[Lord Snooty]

April 6:

Yesterday, we had the magnificent win against Norwich in 2017. On this date, last year in 2021, we had the other side of the coin. Away at Norwich City, we lost 7-0.

We've had a lot of changes in the last 12 months and after this result, if you'd told me that in a year's time that we would be on the brink of replacing Norwich in the Premier League, I'd o' said arseholes!

Let's have a look at the Town line up. In goal we had Joel Pereira. It was his last game for us and I think we can all agree that that role has now been adequately filled. In defence, Demeaco Duhaney, Richard Stearman, Richard Keogh and Naby Sarr. Midfield, Jonathan Hogg, Lewis O'Brien, Duane Holmes and Juninho Bacuna and then Isaac Mbenza and Danny Ward up top.

So it's easy to see why we've improved since. What a defensive line up that was!

We also got hammered in the Premier League on this date as well, 4-1 at home to Leicester in 2019. so I'm going to have to go back to the roaring twenties for some good news.

We beat Stoke on this date in 1920. It was a 3-0 win and was about half way through the magnificent unbeaten run to the end of the season, a season that ended with promotion. This game was at Leeds Road and was the second win in two days against the Potters, having beaten them 1-0 at theirs the day before. Sammy Taylor scored that one and he scored twice in the one on this date, with Frank Mann getting the other.

And then in 1926, the terrific Town, a team of renown, beat Blackburn Rovers 3-0 at Leeds Road as the boys closed in on that magnificent third league championship in a row. George Brown got two of the goals, his 34th and 35th goals of the season. He declared on that number, which left him equal with Taylor for the 1920 season as the highest number of league goals in a season. They held that record until 2011/12 when Jordan Rhodes got 36. George's goals were in the 1st Division though. Sammy's were in the 2nd and Jordan's were in the 3rd. Just saying!

Almost forgot to mention the third goal scorer in that match with Blackburn was Smith. No, not Billy, but Albert Smith, scoring his one and only goal for the club.

Now then, it's a happy birthday today to skipper and manager, Peter Jackson. Born in 1961 in Bradford, he's 61 today. I haven't got the time to write up all that he's done in his career and I think we all know it anyway.

One word. Legend!

Well he's a living legend. Another club legend died on this date in 2003. That was Vic Metcalfe who died in Huddersfield aged 83.

He played 459 games for the mighty blue n whites, leaving him in 3rd place in our all time appearances chart. And he's still in 6th place in the all time goal scorers chart with 90 goals for us. I say still there, because he's only two goals ahead of Jordan Rhodes, who I expected to overtake him this season.