1966–67 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

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Huddersfield Town 1966–67 football season

Huddersfield Town
1966–67 season
Chairman	Roger B. Kaye
Manager	Tom Johnston
Football League Second Division	6th
FA Cup	Third round (knocked out by Chelsea)
Football League Cup	Second round (knocked out by Lincoln City)
Top goalscorer	League: Tony Leighton (18) All: Tony Leighton (20)
Highest home attendance	36,494 vs Chelsea (28 January 1967)
Lowest home attendance	3,847 vs Cardiff City (13 May 1967)
Biggest win	4–1 vs Charlton Athletic (17 September 1966) 3–0 vs Rotherham United (4 March 1967)
Biggest defeat	0–3 vs Ipswich Town (23 August 1966)
← 1965–66 1967–68 →

The 1966–67 Huddersfield Town season was a mainly successful season for the Town. Town finished the season in 6th place under Tom Johnston.

Squad at the start of the season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	GK	ENG	Peter Goy
--	GK	IRL	John Oldfield
--	DF	ENG	Denis Atkins
--	DF	ENG	Chris Cattlin
--	DF	ENG	John Coddington
--	DF	ENG	Roy Ellam
--	DF	ENG	Bob McNab
--	DF	IRL	Mick Meagan
--	DF	ENG	Derek Parkin
--	MF	ENG	Peter Dinsdale
--	MF	ENG	Billy Lynn


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	ENG	Kevin McHale
--	MF	NIR	Jimmy Nicholson
--	MF	SCO	Johnny Quigley
--	MF	ENG	Steve Smith
--	MF	ENG	Ray Veall
--	MF	ENG	Bob Wallace
--	FW	ENG	Tony Leighton
--	FW	SCO	Les Massie
--	FW	ENG	John Rudge
--	FW	ENG	Don Weston

Review

Tom Johnston tried to improve on the previous season's 4th place in the league. Their start was mixed with around as many wins as losses. The mid-part of the season saw Town go on an impressive run of only 2 defeats in 18 league games between November and mid-March. The end of the season saw a slight drop in form which more or less lost Town's chances of gaining promotion to Division 1. The rise up the table was helped by the goals of Colin Dobson and Tony Leighton, who scored 35 league goals between them.

They finished in 6th place with 49 points, 9 points behind 2nd placed Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Squad at the end of the season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	GK	IRL	John Oldfield
--	DF	ENG	Denis Atkins
--	DF	ENG	Chris Cattlin
--	DF	ENG	Trevor Cherry
--	DF	ENG	John Coddington
--	DF	ENG	Roy Ellam
--	DF	ENG	Billy Legg
--	DF	IRL	Mick Meagan
--	DF	ENG	Derek Parkin
--	MF	ENG	Peter Dinsdale
--	MF	ENG	Colin Dobson
--	MF	ENG	Mike Hellawell


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	ENG	Brian Hill
--	MF	ENG	Bobby Hoy
--	MF	ENG	Kevin McHale
--	MF	NIR	Jimmy Nicholson
--	MF	ENG	Steve Smith
--	MF	ENG	Ray Veall
--	FW	ENG	Brian Clark
--	FW	SCO	Joe Harper
--	FW	ENG	Tony Leighton
--	FW	ENG	David Shaw
--	FW	ENG	Frank Worthington

