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1954–55 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Huddersfield Town
season	1954–55
chairman	Dick Parker
manager	Andy Beattie
stadium	Leeds Road
league	Football League First Division
league result	12th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Quarter-finals
(knocked out by Newcastle United)
league topscorer	Jimmy Glazzard (26)
season topscorer	Jimmy Glazzard (32)
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pattern_ra1	_blue_stripes
pattern_so1	_hoops_blue
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body1	0000ff
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highest attendance	54,960 vs Newcastle United (12 March 1955)
lowest attendance	5,287 vs Aston Villa (23 February 1955)
largest win	3–0 vs Sheffield Wednesday (13 September 1954)
largest loss	0–4 vs Preston North End (5 March 1955)
0–4 vs Everton (23 March 1955)
prevseason	1953–54
nextseason	1955–56

(knocked out by Newcastle United) 0–4 vs Everton (23 March 1955) Huddersfield Town's 1954–55 campaign saw Town make a brilliant start in their second season back in the 1st Division. However, a disappointing mid-season ended their chance of improving on their 3rd-place finish the previous season. They eventually finished down in 12th place with 41 points, 7 points behind second placed Wolverhampton Wanderers. This was also the last season in which the leading goalscorer in Division 1 came from the club, when Jimmy Glazzard scored 32 goals, 26 in the League and 6 from Cup matches.

Squad at the start of the season

Review

After losing their first 3 matches, Town went on an impressive run of just 1 defeat in 12 matches, which included wins over Chelsea, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Portsmouth, the teams who would eventually be the top 3 at the end of the season. Other interesting results during the season were a 5–3 win over Arsenal at Highbury and a 6–4 defeat by Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux.

Jimmy Glazzard's 32 goals made him the top scorer in Division 1, but a depressing spell between mid-December and early April which saw Town fail to register a win in the league saw Town drop out of the top 5 of the table. However, Town's form in the FA Cup didn't reflect their league form, as they reached the 6th round for the first time since the 1938–39 season, before losing to Newcastle United in a replay at St James' Park. In the league they finished 12th with 41 points.

Squad at the end of the season

Results

[[Football League First Division|Division One]]

