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1961–62 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Huddersfield Town
season	1961–62
chairman	Stephen Lister
manager	Eddie Boot
stadium	Leeds Road
league	Football League Second Division
league result	7th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Fourth round
(knocked out by Aston Villa)
cup2	Football League Cup
cup2 result	Second round
(knocked out by Leeds United)
league topscorer	Derek Stokes (14)
season topscorer	Derek Stokes (14)
highest attendance	28,071 vs Rotherham United (9 January 1962)
lowest attendance	5,256 vs Preston North End (2 April 1962)
largest win	5–1 vs Plymouth Argyle (23 August 1961)
4–0 vs Derby County (9 April 1962)
largest loss	0–3 vs Leyton Orient (20 September 1961)
0–3 vs Stoke City (28 October 1961)
0–3 vs Rotherham United (28 April 1962)
prevseason	1960–61
nextseason	1962–63

(knocked out by Aston Villa) (knocked out by Leeds United) 4–0 vs Derby County (9 April 1962) 0–3 vs Stoke City (28 October 1961) 0–3 vs Rotherham United (28 April 1962) Huddersfield Town's 1961–62 campaign was an impressive season for the Town, following the previous season's near miss with relegation to Division 3. In Eddie Boot's first full season in charge, Town finished in 7th place in Division 2 with 44 points, 10 off 2nd placed Leyton Orient and a further 8 behind league champions Liverpool.

Squad at the start of the season

Review

After just missing out on relegation to Division 3, Eddie Boot took his first full season in charge to try to raise Town up to the top half of the Division 2. Town made a promising start with 4 wins from their first 6 games, including a 5–1 win against Plymouth Argyle and a 4–3 win at Luton Town. Derek Stokes had a great start to the season with 8 goals from the first 9 league games including a hat-trick in the 4–2 win against Walsall. An indifferent spell in October and November saw Town lose ground, but a player exchange in February would see Town surge up the table.

Jim Kerray moved to Newcastle United with experienced striker Len White returning to his native Yorkshire. His 8 goals in 16 matches propelled Town to the upper reaches of the Division 2. They would finish the season in 7th place with 44 points.

Squad at the end of the season

Results

[[Football League Second Division|Division Two]]

Date	Opponents	**Home/
Away**	**Result
F – A**	Scorers	Attendance	Position
19 August 1961	Swansea Town	A	1–1	Stokes	18,208	11th
23 August 1961	Plymouth Argyle	H	5–1	Stokes (2), Kerray, O'Grady, Massie	13,730	5th
26 August 1961	Southampton	H	1–0	Patrick (og)	13,998	3rd
30 August 1961	Plymouth Argyle	A	2–4	Kerray, Stokes (pen)	14,065	6th
2 September 1961	Luton Town	A	4–3	Dinsdale, Stokes (2), Saward	14,436	4th
9 September 1961	Newcastle United	H	2–1	Kerray, Massie	18,087	3rd
16 September 1961	Middlesbrough	A	0–1		14,003	6th
20 September 1961	Leyton Orient	A	0–3		8,957	10th
23 September 1961	Walsall	H	4–2	Stokes (3), Sharples (og)	15,100	5th
27 September 1961	Leyton Orient	H	1–1	Bettany	16,917	6th
30 September 1961	Derby County	A	0–1		13,455	6th
7 October 1961	Norwich City	H	1–1	McHale	14,910	8th
14 October 1961	Leeds United	A	0–1		19,162	11th
21 October 1961	Bristol Rovers	H	4–1	Kerray, Stokes (2), Frowen (og)	11,845	8th
28 October 1961	Stoke City	A	0–3		35,974	9th
4 November 1961	Sunderland	H	0–0		19,017	9th
11 November 1961	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	2–2	Kerray (2)	10,742	10th
18 November 1961	Liverpool	H	1–2	McHale	23,086	13th
25 November 1961	Charlton Athletic	A	2–0	Massie, O'Grady	12,187	10th
2 December 1961	Bury	H	2–0	Kerray, Coddington (pen)	11,914	9th
8 December 1961	Rotherham United	A	3–3	Massie, Kerray, McHale	10,241	9th
23 December 1961	Southampton	A	1–3	McHale	11,262	12th
26 December 1961	Preston North End	A	0–1		15,524	13th
13 January 1962	Luton Town	H	1–2	Coddington (pen)	11,140	14th
20 January 1962	Newcastle United	A	1–1	O'Grady	31,950	14th
3 February 1962	Middlesbrough	H	0–0		11,619	14th
10 February 1962	Walsall	A	2–2	McHale, Balderstone	10,864	16th
24 February 1962	Norwich City	A	2–1	White (2)	16,112	13th
3 March 1962	Leeds United	H	2–1	White, Massie	16,799	12th
10 March 1962	Bristol Rovers	A	1–1	White	10,712	12th
17 March 1962	Stoke City	H	3–0	White (2), Stokes	20,261	10th
24 March 1962	Sunderland	A	1–3	Balderstone	26,412	12th
26 March 1962	Swansea Town	H	3–1	Coddington (2 pens), Massie	7,813	9th
31 March 1962	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	2–0	Baxter (og), McHale	8,187	9th
2 April 1962	Preston North End	H	2–2	McHale, Balderstone	5,256	8th
7 April 1962	Liverpool	A	1–1	Balderstone	38,022	8th
9 April 1962	Derby County	H	4–0	Stokes, White, Coddington (2 pens)	8,323	6th
14 April 1962	Charlton Athletic	H	0–2		9,127	7th
21 April 1962	Bury	A	2–1	McHale (2)	7,630	6th
23 April 1962	Scunthorpe United	H	1–2	Stokes	12,397	7th
24 April 1962	Scunthorpe United	A	3–1	White, O'Grady, Massie	10,812	6th
28 April 1962	Rotherham United	H	0–3		8,679	7th

