1936–37 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

Huddersfield Town's 1936–37 campaign was a season that saw Town fight for their league status in Division 1. They finished 15th, a far cry from their third place finish the previous season.

Huddersfield Town
1936–37 season
Chairman Sir Amos Brook Hirst
Manager Clem Stephenson
Division One15th
FA CupThird round
(knocked out by Brentford)
Top goalscorerLeague: Jimmy Richardson (11)
All: Jimmy Richardson (11)
Highest home attendance33,899 vs Preston North End (26 December 1936)
Lowest home attendance4,179 vs West Bromwich Albion (10 March 1937)
Biggest win4–0 vs Liverpool (19 December 1936)
4–0 vs Wolverhampton Wanderers (28 December 1936)
Biggest defeat0–5 vs Brentford (16 January 1937)
0–5 vs Middlesbrough (27 February 1937)

Squad at the start of the season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
-- GK  ENG Bob Hesford
-- GK  ENG Hugh Turner
-- DF  ENG Albert Beech
-- DF  ENG Alan Brown
-- DF  ENG Benny Craig
-- DF  ENG Roy Goodall
-- DF  EIR Bill Hayes
-- DF  ENG Reg Mountford
-- DF  ENG Jim Spedding
-- DF  SCO Jock Wightman
-- DF  ENG Ken Willingham
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- DF  ENG Alf Young
-- MF  ENG Jack Johnson
-- MF  SCO Duncan Ogilvie
-- FW  ENG Len Butt
-- FW  ENG Reg Chester
-- FW  ENG Frank Chivers
-- FW  ENG Sedley Cooper
-- FW  ENG Jimmy Isaac
-- FW  ENG Alf Lythgoe
-- FW  ENG Jimmy Richardson

Review

Town's 8th season under Clem Stephenson was another season of mediocrity, which had been continued for most of the previous few seasons with the exception of the previous season's 3rd-place finish. With no FA Cup run to fall back on either, Town were down in a relegation dogfight with nearly half the teams in the division, but luckily the records of Manchester United and Sheffield Wednesday were worse enough to see them drop down to Division 2.

Squad at the end of the season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
-- GK  ENG Bob Hesford
-- GK  ENG Hugh Turner
-- DF  ENG Albert Beech
-- DF  ENG Eddie Boot
-- DF  ENG Alan Brown
-- DF  ENG Benny Craig
-- DF  EIR Bill Hayes
-- DF  ENG Reg Mountford
-- DF  ENG Jim Spedding
-- DF  ENG Ken Willingham
-- DF  ENG Alf Young
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF  ENG Bobby Barclay
-- MF  ENG Pat Beasley
-- MF  SCO Archibald Hastie
-- MF  ENG Jack Johnson
-- FW  ENG Len Butt
-- FW  ENG Reginald Chester
-- FW  ENG Frank Chivers
-- FW  ENG Jimmy Isaac
-- FW  ENG Alf Lythgoe
-- FW  SCO Willie Macfadyen
-- FW  ENG Jimmy Richardson

