1967–68 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

Template:Use British English Template:Short description Huddersfield Town's 1967–68 campaign was a mainly mediocre season for the Town. Town finished the season in the mid-table position of 14th under Tom Johnston.

This season is most remembered by Town fans for their best ever run in the Football League Cup. They reached the semi-finals, before losing to 1st Division Arsenal 6–3 on aggregate.

Squad at the start of the season

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	GK	Template:Fba/core	John Oldfield
--	DF	Template:Fba/core	Chris Cattlin
--	DF	Template:Fba/core	Trevor Cherry
--	DF	Template:Fba/core	Roy Ellam
--	DF	Template:Fba/core	Billy Legg
--	DF	Template:Fba/core	Mick Meagan
--	DF	Template:Fba/core	Derek Parkin
--	MF	Template:Fba/core	Colin Dobson
--	MF	Template:Fba/core	Mike Hellawell

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	Template:Fba/core	Brian Hill
--	MF	Template:Fba/core	Kevin McHale
--	MF	Template:Fba/core	Jimmy Nicholson
--	MF	Template:Fba/core	Steve Smith
--	FW	Template:Fba/core	Brian Clark
--	FW	Template:Fba/core	Joe Harper
--	FW	Template:Fba/core	Tony Leighton
--	FW	Template:Fba/core	David Shaw
--	FW	Template:Fba/core	Frank Worthington

Review

Tom Johnston was beginning his 3rd full season in charge of the Terriers following a pretty impressive previous season, many were hoping that Town could possibly push for a promotion back to Division 1. After winning the first 2 games against Bristol City and Millwall, Town failed to win the next 7 games in the league and Town's league form never seemed to truly recover during the season.

Their Football League Cup campaign during the season is currently the best in Town's history. Following wins in the earlier rounds against Wolverhampton Wanderers, Norwich City, West Ham United and Fulham, Town played 1st Division Arsenal in the semi-finals of the competition. Following a narrow 3–2 defeat at Highbury in the first leg, some were thinking that a trip to Wembley wasn't out of the question. Tony Leighton gave Town an early lead in the second leg at Leeds Road, but the Gunners scored 3 further goals to secure their final berth at Town's expense. Town finished their league campaign in 14th place with only 38 points.

Squad at the end of the season

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	GK	Template:Fba/core	John Oldfield
--	DF	Template:Fba/core	Trevor Cherry
--	DF	Template:Fba/core	Roy Ellam
--	DF	Template:Fba/core	Billy Legg
--	DF	Template:Fba/core	Mick Meagan
--	DF	Template:Fba/core	Ray Mielczarek
--	DF	Template:Fba/core	Alex Smith
--	MF	Template:Fba/core	Colin Dobson
--	MF	Template:Fba/core	Mike Hellawell
--	MF	Template:Fba/core	Brian Hill

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	Template:Fba/core	Jimmy McGill
--	MF	Template:Fba/core	Jimmy Nicholson
--	MF	Template:Fba/core	Steve Smith
--	FW	Template:Fba/core	Paul Aimson
--	FW	Template:Fba/core	John Archer
--	FW	Template:Fba/core	Joe Harper
--	FW	Template:Fba/core	Bobby Hoy
--	FW	Template:Fba/core	David Shaw
--	FW	Template:Fba/core	Frank Worthington

