1930–31 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

Huddersfield Town's 1930–31 campaign was a season that saw Town start a revival in form, which saw them finish in the top 5 thanks primarily to the emergence of 2 new striking talents, Joe Robson, who was bought from Grimsby Town following Alex Jackson's departure to Chelsea and Town's own young prodigy Dave Mangnall. The season is also noted for Town's biggest ever win in a league match, 10–1 over Blackpool in December.

Huddersfield Town
1930–31 season
ChairmanEngland Sir Amos Brook Hirst
ManagerEngland Clem Stephenson
Football League First Division5th
FA CupThird round
(knocked out by Leeds United)
Top goalscorerLeague: Joe Robson (18)
All: Joe Robson (18)
Highest home attendance25,853 vs Chelsea (11 October 1930)
Lowest home attendance4,091 vs Sunderland (16 March 1931)
Biggest win10–1 vs Blackpool (13 December 1930)
Biggest defeat1–6 vs Aston Villa (4 October 1930)
1–6 vs Aston Villa (7 February 1931)

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 England ENG Hugh Turner
-- DF England ENG Austen Campbell
-- DF England ENG Billy Carr
-- DF England ENG Bill Dodgin
-- DF England ENG Billy Fogg
-- DF England ENG Roy Goodall
-- DF England ENG Reg Mountford
-- DF England ENG Levi Redfern
-- DF England ENG George Roughton
-- DF England ENG Bon Spence
-- DF England ENG Tom Wilson
-- DF England ENG Alf Young
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF England ENG George Crownshaw
-- MF Scotland SCO Alex Jackson
-- MF England ENG Gerry Kelly
-- MF England ENG Jimmy Smailes
-- MF England ENG Billy Smith
-- FW England ENG Harry Davies
-- FW England ENG Bob Kelly
-- FW Wales WAL Wilf Lewis
-- FW England ENG Dave Mangnall
-- FW England ENG Harry Raw
-- FW England ENG Ernie Whittam

Review

The previous 2 seasons were only memorable for Town's 4th appearance in an FA Cup Final. Luckily, Clem Stephenson was on hand to turn the tide of failure back to success. There was a slight hiccup early on the season, when Alex Jackson left Leeds Road for Chelsea, just 4 games into the season. He had already scored 7 goals during the season including a hat-trick in his last match, a 6-0 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Joe Robson was brought in from Grimsby Town and he started Town's push for Championship supremacy along with Town youngster Dave Mangnall, who between them scored 27 goals in the 35 league games that they started between them. Their form continued to improve during the season, which saw them finish in 5th place, but they were 18 points behind leaders Arsenal.

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 England ENG Hugh Turner
-- DF England ENG Austen Campbell
-- DF England ENG Billy Carr
-- DF England ENG Bill Dodgin
-- DF England ENG Billy Fogg
-- DF England ENG Roy Goodall
-- DF England ENG Reg Mountford
-- DF England ENG Levi Redfern
-- DF England ENG George Roughton
-- DF England ENG Bon Spence
-- DF England ENG Tom Wilson
-- DF England ENG Alf Young
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF England ENG Wilf Bott
-- MF England ENG George Crownshaw
-- MF England ENG Dennis Jennings
-- MF England ENG Gerry Kelly
-- MF England ENG Billy Smith
-- FW England ENG Harry Davies
-- FW England ENG Bob Kelly
-- FW England ENG Dave Mangnall
-- FW Scotland SCO George McLean
-- FW England ENG Joe Robson
-- FW England ENG Ernie Whittam

