Huddersfield Town's 1934–35 campaign was a season of despair for Town. After the previous season's 2nd-place finish, some fans were even thinking that Town could deny Arsenal their chance to emulate their own successes in the mid-1920s of winning 3 titles in a row. Instead, a dreadful season saw Town finish in 16th place, only 5 points off the relegation zone.
Squad at the start of the season
Review After the impressive 2nd-place finish the previous season, some fans were even thinking that Town were in a possible title fight with Arsenal, who were on course for a 3rd successive title, matching Town's achievement 8 years earlier. However, their first 8 games resulted in only 1 win, which at the time was Town's worst ever start to a season. Later in the season big drubbings including an 8–0 win over Liverpool and a 6–0 win over Blackburn Rovers, which included Alf Lythgoe scoring 5 of the goals, although a 5–0 loss to Portsmouth and a 5–1 home loss to Grimsby Town did not help Town's goal average. They finished in 16th place, only 5 points clear of Leicester City, who were relegated with Tottenham Hotspur.
Squad at the end of the season
Results Division One DateOpponentsHome/AwayResultF - AScorersAttendancePosition25 August 1934SunderlandA1 - 4Williams29,84618th27 August 1934Derby CountyH1 - 0Williams8,87810th1 September 1934Tottenham HotspurH0 - 013,96012th5 September 1934Derby CountyA1 - 4Campbell19,91619th8 September 1934Preston North EndA0 - 227,72720th15 September 1934Grimsby TownH1 - 5Betmead (og)10,00921st22 September 1934EvertonA2 - 4Luke, Rawlings20,81521st29 September 1934Leeds UnitedA0 - 212,29822nd6 October 1934Wolverhampton WanderersH4 - 1Williams, Malam (2, 1 pen), Richardson11,55221st13 October 1934ChelseaA1 - 2Richardson32,15122nd20 October 1934West Bromwich AlbionA1 - 4Ball19,25022nd27 October 1934Sheffield WednesdayH4 - 0Lythgoe, Malam, Williams, Willingham14,91322nd3 November 1934PortsmouthA0 - 518,63622nd10 November 1934LiverpoolH8 - 0Richardson (2), Malam (3, 1 pen), Lythgoe, Luke, Bott12,53220th17 November 1934Manchester CityA0 - 036,17621st24 November 1934MiddlesbroughH3 - 1Luke (2), Stuart (og)15,80319th1 December 1934Blackburn RoversA2 - 4Lythgoe, Young12,25619th8 December 1934ArsenalH1 - 1Morris36,50018th15 December 1934BirminghamA4 - 0Malam (2), Lythgoe (2)16,56917th22 December 1934Stoke CityH1 - 4Luke10,62720th25 December 1934Leicester CityA3 - 0Malam (2), Morris24,06416th26 December 1934Leicester CityH2 - 3Morris, Young25,72818th29 December 1934SunderlandH0 - 324,00920th5 January 1935Tottenham HotspurA0 - 035,52321st19 January 1935Preston North EndH3 - 4Malam, Lythgoe (2)10,99221st2 February 1935EvertonH1 - 1Lythgoe14,68721st9 February 1935Leeds UnitedH3 - 1Luke (3)18,45121st16 February 1935Wolverhampton WanderersA3 - 2Richardson, Lang, Anderson16,51919th23 February 1935ChelseaH3 - 0Lang, Lythgoe, Luke13,60215th6 March 1935West Bromwich AlbionH3 - 0Lang, Lythgoe, Richardson8,74413th9 March 1935Sheffield WednesdayA1 - 1B. Brown19,20715th16 March 1935PortsmouthH2 - 0Lythgoe (2)14,56314th23 March 1935LiverpoolA2 - 3Beaumont, Willingham18,00015th30 March 1935Manchester CityH3 - 0Richardson, Anderson, Lythgoe18,65714th2 April 1935Grimsby TownA1 - 1Anderson8,07314th6 April 1935MiddlesbroughA1 - 2Lythgoe12,57015th13 April 1935Blackburn RoversH6 - 0Lythgoe (5), Anderson15,09414th19 April 1935Aston VillaA1 - 1Williams27,50515th20 April 1935ArsenalA0 - 141,89215th24 April 1935Aston VillaH1 - 1Lythgoe9,28815th27 April 1935BirminghamH2 - 2Lythgoe, Anderson11,02715th4 May 1935Stoke CityA0 - 29,98616th
FA Cup DateRoundOpponentsHome/AwayResultF - AScorersAttendance12 January 1935Round 3PortsmouthA1 - 1Lythgoe29,30716 January 1935Round 3 ReplayPortsmouthH2 - 3Lythgoe, Lang26,263
Appearances and goals NameNationalityPositionLeagueFA CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsJimmy AllenDF100010George AndersonMF14400144Jack BallFW510051Len BeaumontMF710071Albert BeechDF300030Wilf BottMF19100191Billy BottrillMF200020Alan BrownDF200020Buster BrownMF110011Austen CampbellDF23120251Billy CarrDF300030Norman ChristieDF500050Benny CraigDF16000160Roy GoodallDF13020150Bill HayesDF100010Bob HesfordGK600060Tommy LangMF13321154Charlie LukeFW30920329Alf LythgoeFW3121223323Albert MalamFW2111202311Seymour MorrisFW330033Reg MountfordDF15000150Sid RawlingsMF410041Jimmy RichardsonFW31820338Reg RobinsonDF101020George RoughtonDF38020400Jack SmithFW600060Hugh TurnerGK36020380Jock WightmanDF17000170Jackie WilliamsMF19500195Ken WillinghamDF40220422Alf YoungDF36210372
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