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1953–54 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. Season
Huddersfield Town's 1953–54 campaign is Town's best ever finish in a season since World War II. Following the previous season's promotion onslaught, Town and especially Jimmy Glazzard made sure that the previous season's achievements weren't forgotten in a hurry. They finished in 3rd place in Division 1 with 51 points, just 6 points behind the champions Wolverhampton Wanderers. The goalscoring feats of Jimmy Glazzard, who scored 29 goals and the assistance of Vic Metcalfe, who himself scored 11 goals helped Town finish in their highest post-war finish to date. Squad at the start of the season Review Andy Beattie's team were on an all-time high following their immediate return to Division 1 after just one season in Division 2. The start of the season continued where the previous season left off and after 4 games, Town were top of the table with 3 wins, including a 5-1 win over Portsmouth, where Jimmy Glazzard got the first of his 3 hat-tricks that he ... [...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] |
Harry Mills (footballer)
Henry Owen Mills (23 August 1922 – 1990) is a former professional footballer, who played for Blyth Spartans, Huddersfield Town and Halifax Town. He was born in Blyth, Northumberland Northumberland () is a county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Abbey. It is bordered by land on .... References * 1922 births 1990 deaths English men's footballers Footballers from Blyth, Northumberland Men's association football goalkeepers English Football League players Blyth Spartans A.F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Halifax Town A.F.C. players {{England-footy-goalkeeper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Frear
Bryan Frear (8 July 1933 – 1997) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League as a striker for Huddersfield Town, Chesterfield and Halifax Town FC Halifax Town is a professional association football club based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. They currently compete in and play at the Shay. They replaced Halifax Town A.F.C., which went into administration in the 2007–08 season. .... References 1933 births 1997 deaths People from Cleckheaton English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players Halifax Town A.F.C. players English Football League players Footballers from Yorkshire {{England-footy-forward-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Cavanagh
Thomas Henry Cavanagh (29 June 1928 – 14 March 2007) was an English football player and coach. As a player, he was an inside-forward at six professional clubs, most notably Huddersfield Town, Doncaster Rovers and was player manager at Cheltenham Town, where he was sacked as manager for swearing during matches after complaints by two supporters' club members. Career After retiring as a player, Cavanagh coached and later managed Brentford. He coached at Nottingham Forest from 1966 until 1972. He then linked up with his former Preston teammate Tommy Docherty as a coach at Manchester United. During this time he worked with George Best, who notably bought him a white television for being late for training Cavanagh stayed at United when Docherty was sacked in 1977 and became assistant manager under Docherty's successor, Dave Sexton, but he left the club following Ron Atkinson's appointment in 1981. From 1976 to 1979 he was also Northern Ireland assistant manager to Danny Blanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alistair Gunn
Alistair Robert Gunn (2 November 1924 – 3 April 2010) was a professional footballer, who played for Dundee, Huddersfield Town, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic & Arbroath. He was born in Broughty Ferry, Dundee Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ..., Scotland. References ;Sources * 1924 births 2010 deaths Scottish footballers Footballers from Dundee Association football wingers English Football League players Dundee F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players AFC Bournemouth players Arbroath F.C. players Scottish Football League players People from Broughty Ferry {{Scotland-footy-midfielder-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Davie
William Clark Davie (7 January 1925 – 29 January 1996) was a Scottish professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ..., who played for a number of Scottish and English football clubs during the 1940s and 1950s. References 1925 births 1996 deaths Footballers from Paisley, Renfrewshire Scottish footballers Association football inside forwards St Mirren F.C. players Luton Town F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Walsall F.C. players Scottish Football League players English Football League players Association football midfielders {{Scotland-footy-midfielder-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Staniforth
Ronald Staniforth (13 April 1924 – 5 October 1988) was an English footballer, described as a tall, cultured full-back. His attacking excursions down the right wing sometimes caused concern to his team's supporters but probably more to his opponents. After service in the Royal Navy during World War II he became a milkman and played in local league football, signing professional for Stockport County at the relatively late age of 22. When the Stockport manager Andy Beattie moved to Huddersfield Town in the 1952 close season, Staniforth followed. Huddersfield had just been relegated. Staniforth, together with all the remainder of the defence, played in every game in the following season in which Huddersfield finished in second place and so were promoted back to the First Division. In their first season back, Huddersfield maintained their momentum and were challenging for the championship. This led to Staniforth playing three times for England 'B' and then gaining eight England caps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Len Quested
