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1934–35 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| club | Huddersfield Town |
| season | 1934–35 |
| chairman | Sir Amos Brook Hirst |
| manager | Clem Stephenson |
| stadium | Leeds Road |
| league | Football League First Division |
| league result | 16th |
| cup1 | FA Cup |
| cup1 result | Third round |
| (knocked out by Portsmouth) | |
| league topscorer | Alf Lythgoe (21) |
| season topscorer | Alf Lythgoe (23) |
| highest attendance | 36,500 vs Arsenal (8 December 1934) |
| lowest attendance | 8,744 vs West Bromwich Albion (6 March 1935) |
| largest win | 4–1 vs Liverpool (10 November 1934) |
| largest loss | 0–5 vs Portsmouth (3 November 1934) |
| prevseason | 1933–34 |
| nextseason | 1935–36 |
(knocked out by Portsmouth) Huddersfield Town's 1934–35 campaign was a season of despair for Town. After the previous season's 2nd-place finish, some fans were even thinking that Town could deny Arsenal their chance to emulate their own successes in the mid-1920s of winning 3 titles in a row. Instead, a dreadful season saw Town finish in 16th place, only 5 points off the relegation zone.
Squad at the start of the season
Review
After the impressive 2nd-place finish the previous season, some fans were even thinking that Town were in a possible title fight with Arsenal, who were on course for a 3rd successive title, matching Town's achievement 8 years earlier. However, their first 8 games resulted in only 1 win, which at the time was Town's worst ever start to a season. Later in the season big drubbings including an 8–0 win over Liverpool and a 6–0 win over Blackburn Rovers, which included Alf Lythgoe scoring 5 of the goals, although a 5–0 loss to Portsmouth and a 5–1 home loss to Grimsby Town did not help Town's goal average. They finished in 16th place, only 5 points clear of Leicester City, who were relegated with Tottenham Hotspur.
Squad at the end of the season
Results
[[Football League First Division|Division One]]
| Date | Opponents | **Home/ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Away** | **Result | |||||
| F - A** | Scorers | Attendance | Position | |||
| 25 August 1934 | Sunderland | A | 1 - 4 | Williams | 29,846 | 18th |
| 27 August 1934 | Derby County | H | 1 - 0 | Williams | 8,878 | 10th |
| 1 September 1934 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 0 - 0 | 13,960 | 12th | |
| 5 September 1934 | Derby County | A | 1 - 4 | Campbell | 19,916 | 19th |
| 8 September 1934 | Preston North End | A | 0 - 2 | 27,727 | 20th | |
| 15 September 1934 | Grimsby Town | H | 1 - 5 | Betmead (og) | 10,009 | 21st |
| 22 September 1934 | Everton | A | 2 - 4 | Luke, Rawlings | 20,815 | 21st |
| 29 September 1934 | Leeds United | A | 0 - 2 | 12,298 | 22nd | |
| 6 October 1934 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | 4 - 1 | Williams, Malam (2, 1 pen), Richardson | 11,552 | 21st |
| 13 October 1934 | Chelsea | A | 1 - 2 | Richardson | 32,151 | 22nd |
| 20 October 1934 | West Bromwich Albion | A | 1 - 4 | Ball | 19,250 | 22nd |
| 27 October 1934 | Sheffield Wednesday | H | 4 - 0 | Lythgoe, Malam, Williams, Willingham | 14,913 | 22nd |
| 3 November 1934 | Portsmouth | A | 0 - 5 | 18,636 | 22nd | |
| 10 November 1934 | Liverpool | H | 8 - 0 | Richardson (2), Malam (3, 1 pen), Lythgoe, Luke, Bott | 12,532 | 20th |
| 17 November 1934 | Manchester City | A | 0 - 0 | 36,176 | 21st | |
| 24 November 1934 | Middlesbrough | H | 3 - 1 | Luke (2), Stuart (og) | 15,803 | 19th |
| 1 December 1934 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 2 - 4 | Lythgoe, Young | 12,256 | 19th |
| 8 December 1934 | Arsenal | H | 1 - 1 | Morris | 36,500 | 18th |
| 15 December 1934 | Birmingham | A | 4 - 0 | Malam (2), Lythgoe (2) | 16,569 | 17th |
| 22 December 1934 | Stoke City | H | 1 - 4 | Luke | 10,627 | 20th |
| 25 December 1934 | Leicester City | A | 3 - 0 | Malam (2), Morris | 24,064 | 16th |
| 26 December 1934 | Leicester City | H | 2 - 3 | Morris, Young | 25,728 | 18th |
| 29 December 1934 | Sunderland | H | 0 - 3 | 24,009 | 20th | |
| 5 January 1935 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | 0 - 0 | 35,523 | 21st | |
| 19 January 1935 | Preston North End | H | 3 - 4 | Malam, Lythgoe (2) | 10,992 | 21st |
