1926–27 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

Huddersfield Town

1926–27 season
Chairman	Sir Amos Brook Hirst
Manager	Jack Chaplin
Stadium	Leeds Road
Football League First Division	2nd
FA Cup	Third round (knocked out by Millwall)
Top goalscorer	League: George Brown (27) All: George Brown (28)
Highest home attendance	44,636 vs Newcastle United (19 April 1927)
Lowest home attendance	6,140 vs Liverpool (26 March 1927)
Biggest win	5–0 vs Blackburn Rovers (27 December 1926)
Biggest defeat	0–4 vs Bolton Wanderers (30 April 1927)
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Huddersfield Town's 1926-27 campaign was a season which saw the team lose their English league title by five points to Newcastle United after winning it for the previous 3 seasons.

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 Billy Mercer -- GK   ENG Ted Taylor -- DF   ENG Ned Barkas -- DF   ENG Harry Cawthorne -- DF   ENG Roy Goodall -- DF   ENG George Shaw -- DF   ENG Norman Smith -- DF   ENG Bon Spence -- DF   SCO David Steele -- DF   ENG Sam Wadsworth -- DF   ENG Billy Watson

No. Pos. Nation Player -- DF   ENG Tom Wilson -- MF   SCO Alex Jackson -- MF   ENG Jacky Slicer -- MF   ENG Billy Smith -- FW   ENG George Brown -- FW   ENG George Cook -- FW   ENG Johnny Dent -- FW   SCO William Devlin -- FW   ENG Harry Raw -- FW   ENG Clem Stephenson

Review

Town were on top of the world following their 3rd consecutive 1st Division championship. Town's season was a very successful season in the league, although they had as many draws as wins during the season, which probably cost them their chances of their 4th consecutive title, although they were only one point off Newcastle United after beating them on Easter Tuesday, but their last 3 games produced 0-0 draws against Manchester United and Aston Villa at Leeds Road along with a 4–0 defeat at Burnden Park against Bolton Wanderers. That meant Town finished 5 points behind Newcastle at the end of the season.

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   ENG Billy Mercer -- GK   ENG Hugh Turner -- DF   ENG Ned Barkas -- DF   ENG Eddie Carr -- DF   ENG Roy Goodall -- DF   ENG Tommy Meads -- DF   ENG Norman Smith -- DF   ENG Bon Spence -- DF   SCO David Steele -- DF   ENG Sam Wadsworth

No. Pos. Nation Player -- DF   ENG Billy Watson -- DF   ENG Tom Wilson -- MF   SCO Alex Jackson -- MF   ENG Jacky Slicer -- MF   ENG Billy Smith -- FW   ENG George Brown -- FW   ENG Johnny Dent -- FW   ENG Bob Kelly -- FW   ENG Harry Raw -- FW   ENG Clem Stephenson