Results

Division Two

Date	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance	Position
19 August 1967	Bristol City	A	3 - 2	Ellam, Nicholson, Harper	18,148	8th
22 August 1967	Millwall	H	1 - 0	Nicholson	13,832	1st
26 August 1967	Birmingham City	H	2 - 3	Dobson (2)	14,228	6th
29 August 1967	Millwall	A	1 - 1	Leighton	15,153	7th
2 September 1967	Bolton Wanderers	A	1 - 3	Hill	11,544	11th
4 September 1967	Blackpool	A	0 - 2		17,674	12th
9 September 1967	Portsmouth	H	2 - 2	Dobson (pen), Clark	11,107	14th
16 September 1967	Ipswich Town	H	1 - 4	Dobson (pen)	11,544	13th
23 September 1967	Carlisle United	A	1 - 2	Dobson	13,511	15th
30 September 1967	Blackburn Rovers	H	2 - 1	Clark, Coddington (og)	15,216	14th
7 October 1967	Plymouth Argyle	A	1 - 1	McGill	12,900	15th
14 October 1967	Rotherham United	H	2 - 0	Clark, Dobson	11,453	13th
21 October 1967	Derby County	A	0 - 1		23,950	15th
28 October 1967	Preston North End	H	1 - 1	Dobson	10,834	15th
11 November 1967	Crystal Palace	H	1 - 1	Dobson	10,055	15th
18 November 1967	Norwich City	A	1 - 0	Shaw	17,573	13th
25 November 1967	Queens Park Rangers	H	1 - 0	Worthington	14,615	13th
2 December 1967	Aston Villa	A	0 - 0		19,507	13th
9 December 1967	Cardiff City	H	1 - 0	Nicholson	8,552	11th
16 December 1967	Bristol City	H	0 - 3		12,071	14th
23 December 1967	Birmingham City	A	1 - 6	Worthington	26,163	14th
26 December 1967	Hull City	H	2 - 0	Leighton (2)	19,739	14th
30 December 1967	Hull City	A	1 - 1	Nicholson	17,656	13th
6 January 1968	Bolton Wanderers	H	1 - 1	Dobson	14,147	11th
13 January 1968	Portsmouth	A	1 - 3	Shaw	17,647	13th
29 January 1968	Ipswich Town	A	0 - 2		14,945	16th
3 February 1968	Carlisle United	H	1 - 1	Dobson	9,071	16th
14 February 1968	Blackburn Rovers	A	0 - 0		11,796	15th
17 February 1968	Charlton Athletic	A	2 - 4	McGill, Worthington	13,550	16th
24 February 1968	Plymouth Argyle	H	0 - 1		6,562	17th
2 March 1968	Rotherham United	A	0 - 1		13,672	17th
16 March 1968	Derby County	H	3 - 1	Harper, Aimson, Dobson	9,326	17th
23 March 1968	Preston North End	A	1 - 3	Mielczarek	13,504	18th
30 March 1968	Charlton Athletic	H	4 - 1	Harper, Nicholson, Aimson (2)	7,742	16th
6 April 1968	Crystal Palace	A	1 - 0	Worthington	10,929	15th
13 April 1968	Norwich City	H	2 - 0	Hill, Worthington	9,727	12th
15 April 1968	Middlesbrough	A	2 - 3	Dobson, Aimson	15,065	12th
16 April 1968	Middlesbrough	H	1 - 0	Aimson	12,709	11th
20 April 1968	Queens Park Rangers	A	0 - 3		19,646	14th
27 April 1968	Aston Villa	H	0 - 0		7,489	15th
4 May 1968	Cardiff City	A	0 - 0		10,669	12th
11 May 1968	Blackpool	H	1 - 3	Legg	11,603	13th

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance
27 January 1968	Round 3	Tranmere Rovers	A	1 - 2	Worthington	20,038

Football League Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance
12 September 1967	Round 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1 - 0	Dobson	11,850
11 October 1967	Round 3	Norwich City	A	1 - 0	Nicholson	12,215
1 November 1967	Round 4	West Ham United	H	2 - 0	Worthington, Cattlin	17,729
29 November 1967	Round 5	Fulham	A	1 - 1	Worthington	20,309
12 December 1967	Round 5 Replay	Fulham	H	2 - 1	Nicholson, Shaw	23,801
17 January 1968	Semi-Final 1st Leg	Arsenal	A	2 - 3	Cherry, Dobson	40,079
6 February 1968	Semi-Final 2nd Leg	Arsenal	H	1 - 3	Leighton	27,312 Huddersfield lost 6–3 on aggregate.

