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1958–59 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. Season
Huddersfield Town's 1958–59 campaign was a season under Bill Shankly, which saw Town make little progress up the Division 2 table, with the team finishing in 14th place. Squad at the start of the season Review Bill Shankly attempted to improve on Town's 9th-place finish the previous season. Their form was mixed for a large portion of the season with many wins, draws and losses at exactly the wrong time of the season. Their best wins were a 5–0 win over Liverpool, a 5–1 win over Middlesbrough and a 5–2 away win at Leyton Orient. They finished in 14th place with just 40 points, although they were 12 points clear of relegated Grimsby Town, but they were 20 points behind promoted Fulham. Squad at the end of the season Results Division Two NCL Division Two The NCL or National Conference League Division Two (known as the Kingstone Press NCL Division Two) League winners {, class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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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] |
Tony Conwell
Anthony Conwell (17 January 1932 – 6 May 2017) was an English professional footballer who made 281 appearances in the Football League playing as a right back for Sheffield Wednesday, Huddersfield Town, Derby County and Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The team compete in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club play their home games at .... Conwell died in hospital on 6 May 2017, aged 85. References 1932 births 2017 deaths English footballers Association football defenders Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Derby County F.C. players Doncaster Rovers F.C. players English Football League players Footballers from Bradford {{England-footy-defender-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Law
Denis Law (born 24 February 1940) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a forward. His career as a football player began at Second Division Huddersfield Town in 1956. After four years at Huddersfield, he was signed by Manchester City for an estimated transfer fee of £55,000, which set a new British record. Law spent one year there before Torino bought him for £110,000, this time setting a new record fee for a transfer involving a British player. Although he played well in Italy, he found it difficult to settle there and signed for Manchester United in 1962, setting another British record transfer fee of £115,000 (). Law spent 11 years at Manchester United, where he scored 237 goals in 404 appearances. His goals tally places him third in the club's history, behind Wayne Rooney and Bobby Charlton. He was nicknamed ''The King'' and ''The Lawman'' by supporters, and ''Denis the Menace'' by opposing supporters. He is the only Scottish player to have won the Ballon d'Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Howard
Stanley Howard (1 July 1934 – 2004) was a footballer who played as a midfielder during the 1950s and 1960s. He was born in Chorley Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth came pr ..., Lancashire. References 1934 births 2004 deaths Footballers from Chorley English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Bradford City A.F.C. players Barrow A.F.C. players Halifax Town A.F.C. players English Football League players {{England-footy-midfielder-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Hepton
Stanley Hepton (3 December 1932 – 15 April 2017) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the North West England, northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the Borough of Blackpool, borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, betw ..., Huddersfield Town, Bury, Rochdale and Southport during the 1950s and 1960s. References * 1932 births 2017 deaths Footballers from Leeds English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Blackpool F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Bury F.C. players Rochdale A.F.C. players Southport F.C. players English Football League players {{England-footy-midfielder-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Hawksworth
Derek Marshall Hawksworth (16 July 1927 – 24 March 2021) was a footballer who played in the position of winger for Sheffield United. Football career Hawksworth started his career with Bradford Park Avenue in 1946, before moving to Huddersfield Town, although he never made an appearance for either club. In 1948, he moved to Bradford City and made 75 appearances with 20 goals for the West Yorkshire side. Hawksworth was 23 when he signed for Sheffield United in 1950 in a double transfer along with fellow winger Alf Ringstead, for a total outlay of £15,000. He was strong, fast and dangerous near goal, and was at his best in an outside-left position, but served United well in all the other forward positions. He played an integral part in United's 7–3 defeat of Sheffield Wednesday in the Steel City derby at Bramall Lane on 8 September 1951, scoring an equaliser and a fourth goal in a match never to be forgotten by Blades fans. In total, he played 255 league matches for Sheffi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony France
Anthony France (born 11 April 1939 in Sheffield) was an English professional footballer who played as a striker for Huddersfield Town, Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. The River Skerne flows through the town; it is a tributary of the River Tees. The Tees itself flows south of the town. In the 19th century, Darlington underwen ... and Stockport County. Died August 2024 References *Alan Hodgson - Huddersfield Town F.C. Matchday Programme - 2007-08 season English men's footballers Men's association football forwards English Football League players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Darlington F.C. players Stockport County F.C. players 1939 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) {{England-footy-forward-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Bain (footballer)
