Huddersfield Town F.C. season 1913–14

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Huddersfield Town

Season 1913-14
Manager	Arthur Fairclough
Chairman	William Hardcastle
Division Two	13th
FA Cup	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: Frank Mann (10) All: Frank Mann (10)
Highest home attendance	12,000 vs Bradford Park Avenue (6 December 1913)
Lowest home attendance	2,500 vs Clapton Orient (21 March 1914)

Huddersfield Town's 1913-14 campaign was a particularly disappointing season following 5th place the previous season. Town would finish 13th, 15 points off Bradford Park Avenue, who finished 2nd place.

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

[edit] Squad at the start of the season

No. Position Player -- GK Sandy Mutch -- DF Simon Beaton -- DF Fred Blackman -- DF Harry Brough -- DF Fred Bullock -- DF James Dow -- DF Fred Fayers -- DF Norman Holmes -- DF Robert Ledger -- DF Harry Linley -- DF Larrett Roebuck

No. Position Player -- DF Billy Watson -- MF Andrew Armour -- MF James Howie -- MF Joe Jee -- MF James Macauley -- FW Gilbert Christie -- FW Thomas Elliott -- FW Ernie Islip -- FW Frank Mann -- FW Bert Smith

[edit] Review

After finishing 5th place in their 3rd season in the Football League, Town didn't live up to the standards set the previous season, with the only standout result being the 7-0 win over Birmingham in October. They finished in 13th place with only 34 points.

[edit] Squad at the end of the season

No. Position Player -- GK Ted Davis -- GK Sandy Mutch -- DF Simon Beaton -- DF Harry Brough -- DF Fred Bullock -- DF James Dow -- DF Fred Fayers -- DF Norman Holmes -- DF Robert Ledger -- DF Harry Linley -- DF William McLaren

No. Position Player -- DF Larrett Roebuck -- DF Billy Watson -- MF Andrew Armour -- MF Joe Jee -- MF Billy Smith -- FW Gilbert Christie -- FW Thomas Elliott -- FW Ernie Islip -- FW Frank Mann -- FW Bert Smith

[edit] Results

[edit] Division Two

Date	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance	Position
6 September 1913	Bury	H	1 - 1	Mann	7,884	12th
9 September 1913	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0 - 0		7,000	8th
13 September 1913	Fulham	A	0 - 1		25,000	14th
20 September 1913	Lincoln City	A	0 - 3		9,000	17th
27 September 1913	Blackpool	H	1 - 0	Jee	7,000	15th
4 October 1913	Nottingham Forest	A	1 - 1	Macauley	12,000	14th
11 October 1913	Woolwich Arsenal	H	1 - 2	Mann	8,000	16th
18 October 1913	Grimsby Town	A	1 - 2	Elliott	6,000	17th
25 October 1913	Birmingham	H	7 - 0	Bert Smith, Fayers, Ball (og), Macauley, Elliott (3)	5,000	16th
1 November 1913	Bristol City	A	0 - 1		10,000	16th
8 November 1913	Leeds City	H	1 - 1	Bert Smith	9,000	16th
15 November 1913	Clapton Orient	A	0 - 0		?	16th
22 November 1913	Glossop	H	2 - 1	Brough (2)	5,500	15th
1 December 1913	Stockport County	A	0 - 0		2,000	15th
6 December 1913	Bradford Park Avenue	H	0 - 1		12,000	16th
13 December 1913	Notts County	A	0 - 3		12,000	16th
20 December 1913	Leicester Fosse	H	1 - 2	James	5,500	16th
25 December 1913	Hull City	H	0 - 3		7,000	17th
26 December 1913	Hull City	A	1 - 4	Billy Smith	13,000	17th
27 December 1913	Bury	A	1 - 2	Armour	9,000	18th
1 January 1914	Barnsley	A	1 - 2	James	8,000	18th
3 January 1914	Fulham	H	3 - 1	Elliott, Armour, Jee	6,000	17th
17 January 1914	Lincoln City	H	2 - 1	McLaren (pen), Elliott	6,000	17th
24 January 1914	Blackpool	A	1 - 0	Mann	?	17th
7 February 1914	Nottingham Forest	H	1 - 1	Islip	4,500	17th
14 February 1914	Woolwich Arsenal	A	1 - 0	Mann	25,000	16th
21 February 1914	Grimsby Town	H	1 - 2	Mann	2,500	16th
28 February 1914	Birmingham	A	4 - 1	Womack (og), Jee, Elliott, Mann	7,000	16th
7 March 1914	Bristol City	H	1 - 2	Mann	5,000	16th
14 March 1914	Leeds City	A	1 - 5	Elliott	14,000	16th
21 March 1914	Clapton Orient	H	1 - 0	Elliott	2,000	16th
28 March 1914	Glossop	A	3 - 2	Slade (2), Mann	?	15th
4 April 1914	Stockport County	H	0 - 2		5,000	15th
11 April 1914	Bradford Park Avenue	A	1 - 2	McLaren (pen)	20,000	16th
13 April 1914	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2 - 2	Islip, Armour	13,000	16th
14 April 1914	Barnsley	H	3 - 1	Islip, Mann, Cooper (og)	11,000	16th
18 April 1914	Notts County	H	2 - 1	H. Morley (og), Mann	9,000	15th
25 April 1914	Leicester Fosse	A	1 - 0	Islip	6,000	13th

[edit] FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance
10 January 1914	Round 1	London Caledonians	H	3 - 0	Armour, Islip (2)	6,500
31 January 1914	Round 2	Birmingham	A	0 - 1		45,000

[edit] Appearances & Goals

Name	Nation	Position	League Apps	League Goals	FA Cup Apps	FA Cup Goals	Total Apps	Total Goals
Andrew Armour	England	MF	38	3	2	1	40	4
Simon Beaton	England	DF	34	0	2	0	36	0
Fred Blackman	England	DF	24	0	2	0	26	0
Harry Brough	England	DF	6	2	0	0	6	2
Fred Bullock	England	DF	25	0	0	0	25	0
Gilbert Christie	Scotland	FW	2	0	0	0	2	0
Ted Davis	England	GK	6	0	0	0	6	0
James Dow	England	DF	18	0	0	0	18	0
Thomas Elliott	England	FW	27	9	2	0	29	9
Fred Fayers	England	DF	30	1	1	0	31	1
Norman Holmes	England	DF	3	0	0	0	3	0
James Howie	England	FW	2	0	0	0	2	0
Ernie Islip	England	FW	21	4	2	2	23	6
Sidney James	England	DF	9	2	2	0	11	2
Joe Jee	England	MF	33	3	2	0	35	3
Robert Ledger	England	DF	1	0	0	0	1	0
Harry Linley	England	DF	18	0	2	0	20	0
James Macauley	Republic of Ireland	FW	10	2	0	0	10	2
Frank Mann	England	FW	19	10	0	0	19	10
William McLaren	Scotland	DF	18	2	1	0	19	2
Sandy Mutch	Scotland	GK	32	0	2	0	34	0
Larrett Roebuck	England	DF	17	0	2	0	19	0
Charlie Slade	England	DF	7	2	0	0	7	2
Bert Smith	England	FW	14	2	0	0	14	2
Billy Smith	England	MF	4	1	0	0	4	1

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