[Lord Snooty]

November 3:

On this date in 1979, Huddersfield Town, led by manager Mick Buxton went down to the Recreation Ground to play Aldershot in a 4th Division match. If I remember correctly, it's a ground situated in the local park, but one end is a bit of a sheer drop down to the street below.

The match itself was a 2-0 win for the all conquering Terriers with goals from the classic front two, Peter Fletcher and Ian Robins. Fletch would go on to score 18 in the season and Robins would be the top scorer with 27.

It's all downhill from there though today. For on this date in 1971, the dream of winning the Texaco Cup died. And it died in a bad way, losing 5-1 against the Airdrieonians at Broomfield Park. This coming after a 2-1 defeat at home in the first leg.

We were struggling in the league, having just drawn with Man City on the back of four straight defeats. Missing our inspirational captain, Jimmy Nicholson and the midfield enforcer Jimmy McGill didn't help, but we still had most of the team that had won the 2nd Division a couple of seasons before.

One of those, Trevor Cherry scored our goal in front of a 7,707 crowd. Those there that night would be looking forward then to the semi final draw. Would it be Newcastle? Would it be Derby? No, it's Ballymena United.

They beat the Northern Irish team in the semis, before losing on aggregate against Derby County, giving Brian Clough his first trophy.

Here's a picture of the Pavilion at Broomfield Park......

Another day, another releagtion season and on this date in 1987, we went and lost away at Ipswich Town. We'd just had our first win of the season, in the 15th match, against Millwall, but it was back to square one again with another defeat. Brian Cox, who was our goalie in the promotion season, had come back into the side to replace Lee Martin, but was beaten three times in a 3-0 loss. It was getting bleak.

Things will have to improve quickly if we're to get out of this mess. At least we have a winner in the manager's office now, in Malcolm Macdonald and surely he'll be able to turn our fortunes around.

Up next, a trip to Maine Road in front of Martin Tyler and the Granada TV cameras. Might have to hide behind the settee for that one.