1940–41 Huddersfield Town F.C. season

Huddersfield Town
1940-41 season
Chairman Sir Amos Brook Hirst
Manager Clem Stephenson
Wartime League North 11th
League War Cup First Round
Top goalscorer League:
All:
Billy Price (16)
Highest home attendance 3,668 vs Leeds United (5 October 1940)
Lowest home attendance 386 vs Rochdale (22 March 1941)

Huddersfield Town's 1940-41 campaign saw Town play their first full season in the Wartime League. They finished 11th in the North Regional League, based on a goal average system.

Contents

Results

North Regional League[1]

Date Opponents Home/

Away

Result

F - A

Scorers Attendance
31 August 1940 Sheffield Wednesday A 0 - 1 2,000
7 September 1940 Bradford Park Avenue H 1 - 1 Isaac 1,971
14 September 1940 Leeds United A 2 - 5 Price, Hayes (pen) 3,000
21 September 1940 Sheffield Wednesday H 5 - 0 Neal, Barclay, Boot, Mountford, Metcalfe 2,214
28 September 1940 Halifax Town A 1 - 1 Neal 5,000
5 October 1940 Leeds United H 1 - 1 Metcalfe 3,668
12 October 1940 Manchester City A 1 - 3 Price 4,000
19 October 1940 Barnsley H 1 - 2 Neal 2,198
26 October 1940 Doncaster Rovers A 1 - 1 Lodge 2,500
2 November 1940 Sheffield United H 3 - 0 Price, Isaac, Lodge 870
9 November 1940 Rotherham United A 0 - 1 2,000
16 November 1940 Chesterfield H 2 - 2 Isaac, Hayes (pen) 2,017
23 November 1940 Barnsley A 1 - 4 Price 2,500
30 November 1940 Doncaster Rovers H 1 - 2 Price 1,422
7 December 1940 Sheffield United A 3 - 1 Willingham, Lodge, Price 2,447
14 December 1940 Halifax Town H 1 - 1 Isaac 637
21 December 1940 Bradford Park Avenue A 2 - 3 Isaac, Mountford 1,349
25 December 1940 Bradford City A 5 - 0 Metcalfe, Boot, Isaac, Price (2) 1,726
25 December 1940 Bradford City H 3 - 4 Price, Barclay, Brook 1,774
28 December 1940 Manchester City H 2 - 0 Barclay, Price 2,689
4 January 1941 Halifax Town H 2 - 1 Lodge, Metcalfe 3,000
11 January 1941 Halifax Town H 1 - 2 McKellor 2,088
18 January 1941 Halifax Town A 4 - 1 (aet: 90 mins: 1 - 1) McKellor, Price, Metcalfe (2) 1,856
8 March 1941 Halifax Town A 0 - 4 1,000
22 March 1941 Rochdale H 11 - 0 Metcalfe (2), Price (3), Lodge (2), McKerrell (3), Barclay 386
29 March 1941 Oldham Athletic A 1 - 3 Lodge 2,490
5 April 1941 Oldham Athletic H 1 - 0 McKerrell 584
12 April 1941 Barnsley A 3 - 4 Wilkinson, Lodge, Brown 3,000
14 April 1941 Rotherham United A 1 - 3 Hayes 2,500
19 April 1941 Bury A 7 - 3 D. Jones (og), Price (2), McKerrell, Metcalfe, Henry, Barclay 1,500
26 April 1941 Burnley H 0 - 3 1,001
10 May 1941 Leeds United A 0 - 1 4,000
17 May 1941 Bury H 2 - 0 Butt, Barclay 1,500

League War Cup

Date Round Opponents Home/

Away

Result

F - A

Scorers Attendance
15 February 1941 Round 1 1st Leg Middlesbrough H 2 - 2 Barclay, Hayes (pen) 3,278
1 March 1941 Round 1 2nd Leg Middlesbrough A 2 - 4 Metcalfe, Price 5,221
  • Huddersfield lost 6-4 on aggregate.

Notes

  1. ^ The matches against Halifax Town in January and the match against Leeds United in May took part in the Combined Counties Cup.