[Lord Snooty]

August 18:

Town got relegated at the end of 55/56, to the 2nd Division. It was only the second time we'd ever been relegated, spending most of our existence in the top flight. Andy Beattie was still manager, with Bill Shankly as his assistant. Shankly would go on to be a football managerial legend at Liverpool, which was where Town went on the opening day of the season, a trip to Anfield on this date in 1956.

Liverpool had been relegated the season before us and had previously been in the First Division since 1905. They finished 55/56 in their lowest ever league finish of 11th, but still a massive crowd of 49,344 turned out to watch.

And what did they see? They saw the mighty 'Udders come away with all three points, no sorry, two points.

They had future Shankly's Boot Room boy Ronnie Moran in their side and it was Town who scored first with left winger Ron Simpson on target in the 5th minute. One nil at half time and it was 2-0 after 57 with Everton legend Dave Hickson scoring. They pulled one back through Billy Liddell, but then Willie Davie scored another for the Town to make it 3-1. Liddell scored another from the spot, but the game ended with a 3-2 Town victory.

Neither team got promoted at the end of it all. Liverpool finished 3rd, when only two went up. And Town finished a disappointing 12th, with Beattie resigning half way through.

That was our first season in the 2nd Division following relegation. It took us 14 years to get back up again, but when we did, we started off the new season like a rocket. We won our first two games to go top of the First Division. Having beat Blackpool 3-0 on Saturday, we played Southampton at home in midweek on this date in 1970 and won 3-1.

What a brilliant team this was, with Ian Greaves at the helm and the flamboyant Frank Worthington leading the line. Ron Davies, the Welsh international centre forward scored for the Saints. But we had goals from Dick Krzywicki, another Welsh international, Jimmy Nicholson the Northern Ireland captain and Steve Smith (pictured below), scoring his third goal of the new season already.

Final score 3-1 to the Terriers, with little Skippy the mascot yapping us on from the sidelines, we were top, top, top of the league.

The 79/80 season started on this date in 1979, with a 2-0 win over Aldershot. That's the league season. We'd already had a 2 legged League Cup win over Crewe, winning 5-2 on aggregate.

This was of course, the season when we won the 4th Division under the leadership of Mick Buxton, scoring over a hundred goals along the way. The final match of that season saw 16,807 in for the title win, but by this time, the word hadn't got around Kirklees how good these boys were. Only 3,313 came to see Ian Robins score the first (he would also score the 100th and 101st) goal of the season. The skipper and later the Reverend Peter Hart, scored the second in a 2-0 win.

Who the chuffing hell drew this for The S*n?

And finally for today, a 7-1 win. 

On this date in 2009, we played Brighton at home and gave them a proper stuffing. We'd drawn at Southend, beaten Stockport in the League Cup and then beaten Southampton 3-1 at home, but this one came right out of the blue. Totally unexpected.

They were no mugs, or so we thought, with Russell Slade in charge. The scoring didn't start until the 21st minute when Antony Kay put us into the lead. Liam Dickinson, who we would later have on loan, equalised in the 34th, but then Peter Clarke got us back in front just a minute later.

Then came the game changer when the Brighton goalie got sent off. That was Michel Kuipers, who was replaced by Graeme Smith. They had Tommy Elphick in defence and he was given a right run around by the rampant Town attackers.

Lee Novak scored from the spot just before half time. Gary Roberts added a fourth just after the hour. Then it was three goals from substitutes. Danny Drinkwater, on loan from Man Utd, scored his first Town goal, then Theo Robinson (pictured below) scored twice to finish it all off. Jordan Rhodes never got one though. Disappointing.

Huddersfield Town 7 (seven), Brighton & Hove Albion 1