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1941–42 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Huddersfield Town
season	1941–42
chairman	Sir Amos Brook Hirst
Philip Wood
manager	Clem Stephenson
stadium	Leeds Road
league	Wartime League North
league result	11th (1st NRL Competition)
15th (War Cup Qualifiers)
6th (2nd NRL Competition)
season topscorer	Billy Price (22)
highest attendance	6,803 vs Bradford City (6 April 1942)
lowest attendance	917 vs Bradford (Park Avenue) (16 May 1942)
largest win	5–0 vs Newcastle United (13 September 1941)
largest loss	0–5 vs Sunderland (29 November 1941)
prevseason	1940–41
nextseason	1942–43

Philip Wood 15th (War Cup Qualifiers) 6th (2nd NRL Competition) Huddersfield Town's 1941–42 campaign saw Town continuing to play in the Wartime League. They finished 11th in the 1st NRL Competition, 15th in the War Cup qualifiers and 6th in the 2nd NRL Competition.

This was also the last season in which Clem Stephenson was at the club. He had been at the club for over 2 decades as player and manager and has the longest managerial career in Huddersfield's history.

Sir Amos Brook Hirst also left the club to become chairman of the Football Association.

Results

1st NRL Competition

Date	Opponents	Home/Away	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
30 August 1941	Middlesbrough	A	1–3	Barclay	3,600
6 September 1941	Middlesbrough	H	2–4	Butt (pen), Shackleton	2,623
13 September 1941	Newcastle United	H	5–0	Wilkinson (3), Metcalfe (2)	2,800
20 September 1941	Newcastle United	A	1–3	Wilkinson	5,500
27 September 1941	Bradford City	A	1–3	Butt	3,000
4 October 1941	Bradford City	H	4–1	Barclay, Baird (2), Willingham	2,127
11 October 1941	Grimsby Town	H	5–1	Robinson (2), Metcalfe, Baird, Mortensen	2,268
18 October 1941	Grimsby Town	A	2–2	Carter, Biggs	2,000
25 October 1941	York City	H	5–1	Price, Willingham (3), Thompson	2,141
1 November 1941	York City	A	5–1	Carter (4), Price	4,000
8 November 1941	Gateshead	A	2–3	Baird, Barclay	4,500
15 November 1941	Gateshead	H	3–1	Barclay, Carter, Baird	1,716
22 November 1941	Sunderland	H	1–0	Price	1,500
29 November 1941	Sunderland	A	0–5		5,000
13 December 1941	Bradford (Park Avenue)	H	3–0	Lodge, Davis, Burgess	2,500
20 December 1941	Leeds United	H	4–2	Price (2), Willingham, Baird	2,063
25 December 1941	Leeds United	A	1–2	Price	6,000
25 December 1941	Bradford (Park Avenue)	A	3–1	Willingham, Manning, Mahon	5,300

2nd NRL Competition

The first 11 matches of this competition, except the match against Grimsby Town took part in the War Cup qualifiers. The last 5 matches took place in the Combined Counties Cup.

Date	Opponents	Home/Away	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
27 December 1941	Halifax Town	A	2–2	Boot, Mahon	5,000
3 January 1942	Doncaster Rovers	H	3–1	Juliussen (3)	1,337
10 January 1942	Sheffield United	H	3–1	Baird, Price, Barclay	3,000
17 January 1942	Sheffield United	A	1–2	Cockroft	7,032
24 January 1942	Blackpool	H	3–3	McKellor, Barclay, Stabb	4,375
31 January 1942	Blackpool	A	2–4	Mountford (pen), Ainsley	6,000
7 February 1942	Chesterfield	H	3–0	Thompson (2), Price	1,657
24 February 1942	Halifax Town	H	1–0	Barclay	1,150
28 February 1942	Doncaster Rovers	A	4–1	Barclay, Price (3)	2,094
14 March 1942	Grimsby Town	A	2–1	Price, Barclay	1,500
21 March 1942	Chesterfield	A	1–2	Price	2,500
28 March 1942	Rotherham United	A	3–1	Price (2), Baird	2,600
4 April 1942	Bradford City	A	1–4	Barclay	6,365
6 April 1942	Bradford City	H	2–1	Thompson, Barclay	6,083
11 April 1942	Burnley	A	0–3		3,000
18 April 1942	Leeds United	H	5–1	Barclay, Price (3), Wilkinson	1,636
25 April 1942	York City	A	2–2	Price, Thompson	3,347
2 May 1942	Halifax Town	A	1–1	Wilkinson	2,000
9 May 1942	Halifax Town	H	1–2	Barclay	1,605
16 May 1942	Bradford (Park Avenue)	H	2–2	Price (2)	917

References

(6 June 1942). "Huddersfield F.C. lose their manager". Evening Despatch.

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