Results

Division Two

Date	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance	Position
20 August 1966	Bristol City	H	2 - 0	Briggs (og), Weston	10,123	1st
23 August 1966	Ipswich Town	A	0 - 3		13,570	10th
27 August 1966	Carlisle United	A	1 - 2	Parkin	10,322	14th
30 August 1966	Ipswich Town	H	1 - 0	Dobson	12,434	8th
3 September 1966	Blackburn Rovers	H	3 - 1	Leighton (2), Dobson	15,685	7th
7 September 1966	Cardiff City	A	1 - 1	Smith	10,473	7th
10 September 1966	Bolton Wanderers	A	0 - 1		17,600	10th
17 September 1966	Charlton Athletic	H	4 - 1	Dobson (2), Leighton (2)	10,903	8th
24 September 1966	Derby County	A	3 - 4	Leighton (2), Dobson (pen)	15,029	10th
1 October 1966	Crystal Palace	H	0 - 2		12,609	14th
8 October 1966	Plymouth Argyle	H	1 - 1	Dobson	11,248	14th
15 October 1966	Northampton Town	A	1 - 0	Leighton	13,355	13th
22 October 1966	Millwall	H	2 - 0	Dobson (pen), Leighton	12,205	10th
29 October 1966	Rotherham United	A	2 - 4	Leighton, Clark	13,845	12th
5 November 1966	Preston North End	H	1 - 0	Leighton	13,624	11th
12 November 1966	Bury	A	0 - 0		8,845	11th
19 November 1966	Coventry City	H	3 - 1	Dobson, Leighton, Meagan	15,192	8th
26 November 1966	Norwich City	A	0 - 0		14,854	10th
3 December 1966	Birmingham City	H	3 - 1	Clark, Dobson (pen), Nicholson	14,930	8th
10 December 1966	Portsmouth	A	1 - 1	Dobson	13,174	6th
17 December 1966	Bristol City	A	1 - 1	Nicholson	11,299	8th
26 December 1966	Hull City	A	0 - 2		35,630	11th
27 December 1966	Hull City	H	1 - 0	Leighton	32,268	9th
31 December 1966	Carlisle United	H	1 - 1	Leighton	18,606	9th
14 January 1967	Bolton Wanderers	H	2 - 1	Dobson, Leighton	18,176	8th
21 January 1967	Charlton Athletic	A	2 - 1	Dobson, Hellawell	12,105	4th
4 February 1967	Derby County	H	1 - 0	Leighton	17,999	3rd
11 February 1967	Crystal Palace	A	1 - 1	Coddington	18,927	4th
18 February 1967	Blackburn Rovers	A	0 - 2		19,647	5th
25 February 1967	Plymouth Argyle	A	3 - 2	Clark, Hill, Cattlin	12,734	4th
4 March 1967	Rotherham United	H	3 - 0	Leighton (3)	20,106	4th
18 March 1967	Millwall	A	3 - 1	Clark (2), Dobson	12,718	4th
25 March 1967	Northampton Town	H	0 - 2		18,214	4th
27 March 1967	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0 - 1		28,829	4th
28 March 1967	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0 - 1		40,429	7th
1 April 1967	Preston North End	A	2 - 1	Clark, Harper	14,161	6th
8 April 1967	Bury	H	4 - 2	Clark, Hill, Leighton, Dobson (pen)	8,798	5th
15 April 1967	Coventry City	A	0 - 1		29,683	6th
22 April 1967	Norwich City	H	0 - 1		10,041	6th
28 April 1967	Birmingham City	A	1 - 0	Hoy	14,385	6th
6 May 1967	Portsmouth	H	1 - 1	Dobson (pen)	7,149	6th
13 May 1967	Cardiff City	H	3 - 1	McHale, Dobson (pen), Clark	3,847	6th

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance
28 January 1967	Round 3	Chelsea	H	1 - 2	Leighton	36,494

Football League Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance
14 September 1966	Round 2	Lincoln City	A	1 - 2	Leighton	6,442

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
Denis Atkins	England	DF	11	0	0	0	1	0	12	0
Chris Cattlin	England	DF	35 (1)	1	1	0	0	0	36 (1)	1
Trevor Cherry	England	DF	2 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	0
Brian Clark	England	FW	20 (2)	8	0	0	0	0	20 (2)	8
John Coddington	England	DF	36	1	1	0	1	0	38	1
Peter Dinsdale	England	DF	10	0	0	0	1	0	11	0
Colin Dobson	England	FW	37	17	1	0	1	0	39	17
Roy Ellam	England	DF	15	0	0	0	1	0	16	0
Peter Goy	England	GK	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Joe Harper	Scotland	MF	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
Mike Hellawell	England	MF	31	1	1	0	0	0	32	1
Brian Hill	England	MF	27	2	1	0	0	0	28	2
Bobby Hoy	England	MF	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Billy Legg	England	DF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Tony Leighton	England	FW	35	18	1	1	1	1	37	20
Billy Lynn	England	MF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Les Massie	Scotland	FW	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
Kevin McHale	England	MF	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	1
Bob McNab	England	DF	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
Mick Meagan	Republic of Ireland	DF	34	1	1	0	0	0	35	1
Jimmy Nicholson	Northern Ireland	MF	33	2	1	0	0	0	34	2
John Oldfield	Republic of Ireland	GK	38	0	1	0	1	0	40	0
Derek Parkin	England	DF	32 (1)	1	1	0	0	0	33 (1)	1
Johnny Quigley	Scotland	MF	10 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	11 (1)	0
John Rudge	England	MF	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
David Shaw	England	MF	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Steve Smith	England	MF	13 (3)	1	1	0	1	0	15 (3)	1
Ray Veall	England	MF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Wallace	England	MF	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Don Weston	England	FW	9	1	0	0	0	0	9	1
Frank Worthington	England	FW	2 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	0

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