[Lord Snooty]

November 19:

Jack Foster was born on this date in 1877, in Rawmarsh, near Rotherham. He was in his 30s by the time he joined Town in 1909 and had reached the back end of his playing career.

He started his career with Blackpool in the Football League Second Division, before dropping to the Midland League with Rotherham Town and then Watford in the Southern League. It was with the Hornets that he raised his game, scoring 29 goals in 59 matches, which earned him a move to Sunderland in Division One.

He made a great start there, scoring on his debut against Birmingham and then twice in a 5-2 win against Woolwich Arsenal. But when his health deteriorated, the doctor advised him to move to a milder climate down south. A move to the smog of London wouldn't be the most sensible prescription, but that's what he did with a move to West Ham United.

That was back into the Southern League though, staying for one season in which he scored a hat trick against Portsmouth. His next move was to Southampton, from where he moved back up north to the wonderful climate of the West Riding of Yorkshire and joined Huddersfield Town.

He scored on his Town debut in the Midland League against Bradford City's reserves and was our top scorer that season. His biggest haul was in the FA Cup tie against Heckmondwike when he scored four times in a club record 11-0 victory. He scored eleven goals in that FA Cup campaign, a record that still stands today, including a hat trick in that infamous match with South Kirkby Colliery.

He didn't stay around when we were elected into the Football League at the end of that season, instead playing non league with Castleford, whilst also taking on a job as a chimney sweep. That's right, Mary Poppins. A chimerley sweep.

He came back to Leeds Road as trainer in 1912, sticking around for many years and later was assistant manager at Bradford City and even later, a scout for Pompey.

Jack died in 1946, in Huddersfield, aged 68.