Results

Division One
Date Opponents Home/
Away		 Result
F - A		 Scorers Attendance Position
30 August 1930 West Ham United A 1 - 2 Jackson 18,023 16th
1 September 1930 Grimsby Town H 2 - 2 Jackson (2) 11,690 15th
6 September 1930 Bolton Wanderers H 3 - 2 Jackson, G. Kelly, Campbell 15,018 9th
10 September 1930 Manchester United A 6 - 0 G. Kelly (3), Jackson (3) 11,836 5th
13 September 1930 Liverpool A 3 - 1 Smailes, Robson, G. Kelly 31,738 4th
15 September 1930 Manchester United H 3 - 0 B. Kelly, Robson, Redfern 14,028 3rd
20 September 1930 Middlesbrough H 2 - 2 B. Kelly, Robson 17,503 4th
27 September 1930 Leeds United A 2 - 1 Smailes (2) 30,265 3rd
4 October 1930 Aston Villa A 1 - 6 Mangnall 22,177 4th
11 October 1930 Chelsea H 1 - 1 Davies 25,853 6th
18 October 1930 Leicester City H 4 - 1 Smith, Davies (2), Crownshaw 15,125 4th
25 October 1930 Sunderland A 2 - 4 Robson, B. Kelly 27,554 7th
1 November 1930 Arsenal H 1 - 1 Smith 25,772 6th
8 November 1930 Portsmouth A 2 - 2 Robson (pen), Smith 23,809 7th
15 November 1930 Sheffield United H 1 - 1 Lewis 11,806 6th
22 November 1930 Blackburn Rovers A 3 - 5 Robson (3) 10,556 7th
29 November 1930 Manchester City H 1 - 1 Robson 14,118 7th
6 December 1930 Birmingham A 0 - 2 16,036 7th
13 December 1930 Blackpool H 10 - 1 Robson (3), McLean (4), B. Kelly, Smailes, Davies 11,932 7th
20 December 1930 Derby County A 1 - 4 McLean 13,157 7th
26 December 1930 Newcastle United H 0 - 3 15,956 10th
27 December 1930 West Ham United H 2 - 0 Mangnall, McLean 13,830 8th
1 January 1931 Sheffield Wednesday A 1 - 2 Mangnall 39,631 9th
3 January 1931 Bolton Wanderers A 0 - 1 15,665 13th
17 January 1931 Liverpool H 2 - 1 Robson (2) 9,864 10th
24 January 1931 Middlesbrough A 3 - 2 B. Kelly (2), McLean 11,015 8th
31 January 1931 Leeds United H 3 - 0 B. Kelly, Robson (2) 13,044 7th
7 February 1931 Aston Villa H 1 - 6 Jennings 14,296 8th
18 February 1931 Chelsea A 2 - 1 Mangnall, G. Kelly 17,546 7th
21 February 1931 Leicester City A 2 - 1 Mangnall (2) 18,242 7th
7 March 1931 Arsenal A 0 - 0 31,058 8th
14 March 1931 Portsmouth H 1 - 3 Mangnall 11,594 9th
16 March 1931 Sunderland H 2 - 0 B. Kelly, G. Kelly 4,091 7th
21 March 1931 Sheffield United A 2 - 0 Mangnall (2) 16,689 7th
28 March 1931 Blackburn Rovers H 1 - 1 J.J. Gorman (og) 8,144 7th
3 April 1931 Newcastle United A 1 - 1 Whittam 24,262 7th
4 April 1931 Manchester City A 1 - 0 Whittam 27,094 5th
7 April 1931 Sheffield Wednesday H 1 - 1 Davies 22,601 6th
11 April 1931 Birmingham H 1 - 0 Robson 15,000 5th
18 April 1931 Blackpool A 1 - 1 Smith 15,111 6th
25 April 1931 Derby County H 3 - 0 Davies (2), B. Kelly 5,325 4th
2 May 1931 Grimsby Town A 1 - 2 Robson 16,533 5th

FA Cup
Date Round Opponents Home/
Away		 Result
F - A		 Scorers Attendance
10 January 1931 Round 3 Leeds United A 0 - 2 41,103

Appearances and goals
NameNationPositionLeague AppsLeague GoalsFA Cup AppsFA Cup GoalsTotal AppsTotal Goals
Wilf Bott EnglandMF400040
Austen Campbell EnglandDF39100391
Billy Carr EnglandDF22010230
George Crownshaw EnglandFW710071
Harry Davies EnglandFW24700247
Bill Dodgin EnglandDF100010
Billy Fogg EnglandDF700070
Roy Goodall EnglandDF39010400
Alex Jackson ScotlandFW470047
Dennis Jennings EnglandMF410041
Bob Kelly EnglandFW37910389
Gerry Kelly EnglandMF19810208
Wilf Lewis WalesFW310031
Dave Mangnall EnglandFW12900129
George McLean ScotlandFW16710177
Reg Mountford EnglandDF600060
Harry Raw EnglandFW900090
Levi Redfern EnglandDF13110141
Joe Robson EnglandFW2318102418
George Roughton EnglandDF30000300
Jimmy Smailes EnglandMF11410124
Billy Smith EnglandMF30400304
Bon Spence EnglandDF11010120
Hugh Turner EnglandGK42010430
Ernie Whittam EnglandFW720072
Tom Wilson EnglandDF22010230
Alf Young EnglandDF20000200
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