[Lord Snooty]

August 21:

Ken Taylor of Huddersfield Town and Yorkshire CCC was born in Huddersfield on this date in 1935. He's still with us, 87 today and retired to Norfolk. After leaving school, he joined the ground staff at Town, where his brother Jeff was in the first team.

Ken worked his way up to the first team, making his debut in the First Division in 1954, a 3-1 win away at Liverpool, replacing the injured Don McEvoy. He stayed around until 1965, making over 250 appearances whilst also playing as opening batsman for Yorkshire alongside Geoffrey Boycott.

He won the County Championship seven times with Yorkshire, as well as the Gillette Cup. He also played three test matches for England.

After he'd finished playing sport, he became a professional artist, having studied at Huddersfield Art College and the Slade School of Fine Art in London. This led him to getting a job as an Art teacher in Norfolk, which he did for thirty years.

Another birthday today. Born in Galway on this date in 1978, it's Alan, Alan Lee. He's 44 today.

A bit of a cult with the Town fans, he always gave his all, but his scoring rate was zero for the first 25 games of his Terriers career. But then he went from zero to one in an FA Cup game away at Arsenal. A famous equalising bullet header in a match we were cheated out of.

He scored seven goals in the 2012 promotion campaign, with the best one coming against Brentford when he scored 1920s style by bundling the keeper into the back of the net. We were all expecting the yellow card to come out, but bizarrely the ref pointed to the centre spot for a goal.

Having been given a lifeline by a Preston own goal in midweek, Carlos Corberan took his Town squad to Bramall Lane on this date twelve months ago, 2021.

It was a poor first half, with yet again, no shots on goal. But then in the 75th minute, Sorba Thomas played a lovely ball through to Josh Koroma, who's shot was saved, but he composed himself nicely and slotted the rebound past the stranded keeper.

The Blunts pressurised the Town defence, which eventually creaked open in injury time with yond prick Billy Sharp getting the equaliser. Deflation all around the Town camp.

But off they went again, forcing a very late corner. It was cleared, but recovered by Naby Sarr. He laid the ball to Alex Vallejo, who laid it forward to Harry Toffolo in the box. Does Toffs shoot? No, he squares it unselfishly to the unmarked Levi Colwill to put us back into the lead and win the game, two on the bounce and the season's underway.

Absolute limbs again!