Huddersfield Town's 1937–38 campaign was like many recent years dominated by the club's FA Cup run. They reached their 5th and final FA Cup final, before losing to Preston North End at Wembley. They finished their league season in 15th place in Division 1.

Squad at the start of the season

Review Yet again, Town's season was dominated by their FA Cup run. They reached their fifth and so far last FA Cup Final. After a win over Hull City in Round 3, they scraped past Notts County and Liverpool, they beat York City in the quarter-final in a replay, before beating the favourites Sunderland at Ewood Park in the semi-final, meaning they would play Preston North End in the final, a repeat of the 1922 FA Cup Final, the only one of Town's previous final appearances that they won. The final at Wembley was the first since moving to the London stadium to go into extra time. The result would be the opposite to the 1922 final, with Town conceding a penalty to lose the match 1–0.

Their league form was pretty shaky during the season and they only guaranteed their safety with 2 games to go. Their wins at Leeds Road over Stoke City and Manchester City, the previous season's champions guaranteed their survival in 15th place.

Squad at the end of the season

Results Division One DateOpponentsHome/AwayResultF – AScorersAttendancePosition28 August 1937BlackpoolH3–1Macfadyen, Barclay, Mountford (pen)17,7685th1 September 1937ArsenalA1–3Richardson32,75810th4 September 1937BrentfordA0–226,76217th8 September 1937ArsenalH2–1Macfadyen, Barclay15,76813th11 September 1937Bolton WanderersH1–0Wienand20,7589th15 September 1937Manchester CityA2–3Richardson, Beasley19,96813th18 September 1937Leeds UnitedA1–2Barclay33,20018th25 September 1937EvertonA2–1Barclay, Macfadyen35,27214th2 October 1937Wolverhampton WanderersH1–0Hayes (pen)19,85410th9 October 1937Leicester CityA1–2Richardson18,44213th16 October 1937Grimsby TownH1–2Lythgoe (pen)15,40813th23 October 1937Preston North EndA1–1Barclay16,48315th30 October 1937Charlton AthleticH1–1Chivers13,33414th6 November 1937BirminghamA2–2Beasley, Barclay21,54113th13 November 1937PortsmouthH2–0Lythgoe (pen), Chivers11,90212th20 November 1937LiverpoolA1–0Beasley29,56811th27 November 1937MiddlesbroughH3–0Beasley (2, 1 pen), Macfadyen14,0207th4 December 1937ChelseaA1–3Wienand31,47510th11 December 1937West Bromwich AlbionH2–1Barclay, Hayes (pen)6,9388th18 December 1937Stoke CityA1–0Macfadyen16,3027th25 December 1937SunderlandA1–2Young30,7307th27 December 1937SunderlandH1–1Chivers13,1988th1 January 1938BlackpoolA0–422,3628th15 January 1938BrentfordH0–311,96911th26 January 1938Bolton WanderersA0–29,72211th29 January 1938Leeds UnitedH0–316,67712th5 February 1938EvertonH1–3Brook15,39416th16 February 1938Wolverhampton WanderersA4–1Boot, Wienand, Macfadyen, Hinchcliffe16,04413th19 February 1938Leicester CityH0–014,99913th26 February 1938Grimsby TownA2–4Barclay, Macfadyen12,08514th12 March 1938Charlton AthleticA0–426,93820th16 March 1938Preston North EndH1–3Macfadyen6,71921st19 March 1938BirminghamH2–1Macfadyen, Beasley15,36517th30 March 1938PortsmouthA0–318,15519th2 April 1938LiverpoolH1–2Macfadyen15,19221st9 April 1938MiddlesbroughA1–0Mills20,90121st16 April 1938ChelseaH1–2Beasley18,35622nd18 April 1938Derby CountyA4–0Isaac (2), Price, Beasley19,06821st19 April 1938Derby CountyH2–0Hinchcliffe, Price25,57515th23 April 1938West Bromwich AlbionA1–5Barclay27,53019th2 May 1938Stoke CityH3–0Barclay (2), Price20,16216th7 May 1938Manchester CityH1–0Barclay35,10015th

FA Cup DateRoundOpponentsHome/AwayResultF – AScorersAttendance8 January 1938Round 3Hull CityH3–1Beasley, Lythgoe (2)25,44222 January 1938Round 4Notts CountyH1–0Beattie29,48012 February 1938Round 5LiverpoolA1–0Barclay57,6825 March 1938Round 6York CityA0–028,1239 March 1938Round 6 ReplayYork CityH2–1E. Watson, Chivers58,06626 March 1938Semi-FinalSunderlandN3–1Beasley, Barclay, Macfadyen47,90430 April 1938FinalPreston North EndN0 – 1 (aet: 90 mins: 0 – 0)93,357

Appearances and goals NameNationalityPositionLeagueFA CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsBobby BarclayMF3712724414Pat BeasleyMF418724810John BeattieMF301141Eddie BootDF37160431Lewis BrookFW410041Alan BrownDF13020150Frank ChiversFW18341224Benny CraigDF25060310Robert GordonDF100010Archibald HastieMF400040Bill HayesDF21210222Bob HesfordGK41070480Tom HinchcliffeMF620062Joe HulmeMF8020100Jimmy IsaacMF621072Jack JohnsonMF500050Dennis LindsayGK100010Alf LythgoeFW522274Willie MacFadyenFW3210513711Willie MillsMF410041Reg MountfordDF38170451Billy PriceFW430043Jimmy RichardsonFW10300103Albert WatsonDF100010Edwin WatsonFW303161George WienandMF24340283Ken WillinghamDF41070480Alf YoungDF29150341

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