1974–75 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

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Huddersfield Town

1974–75 season
Chairman
Manager	Bobby Collins
Football League Third Division	24th (relegated)
FA Cup	First round (knocked out by Grimsby Town)
Football League Cup	Second round (knocked out by Leeds United)
Top goalscorer	League: Alan Gowling (17) All: Alan Gowling (19)
Highest home attendance	15,013 vs Leeds United (10 September 1974)
Lowest home attendance	2,455 vs Aldershot (22 April 1975)
Biggest win	4–1 vs Southend United (4 March 1975)
Biggest defeat	0–4 vs Preston North End (30 November 1974) 0–4 vs Port Vale (14 December 1974)
Home colours
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Huddersfield Town's 1974–75 campaign saw Town relegated to the 4th Division for the first time in the club's history. Following Ian Greaves' resignation at the end of the previous season, Bobby Collins took charge at Leeds Road, but couldn't stop Town's alarming slide to Division 4. Town finished bottom of the table, 6 points from safety and 5 points from 2nd bottom team Watford.

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. Pos. Nation Player -- GK  ENG Terry Poole -- GK  ENG Dick Taylor -- DF  ENG Roy Ellam -- DF  ENG Paul Garner -- DF  ENG Peter Hart -- DF  ENG Geoff Hutt -- DF  ENG Brian Marshall -- DF  ENG Grahame McGifford -- DF  ENG John Saunders -- MF  ENG Les Chapman -- MF  ENG Terry Dolan -- MF  ENG Martin Fowler -- MF  ENG Bobby Hoy

No. Pos. Nation Player -- MF  ENG Lloyd Maitland -- MF  ENG Graham Pugh -- MF  ENG Steve Smith -- MF  ENG Steve Spriggs -- FW  ENG John Dungworth -- FW  IRL Mick Fairclough -- FW  ENG Franny Firth -- FW  ENG Alan Gowling -- FW  ENG Terry Gray -- FW  ENG Jimmy Lawson -- FW  ENG Bob Newton -- FW  ENG Phil Summerill

Review[]

Following Ian Greaves' resignation at the end of the previous season, Town hired ex-Leeds United player and Scotland international Bobby Collins in his first managerial post. Following mid-table mediocrity the previous season, Town were hoping for a good start to mount a serious promotion challenge. But the start of the season saw Town lose 6 of their opening 8 league games. They then went on a 6-match unbeaten run, but that would be as good as it got for Town for the rest of the season. Even the 17 goals of Alan Gowling, the top scorer from the previous 2 seasons couldn't help Town's alarming slide.

In January 1975, ex-manager Tom Johnston was brought in as General Manager to help his fellow countryman, but even he couldn't change Town's fortunes as the team only won 4 out of their 22 games in 1975. Therefore, Town got relegated to Division 4 for the first time in their history. They also became the first team to win the 1st Division and play in the bottom tier of the Football League. They finished 24th with only 32 points, 5 behind Watford and Tranmere Rovers. 33 different players were used during the season, a record that would stand until the 1996–97 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. Pos. Nation Player -- GK  ENG Terry Poole -- GK  ENG Dick Taylor -- DF  ENG Paul Garner -- DF  ENG Peter Hart -- DF  ENG Geoff Hutt -- DF  ENG Brian Marshall -- DF  ENG Grahame McGifford -- DF  ENG John Saunders -- MF  ENG Les Chapman -- MF  ENG Terry Dolan -- MF  ENG Martin Fowler -- MF  ENG Bobby Hoy -- MF  ENG Lloyd Maitland

No. Pos. Nation Player -- MF  ENG Brian O'Neil -- MF  ENG Steve Smith -- MF  ENG Steve Spriggs -- FW  ENG John Dungworth -- FW  ENG Barry Endean -- FW  IRL Mick Fairclough -- FW  ENG Franny Firth -- FW  ENG Colin Garwood -- FW  ENG Alan Gowling -- FW  ENG Terry Gray -- FW  ENG Jimmy Lawson -- FW  SCO Billy McGinley -- FW  ENG Bob Newton

Results[]

Division Three[]

FA Cup[]

Football League Cup[]

Appearances and goals[]

Name	Nation	Position	League Apps	League Goals	FA Cup Apps	FA Cup Goals	League Cup Apps	League Cup Goals	Total Apps	Total Goals
Rod Belfitt	England	FW	6	2	0	0	0	0	6	2
Les Chapman	England	MF	15	1	1	0	4	0	20	1
Terry Dolan	England	MF	46	4	1	0	4	0	51	4
John Dungworth	England	FW	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Roy Ellam	England	DF	18	2	1	0	2	0	21	2
Barry Endean	England	MF	6 (2)	1	0	0	0	0	6 (2)	1
Mick Fairclough	Republic of Ireland	FW	3 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	3 (1)	0
Franny Firth	England	FW	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Martin Fowler	England	MF	14 (2)	1	0	0	0	0	14 (2)	1
Paul Garner	England	DF	35	2	0	0	4	0	39	2
Colin Garwood	England	FW	10 (6)	2	0	0	0	0	10 (6)	2
Alan Gowling	England	FW	41	17	1	0	4	2	46	19
Terry Gray	England	FW	24 (8)	3	1	0	0 (2)	0	25 (10)	3
Peter Hart	England	MF	13	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
Bobby Hoy	England	MF	23 (1)	3	1	0	4	0	28 (1)	3
Geoff Hutt	England	DF	28	0	1	0	3	0	32	0
Jimmy Lawson	England	MF	17 (3)	3	0	0	0	0	17 (3)	3
Lloyd Maitland	England	MF	12	1	0	0	0	0	12	1
Brian Marshall	England	DF	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Grahame McGifford	England	DF	22	0	1	0	1	0	24	0
Billy McGinley	Scotland	FW	11 (4)	1	0	0	2 (1)	1	13 (5)	2
Ally McLeod	Scotland	FW	3 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	3 (1)	1
Bob Newton	England	FW	2 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	0
Brian O'Neil	England	MF	22 (1)	2	0	0	0	0	22 (1)	2
Terry Poole	England	GK	24	0	0	0	4	0	28	0
Graham Pugh	England	MF	15	0	1	0	3	0	19	0
John Saunders	England	DF	41	0	1	0	4	1	46	1
Steve Smith	England	MF	16	0	0	0	2	0	18	0
Steve Spriggs	England	MF	2 (2)	0	0	0	1	0	3 (2)	0
Phil Summerill	England	FW	6 (2)	1	0	0	2	1	8 (2)	2
Alan Sweeney	Scotland	DF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dick Taylor	England	GK	21	0	1	0	0	0	22	0
John Turner	England	GK	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0