1941–42 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season
Huddersfield Town 1941–42 football season
Huddersfield Town's 1941–42 campaign saw Town continuing to play in the Wartime League. They finished 11th in the 1st NRL Competition, 15th in the War Cup qualifiers and 6th in the 2nd NRL Competition.
This was also the last season in which Clem Stephenson was at the club. He had been at the club for over 2 decades as player and manager and has the longest managerial career in Huddersfield's history.
Sir Amos Brook Hirst also left the club to become chairman of the Football Association .
Results
1st NRL Competition
Date
Opponents
Home/Away
Result F–A
Scorers
Attendance
30 August 1941
Middlesbrough
A
1–3
Barclay
3,600
6 September 1941
Middlesbrough
H
2–4
Butt (pen), Shackleton
2,623
13 September 1941
Newcastle United
H
5–0
Wilkinson (3), Metcalfe (2)
2,800
20 September 1941
Newcastle United
A
1–3
Wilkinson
5,500
27 September 1941
Bradford City
A
1–3
Butt
3,000
4 October 1941
Bradford City
H
4–1
Barclay, Baird (2), Willingham
2,127
11 October 1941
Grimsby Town
H
5–1
Robinson (2), Metcalfe, Baird, Mortensen
2,268
18 October 1941
Grimsby Town
A
2–2
Carter, Biggs
2,000
25 October 1941
York City
H
5–1
Price, Willingham (3), Thompson
2,141
1 November 1941
York City
A
5–1
Carter (4), Price
4,000
8 November 1941
Gateshead
A
2–3
Baird, Barclay
4,500
15 November 1941
Gateshead
H
3–1
Barclay, Carter, Baird
1,716
22 November 1941
Sunderland
H
1–0
Price
1,500
29 November 1941
Sunderland
A
0–5
5,000
13 December 1941
Bradford (Park Avenue)
H
3–0
Lodge, Davis, Burgess
2,500
20 December 1941
Leeds United
H
4–2
Price (2), Willingham, Baird
2,063
25 December 1941
Leeds United
A
1–2
Price
6,000
25 December 1941
Bradford (Park Avenue)
A
3–1
Willingham, Manning, Mahon
5,300
2nd NRL Competition
The first 11 matches of this competition, except the match against Grimsby Town took part in the War Cup qualifiers. The last 5 matches took place in the Combined Counties Cup.
Date
Opponents
Home/Away
Result F – A
Scorers
Attendance
27 December 1941
Halifax Town
A
2–2
Boot, Mahon
5,000
3 January 1942
Doncaster Rovers
H
3–1
Juliussen (3)
1,337
10 January 1942
Sheffield United
H
3–1
Baird, Price, Barclay
3,000
17 January 1942
Sheffield United
A
1–2
Cockroft
7,032
24 January 1942
Blackpool
H
3–3
McKellor, Barclay, Stabb
4,375
31 January 1942
Blackpool
A
2–4
Mountford (pen), Ainsley
6,000
7 February 1942
Chesterfield
H
3–0
Thompson (2), Price
1,657
24 February 1942
Halifax Town
H
1–0
Barclay
1,150
28 February 1942
Doncaster Rovers
A
4–1
Barclay, Price (3)
2,094
14 March 1942
Grimsby Town
A
2–1
Price, Barclay
1,500
21 March 1942
Chesterfield
A
1–2
Price
2,500
28 March 1942
Rotherham United
A
3–1
Price (2), Baird
2,600
4 April 1942
Bradford City
A
1–4
Barclay
6,365
6 April 1942
Bradford City
H
2–1
Thompson, Barclay
6,083
11 April 1942
Burnley
A
0–3
3,000
18 April 1942
Leeds United
H
5–1
Barclay, Price (3), Wilkinson
1,636
25 April 1942
York City
A
2–2
Price, Thompson
3,347
2 May 1942
Halifax Town
A
1–1
Wilkinson
2,000
9 May 1942
Halifax Town
H
1–2
Barclay
1,605
16 May 1942
Bradford (Park Avenue)
H
2–2
Price (2)
917