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

March 2026 February 2015 February 2015 Huddersfield Town 1936–37 Sir Amos Brook Hirst Clem Stephenson Leeds Road Division One 15th FA Cup Third round(eliminated by Brentford) Jimmy Richardson (11) Jimmy Richardson (11) _blue_stripes _bluestripes _blue_stripes _bluehorizontal 000000 33,899 vs Preston North End (26 December 1936) 4,179 vs West Bromwich Albion (10 March 1937) 4–0 vs Liverpool (19 December 1936)4–0 vs Wolverhampton Wanderers (28 December 1936) 0–5 vs Brentford (16 January 1937)0–5 vs Middlesbrough (27 February 1937) 1935–36 1937–38 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. Squad at the start of the season yes yes England GK Bob Hesford yes England GK Hugh Turner yes England DF Albert Beech yes England DF Alan Brown yes England DF Benny Craig yes England DF Roy Goodall yes Ireland DF Bill Hayes yes England DF Reg Mountford yes England DF Jim Spedding yes Scotland DF Jock Wightman yes England DF Ken Willingham yes yes England DF Alf Young yes England MF Jack Johnson yes Scotland MF Duncan Ogilvie yes England FW Len Butt yes England FW Reg Chester yes England FW Frank Chivers yes England FW Sedley Cooper yes England FW Jimmy Isaac yes England FW Alf Lythgoe yes England FW 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 yes yes England GK Bob Hesford yes England GK Hugh Turner yes England DF Albert Beech yes England DF Eddie Boot yes England DF Alan Brown yes England DF Benny Craig yes Ireland DF Bill Hayes yes England DF Reg Mountford yes England DF Jim Spedding yes England DF Ken Willingham yes England DF Alf Young yes yes England MF Bobby Barclay yes England MF Pat Beasley yes Scotland MF Archibald Hastie yes England MF Jack Johnson yes England FW Len Butt yes England FW Reginald Chester yes England FW Frank Chivers yes England FW Jimmy Isaac yes England FW Alf Lythgoe yes Scotland FW Willie Macfadyen yes England FW Jimmy Richardson Results Division One DateHuddersfield Town match record: League Division One 1937 https://www.11v11.com/teams/huddersfield-town/tab/matches/season/1937/comp/200/ 2026-03-16 11v11.comOpponentsHome/AwayResultF – AScorersAttendancePosition29 August 1936Preston North EndA1–1Richardson22,5969th2 September 1936Manchester UnitedH3–1Richardson, Chester, Lythgoe12,6163rd5 September 1936ArsenalH0–032,0132nd9 September 1936Manchester UnitedA1–3Cooper26,8399th12 September 1936BrentfordA1–1Lythgoe25,38610th17 September 1936Sheffield WednesdayA2–2Butt, Chivers18,08510th19 September 1936Bolton WanderersH2–0Butt, Ogilvie15,9925th26 September 1936EvertonA1–2Chester33,5818th3 October 1936Leeds UnitedH3–0Ogilvie (2), Butt18,6545th10 October 1936SunderlandH2–1Richardson, Chivers26,5314th17 October 1936BirminghamA2–4Barkas (og), Ogilvie26,1724th24 October 1936MiddlesbroughH2–0Richardson, Lythgoe20,3573rd31 October 1936West Bromwich AlbionA1–2R. Finch (og)20,6056th7 November 1936Manchester CityH1–1Beasley18,4386th14 November 1936PortsmouthA0–121,50010th21 November 1936ChelseaH4–2Richardson, Butt, G.F. Barber (og), Lythgoe12,3825th28 November 1936Stoke CityA1–1Beasley13,6447th5 December 1936Charlton AthleticH1–2Richardson11,60910th12 December 1936Grimsby TownA2–2Beasley, Johnson8,58010th19 December 1936LiverpoolH4–0Butt, Richardson (2), Macfadyen14,5068th25 December 1936Wolverhampton WanderersA1–3Macfadyen30,61610th26 December 1936Preston North EndH4–2Richardson, Beasley (2), Macfadyen33,8997th28 December 1936Wolverhampton WanderersH4–0Richardson (2), Chivers (2)14,0076th2 January 1937ArsenalA1–1Macfadyen44,2247th9 January 1937BrentfordH1–1Mountford (pen)21,7538th23 January 1937Bolton WanderersA2–2Johnson, Macfadyen15,7467th3 February 1937EvertonH0–35,21610th6 February 1937Leeds UnitedA1–2Chivers28,93010th13 February 1937SunderlandA2–3Isaac, Chivers23,33611th20 February 1937BirminghamH1–1Hastie10,33411th27 February 1937MiddlesbroughA0–515,93213th10 March 1937West Bromwich AlbionH1–1Beasley4,17912th17 March 1937Manchester CityA0–328,24014th20 March 1937PortsmouthH1–2Macfadyen14,68515th27 March 1937ChelseaA0–031,38416th29 March 1937Derby CountyA3–3Chivers (2), Macfadyen30,68816th30 March 1937Derby CountyH2–0Barclay (2)20,72715th3 April 1937Stoke CityH2–1Beasley, Macfadyen12,14914th10 April 1937Charlton AthleticA0–124,99515th17 April 1937Grimsby TownH0–36,18916th24 April 1937LiverpoolA1–1Barclay17,85816th1 May 1937Sheffield WednesdayH1–0Chivers5,82115th FA Cup DateHuddersfield Town match record: FA Cup 1937 https://www.11v11.com/teams/huddersfield-town/tab/matches/season/1937/comp/7/ 2026-03-16 11v11.comRoundOpponentsHome/AwayResultF – AScorersAttendance16 January 1937Round 3BrentfordA0–533,000 Appearances and goals NameNationalityPositionLeagueFA CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsBobby BarclayENGMF930093Pat BeasleyENGMF33710347Albert BeechENGDF300030Eddie BootENGDF900090Alan BrownENGDF21010220Len ButtENGFW25510265Reg ChesterENGFW820082Frank ChiversENGFW20900209Sedley CooperENGFW510051Benny CraigENGDF18000180Roy GoodallENGDF19010200Archibald HastieSCOMF910091Bill HayesEIRDF500050Bob HesfordENGGK41010420Jimmy IsaacENGMF810081Jack JohnsonENGMF820082Alf LythgoeENGFW10400104Willie MacFadyenSCOFW16810178Reg MountfordENGDF39110401Duncan OgilvieSCOMF18400184Jimmy RichardsonENGFW4011104111Jim SpeddingENGDF400040Hugh TurnerENGGK100010Jock WightmanSCODF20010210Ken WillinghamENGDF38010390Alf YoungENGDF35010360 References 1936-37 Category:English football clubs 1936–37 season