1921–22 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

Huddersfield Town

1921-22 season
Chairman	Joseph Barlow
Manager	Herbert Chapman
Division One	14th
FA Cup	Winners
FA Charity Shield	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Ernie Islip (11) All: Ernie Islip Clem Stephenson (15)
Highest home attendance	45,691 vs Millwall (4 March 1922)
Lowest home attendance	8,000 vs West Bromwich Albion (14 January 1922)

Huddersfield Town's 1921-22 campaign saw Town win their first piece of silverware in their 14-year history. By beating Preston North End at Stamford Bridge, Town won the FA Cup and reaped the rewards from the townspeople at St. George's Square on their return.

Squad at the start of the season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player -- GK Ted Davis -- GK Sandy Mutch -- DF Ned Barkas -- DF Harry Brough -- DF Harry Cawthorne -- DF Colin McKay -- DF Charlie Slade -- DF Sam Wadsworth -- DF Billy Watson -- DF Tom Wilson -- DF James Wood

No. Position Player -- MF Billy Johnston -- MF Robert Jones -- MF George Richardson -- MF Billy Smith -- FW George Brown -- FW Ernie Islip -- FW Frank Mann -- FW Billy E. Smith -- FW Clem Stephenson -- FW Jack Swann

Review

Following the disappointing showing in Town's 1st season in the top-flight, Town were hoping for better fortunes in their second season, but Town made the same amount of points that they did the previous season, but they did finish 3 places higher than the previous season.

However, the season is fondly remembered by Town fans for their success in the FA Cup. After needing replays to beat Burnley, Brighton & Hove Albion and Blackburn Rovers, they dispatched Millwall in the 4th round and easily disposing of Notts County at Turf Moor in the semis and reached their 2nd final in 3 years. They played Preston North End in the final, just 2 days after beating them 6-0 in the league. Billy Smith (who along with Ernie Islip had scored a hat-trick in the 6-0 win) scored the winning penalty and Town won the cup for their 1st and only time.

Squad at the end of the season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player -- GK Ted Davis -- GK Sandy Mutch -- DF Ned Barkas -- DF Harry Brough -- DF Harry Cawthorne -- DF Colin McKay -- DF Charlie Slade -- DF Sam Wadsworth -- DF Billy Watson -- DF Tom Wilson -- DF James Wood -- MF Jack Byers

No. Position Player -- MF Billy Johnston -- MF Robert Jones -- MF George Richardson -- MF Billy Smith -- FW George Brown -- FW Ernie Islip -- FW Frank Mann -- FW Len Marlow -- FW Stan Pearson -- FW Billy E. Smith -- FW Clem Stephenson

Results

Division One

Date	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance	Position
27 August 1921	Newcastle United	H	1 - 2	Swann	25,000	17th
29 August 1921	Sheffield United	A	1 - 1	Islip	22,500	17th
3 September 1921	Newcastle United	A	2 - 1	Jones, Wilson	50,000	11th
6 September 1921	Sheffield United	H	1 - 1	Islip	19,000	12th
10 September 1921	Sunderland	A	2 - 2	Stephenson, Richardson	30,000	11th
17 September 1921	Sunderland	H	1 - 2	Swann	19,000	18th
24 September 1921	Bolton Wanderers	A	1 - 3	Johnston	30,500	18th
1 October 1921	Bolton Wanderers	H	3 - 0	Islip, Swann, B. Smith	16,200	15th
8 October 1921	Birmingham	A	2 - 0	Womack (og), Mann	40,000	12th
15 October 1921	Birmingham	H	1 - 0	B. Smith	17,000	8th
22 October 1921	Arsenal	H	2 - 0	B. Smith, Johnston	10,000	7th
29 October 1921	Arsenal	A	3 - 1	Mann, McKay, Stephenson (pen)	30,000	5th
5 November 1921	Blackburn Rovers	H	3 - 0	Stephenson (2), Islip	14,000	4th
12 November 1921	Blackburn Rovers	A	0 - 2		24,000	6th
19 November 1921	Oldham Athletic	A	1 - 1	Islip	14,623	6th
26 November 1921	Oldham Athletic	H	1 - 0	Stephenson (pen)	16,500	4th
3 December 1921	Burnley	H	1 - 0	Islip	25,500	2nd
10 December 1921	Burnley	A	0 - 1		25,297	4th
17 December 1921	Cardiff City	A	0 - 0		25,000	5th
24 December 1921	Cardiff City	H	0 - 1		?	7th
26 December 1921	Manchester City	H	2 - 0	Stephenson (2, 1 pen)	30,000	5th
27 December 1921	Liverpool	A	0 - 2		40,000	6th
31 December 1921	West Bromwich Albion	A	2 - 3	Brown (2)	25,036	6th
2 January 1922	Manchester City	A	1 - 2	Brown	27,500	7th
14 January 1922	West Bromwich Albion	H	2 - 0	Brown, F.W.M. Reed (og)	8,000	7th
21 January 1922	Liverpool	H	0 - 1		19,000	8th
11 February 1922	Manchester United	A	1 - 1	Islip	30,000	10th
25 February 1922	Aston Villa	A	0 - 2		41,000	11th
27 February 1922	Manchester United	H	1 - 1	McBain (og)	30,000	11th
11 March 1922	Middlesbrough	A	1 - 5	B. Smith	26,000	14th
18 March 1922	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0 - 1		36,187	16th
27 March 1922	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1 - 1	Islip	16,000	16th
1 April 1922	Bradford City	A	0 - 4		29,000	16th
5 April 1922	Aston Villa	H	1 - 0	McKay	17,000	14th
8 April 1922	Bradford City	H	1 - 2	Mann	12,000	14th
10 April 1922	Chelsea	A	0 - 1		18,000	16th
14 April 1922	Everton	A	2 - 6	Wadsworth (pen), B. Smith	40,000	16th
15 April 1922	Preston North End	A	1 - 1	Byers	20,000	16th
18 April 1922	Everton	H	1 - 2	Mann	29,000	19th
22 April 1922	Preston North End	H	6 - 0	Islip (3), B. Smith (3)	12,500	16th
1 May 1922	Middlesbrough	H	2 - 1	Stephenson, Carr (og)	29,000	15th
6 May 1922	Chelsea	H	2 - 0	Stephenson, Mann	17,000	14th

