A62 derby

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A62 derby
Other namesWar of the Roses, Roses derby
Location Huddersfield/Oldham (England)
Teams Huddersfield Town
Oldham Athletic
First meeting Huddersfield Town 3–1 Oldham Athletic
Football League First Division
(21 May 1921)
Latest meetingHuddersfield Town 1-0 Oldham Athletic
Football League One
(14 January 2012)
Next meetingTBD
Stadiums Boundary Park (Oldham Athletic)
Kirklees Stadium (Huddersfield Town)
Statistics
Meetings total47
Most winsHuddersfield Town (20)
All-time seriesHuddersfield Town: 20
Draw: 15
Oldham Athletic: 12
Largest victoryHuddersfield Town 6-0 Oldham Athletic
1931–32 FA Cup
(13 January 1932) Oldham Athletic 6-0 Huddersfield Town
Football League Third Division
(20 April 1974)

The A62 derby is the name of a football derby that is given to matches played between Huddersfield Town and Oldham Athletic.[ citation needed ]

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The two clubs are separated by roughly 15 miles and are located close to the M62 motorway crossing the Pennines in the historic counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire respectively, making it a traditional 'War of the Roses' clash.

The first game between Huddersfield and Oldham was played in the First Division of English football during the 1920–21 season, although league meetings remained fairly rare until the 1980s. Therefore, there was little rivalry between the clubs until more recent times,[ citation needed ] with regular meetings in the decades since leading to increased significance and intensity in the fixture,[ citation needed ] particularly when both clubs spent a number of seasons vying for promotion from the third tier. The two sides have not met in a competitive fixture since 2012. [1]

Indeed, it took Oldham until 20 April 1974 to record their first victory over Huddersfield, an emphatic 6-0 scoreline at the tenth attempt that more significantly guaranteed the Latics promotion back to the Second Division.

The highest ever attendance involving the two clubs was set on 9 January 1932 when 30,607 watched a 1–1 draw at Oldham's Boundary Park in a third round FA Cup tie. [2]

Statistics

The first fixture between the two clubs was a First Division game on 2 May 1921 and resulted in a 3–1 win for Huddersfield. The biggest victories resulted in a 6–0 to Huddersfield in the FA Cup at Leeds Road on 13 January 1932 and a 6–0 to Oldham in the Third Division on 20 April 1974. Huddersfield have been heavily beaten on two other occasions at Boundary Park, with a 4–0 win in September 2002 and a 4–1 win in March 2008 for Oldham. Perhaps the most remarkable game between the two clubs was on 20 September 1986, when Huddersfield defeated Oldham 5-4 - all the more surprising when considering that Huddersfield played with ten men from the 23rd minute and that Oldham had played their previous six games that season without conceding a goal, winning five of them.

Huddersfield winsDrawsOldham wins
League181410
FA Cup210
League Cup002
Total201512

Game list (since 1983)

