1932–33 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

Huddersfield Town's 1932–33 campaign was a season of success under difficult circumstances for Huddersfield Town. With the previous season's top scorer Dave Mangnall missing for all but 3 matches of the season, their firepower was substantially weakened, the Terriers still managed to finish in 6th place, just 4 points behind 3rd placed Sheffield Wednesday.

Huddersfield Town
1932–33 season
ChairmanEngland Sir Amos Brook Hirst
ManagerEngland Clem Stephenson
Football League First Division6th
FA CupFourth round
(knocked out by Blackpool)
Top goalscorerLeague: George McLean (11)
All: George McLean (11)
Highest home attendance23,198 vs Arsenal (17 December 1932)
Lowest home attendance2,218 vs Sheffield United (1 February 1933)
Biggest win4–0 vs Newcastle United (1 October 1932)
4–0 vs Newcastle United (11 February 1933)
4–0 vs Sheffield Wednesday (8 April 1933)
Biggest defeat0–3 vs Blackburn Rovers (22 October 1932)
0–3 vs Manchester City (24 December 1932)

Squad at the start of the season

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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 Hugh Turner
-- DF   ENG Austen Campbell
-- DF   ENG Billy Carr
-- DF   ENG Norman Christie
-- DF   ENG Bill Dodgin
-- DF   ENG Billy Fogg
-- DF   ENG Roy Goodall
-- DF   ENG Reg Mountford
-- DF   ENG George Roughton
-- DF   ENG Bon Spence
-- DF   ENG Alf Young
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF   ENG Jack Blackwell
-- MF   ENG Wilf Bott
-- MF   ENG Dennis Jennings
-- MF   ENG Charlie Luke
-- MF   ENG Billy Smith
-- FW   ENG Frank Bungay
-- FW   ENG Ernie Hine
-- FW   ENG Dave Mangnall
-- FW   SCO George McLean
-- FW   ENG Ernie Whittam

Review

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Following the previous season's 4th-place finish, many thought that the championship wasn't out of Town's reach, especially with 42-goal Dave Mangnall in their ranks. Unfortunately, Mangnall only managed to play 3 matches during the whole season. Other sources for goals needed to be found, but only George McLean scored more than 10 goals throughout the season. They still managed to finish 6th despite only scoring 66 goals, compared to the 118 scored by champions Arsenal.

Squad at the end of the season

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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 Hugh Turner
-- DF   ENG Austen Campbell
-- DF   ENG Billy Carr
-- DF   ENG Norman Christie
-- DF   ENG Billy Fogg
-- DF   ENG Roy Goodall
-- DF   ENG Reg Mountford
-- DF   ENG George Roughton
-- DF   ENG Bon Spence
-- DF   ENG Ken Willingham
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- DF   ENG Alf Young
-- MF   ENG Len Beaumont
-- MF   ENG Wilf Bott
-- MF   ENG Charlie Luke
-- MF   ENG Billy Smith
-- MF   WAL Jackie Williams
-- FW   ENG Dave Mangnall
-- FW   SCO George McLean
-- FW   ENG Jack Smith
-- FW   ENG Ernie Whittam

