[Lord Snooty]

November 26:

On this date in 1955, Sir Amos Brook Hirst died, aged 77.

He, if you've been reading this all year will know, was one of the founding directors of Huddersfield Town AFC, went on to become chairman during the glory years and then became chairman of the Football Association. He was born in Huddersfield in 1878 and was a keen rugby player before a shoulder injury forced him to concentrate on football.

He was a solicitor and became the vice-president when the club was first set up and was one of the main men behind the drive to save the club during the 1919 crisis. He became chairman in 1925 and stayed as such up until 1941 when he became chairman of the FA, having previously been on the Football League's management committee from 1931 to 1939.

During his time at the head of the FA, he accompanied many dignitaries to football matches, including in 1944 when he was sat with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (pictured below). They must've enjoyed the match, a bit of a goal fest with England beating Scotland 6-2 at Wembley.

Others he entertained include Winston Churchill, Clement Atlee and varous other European kings. The young Princess Elizabeth attended her first footy match in his company. When she eventually became the Queen, he was knighted in 1954.

Suffering ill health, he resigned from the FA and later died on this date in 1955. The home game with West Brom later in the day had a two minute silence, as did the England v Spain match, later in the week.

The game with West Bromwich Albion on this sad day in 1955, saw the team inspired to victory, which came on the back of seven straight defeats and had us bottom of Division One. We eventually got relegated at the end of the season, so it was but a temporary inspiration.

Anyway, it was a 1-0 win and Vic Metcalfe scored the goal from the penalty spot.