Appearances and goals

Name	Nationality	Position	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Paul Aimson	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = England	flag alias = Flag of England.svg	flag alias-naval = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-naval = Royal Navy	flag alias-navy = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-navy = Royal Navy	link alias-cricket = England cricket team	empty = England Saxons	size =	name =	variant =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football }}||FW||10||5||0||0||0||0||10||5
John Archer	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = England	flag alias = Flag of England.svg	flag alias-naval = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-naval = Royal Navy	flag alias-navy = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-navy = Royal Navy	link alias-cricket = England cricket team	empty = England Saxons	size =	name =	variant =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football }}||FW||7 (2)||0||0||0||0||0||7 (2)||0
Chris Cattlin	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = England	flag alias = Flag of England.svg	flag alias-naval = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-naval = Royal Navy	flag alias-navy = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-navy = Royal Navy	link alias-cricket = England cricket team	empty = England Saxons	size =	name =	variant =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football }}||DF||23||0||1||0||7||1||31||1
Trevor Cherry	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = England	flag alias = Flag of England.svg	flag alias-naval = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-naval = Royal Navy	flag alias-navy = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-navy = Royal Navy	link alias-cricket = England cricket team	empty = England Saxons	size =	name =	variant =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football }}||DF||24 (2)||0||0||0||3||1||27 (2)||1
Brian Clark	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = England	flag alias = Flag of England.svg	flag alias-naval = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-naval = Royal Navy	flag alias-navy = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-navy = Royal Navy	link alias-cricket = England cricket team	empty = England Saxons	size =	name =	variant =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football }}||FW||8 (2)||3||0||0||2||0||10 (2)||3
Colin Dobson	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = England	flag alias = Flag of England.svg	flag alias-naval = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-naval = Royal Navy	flag alias-navy = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-navy = Royal Navy	link alias-cricket = England cricket team	empty = England Saxons	size =	name =	variant =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football }}||FW||37 (2)||12||1||0||7||2||45 (2)||14
Roy Ellam	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = England	flag alias = Flag of England.svg	flag alias-naval = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-naval = Royal Navy	flag alias-navy = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-navy = Royal Navy	link alias-cricket = England cricket team	empty = England Saxons	size =	name =	variant =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football }}||DF||24||1||0||0||7||0||31||1
Joe Harper	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Scotland	flag alias = Flag of Scotland.svg	flag alias-1542 = Flag of Scotland (traditional).svg	link alias-football = Scotland men's national football team	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}||MF||21 (2)||3||0||0||1 (1)||0||22 (3)||3
Mike Hellawell	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = England	flag alias = Flag of England.svg	flag alias-naval = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-naval = Royal Navy	flag alias-navy = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-navy = Royal Navy	link alias-cricket = England cricket team	empty = England Saxons	size =	name =	variant =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football }}||MF||14 (1)||0||1||0||6||0||21 (1)||0
Brian Hill	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = England	flag alias = Flag of England.svg	flag alias-naval = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-naval = Royal Navy	flag alias-navy = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-navy = Royal Navy	link alias-cricket = England cricket team	empty = England Saxons	size =	name =	variant =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football }}||MF||38 (1)||2||1||0||7||0||46 (1)||2
Bobby Hoy	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = England	flag alias = Flag of England.svg	flag alias-naval = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-naval = Royal Navy	flag alias-navy = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-navy = Royal Navy	link alias-cricket = England cricket team	empty = England Saxons	size =	name =	variant =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football }}||MF||2||0||0||0||0||0||2||0
Billy Legg	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = England	flag alias = Flag of England.svg	flag alias-naval = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-naval = Royal Navy	flag alias-navy = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-navy = Royal Navy	link alias-cricket = England cricket team	empty = England Saxons	size =	name =	variant =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football }}||DF||19 (2)||1||0||0||0||0||19 (2)||1
Tony Leighton	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = England	flag alias = Flag of England.svg	flag alias-naval = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-naval = Royal Navy	flag alias-navy = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-navy = Royal Navy	link alias-cricket = England cricket team	empty = England Saxons	size =	name =	variant =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football }}||FW||9 (1)||3||0||0||1||1||10 (1)||4