Results

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Date Opponents Home/
Away
Result
F - A
Scorers Attendance Position
27 August 1932 Portsmouth A 0 - 2 23,213 19th
29 August 1932 Leicester City H 4 - 1 Calvert (og), McLean (2), Hine 10,596 8th
3 September 1932 Chelsea H 2 - 0 Hine (2) 13,032 6th
5 September 1932 Leicester City A 1 - 3 B. Smith 15,594 7th
10 September 1932 Leeds United A 1 - 1 Young 23,882 7th
17 September 1932 Sheffield United A 2 - 1 Hine, Bott 16,773 7th
24 September 1932 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 3 - 2 Goodall (pen), Young, McLean 13,028 7th
1 October 1932 Newcastle United A 4 - 0 McLean, B. Smith (2), Whittam 24,766 4th
8 October 1932 Aston Villa H 0 - 0 13,342 4th
15 October 1932 Middlesbrough A 1 - 1 Whittam 11,065 5th
22 October 1932 Blackburn Rovers H 0 - 3 11,357 7th
29 October 1932 Derby County A 3 - 2 Bungay (2), H.T. Wilkes (og) 19,040 5th
5 November 1932 Sunderland H 2 - 1 Murray (og), Bungay 13,253 5th
12 November 1932 Birmingham A 2 - 0 Bungay (2) 10,000 4th
19 November 1932 West Bromwich Albion H 2 - 1 Bott, McLean 12,008 4th
26 November 1932 Sheffield Wednesday A 1 - 2 McLean 17,890 5th
3 December 1932 Blackpool H 0 - 1 8,623 5th
10 December 1932 Everton A 0 - 2 23,589 6th
17 December 1932 Arsenal H 0 - 1 23,198 7th
24 December 1932 Manchester City A 0 - 3 18,000 10th
26 December 1932 Bolton Wanderers A 1 - 2 Goodall (pen) 23,967 10th
27 December 1932 Bolton Wanderers H 2 - 1 McLean (2) 19,811 9th
31 December 1932 Portsmouth H 2 - 2 Bott, Young 10,186 9th
7 January 1933 Chelsea A 1 - 0 J. Smith 23,844 9th
21 January 1933 Leeds United H 2 - 2 Goodall (pen), Luke 18,719 8th
1 February 1933 Sheffield United H 1 - 0 Luke 2,218 8th
4 February 1933 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 4 - 6 Luke (3), Williams 22,070 8th
11 February 1933 Newcastle United H 4 - 0 Luke, Bott (2), J. Smith 10,868 8th
18 February 1933 Aston Villa A 3 - 0 Williams, J. Smith (2) 25,243 7th
4 March 1933 Blackburn Rovers A 2 - 4 Jones (og), Williams 7,788 7th
11 March 1933 Derby County H 0 - 0 14,961 7th
15 March 1933 Middlesbrough H 0 - 1 4,872 7th
18 March 1933 Sunderland A 2 - 1 McLean, J. Smith 14,494 6th
25 March 1933 Birmingham H 0 - 0 8,628 6th
1 April 1933 West Bromwich Albion A 1 - 2 Williams 17,610 7th
8 April 1933 Sheffield Wednesday H 4 - 0 Goodall (pen), McLean (2), J. Smith 11,998 6th
14 April 1933 Liverpool A 2 - 2 Luke, Bott 35,000 6th
15 April 1933 Blackpool A 1 - 1 Mangnall 22,867 6th
18 April 1933 Liverpool H 3 - 1 Williams (2), Bott 13,420 6th
22 April 1933 Everton H 0 - 0 11,629 6th
29 April 1933 Arsenal A 2 - 2 J. Smith (2) 30,779 6th
6 May 1933 Manchester City H 1 - 0 J. Smith 5,440 6th
Date Round Opponents Home/
Away
Result
F - A
Scorers Attendance
14 January 1933 Round 3 Folkestone H 2 - 0 Luke, McLean 13,384
28 January 1933 Round 4 Blackpool A 0 - 2 16,187

Appearances and goals

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Name Nation Position League Apps League Goals FA Cup Apps FA Cup Goals Total Apps Total Goals
Len Beaumont   England MF 1 0 0 0 1 0
Jack Blackwell   England MF 1 0 0 0 1 0
Wilf Bott   England MF 32 7 1 0 33 7
Frank Bungay   England FW 17 5 1 0 18 5
Austen Campbell   England DF 27 0 1 0 28 0
Billy Carr   England DF 21 0 1 0 22 0
Norman Christie   England DF 19 0 0 0 19 0
Bill Dodgin   England DF 5 0 0 0 5 0
Billy Fogg   England DF 9 0 1 0 10 0
Roy Goodall   England DF 39 0 2 0 41 0
Ernie Hine   England FW 23 4 2 0 25 4
Dennis Jennings   England MF 5 0 0 0 5 0
Charlie Luke   England FW 28 7 2 1 30 8
Dave Mangnall   England FW 3 1 0 0 3 1
George McLean   Scotland FW 41 11 2 0 43 11
Reg Mountford   England DF 21 0 1 0 22 0
George Roughton   England DF 23 0 1 0 24 0
Billy Smith   England MF 17 3 0 0 17 3
Jack Smith   England FW 15 9 0 0 15 9
Bon Spence   England DF 1 0 0 0 1 0
Hugh Turner   England GK 42 0 2 0 44 0
Ernie Whittam   England FW 7 2 1 0 8 2
Jackie Williams   Wales MF 17 5 0 0 17 5
Ken Willingham   England DF 21 1 2 1 23 2
Alf Young   England DF 27 3 2 0 29 3