[Lord Snooty]

November 20:

On this date in 1976, we had our first ever match against Mansfield Town. They were a club we had avoided for the entiritey of our Football League life because obviously we had played the majority of our seasons in the top two divisions and the Stags had been in the lower leagues since their election into the FL in 1931.

But we ourselves were now in those lower leagues, dropping down to Division 4 by this stage. However, Mansfield had passed us on the way up and so we still hadn't played them. Until now, when the FA Cup first round draw was made and we got to play them at Leeds Road.

One of my fellow 201 Leeds/Huddersfield bus passengers was hoping for a draw. Why? I will explain later, because a draw is what he got. A dreary 0-0 draw, which attracted a crowd of 9,025, which was almost double that of the previous home game. The magic of the FA Cup.

It was a very young Town side, which included Peter Hart (pictured), Martin Fowler, Alan Sweeney and Lloyd Maitland, who had all come through the Youth team that got to the Youth Cup Final not so long before.

Not long to wait for the replay. It's in two days time.

On this date in 1929, Wilf Lewis, who we had recently signed from Swansea Town, played his one and only Welsh international as a Town player. He got six caps altogether.

This one didn't go well for centre forward Wilf. His team were stuffed 6-0 at Stamford Bridge. George Camsell of Middlesbrough scored a hat trick.