[Lord Snooty]

August 15:

Back to the beginning for today. On this date in 1908, Huddersfield Town was officially registered as a Limited Company with the Board of Directors named as such; John Hilton Crowther (Chairman, pictured below), James Cotton, D. Dickinson, W.L. Hardcastle, Amos Brook Hirst, Fred Ibbottson, Gilbert Jenkins and LLywelyn Bath Jones.

The first practice match was also played on this day at Leeds Road. This was the first of three practice games, but there are no details about it. The others were played between Probables and Possibles, so this one was probably two captains picking their favourites, like in the school playground.

Town played the majority of our first half century of existence in the First Division. From the start of the 1956/57 season to the end of the 1969/70 season though, we had been in the 2nd Division. Having won the 2nd Division title, we started our life back in the top tier on this date in 1970 with a home game against Blackpool.

Improvements to the stadium had been going on in the summer, including new seats in front of the main stand where the Paddock used to be. It's said that they were still being installed right up to kick off time. Me and my dad had stood there for the final game of the promotion season. This time, we were over the other side and I was sat on the fence in the corner in the picture below. I reckon I'm one of those boys in short pants in danger of getting splinters in my arse. 

Anyway, the match itself was an absolute triumph. Blackpool had come up with us as runners up and we gave a champions performance in front of a crowd of 22,787. Steve Smith scored twice and Frank Worthington scored a penalty in a convincing 3-0 win.