| 2 February 1935 | Everton | H | 1 - 1 | Lythgoe | 14,687 | 21st |
| 9 February 1935 | Leeds United | H | 3 - 1 | Luke (3) | 18,451 | 21st |
| 16 February 1935 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | 3 - 2 | Richardson, Lang, Anderson | 16,519 | 19th |
| 23 February 1935 | Chelsea | H | 3 - 0 | Lang, Lythgoe, Luke | 13,602 | 15th |
| 6 March 1935 | West Bromwich Albion | H | 3 - 0 | Lang, Lythgoe, Richardson | 8,744 | 13th |
| 9 March 1935 | Sheffield Wednesday | A | 1 - 1 | B. Brown | 19,207 | 15th |
| 16 March 1935 | Portsmouth | H | 2 - 0 | Lythgoe (2) | 14,563 | 14th |
| 23 March 1935 | Liverpool | A | 2 - 3 | Beaumont, Willingham | 18,000 | 15th |
| 30 March 1935 | Manchester City | H | 3 - 0 | Richardson, Anderson, Lythgoe | 18,657 | 14th |
| 2 April 1935 | Grimsby Town | A | 1 - 1 | Anderson | 8,073 | 14th |
| 6 April 1935 | Middlesbrough | A | 1 - 2 | Lythgoe | 12,570 | 15th |
| 13 April 1935 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 6 - 0 | Lythgoe (5), Anderson | 15,094 | 14th |
| 19 April 1935 | Aston Villa | A | 1 - 1 | Williams | 27,505 | 15th |
| 20 April 1935 | Arsenal | A | 0 - 1 | 41,892 | 15th | |
| 24 April 1935 | Aston Villa | H | 1 - 1 | Lythgoe | 9,288 | 15th |
| 27 April 1935 | Birmingham | H | 2 - 2 | Lythgoe, Anderson | 11,027 | 15th |
| 4 May 1935 | Stoke City | A | 0 - 2 | 9,986 | 16th |
[[FA Cup]]
| Date | Round | Opponents | **Home/ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Away** | **Result | |||||
| F - A** | Scorers | Attendance | ||||
| 12 January 1935 | Round 3 | Portsmouth | A | 1 - 1 | Lythgoe | 29,307 |
| 16 January 1935 | Round 3 Replay | Portsmouth | H | 2 - 3 | Lythgoe, Lang | 26,263 |
Appearances and goals
| Name | Nationality | Position | League | FA Cup | Total | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Allen | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| George Anderson | MF | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | ||||
| Jack Ball | FW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Len Beaumont | MF | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | ||||
| Albert Beech | DF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Wilf Bott | MF | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | ||||
| Billy Bottrill | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Alan Brown | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Buster Brown | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Austen Campbell | DF | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 1 | ||||
| Billy Carr | DF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Norman Christie | DF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Benny Craig | DF | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Roy Goodall | DF | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Hayes | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Hesford | GK | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Tommy Lang | MF | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | ||||
| Charlie Luke | FW | 30 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 9 | ||||
| Alf Lythgoe | FW | 31 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 23 | ||||
| Albert Malam | FW | 21 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 11 | ||||
| Seymour Morris | FW | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Reg Mountford | DF | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Sid Rawlings | MF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Jimmy Richardson | FW | 31 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 8 | ||||
| Reg Robinson | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| George Roughton | DF | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||||
| Jack Smith | FW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Hugh Turner | GK | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||||
| Jock Wightman | DF | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Jackie Williams | MF | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | ||||
| Ken Willingham | DF | 40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 2 | ||||
| Alf Young | DF | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 2 |
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