Huddersfield Town F.C. season 1953-54

Infobox Football club season
club = Huddersfield Town

season = 1953-54
manager = flagicon|SCO Andy Beattie
chairman = flagicon|ENG Dick Parker
league = Division One
league result = 3rd
cup1 = FA Cup
cup1 result = Third Round
league topscorer =
Jimmy Glazzard (29)
season topscorer =
Jimmy Glazzard (29)
highest attendance = 48,237 vs West Bromwich Albion (27 February 1954)
lowest attendance = 20,896 vs Charlton Athletic (27 March 1954)

Huddersfield Town's 1953-54 campaign is Town's best ever finish in a season since World War II. Following the previous season's promotion onslaught, Town and especially Jimmy Glazzard made sure that the previous season's achievements weren't forgotten in a hurry. They finished in 3rd place in Division 1 with 51 points, just 6 points behind the champions Wolverhampton Wanderers. The goalscoring feats of Jimmy Glazzard, who scored 29 goals and the assistance of Vic Metcalfe, who himself scored 11 goals helped Town finish in their highest post-war finish to date.

quad at the start of the season

Review

Andy Beattie's team were on an all-time high following their immediate return to Division 1 after just one season in Division 2. The start of the season continued where the previous season left off and after 4 games, Town were top of the table with 3 wins, including a 5-1 win over Portsmouth, where Jimmy Glazzard got the first of his 3 hat-tricks that he would achieve during the season. His other 2 came in the space of 3 matches against Sheffield United and Aston Villa.

The team's performances kept them up in the upper realms of the division, with the chance of winning the title, not being too unrealistic. The season ground to a halt near the end, when Vic Metcalfe was forced to miss the last 7 games of the season and many say this was the reason that Town failed to win the title for the first time in 28 years. They did however finish 3rd, just 6 points behind Wolverhampton Wanderers, who Town actually beat in their penultimate game of the season.

quad at the end of the season

Results

= Division One=

FA Cup