[Lord Snooty]

June 25:

Today's the day! On this date in 1908, Huddersfield Town Association Football Club was official founded. This was done at a meeting at the Albert Hotel, a few days after the proposed club had already been entered into the North-Eastern League.

A proposal to raise £2,000 in shares was passed and a paid player/manager would be employed, as well as a company secretary. The Board of Directors was elected, with John Hilton Crowther as Chairman. Others elected at that meeting included woolen manufacturer James Cotton, local schoolmaster Llywelyn Bath Jones, billiards professional Fred Ibbotson and solicitor Amos Brook Hirst. Amos would be on the board for many years to come (with a few years off in between) and would be Chairman during the 1920s glory years, as well as Chairman of the FA for a few years. Here he is in the 1940s, making the FA Cup draw.

On this date in 2018, our new signing Ramadan Sobhi had his third and final game at the Russia World Cup. The match was against Saudi Arabia at the Volgograd Arena and he came on in the 64th minute, his third substitute appearance.

Mo Salah gave the Egyptians the lead in the first half, but two goals in injury time, one at the end of the first half and one in the 90+6th minute, saw Sobhi and his team mates whimper out without a single point.

And that rather summed up his Town career. Never really got going and was never really missed. But still, he was at the World Cup as a representative of Premier League Huddersfield Town.

On this date in 1974, Ian Greaves left the club. It was a sad end to what had been a glorious, but short lived glorious era at Leeds Road. By that I mean, he got us promoted as Second Division champions, but by the time he left, we had had two relegations and were in Division Three.

He resigned, rather than got sacked, but the question is, should he have been sacked? By modern standards, he had long over stayed his time and probably would've gone before the second relegation, but he hung around and steadied the ship. That first season in the third, had us finishing tenth and looked like we may be ready for another crack at getting back up. But instead, Bobby Collins got the job and we ended up going down again.

Greavesie went on to get Bolton promoted and then Mansfield, so he had more managerial success than failure. And of course, he will long be remembered for that 69/70 season and the following one in the First Division, a bit like how David Wagner is fondly remembered.

On this date in 2021, Levi Colwill signed on for us on a season long loan from Chelsea. He had a brilliant season for us, scoring a memorable winner at Bramall Lane.

Sadly, his season ended with an own goal at Wembley, but what do you think of his prospects? He's still only 19. Should we try and get him back for another year? Or will he be in Chelsea's first team this next season? Surely he's a better player than Trevoh Chalobah?