Huddersfield Town F.C. season 1965-66

Infobox Football club season
club = Huddersfield Town

season = 1965-66
manager = flagicon|SCO Tom Johnston
chairman = flagicon|ENG Roger B. Kaye
league = Division Two
league result = 4th
cup1 = FA Cup
cup1 result = Fifth Round
cup2 = Football League Cup
cup2 result = Third Round
league topscorer =
Allan Gilliver (18)
season topscorer =
Allan Gilliver (18)
highest attendance = 49,514 vs Sheffield Wednesday (5 March 1966)
lowest attendance = 9,774 vs Preston North End (13 October 1965)

Huddersfield Town's 1965-66 campaign was a fairly successful season for the Terriers. For a large amount of the season, Town were on the verge on promotion to Division 1. Town also managed to reach the 5th round of the FA Cup, before losing to Sheffield Wednesday. Town finished in 4th place, but a win in the final game against Coventry City, might have given the team promotion, but a 2-0 defeat left the door open for Southampton.

quad at the start of the season

Review

Tom Johnston began his first full season in charge of Huddersfield Town in glorious mood. They won their first 3 games, which included a 6-0 win over Middlesbrough, where both Allan Gilliver and Les Massie scored hat-tricks. Gilliver actually scored 7 goals in his first 4 league games, which would lead him to a transfer to Blackburn Rovers at the end of the season.By Christmas, Town were at the summit of the 2nd Division, but a little drop in form saw them slowly go down the table.

A nice run in the FA Cup saw Town reach the 5th round, before they narrowly lost to Sheffield Wednesday. Town only won 2 of their last 10 matches, which saw them miss out on promotion by just 3 points from Southampton. This would be the closest that Town would get to Division 1 until their promotion in the 1969-70 season.

quad at the end of the season

Results

= Division Two=