1946–47 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

Huddersfield Town

1946–47 season
Chairman	Philip Wood
Manager	David Steele
Division One	20th
FA Cup	Third Round
Top goalscorer	League: Jimmy Glazzard (11) All: Jimmy Glazzard (11)
Highest home attendance	39,944 vs Barnsley (7 January 1947)
Lowest home attendance	4,172 vs Portsmouth (29 January 1947)

Huddersfield Town's 1946–47 campaign was the first full season since the end of World War II, but Town would have little to cheer during the season. Under David Steele, Town were in relegation trouble for most of the season, but because of the even worse displays of Brentford and Leeds United saw Town live to fight another day in Division 1.

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. Position Player -- GK Don Clegg -- GK Bob Hesford -- GK Brendan McManus -- DF Graham Bailey -- DF Jeff Barker -- DF Eddie Boot -- DF Tom Briggs -- DF George Green -- DF Bill Hayes -- DF George Howe -- DF Alf Newbold -- DF John Simpson

No. Position Player -- DF Les Smith -- DF Albert Watson -- MF Albert Bateman -- MF Eddie Carr -- MF Vic Metcalfe -- MF George Skelton -- FW Lewis Brook -- FW Jimmy Glazzard -- FW Joe Poole -- FW Billy Price -- FW Frank Reid -- FW Arnold Rodgers

Review

David Steele had been Town manager since 1943, but this was his first season in league football management with the Leeds Road club and it would be his last in Huddersfield. Town lost 5 of their opening league matches, but oddly enough won the other game 5–2 against Derby County. During October, Town lost 4 matches and conceded 19 goals in a 5–0 defeat against Leeds United, a 6–1 loss at Wolverhampton Wanderers and 4–1 defeats to Liverpool and Middlesbrough.

Following that run, Town beat Charlton Athletic 5–1, but Town's form never made any dramatic improvements and even lost an FA Cup tie at home to Barnsley. Luckily during that season, Town were up against 2 worse teams in the relegation dogfight in Brentford and Leeds United, who were more than 7 points behind Town by the end of the season. This however didn't stop Steele from resigning at the end of the season.

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. Position Player -- GK Don Clegg -- GK Bob Hesford -- GK Brendan McManus -- DF Graham Bailey -- DF Jeff Barker -- DF Eddie Boot -- DF Tom Briggs -- DF George Green -- DF Bill Hayes -- DF George Hepplewhite -- DF George Howe -- DF Joe Lodge -- DF John Simpson -- DF Les Smith -- DF Alan Stewart

No. Position Player -- DF Albert Watson -- MF Albert Bateman -- MF Eddie Carr -- MF Harry McShane -- MF Vic Metcalfe -- MF George Skelton -- FW Lewis Brook -- FW Peter Doherty -- FW Jimmy Glazzard -- FW Billy Price -- FW Frank Reid -- FW Arnold Rodgers -- FW Arthur Thompson -- FW Maurice Tompkin -- FW Alf Whittingham

