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1939–40 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Huddersfield Town
season	1939-40
chairman	Sir Amos Brook Hirst
manager	Clem Stephenson
stadium	Leeds Road
league	Football League First Division
Wartime League North-East
league result	17th
1st
cup1	League War Cup
cup1 result	Third round
(knocked out by West Ham United)
league topscorer	Billy Price (1)
season topscorer	Bobby Barclay (11)
highest attendance	15,588 vs Blackpool (26 August 1939)
lowest attendance	332 vs Darlington (3 June 1940)
largest win	8–2 vs Darlington (25 May 1940)
largest loss	1–3 vs West Ham United (22 May 1940)
prevseason	1938–39
nextseason	1940–41

Wartime League North-East

1st (knocked out by West Ham United) Huddersfield Town's 1939-40 campaign saw Town play in Division 1, before the season was abandoned following the outbreak of World War II. They then played in the North-East League and won the title by 9 points from Newcastle United.

Squad who played in the league matches

Results

[[Football League First Division|Division One]]

Date	Opponents	**Home/
Away**	**Result
F - A**	Scorers	Attendance
26 August 1939	Blackpool	H	0 - 1		15,588
30 August 1939	Sunderland	A	2 - 1	Gorman (og), Price	12,000
2 September 1939	Brentford	A	0 - 1		13,000

North-East Division

Date	Opponents	**Home/
Away**	**Result
F - A**	Scorers	Attendance
21 October 1939	Bradford (Park Avenue)	H	4 - 1	Carter (3), Watson	3,862
28 October 1939	Middlesbrough	A	2 - 2	Barclay (2)	5,000
11 November 1939	Newcastle United	H	2 - 0	Isaac, Beasley	4,931
18 November 1939	Hull City	A	5 - 1	Barclay (3), C. Woodhead (og), Watson	5,000
25 November 1939	Halifax Town	H	1 - 2	Watson	1,856
2 December 1939	Leeds United	A	0 - 0		5,100
9 December 1939	Bradford City	H	1 - 1	Barclay	2,408
23 December 1939	Darlington	A	4 - 0	Boot, Brook, Beasley (2)	3,829
24 February 1940	Middlesbrough	H	4 - 2	Watson, Price (2), Beasley	2,835
9 March 1940	Newcastle United	A	5 - 3	Carter (3), Beasley (2)	6,000
16 March 1940	Hull City	H	1 - 0	Watson	2,961
23 March 1940	Halifax Town	A	3 - 2	Price, Isaac, Barclay	4,250
25 March 1940	Hartlepools United	H	4 - 1	Price (2), Boot, Isaac (pen)	4,326
30 March 1940	Leeds United	H	2 - 1	Smith, Beasley	5,833
6 April 1940	Bradford City	A	1 - 0	Price	6,036
13 April 1940	Bradford (Park Avenue)	A	2 - 1	Juliussen, Barclay	4,156
25 May 1940	Darlington	H	8 - 2	Brook (4), Isaac (2), Juliussen (2)	957
29 May 1940	York City	A	2 - 1	Barclay (2)	3,000
1 June 1940	Hartlepools United	A	2 - 2	Whittingham, Smailes	750
3 June 1940	York City	H	1 - 0	Barclay	332

League War Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	**Home/
Away**	**Result
F - A**	Scorers	Attendance
20 April 1940	Round 1 1st Leg	Chesterfield	A	1 - 2	Barclay	9,200
27 April 1940	Round 1 2nd Leg	Chesterfield	H	2 - 0	Barclay, Barkas	7,276
4 May 1940	Round 2 1st Leg	Hull City	H	1 - 1	Brook	5,752
11 May 1940	Round 2 2nd Leg	Hull City	A	1 - 0	Juliussen	6,500
18 May 1940	Round 3	West Ham United	H	3 - 3	Isaac, Baird, Mountford (pen)	7,550
22 May 1940	Round 3 replay	West Ham United	A	1 - 3	Hagan	21,000

Footnotes

:A. Match abandoned after 61 minutes due to a storm, but the result was allowed to stand.

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