Wilfred Leonard "Len" Quested (9 January 1925 – 20 August 2012) was an English footballer. Quested played one match for England B as well as being selected as a travelling reserve for a Full International for England. He played two unofficial internationals for Australia. He was born in Folkestone, England. Quested was stationed with the Royal Navy on the H.M.S. Golden Hind. Playing for the Golden Hind team in the NSWSFA Division One team he played Jack Aston and John Ball who would later go on to play with distinction in England. After his stint in Australia, Quested returned to England playing with Folkestone Town F.C. in 1946 and 1947 before signing with Fulham F.C. where he played between 1947 and 1951. In 1951 he signed for Huddersfield Town A.F.C. where he played until 1957. In 1957 he emigrated to Australia with his Australian born wife. On arriving in Australia he was signed by Auburn in the NSW state league. He played with Auburn until 1960. In 1961 he signed for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill McGarry (footballer)
William Harry McGarry (10 June 1927 – 15 March 2005) was an England national football team, England international association footballer and manager who spent 40 years in the professional game. He had a reputation for toughness, both as a player and as a manager. A Midfielder, right-half as a player, he joined Port Vale F.C., Port Vale following the end of World War II, and spent the next six years with the club. He then moved on to Huddersfield Town A.F.C., Huddersfield Town in 1951, where he would spend the next ten years of his career. He was an ever-present as Town won promotion out of the Football League Second Division, Second Division in 1952–53 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season, 1952–53. He retired in 1963, after spending two years as AFC Bournemouth, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic's player-manager. In all he scored 33 goals in 617 league and cup games in an eighteen-year career in the English Football League, Football League. After winning one England B national fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don McEvoy
Don, don or DON and variants may refer to: Places *County Donegal, Ireland, Chapman code DON *Don (river), a river in European Russia *Don River (other), several other rivers with the name *Don, Benin, a town in Benin *Don, Dang, a village and hill station in Dang district, Gujarat, India *Don, Nord, a ''commune'' of the Nord ''département'' in northern France *Don, Tasmania, a small village on the Don River, located just outside Devonport, Tasmania *Don, Trentino, a commune in Trentino, Italy *Don, West Virginia, a community in the United States *Don Republic, a temporary state in 1918–1920 *Don Jail, a jail in Toronto, Canada People Role or title *Don (honorific), a Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian title, given as a mark of respect *Don, a crime boss, especially in the Mafia , ''Don Konisshi'' (コニッシー) *Don, a resident assistant at universities in Canada and the U.S. *University don, in British and Irish universities, especially at Oxford, Cambridge, St And ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurie Kelly (footballer)
Laurence Kelly (28 April 1925 – 1972) was an English professional footballer who played as a defender in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Huddersfield Town. He signed amateur forms for his home-town club in 1940 and made his first-team debut in the 1942–43 season in the Wartime League (North), with seven appearances in all. He first played in the Football League in 1947–48. However Wolves were then at the start of a period of dominance in the First Division and Kelly was not a regular first team player; he made 60 league appearances in three seasons. In October 1950 he was persuaded to move to Huddersfield who had had difficulties with the left back position. He made the position his own for the next six years, during which he was a member of the Huddersfield Town defence which was ever-present through the 1952–53 season. He made 239 first team appearances in all, playing five seasons in the First Division and two in the Second. Huddersfield also re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Howe (footballer)
George Howe (10 January 1924 – 10 November 1971) was an English footballer who played as a defender. Career Born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Howe joined Huddersfield Town from non-League side Carlton United in May 1942. He joined York City in June 1954, where he was a part of the team which played in the FA Cup semi-final in 1955. He retired from playing after spending the 1961–62 in the reserve team In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players under contract to a club but who do not normally play in matches for the first team. Reserve teams often include back-up players from the first team, young players who need playing time to i .... He died suddenly at the age of 47 on 10 November 1971. References 1924 births Footballers from Wakefield 1971 deaths English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players York City F.C. players English Football League players {{England-footy-defender-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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