007) was a professional footballer who played for Huddersfield Town, Sheffield United, Boston United and New Brighton New Brighton is the name of several places, sports teams etc.: Australia * New Brighton, New South Wales, a town near Ocean Shores Canada * New Brighton, Calgary, Alberta, a neighborhood * New Brighton (Gambier Island), a settlement in British .... (registration required) He was born and died in Sheffield. References * 1911 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Roughton
William George Roughton (11 December 1909 – 7 June 1989) was a professional footballer who played for Huddersfield Town and Manchester United in the 1930s and was subsequently manager of Exeter City and Southampton. Club career Roughton was born in Manchester and played for his local team Droylsden in the Manchester League. He started his professional career at Huddersfield Town, then in Division 1, in 1927 and was a regular member of the team, playing at full-back. He helped Huddersfield to the runners-up position in the 1933–34 season. Roughton was a member of the FA Touring party that visited Canada in the summer of 1931 and featured in international trials in 1931 and 1934. He went on to win league honours turning out for the Football league versus the Irish League in September 1934 helping the Football league to a 6–1 victory in Belfast. In September 1936, he moved back to his native Manchester, joining Manchester United, who were relegated to Division 2 at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reg Mountford
Reginald Charles Mountford (16 July 1908 – 1994) was an English professional footballer who played as a full-back in the Football League for Darlington and Huddersfield Town. He went on to manage Copenhagen club Boldklubben Frem and the Denmark national team. Mountford started his career at Darlington, making 12 appearances and scoring three goals before moving to Huddersfield Town in 1929. He made 236 appearances and scored seven goals up until the outbreak of World War II (his three appearances in the 1939–40 season were struck from the record). He played one wartime international for England in a 3–2 defeat against Scotland at St James' Park on 8 February 1941 in front of a crowd of 25,000. After the war, he emigrated to Denmark and managed Boldklubben Frem in Copenhagen. He managed the Denmark national team for the 1948 Olympics, winning a bronze medal. After returning to England, he lived near Brighton Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwyn Jones (footballer, Born 1912)
Gwyn Thomas Jones (February 1912 – 1968) was a professional footballer who played for Merthyr Town, Huddersfield Town, Rochdale, Stockport County and Tranmere Rovers. He was born in Troed-y-rhiw Troed-y-rhiw (, translation: foot of the slope) is a large community village in the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Its population at the 2011 census was 5,296. It features the Troed-y-rhiw railway station. Governance The community ..., Wales. https://www.enfa.co.uk (subscription required) References 1912 births Year of death missing Footballers from Merthyr Tydfil Welsh footballers Association football defenders English Football League players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Rochdale A.F.C. players Rochdale A.F.C. wartime guest players Stockport County F.C. players Tranmere Rovers F.C. players People from Troed-y-rhiw Sportspeople from Merthyr Tydfil County Borough {{Wales-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Goodall
Frederick Roy Goodall (31 December 1902 – 19 January 1982) was a professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town for 16 years and played 25 games for England, 12 as captain. Goodall would have captained England in the first ever World Cup if they had decided to take a team to the tournament. He was widely regarded as one of the best defenders in the world at that time. He was captain of Huddersfield Town throughout their most successful period, when they became the first team to win the English top flight three times in a row and dominated English football through the twenties. In 1945, he became manager of Mansfield Town. Honours * Football League First Division winner: 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26. * Football League First Division runner-up: 1926–27, 1927–28, 1933–34. * FA Cup winner: 1922. * FA Cup runner-up: 1928 & 1930. * FA Charity Shield The Football Association Community Shield (formerly the Charity Shield) is English football's annual match c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Christie
Norman Christie (24 November 1909 – 4 August 1989) was an English footballer and manager who played for Bishop Auckland Bishop Auckland () is a market town and civil parish at the confluence of the River Wear and the River Gaunless in County Durham, northern England. It is northwest of Darlington and southwest of Durham. Much of the town's early history surro ..., Huddersfield Town and Blackburn Rovers. He was a centre-half (central defender). He used to tell how he once jumped up with the opposing centre-forward to head the ball; he jumped with his mouth open, and came down with a mouthful of the forward's skin from the back of his neck. Christie was born in Hebburn, Durham, the son of William Davidson Christie and Janet Borland. He married Greta Margaret Pratt in 1936. References External links * 1909 births 1989 deaths Footballers from Jarrow English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Bishop Auckland F.C. players Huddersfield Tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Carr
William Edward Carr (7 March 1905 – 1989) was a professional footballer who played in the Football League for Huddersfield Town and Southend United. Born in Framwellgate Moor, County Durham, Carr played in either wing-half A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ... position. References 1905 births 1989 deaths Footballers from County Durham English men's footballers Men's association football wing halves Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Southend United F.C. players English Football League players {{England-footy-midfielder-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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