1943–44 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

Huddersfield Town
1943–44 season
ChairmanEngland Philip Wood
ManagerEngland Ted Magner
Wartime League North6th (1st NRL Competition)
37th (War Cup Qualifiers)
32nd (2nd NRL Competition)
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Billy Price (46)
Highest home attendance7,792 vs Leeds United (25 December 1943)
Lowest home attendance1,810 vs Leeds United (22 January 1944)
Biggest win8–0 vs Crewe Alexandra (6 November 1943)
Biggest defeat1–4 vs Barnsley (11 September 1943)
1–4 vs Halifax Town (27 November 1943)
1–4 vs Barnsley (12 February 1944)
1–4 vs Halifax Town (25 March 1944)
1–4 vs Halifax Town (29 April 1944)

Huddersfield Town's 1943–44 campaign saw Town continuing to play in the Wartime League. They finished 6th in the 1st NRL Competition, 37th in the War Cup qualifiers and 32nd in the 2nd NRL Competition.

Results

1st NRL Competition

Date Opponents Home/Away Result F–A Scorers Attendance
28 August 1943 Bradford (Park Avenue) H 7–4 Baird, Price (4), Watson (pen), Barclay 2,578
4 September 1943 Bradford (Park Avenue) A 2–1 Watson, Barclay 4,957
11 September 1943 Barnsley H 1–4 Watson 2,642
18 September 1943 Barnsley A 2–1 Barclay, Price 5,264
25 September 1943 Sunderland H 4–0 Price (2), Isaac, Barclay 5,734
2 October 1943 Sunderland A 2–3 Isaac, Price 9,500
9 October 1943 Newcastle United A 2–5 Price, Storey 10,400
16 October 1943 Newcastle United H 1–1 Watson 4,268
23 October 1943 Bradford City A 3–1 Glazzard, Price, Poole 5,260
30 October 1943 Bradford City H 2–1 Baird, Price 3,233
6 November 1943 Crewe Alexandra H 8–0 Price (7), Glazzard 3,278
13 November 1943 Crewe Alexandra A 1–0 Price 2,500
20 November 1943 Halifax Town H 0–0 3,416
27 November 1943 Halifax Town A 1–4 Boot 4,000
4 December 1943 Bolton Wanderers H 2–0 Poole, Price 3,091
11 December 1943 Bolton Wanderers A 4–0 Price (4) 4,125
18 December 1943 Leeds United A 3–0 Price (2), Baird 5,000
25 December 1943 Leeds United H 3–0 Calverley (3) 7,792

2nd NRL Competition

The first 10 matches of this competition took part in the War Cup qualifiers. The last 10 matches took place in the Combined Counties Cup.

Date Opponents Home/Away Result F–A Scorers Attendance
27 December 1943 York City A 1–2 Price 8,475
1 January 1944 York City H 0–3 4,184
8 January 1944 Bradford (Park Avenue) H 1–2 Glazzard 5,359
15 January 1944 Bradford (Park Avenue) A 1–1 Isaac 6,569
  • Match abandoned at half-time due to fog, but result was allowed to stand.
22 January 1944 Leeds United H 4–1 Price (2), Baird (2) 1,810
29 January 1944 Leeds United A 0–2 8,000
5 February 1944 Barnsley H 2–2 Price (2) 4,872
12 February 1944 Barnsley A 1–4 Price 7,652
19 February 1944 Bradford City H 2–0 Barclay, Price 2,382
26 February 1944 Bradford City A 4–2 Barclay, Price (2), R. Rae (og) 2,437
4 March 1944 Chesterfield H 4–0 Price (2), Bateman, Calverley 1,858
11 March 1944 Chesterfield A 0–2 2,000
18 March 1944 Halifax Town H 2–1 Boot, Thompson 3,001
25 March 1944 Halifax Town A 1–4 Poole 3,000
1 April 1944 Bradford City A 0–3 2,600
8 April 1944 Bradford City H 5–0 Glazzard, Price (2), Isaac, Barclay 2,412
10 April 1944 Sheffield Wednesday A 2–2 Baird, Isaac 10,000
15 April 1944 Sheffield Wednesday A 1–2 Isaac 9,230
22 April 1944 Sheffield Wednesday H 5–1 Price (4), Baird 3,448
29 April 1944 Halifax Town H 1–4 Price 4,293
6 May 1944 Halifax Town A 4–2 Glazzard, Baird, Price (2) 5,537