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1964–65 season | |
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Chairman | Roger B. Kaye |
Manager | Eddie Boot(until 2 September 1964) Tom Johnston(from 26 October 1964) |
Stadium | Leeds Road |
Football League Second Division | 8th |
FA Cup | Fourth round (knocked out bySwansea Town) |
Football League Cup | Second round (knocked out byLeeds United) |
Top goalscorer | League:Les Massie (10) All:Les Massie (11) |
Highest home attendance | 14,405 vsManchester City (27 February 1965) |
Lowest home attendance | 5,533 vsSwansea Town (5 December 1964) |
Biggest win | 4–0 vsSwansea Town (5 December 1964) |
Biggest defeat | 1–4 vsSouthampton (19 September 1964) 1–4 vsSwindon Town (26 September 1964) 0–3 vsCrystal Palace (14 November 1964) 0–3 vsPortsmouth (20 February 1965) |
Huddersfield Town's 1964–65 campaign was mainly a season of change for the Town, withRoger B. Kaye becoming the new chairman just before the start of the season, followed by the departure ofmanagerEddie Boot after just 3 games.Tom Johnston would then give Town a big boost for the rest of the season. A superb second half of the season saw Town only lose 3 league games in 1965, which would eventually lead Town to 8th place inDivision 2.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Followingthe previous season's mid-table position, gates atLeeds Road drastically fell, no match recorded a crowd of more than 15,000 during the season.[citation needed] It wasn't helped by the dreadful start made by the Town, which costEddie Boot his job in early September.[1] Town failed to win any of their first 9 matches.Tom Johnston would replace Boot and brought inJimmy Nicholson,Tony Leighton andJohnny Quigley. But, Town's form didn't seem to completely improve until Town reached December.
Town's new acquisitions would help Town's form improve during the second half of the season, which would see Town lose only 3 times in the second half of the season. It would see Town finish in 8th place with 44 points, 12 points behind 2nd placedNorthampton Town.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Date | Opponents | Home/ Away | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Position |
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22 August 1964 | Bolton Wanderers | H | 1–1 | White | 12,657 | 12th |
26 August 1964 | Plymouth Argyle | A | 0–0 | 17,841 | 8th | |
29 August 1964 | Middlesbrough | A | 0–0 | 23,152 | 10th | |
2 September 1964 | Plymouth Argyle | H | 1–2 | White | 9,478 | 17th |
5 September 1964 | Newcastle United | H | 0–1 | 8,770 | 21st | |
11 September 1964 | Northampton Town | A | 2–3 | O'Grady, Massie | 12,984 | 20th |
16 September 1964 | Cardiff City | A | 1–1 | White | 9,392 | 20th |
19 September 1964 | Southampton | H | 0–3 | 6,969 | 21st | |
26 September 1964 | Swindon Town | A | 1–4 | Gilliver | 12,764 | 22nd |
29 September 1964 | Cardiff City | H | 3–1 | Lewis, Stokes, McHale | 5,640 | 19th |
3 October 1964 | Coventry City | A | 3–2 | Coddington (pen), Lewis, Balderstone | 26,994 | 20th |
7 October 1964 | Derby County | A | 0–2 | 13,622 | 21st | |
10 October 1964 | Portsmouth | H | 2–1 | Massie, Stokes | 7,511 | 18th |
17 October 1964 | Manchester City | A | 3–2 | White (2),Gratrix (og) | 15,704 | 17th |
24 October 1964 | Charlton Athletic | H | 0–1 | 7,480 | 18th | |
31 October 1964 | Leyton Orient | A | 0–1 | 7,673 | 20th | |
7 November 1964 | Bury | H | 0–2 | 7,793 | 21st | |
14 November 1964 | Crystal Palace | A | 0–3 | 14,084 | 21st | |
21 November 1964 | Norwich City | H | 0–0 | 6,536 | 21st | |
28 November 1964 | Rotherham United | A | 3–2 | Massie, O'Grady, Bettany | 9,116 | 21st |
5 December 1964 | Swansea Town | H | 4–0 | Holden, McHale (2), Massie | 5,533 | 19th |
15 December 1964 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 0–1 | 11,782 | 19th | |
26 December 1964 | Ipswich Town | A | 2–3 | McHale, Stokes | 11,608 | 21st |
28 December 1964 | Ipswich Town | H | 0–0 | 10,596 | 21st | |
2 January 1965 | Newcastle United | A | 1–2 | Leighton | 45,315 | 21st |
16 January 1965 | Northampton Town | H | 2–0 | Balderstone, Massie | 7,359 | 21st |
