[Lord Snooty]

April 23:

We have another Town legend's birthday to mark today. Jimmy Glazzard was born on this date in Normanton in 1923. He work darn t' pit and played football for Altofts Colliery when Town signed him on for their Wartime League team in 1943. He made his league debut when footy made it's return in 1946, scoring in an opening day defeat at home to Blackpool.

His early appearances were in midfield but when he finally got regular games in his favoured position of centre forward, there was no stopping him. Sadly there was no stopping Town getting relegated in 1952 as Jimmy finished top scorer with 10.

His goals in the next season though, thirty in the league, powered Town back up to the First Division. That tally includes the four goals he famously scored in an 8-2 home win against Everton, the first of which gave us the iconic image below.

Back in Division One, he again top scored with 29, including hat tricks against Sheffield United and Aston Villa. Those 29 goals were only equaled by Johnny Nicholls of West Brom and so he was the last Town player to be the leading scorer in a First Division season. He was Town's leading scorer for five successive seasons before he left for Everton in 1956.

When he left, he was in second place in our all time goal scorers list with 154 goals, five behind George Brown. He did however, match George for league goals. They both have 142.

Gentleman Jim died in 1995, aged 72.

A more recent birthday was that of Zanka or Mathias Jørgensen to give him his Match Of The Day name. He's 32 today, having been born in Copenhagen in 1990.

He played for us in the Premier League, turning out in 63 games and is now back in the PL playing for Brentford. He did of course, represent Huddersfield Town when he played for Denmark in the 2018 World Cup in Russia.