Results

Division One
Date Opponents Home/
Away		 Result
F – A		 Scorers Attendance Position
29 August 1936 Preston North End A 1–1 Richardson 22,596 9th
2 September 1936 Manchester United H 3–1 Richardson, Chester, Lythgoe 12,616 3rd
5 September 1936 Arsenal H 0–0 32,013 2nd
9 September 1936 Manchester United A 1–3 Cooper 26,839 9th
12 September 1936 Brentford A 1–1 Lythgoe 25,386 10th
17 September 1936 Sheffield Wednesday A 2–2 Butt, Chivers 18,085 10th
19 September 1936 Bolton Wanderers H 2–0 Butt, Ogilvie 15,992 5th
26 September 1936 Everton A 1–2 Chester 33,581 8th
3 October 1936 Leeds United H 3–0 Ogilvie (2), Butt 18,654 5th
10 October 1936 Sunderland H 2–1 Richardson, Chivers 26,531 4th
17 October 1936 Birmingham A 2–4 Barkas (og), Ogilvie 26,172 4th
24 October 1936 Middlesbrough H 2–0 Richardson, Lythgoe 20,357 3rd
31 October 1936 West Bromwich Albion A 1–2 R. Finch (og) 20,605 6th
7 November 1936 Manchester City H 1–1 Beasley 18,438 6th
14 November 1936 Portsmouth A 0–1 21,500 10th
21 November 1936 Chelsea H 4–2 Richardson, Butt, G.F. Barber (og), Lythgoe 12,382 5th
28 November 1936 Stoke City A 1–1 Beasley 13,644 7th
5 December 1936 Charlton Athletic H 1–2 Richardson 11,609 10th
12 December 1936 Grimsby Town A 2–2 Beasley, Johnson 8,580 10th
19 December 1936 Liverpool H 4–0 Butt, Richardson (2), Macfadyen 14,506 8th
25 December 1936 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1–3 Macfadyen 30,616 10th
26 December 1936 Preston North End H 4–2 Richardson, Beasley (2), Macfadyen 33,899 7th
28 December 1936 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 4–0 Richardson (2), Chivers (2) 14,007 6th
2 January 1937 Arsenal A 1–1 Macfadyen 44,224 7th
9 January 1937 Brentford H 1–1 Mountford (pen) 21,753 8th
23 January 1937 Bolton Wanderers A 2–2 Johnson, Macfadyen 15,746 7th
3 February 1937 Everton H 0–3 5,216 10th
6 February 1937 Leeds United A 1–2 Chivers 28,930 10th
13 February 1937 Sunderland A 2–3 Isaac, Chivers 23,336 11th
20 February 1937 Birmingham H 1–1 Hastie 10,334 11th
27 February 1937 Middlesbrough A 0–5 15,932 13th
10 March 1937 West Bromwich Albion H 1–1 Beasley 4,179 12th
17 March 1937 Manchester City A 0–3 28,240 14th
20 March 1937 Portsmouth H 1–2 Macfadyen 14,685 15th
27 March 1937 Chelsea A 0–0 31,384 16th
29 March 1937 Derby County A 3–3 Chivers (2), Macfadyen 30,688 16th
30 March 1937 Derby County H 2–0 Barclay (2) 20,727 15th
3 April 1937 Stoke City H 2–1 Beasley, Macfadyen 12,149 14th
10 April 1937 Charlton Athletic A 0–1 24,995 15th
17 April 1937 Grimsby Town H 0–3 6,189 16th
24 April 1937 Liverpool A 1–1 Barclay 17,858 16th
1 May 1937 Sheffield Wednesday H 1–0 Chivers 5,821 15th

FA Cup
Date Round Opponents Home/
Away		 Result
F – A		 Scorers Attendance
16 January 1937 Round 3 Brentford A 0–5 33,000

Appearances and goals
NameNationPositionLeague AppsLeague GoalsFA Cup AppsFA Cup GoalsTotal AppsTotal Goals
Bobby Barclay EnglandMF930093
Pat Beasley EnglandMF33710347
Albert Beech EnglandDF300030
Eddie Boot EnglandDF900090
Alan Brown EnglandDF21010220
Len Butt EnglandFW25510265
Reg Chester EnglandFW820082
Frank Chivers EnglandFW20900209
Sedley Cooper EnglandFW510051
Benny Craig EnglandDF18000180
Roy Goodall EnglandDF19010200
Archibald Hastie ScotlandMF910091
Bill Hayes IrelandDF500050
Bob Hesford EnglandGK41010420
Jimmy Isaac EnglandMF810081
Jack Johnson EnglandMF820082
Alf Lythgoe EnglandFW10400104
Willie MacFadyen ScotlandFW16810178
Reg Mountford EnglandDF39110401
Duncan Ogilvie ScotlandMF18400184
Jimmy Richardson EnglandFW4011104111
Jim Spedding EnglandDF400040
Hugh Turner EnglandGK100010
Jock Wightman ScotlandDF20010210
Ken Willingham EnglandDF38010390
Alf Young EnglandDF35010360
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