Date	Opponents	**Home/
Away**	**Result
F–A**	Scorers	Attendance	Position
21 August 1954	Blackpool	H	1–3	Metcalfe (pen)	35,793	18th
25 August 1954	Portsmouth	A	2–4	Pickett (og), Watson	35,873	18th
28 August 1954	Charlton Athletic	A	1–2	Burrell	22,422	21st
30 August 1954	Portsmouth	H	2–1	Watson, Metcalfe	22,688	18th
4 September 1954	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–0	Metcalfe, Cavanagh	28,726	14th
6 September 1954	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–4	Glazzard	25,825	18th
11 September 1954	Cardiff City	A	1–1	Watson	21,840	17th
13 September 1954	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3–0	Metcalfe (pen), Glazzard (2)	20,570	12th
18 September 1954	Manchester United	A	1–1	Cavanagh	45,648	13th
25 September 1954	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–0	Burrell, Cavanagh	30,861	12th
2 October 1954	Aston Villa	A	0–0		20,435	13th
9 October 1954	Chelsea	H	1–0	Cavanagh	29,556	11th
16 October 1954	Leicester City	A	3–1	Burrell, Glazzard, Cavanagh	30,491	10th
23 October 1954	Everton	H	2–1	Watson, Glazzard	27,390	7th
30 October 1954	Manchester City	A	4–2	Glazzard (3), Watson	34,246	4th
6 November 1954	Sheffield United	H	1–2	Glazzard	20,664	6th
13 November 1954	Arsenal	A	5–3	McGarry, Watson, Glazzard (2), Metcalfe	42,950	4th
20 November 1954	West Bromwich Albion	H	3–3	Glazzard, Watson, Quested	28,372	5th
27 November 1954	Newcastle United	A	2–2	Watson, Burrell	36,409	4th
4 December 1954	Burnley	H	0–1		17,392	7th
11 December 1954	Preston North End	A	3–2	Glazzard, Forbes (og), Cavanagh	23,774	5th
18 December 1954	Blackpool	A	1–1	Glazzard	17,579	6th
25 December 1954	Sunderland	A	1–1	Burrell	39,900	6th
27 December 1954	Sunderland	H	1–1	Metcalfe (pen)	47,450	6th
1 January 1955	Charlton Athletic	H	0–0		26,996	7th
5 February 1955	Manchester United	H	1–3	Glazzard	31,408	9th
12 February 1955	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	4–6	Glazzard (3), Frear	30,666	10th
23 February 1955	Aston Villa	H	1–2	Glazzard	5,287	10th
26 February 1955	Chelsea	A	1–4	Burrell	35,786	11th
5 March 1955	Preston North End	H	0–4		24,929	15th
19 March 1955	Manchester City	H	0–0		31,065	17th
23 March 1955	Everton	A	0–4		15,561	17th
26 March 1955	Sheffield United	A	2–2	Glazzard, Coldwell (og)	11,951	18th
2 April 1955	Arsenal	H	0–1		22,853	18th
9 April 1955	Burnley	A	1–1	Glazzard	22,214	20th
11 April 1955	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1	Hopkins (og)	23,332	20th
12 April 1955	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–0	Frear	23,580	16th
16 April 1955	Newcastle United	H	2–0	Glazzard (2)	21,913	14th
23 April 1955	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–2	Glazzard	18,661	17th
27 April 1955	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–1		16,184	17th
30 April 1955	Leicester City	H	3–1	Glazzard, Watson (2)	16,498	16th
2 May 1955	Cardiff City	H	2–0	Glazzard, Watson	10,476	12th

[[FA Cup]]

Date	Round	Opponents	**Home/
Away**	**Result
F–A**	Scorers	Attendance
8 January 1955	Round 3	Coventry City	H	3–3	Glazzard (2), Watson	31,576
13 January 1955	Round 3 Replay	Coventry City	A	2 – 1 (aet: 90 mins: 1–1)	Glazzard, Watson	23,716
29 January 1955	Round 4	Torquay United	A	1–0	Glazzard	21,908
19 February 1955	Round 5	Liverpool	A	2–0	Hobson, Glazzard	57,115
12 March 1955	Round 6	Newcastle United	H	1–1	Glazzard	54,960
16 March 1955	Round 6 Replay	Newcastle United	A	0 – 2 (aet: 90 mins: 0–0)		52,380

Appearances and goals

Name	Position	League	FA Cup	Total	Apps	Goals	Apps
John Battye	DF	6	0	0	0	6	0
Gerry Burrell	MF	36	6	1	0	37	6
Tommy Cavanagh	FW	24	6	3	0	27	6
Jack Connor	DF	5	0	0	0	5	0
Willie Davie	FW	6	0	1	0	7	0
Bryan Frear	FW	11	2	2	0	13	2
Brian Gibson	DF	14	0	1	0	15	0
Jimmy Glazzard	FW	42	26	6	6	48	32
Albert Hobson	MF	6	0	5	1	11	1
Laurie Kelly	DF	41	0	6	0	47	0
Don McEvoy	DF	6	0	0	0	6	0
Bill McGarry	DF	32	1	6	0	38	1
Vic Metcalfe	MF	35	6	6	0	41	6
Len Quested	DF	42	1	6	0	48	1
Roy Shiner	FW	1	0	0	0	1	0
Ron Simpson	FW	7	0	0	0	7	0
Ron Staniforth	DF	28	0	5	0	33	0
Ken Taylor	DF	36	0	6	0	42	0
Jimmy Watson	MF	42	11	6	2	48	13
Jack Wheeler	GK	42	0	6	0	48	0

References

"Football Club History Database - Football League 1954-55".

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