Results

Division One

Date	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Position
31 August 1946	Blackpool	H	1–3	Glazzard	14,378	17th
4 September 1946	Sunderland	A	0–3		37,595	21st
7 September 1946	Brentford	A	0–2		31,264	22nd
11 September 1946	Derby County	H	5–2	McShane, Glazzard, Price (2), Bateman	18,748	17th
14 September 1946	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–1		17,368	20th
21 September 1946	Portsmouth	A	1–3	Glazzard	30,591	22nd
25 September 1946	Sunderland	H	0–0		15,551	21st
28 September 1946	Everton	H	1–0	Glazzard	19,208	18th
5 October 1946	Leeds United	A	0–5		30,622	22nd
12 October 1946	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–6	Bateman	37,690	22nd
19 October 1946	Liverpool	H	1–4	Brook	17,323	22nd
26 October 1946	Middlesbrough	A	1–4	Tompkin	36,694	22nd
2 November 1946	Charlton Athletic	H	5–1	Rodgers (3), Bateman, Glazzard	16,944	22nd
9 November 1946	Grimsby Town	A	0–1		14,815	22nd
16 November 1946	Preston North End	H	3–0	Rodgers (2), Thompson	17,733	22nd
23 November 1946	Manchester United	A	2–5	Thompson, Glazzard	39,216	22nd
30 November 1946	Stoke City	H	1–0	Metcalfe	26,767	22nd
7 December 1946	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–4		21,975	22nd
14 December 1946	Chelsea	H	1–4	Bateman	9,011	22nd
21 December 1946	Sheffield United	A	2–2	Bateman, Glazzard	23,980	22nd
25 December 1946	Aston Villa	A	2–2	Glazzard, Rodgers	29,906	22nd
26 December 1946	Aston Villa	H	1–0	Rodgers	39,606	20th
28 December 1946	Blackpool	A	1–2	Metcalfe	24,558	21st
4 January 1947	Brentford	H	3–0	Rodgers (2), Glazzard	27,759	21st
18 January 1947	Blackburn Rovers	A	2–2	Glazzard, Metcalfe	24,218	21st
29 January 1947	Portsmouth	H	1–2	Doherty	4,172	21st
1 February 1947	Everton	A	0–1		37,205	21st
22 February 1947	Liverpool	A	0–1		35,000	21st
8 March 1947	Charlton Athletic	A	3–0	Thompson, Bateman, Doherty	27,805	20th
15 March 1947	Grimsby Town	H	3–2	Bateman, Doherty, Whittingham	17,204	20th
22 March 1947	Preston North End	A	2–6	Doherty, Whittingham	25,460	20th
29 March 1947	Manchester United	H	2–2	Whittingham, Doherty	18,509	20th
4 April 1947	Arsenal	A	2–1	Metcalfe, Doherty (pen)	46,105	20th
5 April 1947	Stoke City	A	0–3		29,257	20th
7 April 1947	Arsenal	H	0–0		33,381	20th
12 April 1947	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–0	Whittingham	21,639	20th
19 April 1947	Chelsea	A	0–1		38,903	20th
26 April 1947	Sheffield United	H	1–1	Whittingham	18,406	20th
3 May 1947	Derby County	A	0–1		16,883	20th
10 May 1947	Leeds United	H	1–0	Doherty (pen)	20,596	19th
17 May 1947	Middlesbrough	H	3–1	Whittingham (2), Glazzard	16,328	19th
26 May 1947	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–1		25,401	19th

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
11 January 1947	Round 3	Barnsley	H	3–4	Doherty (2), Bateman	39,944

Appearances and goals

Name	Nation	Position	League Apps	League Goals	FA Cup Apps	FA Cup Goals	Total Apps	Total Goals
Graham Bailey	England	DF	33	0	1	0	34	0
Jeff Barker	England	DF	32	0	1	0	33	0
Albert Bateman	England	MF	40	7	1	1	41	8
Eddie Boot	England	DF	40	0	1	0	41	0
Tom Briggs	England	DF	15	0	0	0	15	0
Lewis Brook	England	FW	6	1	0	0	6	1
Eddie Carr	England	MF	2	0	0	0	2	0
Don Clegg	England	GK	1	0	0	0	1	0
Peter Doherty	Northern Ireland	FW	19	7	1	2	20	9
Jimmy Glazzard	England	FW	31	11	1	0	32	11
George Green	England	DF	2	0	0	0	2	0
Bill Hayes	Republic of Ireland	DF	18	0	0	0	18	0
George Hepplewhite	England	DF	23	0	1	0	24	0
Bob Hesford	England	GK	40	0	1	0	41	0
George Howe	England	DF	10	0	0	0	10	0
Joe Lodge	England	DF	1	0	0	0	1	0
Brendan McManus	Republic of Ireland	GK	1	0	0	0	1	0
Harry McShane	Scotland	MF	15	1	0	0	15	1
Vic Metcalfe	England	MF	27	4	1	0	28	4
Alf Newbold	England	DF	2	0	0	0	2	0
Joe Poole	England	FW	2	0	0	0	2	0
Billy Price	England	FW	9	2	0	0	9	2
Frank Reid	Scotland	FW	2	0	0	0	2	0
Arnold Rodgers	England	FW	13	9	1	0	14	9
John Simpson	England	DF	5	0	0	0	5	0
George Skelton	England	FW	1	0	0	0	1	0
Les Smith	England	DF	16	0	0	0	16	0
Alan Stewart	England	DF	7	0	1	0	8	0
Arthur Thompson	England	FW	18	3	0	0	18	3
Maurice Tompkin	England	FW	10	1	0	0	10	1
Albert Watson	England	DF	6	0	0	0	6	0
Alf Whittingham	England	FW	15	7	0	0	15	7