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance
7 January 1922	Round 1	Burnley	A	2 - 2	Islip, Watson	39,103
11 January 1922	Round 1 Replay	Burnley	H	3 - 2	Stephenson (2), Mann	35,355
28 January 1922	Round 2	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0 - 0		22,241
1 February 1922	Round 2 Replay	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	2 - 0	Stephenson, Richardson	28,086
18 February 1922	Round 3	Blackburn Rovers	A	1 - 1	Mann	45,068
22 February 1922	Round 3 Replay	Blackburn Rovers	H	5 - 0	Mann, Islip (2), B. Smith (2)	31,899
4 March 1922	Round 4	Millwall	H	3 - 0	Stephenson (2), Islip	45,691
25 March 1922	Semi-Final	Notts County	N	3 - 1	Mann, B. Smith, Stephenson	46,323
29 April 1922	Final	Preston North End	N	1 - 0	B. Smith (pen)	53,710

1922 FA Charity Shield

Huddersfield Town v Liverpool

10 May 1922	Huddersfield Town	1 – 0	Liverpool	Old Trafford, Manchester
15:00 GMT	Wilson			Attendance: 20,000 Referee: ()

Appearances and goals

Name	Nation	Position	League Apps	League Goals	FA Cup Apps	FA Cup Goals	Total Apps	Total Goals
Ned Barkas	England	DF	4	0	0	0	4	0
Harry Brough	England	DF	9	0	0	0	9	0
George Brown	England	FW	6	4	0	0	6	4
Jack Byers	England	MF	5	1	0	0	5	1
Harry Cawthorne	England	DF	5	0	0	0	5	0
Ted Davis	England	GK	27	0	7	0	34	0
Ernie Islip	England	FW	34	11	9	4	43	15
Billy Johnston	England	FW	21	2	2	0	23	2
Robert Jones	England	MF	2	1	0	0	2	1
Frank Mann	England	FW	40	5	8	4	48	9
Len Marlow	England	FW	1	0	0	0	1	0
Colin McKay	Scotland	DF	14	2	0	0	14	2
Sandy Mutch	Scotland	GK	15	0	2	0	17	0
Stan Pearson	England	MF	1	0	1	0	2	0
George Richardson	England	MF	14	1	8	1	22	2
Charlie Slade	England	DF	25	0	9	0	34	0
Billy E. Smith	England	FW	1	0	0	0	1	0
Billy H. Smith	England	MF	40	8	9	4	49	12
Clem Stephenson	England	FW	39	9	9	6	48	15
Jack Swann	England	FW	9	3	0	0	9	3
Sam Wadsworth	England	DF	39	1	9	0	48	1
Billy Watson	England	DF	36	0	9	1	45	1
Tom Wilson	England	DF	39	1	9	0	48	1
James Wood	England	DF	36	0	9	0	45	0