Results

Division One

Date	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance	Position
28 August 1926	Bury	A	2 - 2	Stephenson, Jackson	25,204	10th
30 August 1926	West Bromwich Albion	H	4 - 1	Devlin (2), B. Smith (2)	16,130	2nd
4 September 1926	Birmingham	H	0 - 2		19,893	9th
8 September 1926	Sunderland	A	1 - 1	Brown	27,739	9th
11 September 1926	Tottenham Hotspur	A	3 - 3	B. Smith, Stephenson, Cawthorne	29,516	9th
14 September 1926	Sunderland	H	0 - 0		15,090	7th
18 September 1926	West Ham United	H	2 - 1	Devlin (2)	16,800	6th
25 September 1926	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1 - 1	Jackson	32,493	8th
2 October 1926	Leicester City	H	5 - 3	Brown (3), Slicer (2)	25,288	6th
9 October 1926	Everton	A	0 - 0		22,419	8th
16 October 1926	Cardiff City	H	0 - 0		17,705	8th
23 October 1926	Burnley	A	2 - 2	Brown (2)	33,638	8th
30 October 1926	Leeds United	H	4 - 1	Brown (3), Wadsworth	29,679	6th
6 November 1926	Liverpool	A	3 - 2	Devlin, B. Smith, Brown	28,703	4th
13 November 1926	Arsenal	H	3 - 3	Goodall (pen), Devlin, Brown	16,219	3rd
20 November 1926	Sheffield United	A	3 - 3	Devlin, Brown (2)	21,995	5th
27 November 1926	Derby County	H	4 - 2	Brown (2), Jackson, Goodall (pen)	16,733	3rd
4 December 1926	Manchester United	A	0 - 0		33,135	3rd
11 December 1926	Bolton Wanderers	H	1 - 0	Brown	24,667	2nd
18 December 1926	Aston Villa	A	0 - 3		31,236	4th
25 December 1926	Blackburn Rovers	A	2 - 4	Stephenson, Jackson	30,144	5th
27 December 1926	Blackburn Rovers	H	5 - 0	Brown (2), Jackson, B. Smith, Stephenson	34,758	4th
1 January 1927	West Bromwich Albion	A	2 - 2	Brown, Cook	24,640	4th
15 January 1927	Bury	H	3 - 1	Devlin, Brown (2)	11,889	4th
22 January 1927	Birmingham	A	3 - 1	Goodall (pen), Cook, B. Smith	16,779	3rd
29 January 1927	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2 - 0	Brown, Cook	15,147	2nd
5 February 1927	West Ham United	A	2 - 3	Brown, Devlin	19,087	4th
12 February 1927	Sheffield Wednesday	H	4 - 3	Kelly (3), Jackson	22,329	2nd
19 February 1927	Leicester City	A	4 - 2	Osborne (og), B. Smith, Devlin, Brown	34,142	1st
26 February 1927	Everton	H	0 - 0		20,660	2nd
12 March 1927	Burnley	H	2 - 0	Brown (2)	23,893	2nd
19 March 1927	Leeds United	A	1 - 1	Stephenson	36,364	2nd
21 March 1927	Cardiff City	A	0 - 2		17,051	2nd
26 March 1927	Liverpool	H	1 - 0	B. Smith	6,140	2nd
2 April 1927	Arsenal	A	2 - 0	Dent (2)	24,409	2nd
9 April 1927	Sheffield United	H	0 - 2		8,128	3rd
15 April 1927	Newcastle United	A	0 - 1		60,149	3rd
16 April 1927	Derby County	A	4 - 4	Dent, Goodall (pen), Kelly, Meads	24,600	2nd
19 April 1927	Newcastle United	H	1 - 0	Brown	44,636	2nd
23 April 1927	Manchester United	H	0 - 0		13,870	2nd
30 April 1927	Bolton Wanderers	A	0 - 4		21,229	2nd
7 May 1927	Aston Villa	H	0 - 0		10,603	2nd

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance
8 January 1927	Round 3	Millwall	A	1 - 3	Brown	35,962

Appearances and goals

Name	Nationality	Position	League		FA Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ned Barkas	England	DF	9	0	0	0	9	0
George Brown	England	FW	40	27	1	1	41	28
Billy Carr	England	DF	2	0	0	0	2	0
Harry Cawthorne	England	DF	21	1	0	0	21	1
George Cook	England	FW	8	3	1	0	9	3
Johnny Dent	England	FW	6	3	0	0	6	3
William Devlin	Scotland	FW	28	10	0	0	28	10
Roy Goodall	England	DF	34	4	1	0	35	4
Alex Jackson	Scotland	FW	32	6	1	0	33	6
Bob Kelly	England	FW	14	4	0	0	14	4
Tommy Meads	England	DF	10	1	0	0	10	1
Billy Mercer	England	GK	8	0	0	0	8	0
Harry Raw	England	FW	3	0	0	0	3	0
George Shaw	England	DF	5	0	0	0	5	0
Jacky Slicer	England	MF	7	2	0	0	7	2
Billy Smith	England	MF	39	8	1	0	40	8
Norman Smith	England	DF	17	0	0	0	17	0
David Steele	Scotland	DF	20	0	1	0	21	0
Clem Stephenson	England	FW	25	5	1	0	26	5
Ted Taylor	England	GK	10	0	0	0	10	0
Hugh Turner	England	GK	24	0	1	0	25	0
Sam Wadsworth	England	DF	36	1	1	0	37	1
Billy Watson	England	DF	22	0	1	0	23	0
Tom Wilson	England	DF	42	0	1	0	43	0