Alexander Edward Bain (22 January 1936 – 2014) was a professional footballer, who played for teams in both Scotland and England. He scored two goals for in an extraordinary match between Charlton Athletic and Huddersfield Town that took place on 21 December 1957 at Charlton Athletic's home ground, The Valley. Charlton played most of the match with 10 men after their captain Derek Ufton Derek Gilbert Ufton (31 May 1928 – 27 March 2021) was an English professional cricketer and footballer, and later a football manager. Playing professionally for Kent County Cricket Club as a wicket-keeper and Charlton Athletic Football Club, ... was injured, and Huddersfield were leading 5–1 with just 27 minutes remaining. At that point, Johnny Summers began an extraordinary passage of play in which he scored five goals and assisted with two others to allow Charlton to win 7–6. Huddersfield become the first, and still the only, team to score six goals in an English Football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin McHale (footballer)
John Kevin McHale (born 1 October 1939) was an English professional footballer who played as a striker for Huddersfield Town, Crewe Alexandra, Chester and Hastings United. Huddersfield Town Days Kevin McHale was one of the most gifted youngsters to play for Huddersfield Town and over eleven seasons he became one of Huddersfield's most consistent and familiar post war players. Despite his inexperience he became one of the steadying figures as Town began adjusting to life in the Second Division during the 1950s and 60s and, after making his debut at just seventeen years old, he was a regular in one of the strongest Town squads of the last fifty years. Born in 1939, McHale began his career playing for Barnsley and England Schools, before joining First Division Town as a sixteen-year-old in May 1955. The following season was to be Town's last in the top flight for fourteen years. A right-sided player with brilliant distribution and pace, Kevin's signature was much sought aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Ledger
Robert Hardy Ledger (5 October 1937 – 14 September 2015) was an English professional footballer born in Chester-le-Street, County Durham County Durham ( ), officially simply Durham,UK General Acts 1997 c. 23Lieutenancies Act 1997 Schedule 1(3). From legislation.gov.uk, retrieved 6 April 2022. is a ceremonial county in North East England.North East Assembly â€About North East E .... He played as a midfielder during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He was defense, midfield and forward for Oldham Athletic and went in goals when goalkeeper Dave Best was injured. Ledger died on 14 September 2015 at his home in Doncaster, following a short illness. He was 77. References 1937 births 2015 deaths Sportspeople from Chester-le-Street Footballers from County Durham English footballers Association football midfielders English Football League players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players Mansfield Town F.C. players Barrow A.F.C. players {{E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Wilson (English Footballer)
Ramon Wilson, MBE (17 December 1934 – 15 May 2018) was an English professional footballer who played at left back. He was a member of the England national team that won the 1966 World Cup. He was born in Shirebrook, Derbyshire. Club career Huddersfield Town Wilson became an apprentice railwayman upon leaving school, but was spotted by a scout playing amateur football at Huddersfield Town. He began a combination of working on the tracks by night and training with Huddersfield by day, before being called up for national service. Quickly singled out as a strong and nippy left back, with good overlapping skills, by the then-Huddersfield Town manager Bill Shankly, Wilson signed professional forms with the club in 1952 after his two-year army posting, and made his debut against Manchester United in October 1955. Two years later, Wilson was Huddersfield's established, first-choice left back. Everton In 1964, Wilson joined Everton, by which time he had already played 30 times for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Taylor (cricketer, Born 1935)
Ken Taylor (born 21 August 1935) is an English former cricketer, who played in three Tests for England from 1959 to 1964. He also played first-class cricket for Yorkshire. He was renowned as a good player of spin and was one of the best cover fielders of his generation, while his medium pace 'darts' broke many a stubborn partnership for his county captains, Vic Wilson and Brian Close. The cricket correspondent, Colin Bateman, commented that Taylor was, "a fine, straight-hitting batsman and brilliant fielder.... yet he never made full use of his bounteous abilities and was affected by nerves when the stakes were high". Bateman added, "'A total enigma' was how one former team-mate described him". He was also a professional footballer in the winter, and later a professional artist. Early life Taylor's father repaired looms in the local weaving industry. His maternal grandfather was a ventriloquist, and ran a Punch and Judy show on the beach at Blackpool. His elder brother, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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