23 January 1965 | Southampton | A | 3–3 | Dinsdale, Leighton (2) | 17,473 | 21st |
6 February 1965 | Swindon Town | H | 2–1 | Leighton, Nicholson | 9,064 | 19th |
13 February 1965 | Coventry City | H | 2–1 | Massie, McHale | 13,042 | 16th |
20 February 1965 | Portsmouth | A | 0–3 | 11,435 | 17th | |
27 February 1965 | Manchester City | H | 1–0 | Legg | 14,405 | 15th |
6 March 1965 | Swansea Town | A | 2–2 | Legg, Leighton | 7,574 | 15th |
13 March 1965 | Leyton Orient | H | 0–0 | 11,237 | 15th | |
19 March 1965 | Bury | A | 2–0 | Leighton, Coddington (pen) | 8,106 | 15th |
27 March 1965 | Crystal Palace | H | 2–0 | Massie, O'Grady | 10,255 | 14th |
30 March 1965 | Middlesbrough | H | 1–0 | Massie | 13,215 | 12th |
3 April 1965 | Norwich City | A | 2–0 | Quigley, Massie | 14,465 | 9th |
10 April 1965 | Rotherham United | H | 1–0 | Legg | 12,462 | 9th |
17 April 1965 | Charlton Athletic | A | 0–0 | 11,962 | 9th | |
19 April 1965 | Preston North End | H | 3–0 | Massie, Fraser, Leighton | 12,261 | 9th |
20 April 1965 | Preston North End | A | 0–2 | 13,256 | 9th | |
24 April 1965 | Derby County | H | 3–1 | Leighton, Quigley (2) | 10,275 | 8th |
Date | Round | Opponents | Home/ Away | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
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9 January 1965 | Round 3 | Doncaster Rovers | A | 1–0 | Massie | 19,914 |
30 January 1965 | Round 4 | Swansea Town | A | 0–1 | 22,614 |
Date | Round | Opponents | Home/ Away | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
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23 September 1964 | Round 2 | Leeds United | A | 2–3 | Lewis,Bell (og) | 9,837 |
Name | Nationality | Position | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Denis Atkins | ![]() | DF | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
Chris Balderstone | ![]() | MF | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
John Bettany | ![]() | MF | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
Chris Cattlin | ![]() | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
John Coddington | ![]() | DF | 42 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 2 |
Peter Dinsdale | ![]() | DF | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
Billy Fraser | ![]() | MF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Allan Gilliver | ![]() | FW | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
Stewart Holden | ![]() | MF | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
Ray Holt | ![]() | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Billy Legg | ![]() | DF | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
Tony Leighton | ![]() | FW | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8 |
Kevin Lewis | ![]() | MF | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 |
Les Massie | ![]() | FW | 36 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 11 |
Kevin McHale | ![]() | MF | 32 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5 |
Bob McNab | ![]() | DF | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
Mick Meagan | ![]() | DF | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
Jimmy Nicholson | ![]() | MF | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
Michael O'Grady | ![]() | MF | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 |
John Oldfield | ![]() | GK | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Bob Parker | ![]() | DF | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
Derek Parkin | ![]() | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Johnny Quigley | ![]() | MF | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 |
John Rudge | ![]() | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Steve Smith | ![]() | MF | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Derek Stokes | ![]() | FW | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
Ken Taylor | ![]() | DF | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Len White | ![]() | FW | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 |
Ray Wood | ![]() | GK | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 |