Huddersfield Town F.C. season 1954-55

Infobox Football club season
club = Huddersfield Town

season = 1954-55
manager = flagicon|SCO Andy Beattie
chairman = flagicon|ENG Dick Parker
league = Division One
league result = 12th
cup1 = FA Cup
cup1 result = Sixth Round
league topscorer =
Jimmy Glazzard (26)
season topscorer =
Jimmy Glazzard (32)
highest attendance = 54,960 vs Newcastle United (12 March 1955)
lowest attendance = 5,287 vs Aston Villa (23 February 1955)

Huddersfield Town's 1954-55 campaign saw Town make a brilliant start in ther second season back in the 1st Division. Unfortunately, a disappointing mid-season ended any chance of Town improving on their 3rd place finish the previous season. They would eventually down in 12th place with 41 points, interestingly finishing 7 points behind second placed Wolverhampton Wanderers. This was also the last season in which the leading goalscorer in Division 1 came from the club, when Jimmy Glazzard scored 32 goals.

quad at the start of the season

Review

After losing their first 3 matches, Town went on an impressive run of just 1 defeat in 12 matches, which included wins over Chelsea, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Portsmouth, the teams who would eventually be the top 3 at the end of the season. Other interesting results during the season were a 5-3 win over Arsenal at Highbury and a 6-4 defeat by Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux.

Jimmy Glazzard's 32 goals made him the top scorer in Division 1, but a depressing spell between mid-December and early April which saw Town fail to register a win in the league saw Town drop out of the top 5 of the table. However, Town's form in the FA Cup didn't reflect their league form, as they reached the 6th round for the first time since the 1938-39 season, before losing to Newcastle United in a replay at St James' Park. In the league they finished 12th with 41 points.

quad at the end of the season

Results

= Division One=

FA Cup