Huddersfield Town's 1964–65 campaign was mainly a season of change for the Town, with Roger B. Kaye becoming the new chairman just before the start of the season, followed by the departure of manager Eddie Boot after just 3 games. Tom Johnston would then give Town a big boost for the rest of the season. A superb second half of the season saw Town only lose 3 league games in 1965, which would eventually lead Town to 8th place in Division 2.
Squad at the start of the season
Review Following the previous season's mid-table position, gates at Leeds Road drastically fell, no match recorded a crowd of more than 15,000 during the season. It wasn't helped by the dreadful start made by the Town, which cost Eddie Boot his job in early September. Town failed to win any of their first 9 matches. Tom Johnston would replace Boot and brought in Jimmy Nicholson, Tony Leighton and Johnny Quigley. But, Town's form didn't seem to completely improve until Town reached December.
Town's new acquisitions would help Town's form improve during the second half of the season, which would see Town lose only 3 times in the second half of the season. It would see Town finish in 8th place with 44 points, 12 points behind 2nd placed Northampton Town.
Squad at the end of the season
Results Division Two DateOpponentsHome/AwayResultF–AScorersAttendancePosition22 August 1964Bolton WanderersH1–1White12,65712th26 August 1964Plymouth ArgyleA0–017,8418th29 August 1964MiddlesbroughA0–023,15210th2 September 1964Plymouth ArgyleH1–2White9,47817th5 September 1964Newcastle UnitedH0–18,77021st11 September 1964Northampton TownA2–3O'Grady, Massie12,98420th16 September 1964Cardiff CityA1–1White9,39220th19 September 1964SouthamptonH0–36,96921st26 September 1964Swindon TownA1–4Gilliver12,76422nd29 September 1964Cardiff CityH3–1Lewis, Stokes, McHale5,64019th3 October 1964Coventry CityA3–2Coddington (pen), Lewis, Balderstone26,99420th7 October 1964Derby CountyA0–213,62221st10 October 1964PortsmouthH2–1Massie, Stokes7,51118th17 October 1964Manchester CityA3–2White (2), Gratrix (og)15,70417th24 October 1964Charlton AthleticH0–17,48018th31 October 1964Leyton OrientA0–17,67320th7 November 1964BuryH0–27,79321st14 November 1964Crystal PalaceA0–314,08421st21 November 1964Norwich CityH0–06,53621st28 November 1964Rotherham UnitedA3–2Massie, O'Grady, Bettany9,11621st5 December 1964Swansea TownH4–0Holden, McHale (2), Massie5,53319th15 December 1964Bolton WanderersA0–111,78219th26 December 1964Ipswich TownA2–3McHale, Stokes11,60821st28 December 1964Ipswich TownH0–010,59621st2 January 1965Newcastle UnitedA1–2Leighton45,31521st16 January 1965Northampton TownH2–0Balderstone, Massie7,35921st23 January 1965SouthamptonA3–3Dinsdale, Leighton (2)17,47321st6 February 1965Swindon TownH2–1Leighton, Nicholson9,06419th13 February 1965Coventry CityH2–1Massie, McHale13,04216th20 February 1965PortsmouthA0–311,43517th27 February 1965Manchester CityH1–0Legg14,40515th6 March 1965Swansea TownA2–2Legg, Leighton7,57415th13 March 1965Leyton OrientH0–011,23715th19 March 1965BuryA2–0Leighton, Coddington (pen)8,10615th27 March 1965Crystal PalaceH2–0Massie, O'Grady10,25514th30 March 1965MiddlesbroughH1–0Massie13,21512th3 April 1965Norwich CityA2–0Quigley, Massie14,4659th10 April 1965Rotherham UnitedH1–0Legg12,4629th17 April 1965Charlton AthleticA0–011,9629th19 April 1965Preston North EndH3–0Massie, Fraser, Leighton12,2619th20 April 1965Preston North EndA0–213,2569th24 April 1965Derby CountyH3–1Leighton, Quigley (2)10,2758th
FA Cup DateRoundOpponentsHome/AwayResultF–AScorersAttendance9 January 1965Round 3Doncaster RoversA1–0Massie19,91430 January 1965Round 4Swansea TownA0–122,614
Football League Cup DateRoundOpponentsHome/AwayResultF–AScorersAttendance23 September 1964Round 2Leeds UnitedA2–3Lewis, Bell (og)9,837
Appearances and goals NameNationalityPositionLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsDenis AtkinsDF2702010300Chris BalderstoneMF1721010192John BettanyMF61100071Chris CattlinDF10000010John CoddingtonDF4222000442Peter DinsdaleDF2511010271Billy FraserMF41000041Allan GilliverFW1012010131Stewart HoldenMF1710010181Ray HoltDF00001010Billy LeggDF73100083Tony LeightonFW1880000188Kevin LewisMF1520011163Les MassieFW361021103911Kevin McHaleMF3252000345Bob McNabDF1900000190Mick MeaganDF3402000360Jimmy NicholsonMF2012000221Michael O'GradyMF2331000243John OldfieldGK1200000120Bob ParkerDF1200010130Derek ParkinDF10000010Johnny QuigleyMF1530000153John RudgeMF20000020Steve SmithMF60000060Derek StokesFW1230010133Ken TaylorDF80100090Len WhiteFW1150000115Ray WoodGK3002010330
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