[[FA Cup]]

Date	Round	Opponents	**Home/
Away**	**Result
F – A**	Scorers	Attendance
9 January 1962	Round 3	Rotherham United	H	4–3	Massie, McHale (2), Kerray	28,071
27 January 1962	Round 4	Aston Villa	A	1–2	McHale	38,013

[[Football League Cup]]

Date	Round	Opponents	**Home/
Away**	**Result
F – A**	Scorers	Attendance
12 September 1961	Round 1	Carlisle United	A	1–1	Massie	7,360
25 September 1961	Round 1 Replay	Carlisle United	H	3–0	McCann, Holt (2)	8,880
4 October 1961	Round 2	Leeds United	A	2–3	McHale, Dinsdale	10,023

Appearances and goals

Name	Position	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Denis Atkins	DF	28	0	1	0	2	0	31	0
Chris Balderstone	MF	9	4	0	0	1	0	10	4
John Bettany	MF	8	1	0	0	1	0	9	1
John Coddington	DF	38	6	2	0	1	0	41	6
Peter Dinsdale	DF	40	1	2	0	3	1	45	2
Harry Fearnley	GK	25	0	1	0	3	0	29	0
Brian Gibson	DF	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Ray Holt	DF	3	0	0	0	2	2	5	2
Jim Kerray	MF	26	8	2	1	3	0	31	9
Bob Ledger	MF	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
Les Massie	FW	31	7	2	1	1	0	34	8
John McCann	MF	8	0	0	0	1	1	9	1
Kevin McHale	MF	40	9	2	3	2	1	44	13
John Milner	MF	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Michael O'Grady	MF	38	4	2	0	2	0	42	4
Bob Parker	DF	10	0	0	0	2	0	12	0
Pat Saward	MF	32	1	1	0	3	0	36	1
Derek Stokes	FW	37	14	2	0	2	0	41	14
Ken Taylor	DF	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
Ken Turner	DF	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
Len White	FW	16	8	0	0	0	0	16	8
Ray Wilson	DF	39	0	2	0	1	0	42	0
Ray Wood	GK	17	0	1	0	0	0	18	0

References

Bell, Stan. (February 5, 1962). "Kerray signs and Town get White". [[Evening Chronicle]].

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