[Lord Snooty]

September 22:

Huddersfield Town were in their fifth consecutive season in the 4th Division in 1979/80, just ten seasons on from the one where we won promotion to the 1st Division. Fortune had started to turn our way again and this was the season we came back up again, doing it in style, scoring 101 league goals.

On this date in 1979, we had the biggest win of the season, a 7-1 win at Leeds Road against Port Vale. And I missed this one as well.

On a stupid, lad's jolly to Spain. Had a crap time, spent most of the holiday stuck in an airport as the French air traffic controllers were on strike. And missed a 7-1 win.

Ah well. Crowds were picking up. Just over 3,000 turned up for the first match of the season, 4,299 came out for this one. Peter Fletcher opened the scoring, then Bob Delgado scored an own goal. Peter Hart scored twice, Ian Robins scored twice and Brian Stanton scored the last one on his home debut, having scored on his Town debut last week at Scunthorpe, having just arrived from Bury.

This win had us up to fourth in the table with the chance to go top if we win at Stockport on Friday night as we get to play before everybody else.

Fifty one years earlier, on this date in 1928, we were 4th in the First Division and playing at home to Everton. We won 3-1 with goals from George Brown, Billy Smith and Bob Kelly.

I only mention this one because on this date in 1969, Bob Kelly died, in Fylde, aged 75. He was 33 when he scored this one against Everton and had come to us having had a stellar career already with Burnley, Sunderland and England.

He scored 42 goals for us and won another couple of England caps whilst with us. He kept playing into his 40s, finishing off with Carlisle, where he was manager as well.