Huddersfield Town F.C. season 1954–55

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Huddersfield Town

Season 1954-55
Manager	Andy Beattie
Chairman	Dick Parker
Division One	12th
FA Cup	Sixth Round
Top goalscorer	League: Jimmy Glazzard (26) All: Jimmy Glazzard (32)
Highest home attendance	54,960 vs Newcastle United (12 March 1955)
Lowest home attendance	5,287 vs Aston Villa (23 February 1955)

Huddersfield Town's 1954-55 campaign saw Town make a brilliant start in ther second season back in the 1st Division. Unfortunately, a disappointing mid-season ended any chance of Town improving on their 3rd place finish the previous season. They would eventually down in 12th place with 41 points, interestingly finishing 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.

Contents 1 Squad at the start of the season 2 Review 3 Squad at the end of the season 4 Results 4.1 Division One 4.2 FA Cup 5 Appearances & Goals

[edit] Squad at the start of the season

No. Position Player -- GK Harry Mills -- GK Jack Wheeler -- DF John Battye -- DF Brian Gibson -- DF Laurie Kelly -- DF Don McEvoy -- DF Bill McGarry -- DF Len Quested -- DF Ron Staniforth -- DF Ken Taylor

No. Position Player -- MF Gerry Burrell -- MF Willie Davie -- MF Albert Hobson -- MF Vic Metcalfe -- FW Tommy Cavanagh -- FW Bryan Frear -- FW Jimmy Glazzard -- FW Roy Shiner -- FW Ron Simpson -- FW Jimmy Watson

[edit] 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.

[edit] Squad at the end of the season

No. Position Player -- GK Harry Mills -- GK Jack Wheeler -- DF John Battye -- DF Jack Connor -- DF Brian Gibson -- DF Laurie Kelly -- DF Bill McGarry -- DF Len Quested -- DF Ken Taylor -- MF Gerry Burrell

No. Position Player -- MF Willie Davie -- MF Albert Hobson -- MF Vic Metcalfe -- FW Tommy Cavanagh -- FW Bryan Frear -- FW Jimmy Glazzard -- FW Roy Shiner -- FW Ron Simpson -- FW Jimmy Watson

[edit] Results

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Appearances & Goals

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

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