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1940–41 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| club | Huddersfield Town |
| season | 1940–41 |
| chairman | Sir Amos Brook Hirst |
| manager | Clem Stephenson |
| stadium | Leeds Road |
| league | Wartime League North |
| league result | 11th |
| cup1 | League War Cup |
| cup1 result | First round |
| (knocked out by Middlesbrough) | |
| season topscorer | Billy Price (16) |
| highest attendance | 3,668 vs Leeds United (5 October 1940) |
| lowest attendance | 386 vs Rochdale (22 March 1941) |
| pattern_la1 | _blue_stripes |
| pattern_b1 | _bluestripes |
| pattern_ra1 | _blue_stripes |
| pattern_so1 | _hoops_blue |
| largest win | 11–0 vs Rochdale (22 March 1941) |
| largest loss | 0–4 vs Halifax Town (8 March 1941) |
| prevseason | 1939–40 |
| nextseason | 1941–42 |
(knocked out by Middlesbrough) Huddersfield Town's 1940–41 campaign saw Town play their first full season in the Wartime League. They finished 11th in the North Regional League, based on a goal average system.
Results
North Regional League
| Date | Opponents | **Home/ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Away** | **Result | ||||
| F–A** | Scorers | Attendance | |||
| 31 August 1940 | Sheffield Wednesday | A | 0–1 | 2,000 | |
| 7 September 1940 | Bradford (Park Avenue) | H | 1–1 | Isaac | 1,971 |
| 14 September 1940 | Leeds United | A | 2–5 | Price, Hayes (pen) | 3,000 |
| 21 September 1940 | Sheffield Wednesday | H | 5–0 | Neal, Barclay, Boot, Mountford, Metcalfe | 2,214 |
| 28 September 1940 | Halifax Town | A | 1–1 | Neal | 5,000 |
| 5 October 1940 | Leeds United | H | 1–1 | Metcalfe | 3,668 |
| 12 October 1940 | Manchester City | A | 1–3 | Price | 4,000 |
| 19 October 1940 | Barnsley | H | 1–2 | Neal | 2,198 |
| 26 October 1940 | Doncaster Rovers | A | 1–1 | Lodge | 2,500 |
| 2 November 1940 | Sheffield United | H | 3–0 | Price, Isaac, Lodge | 870 |
| 9 November 1940 | Rotherham United | A | 0–1 | 2,000 | |
| 16 November 1940 | Chesterfield | H | 2–2 | Isaac, Hayes (pen) | 2,017 |
| 23 November 1940 | Barnsley | A | 1–4 | Price | 2,500 |
| 30 November 1940 | Doncaster Rovers | H | 1–2 | Price | 1,422 |
| 7 December 1940 | Sheffield United | A | 3–1 | Willingham, Lodge, Price | 2,447 |
| 14 December 1940 | Halifax Town | H | 1–1 | Isaac | 637 |
| 21 December 1940 | Bradford (Park Avenue) | A | 2–3 | Isaac, Mountford | 1,349 |
| 25 December 1940 | Bradford City | A | 5–0 | Metcalfe, Boot, Isaac, Price (2) | 1,726 |
| 25 December 1940 | Bradford City | H | 3–4 | Price, Barclay, Brook | 1,774 |
| 28 December 1940 | Manchester City | H | 2–0 | Barclay, Price | 2,689 |
| 4 January 1941 | Halifax Town | H | 2–1 | Lodge, Metcalfe | 3,000 |
| 11 January 1941 | Halifax Town | H | 1–2 | McKellor | 2,088 |
| 18 January 1941 | Halifax Town | A | 4–1 (aet: 90 mins: 1–1) | McKellor, Price, Metcalfe (2) | 1,856 |
| 8 March 1941 | Halifax Town | A | 0–4 | 1,000 | |
| 22 March 1941 | Rochdale | H | 11–0 | Metcalfe (2), Price (3), Lodge (2), McKerrell (3), Barclay | 386 |
| 29 March 1941 | Oldham Athletic | A | 1–3 | Lodge | 2,490 |
| 5 April 1941 | Oldham Athletic | H | 1–0 | McKerrell | 584 |
| 12 April 1941 | Barnsley | A | 3–4 | Wilkinson, Lodge, Brown | 3,000 |
| 14 April 1941 | Rotherham United | A | 1–3 | Hayes | 2,500 |
| 19 April 1941 | Bury | A | 7–3 | D. Jones (og), Price (2), McKerrell, Metcalfe, Henry, Barclay | 1,500 |
| 26 April 1941 | Burnley | H | 0–3 | 1,001 | |
| 10 May 1941 | Leeds United | A | 0–1 | 4,000 | |
| 17 May 1941 | Bury | H | 2–0 | Butt, Barclay | 1,500 |
League War Cup
| Date | Round | Opponents | **Home/ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Away** | **Result | |||||
| F – A** | Scorers | Attendance | ||||
| 15 February 1941 | Round 1 1st Leg | Middlesbrough | H | 2–2 | Barclay, Hayes (pen) | 3,278 |
| 1 March 1941 | Round 1 2nd Leg | Middlesbrough | A | 2–4 | Metcalfe, Price | 5,221 |
Notes
References
- The matches against [[Halifax Town A.F.C.. Halifax Town]] in January and the match against [[Leeds United A.F.C.. Leeds United]] in May took part in the Combined Counties Cup.
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