[Lord Snooty]

October 13:

Eddie Boot, who has been mentioned many times in this Daily Thread, was born in Rotherham on this date in 1915. He played for Sheffield United as a wing half, before transferring to Huddersfield Town in 1937, making his debut in a home game against Portsmouth, alongside Bobby Barclay who had come from Bramall Lane with him.

He played in the 1938 FA Cup Final against PNE, stayed and played in the wartime games and was captain in the post war years. He had fifteen years at the club and by the time he hung up his boots in 1952 he had clocked up 325 appearances, putting him in 14th in the all time appearances chart. He could move down a place soon if Jonathan Hogg stays fit.

Eddie stayed with the club though as trainer for George Stephenson, Andy Beattie and Bill Shankly and when Shanks left for Liverpool in 1960, he was given the caretaker's job. After a famous 5-1 win at West Ham in an FA Cup replay in 1960, the directors had no option but to offer him the full time job.

Results never matched that Hammers hammering, but we did get some nice comfortable mid table mediocrity. As mentioned before, he quit after a disappointing home defeat to Plymouth Argyle in 1964 and never went inside a football stadium again, so ending a 27 year spell at the club.

He did turn out and play for the Starlighters charity football team, alongside the likes of Beattie, Shankly, Peter Doherty and Willie Watson.

He died in 1999, aged 83.

In that year that Eddie died, Town had Steve Bruce in as manager, following the controversial sacking of Peter Jackson. He had assembled a team of renown at the McAlpine Stadium, before it all went wrong and on this date in 1999, one of them, Kenny Irons wrote his name in Huddersfield Town legend.

It was in the League Cup. After beating Scunthorpe and then Notts County, we had been drawn away to Chelsea for the 3rd round. Me and ar Paul had seats right next to the Chelsea fans, along the touchline in the stand next to where the away fans go now. They had qualified for the Champions League for the first time and their muppet fans were trying to taunt us by waving the tickets they'd just picked up for the match with AC Milan. Like we could give a monkey's about that. 

Anyway, it was a fairly even contest, but in the second half, Kenny old Irons, Kenny old Irons, Kenny-enny-enny old Irons unleashed a shot form 25 yards out that flew into the left hand top bins, in what is now known as the Depoitre End, and came and celebrated right in front of us. Absolute scenes!

Chelsea went as far as the quarter finals of the Champions League, finished 5th in the Premier League and won the FA Cup.

Through to the 4th round for the first time since 1982 and only the third time ever and have never done since. Who did we get in that 4th round? A trip to another of the big boys. No. Another Premier League side? Yes.

Wimbledon at home.

That's at the back end of November. Will we make it to the fifth round for only the second time? Find out later. In the meantime, have a look at this.........

On this date in 1971, Jimmy Nicholson won his 31st and final cap for Northern Ireland as a Huddersfield Town player. That took him past Ray Wilson, who had gained 30 caps for England whist at Town, so Jimmy was now our most capped player. He got 41 in total, getting his first ten whilst still at Manchester United.

It was a match against the USSR and his team mates were some of the big names of the time. The likes of Derek Dougan, Pat Rice, Terry Neil and goalkeeper Pat Jennings. No George Best though. All household names, unlike the modern team where Brodie Spencer can get a full cap before he's even made the Town first team squad.

It was a European Championships qualifier, played at Windsor Park, Belfast and the Town skipper scored after 13 minutes (his 6th for his country) to put the boys in green in the lead. The Soviets equalised though before half time and that was how it finished. The point gave USSR all they needed to qualify for the Finals, ahead of Spain, with Norn Iron finishing 3rd.