  Huddersfield Town win   Oldham Athletic win   Draw 
DateCompetitionStadiumScore Huddersfield scorers Oldham scorersAttendanceRef
Huddersfield relegated to the Championship 2018–19
Oldham relegated to League Two 2017–18
Huddersfield promoted to the Premier League 2016–17
Huddersfield promoted to the Championship 2011–12
14 Jan 2012 League One Kirklees Stadium 1–0 Lee (86)15,229
3 Sep 2011 League One Boundary Park 1–1 Kay (16) Kuqi (6); Diallo sent off (76)8,213
12 Feb 2011 League One Kirklees Stadium 0–016,176
13 Nov 2010 League One Boundary Park 1–0 Tounkara (24)7,723
6 Apr 2010 League One Kirklees Stadium 2–0 Robinson (38, 90) Lee sent off (75)14,561
1 Nov 2009 League One Boundary Park 1–0 Williams (59)8,569
3 Jan 2009 League One Kirklees Stadium 1–1 Collins (66) Allott (6)16,950
27 Sep 2008 League One Boundary Park 1–1 Craney (29) Liddell (50)7,418
29 Mar 2008 League One Boundary Park 4–1 Mirfin (90) Jarrett (8, 45), Constantine (40), Taylor (61)8,637
26 Jan 2008 FA Cup Boundary Park 1–0 Beckett (10)12,749
20 Oct 2007 League One Kirklees Stadium 1–1 Wallwork (80) Davies (27)10,909
7 Apr 2007 League One Boundary Park 1–1 Beckett (78) Porter (23)7,096
20 Oct 2007 League One Kirklees Stadium 3–0 McDonald (16), Porter (59), Warne (67)13,280
28 Jan 2006 League One Kirklees Stadium 3–2 Branston own goal (45), Abbott (48), Graham (59) Porter (13), Beckett (33)12,973
10 Sep 2005 League One Boundary Park 3–0 Schofield (27), Taylor-Fletcher (37, 72) Warne sent off (31)8,803
26 Feb 2005 League One Kirklees Stadium 2–1 Abbott (4), (29) Branston (75)11,161
10 Sep 2005 League One Boundary Park 2–1 Abbott (7) Haining (4), Betsy (38)8,389
Huddersfield promoted to League One 2003–04
Huddersfield relegated to Division Two 2002–03
3 May 2003 Division Two Kirklees Stadium 1–1 Schofield (26) Carss (68)11,271
28 Sep 2002 Division Two Boundary Park 4–0 Wijnhard (1, 57), Eyres (18), Lourenço (80)7,643
1 Apr 2002 Division Two Kirklees Stadium 0–0 Knight sent off (4)14,343
3 Nov 2001 Division Two Boundary Park 1–1 Schofield (23) Balmer (76)8,859
Huddersfield relegated to Division Two 2000–01
5 Sep 2000 League Cup Kirklees Stadium 2–0 Rickers (40, 65)4,979
22 Aug 2000 League Cup Boundary Park 1–0 Corazzin (24)4,255
Oldham relegated to Division Two 1996–97
25 Jan 1997 Division One Boundary Park 2–1 Payton (71, 83) Richardson (77)8,588
13 Sep 1996 Division One Kirklees Stadium 3–2 Stewart (15, 85), Gray (90) McCarthy (28, 66)10,296
20 Jan 1996 Division One Kirklees Stadium 0–013,013
12 Aug 1995 Division One Boundary Park 3–0 Brennan (35, 63), Richardson (79)10,259
Huddersfield promoted to Division One 1994–95
Oldham relegated to Division One 1993–94
Oldham promoted to First Division 1991–92
Huddersfield relegated to Division Three 1987–88
19 Apr 1988 Division Two Leeds Road 2–2 Shearer (21), Banks (27) Ritchie (52), Wright (67)8,547
31 Aug 1987 Division Two Boundary Park 3–2 Shearer (3), Banks (87) Ritchie (5, 61), Henry (49)7,410
28 Feb 1987 Division Two Boundary Park 2–0 Wright (3, 19)8,911
20 Sep 1986 Division Two Leeds Road 5–4 Raynor (4, 78), Shearer (34, 74), Brown (66 pen); Webster sent off (23) Futcher (1, 53 pen), Palmer (51, 88)7,368
21 Dec 1986 Division Two Leeds Road 2–0 Cowling (38), Bray (68)8,094
24 Aug 1985 Division Two Boundary Park 1–1 Cork (32) Atkinson (44)8,024
6 Apr 1985 Division Two Boundary Park 2–2 Lillis (8 pen, 88) Parker (58), Quinn (75)8,292
26 Dec 1984 Division Two Leeds Road 2–1 Tempest (65), Wilson (82) Harrison (35)9,173
11 Feb 1984 Division Two Leeds Road 1–0 Quinn (21)8,162
10 Sep 1983 Division Two Boundary Park 3–0 Stanton (70), Cowling (87), Lillis (89)8,543
Huddersfield promoted to Division Two 1982–83

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References

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  2. "Dave Mangnall - Huddersfield Examiner". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
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