[Lord Snooty]

October 8:

It's a happy birthday to our very own Teasy-Weasy today. Huddersfield's favourite hairdresser, Matt Glennon. He's 44 today, having been born in Stockport in 1978.

He started his career at Premier League Bolton Wanderers, but never actually got a game. So it was out on loan at Bristol Rovers that he made his league debut, keeping a clean sheet in a goal less draw against Wigan. Off then to Hull, Carlisle, Falkirk and St Johnstone, before landing in Huddersfield in 2006.

In 2007, he became one of a select few of goalkeepers who have saved three penalties in a match (though one of them was a re-take, so technically, only two), against Crewe at home.

Lee Clark let him go though in 2010 and if you wonder why he sounds bitter on the radio sometimes, it's because the poor bugger ended up at Bradford City.

Back home to Stockport County for his final go in the Football League, before opening his salon, G27 in Emley with his wife Nicola, playing non league and eventually replacing Kieran O'Regan on Radio Leeds.

On this date in 1996, Town played Birmingham City, who were still considered a big club at the time. As such, they had some big names in their team, who would become club connections in the future. I'm talking about Ian Bennett, Barry Horne and a player who was booed throughout the match, the former Man Utd defender Steve Bruce.

This was the second season with Brian Horton in charge and we had started quite well after a reasonable mid table finish before. We won this game 3-0 and we were at that score by half time in what was probably the best 45 minutes under Horton.

Rob Edwards and Marcus Stewart had us two-nil up by the 23rd minute and Brum should've been down to ten men when Bruce made a disgraceful, last man foul that anybody else but an ex Manyoo player would've been sent off for.

Not to worry, Paul Dalton gave us the third goal just before the break and the lads came off to a standing ovation at half time.

So this moved us up to 7th in the table, but for some reason, we never kicked on from this big win. It would be another ten games before we won again by which time we were down to 17th and would finish the season in 20th.

So the next season came along and the bad form continued. We had started with nine games without a win, when the Board finally gave Horton his marching orders. And then on this date in 1997, ex Town player and inspirational captain, Peter Jackson was appointed as manager.

He brought along his old mate, Terry Yorath and the two of them set about changing things and setting up what became known as The Great Escape.

It didn't start well, with a 3-0 home defeat against Charlton Athletic and that opening sequence without a win stretched to 14 before we had a very famous win at home to Stoke City. More on that in a few weeks time.