Jimmy McGill	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Scotland	flag alias = Flag of Scotland.svg	flag alias-1542 = Flag of Scotland (traditional).svg	link alias-football = Scotland men's national football team	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}||MF||29 (1)||2||1||0||4 (1)||0||34 (2)||2
Kevin McHale	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = England	flag alias = Flag of England.svg	flag alias-naval = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-naval = Royal Navy	flag alias-navy = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-navy = Royal Navy	link alias-cricket = England cricket team	empty = England Saxons	size =	name =	variant =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football }}||MF||7||0||0||0||0||0||7||0
Mick Meagan	{{safesubst: Template:Yesno	alias = Republic of Ireland	shortname alias = Ireland	flag alias = Flag of Ireland.svg	link alias-naval = Irish Naval Service	flag alias-air force = Flag of the Irish Air Corps.svg	link alias-air force = Irish Air Corps	flag alias-army = Flag of the Irish Defence Forces.svg	link alias-army = Irish Army	link alias-navy = Irish Naval Service	link alias-football = Republic of Ireland national football team	name alias-football = Republic of Ireland	link alias-futsal = Republic of Ireland national football team	name alias-futsal = Republic of Ireland	link alias-beachsoccer = Republic of Ireland national football team	name alias-beachsoccer = Republic of Ireland	flag alias-rugby union = Flag placeholder.svg	border-rugby union =	flag alias-cricket = Flag placeholder.svg	border-cricket =	link alias-netball = Republic of Ireland national netball team	name alias-netball = Republic of Ireland	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football	variant = }}||DF||19||0||1||0||5||0||25||0
Ray Mielczarek	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Wales	flag alias = Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg	flag alias-1807 = Flag of Wales (1807–1953).svg	flag alias-1953 = Flag of Wales (1953–1959).svg	flag alias-1959 = Flag of Wales (1959).svg	size =	name =	variant =	altlink = national football team }}||DF||19 (1)||1||1||0||0||0||20 (1)||1
Jimmy Nicholson	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = Northern Ireland	flag alias = Ulster Banner.svg	flag alias-assembly = Flag of Northern Ireland Assembly.svg	flag alias-saltire = St Patrick's saltire.svg	flag alias-union = Flag of the United Kingdom.svg	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	variant = }}||MF||37||5||1||0||7||2||45||7
John Oldfield	{{safesubst: Template:Yesno	alias = Republic of Ireland	shortname alias = Ireland	flag alias = Flag of Ireland.svg	link alias-naval = Irish Naval Service	flag alias-air force = Flag of the Irish Air Corps.svg	link alias-air force = Irish Air Corps	flag alias-army = Flag of the Irish Defence Forces.svg	link alias-army = Irish Army	link alias-navy = Irish Naval Service	link alias-football = Republic of Ireland national football team	name alias-football = Republic of Ireland	link alias-futsal = Republic of Ireland national football team	name alias-futsal = Republic of Ireland	link alias-beachsoccer = Republic of Ireland national football team	name alias-beachsoccer = Republic of Ireland	flag alias-rugby union = Flag placeholder.svg	border-rugby union =	flag alias-cricket = Flag placeholder.svg	border-cricket =	link alias-netball = Republic of Ireland national netball team	name alias-netball = Republic of Ireland	size =	name =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football	variant = }}||GK||42||0||1||0||7||0||50||0
Derek Parkin	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = England	flag alias = Flag of England.svg	flag alias-naval = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-naval = Royal Navy	flag alias-navy = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-navy = Royal Navy	link alias-cricket = England cricket team	empty = England Saxons	size =	name =	variant =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football }}||DF||27||0||1||0||7||0||35||0
David Shaw	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = England	flag alias = Flag of England.svg	flag alias-naval = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-naval = Royal Navy	flag alias-navy = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-navy = Royal Navy	link alias-cricket = England cricket team	empty = England Saxons	size =	name =	variant =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football }}||MF||14 (2)||2||0||0||1||1||15 (2)||3
Alex Smith	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = England	flag alias = Flag of England.svg	flag alias-naval = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-naval = Royal Navy	flag alias-navy = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-navy = Royal Navy	link alias-cricket = England cricket team	empty = England Saxons	size =	name =	variant =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football }}||DF||1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0
Steve Smith	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = England	flag alias = Flag of England.svg	flag alias-naval = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-naval = Royal Navy	flag alias-navy = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-navy = Royal Navy	link alias-cricket = England cricket team	empty = England Saxons	size =	name =	variant =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football }}||MF||4||0||0||0||0||0||4||0
Frank Worthington	{{ Template:Yesno	alias = England	flag alias = Flag of England.svg	flag alias-naval = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-naval = Royal Navy	flag alias-navy = English White Ensign 1620.svg	link alias-navy = Royal Navy	link alias-cricket = England cricket team	empty = England Saxons	size =	name =	variant =	altlink = national football team	altvar = football }}||FW||27 (2)||5||1||1||5||2||33 (2)||8