[Lord Snooty]

April 7:

It's a happy birthday today to King Carlos. Our Head Coach, Carlos Corberán is 39 today, having been born in Cheste, near Valencia in 1983.

His 38th birthday last year would've been a bad one after we had just got pumped 7-0 at Norwich, but this birthday should be one of high jollity as the magnificent Terriers lie 3rd in the Championship table, looking nothing like the shower of shite he was in charge of this time last year.

Also having a birthday today, having been born on the same day and the same year as Carlos, is young Jon Stead. He was born in Huddersfield, but like Carlos, is coaching in a foreign land. Steady is in America, coaching at Tampa Bay Rowdies.

Most of us will be old enough to remember his goals in the 03/04 season that led to his big money transfer to the Premier League with Blackburn Rovers. But how many other players return to watch their old team at a Play Off Final, from the actual subs bench?

He scored 27 goals for us, including the winner against Leeds in his second spell here and his career total was 165, before retiring last year.

On the pitch, one result stands head and shoulders above the rest. It was played at Leeds Road on this date in 1953. The opponents for this 2nd Division match on Easter Tuesday were Everton, who had been relegated a couple of seasons ago. Town had been relegated in 52 and this was the 2nd meeting in two days, after Town had been beaten 2-1 at Goodison the day before.

Town got their own back, and how, in an 8-2 win, with Jimmy Glazzard leading the destruction with four goals, each one a header from a Vic Metcalfe cross. It was Jimmy who set up the first goal though, for Willie Davie, who had been recalled to the starting line up. That was after 4 minutes. After 12, it was 2-0 and Glazzard got his first of the day, a huge leap, high above the Toffee's goalkeeper, which gave us the iconic image below. His second on 33 minutes made it 3-0 before Vic added a goal of his own just before half time to make it 4-0 at the break.

After half time, it was 5-0 as Glazzard completed his hat trick in the 48th minute and then Alistair Gunn made it 6-0 a minute later. Future Town star striker Dave Hickson then pulled one back for Everton, but Tommy Cavanagh made it 7-1 and Glazzard made it 8-1 in the 73rd. Hickson then completed the scoring in the 82nd minute to leave it at Huddersfield Town 8, Everton 2.

A crowd of 30,721 turned up to see this. Town stayed 2nd in the table, a position they had held since mid November to the end of the season, behind Sheffield United. Everton finished 16th, below the likes of Lincoln City, Doncaster Rovers, Rotherham United and Plymouth Argyle.