The 1925–26 Huddersfield Town season saw Town become the first team in English football to achieve the hat-trick of 1st Division championships, a feat which as of the end of the 2022–23 season has not been surpassed.
Under the leadership of Cecil Potter, Town finished 5 points clear of Arsenal, now managed by Herbert Chapman.
Squad at the start of the season
Review Following the sudden resignation of Herbert Chapman, who joined Arsenal as their new manager, Town brought in Cecil Potter to steer the ship. Town continued their brilliant run of form with Charlie Wilson and George Brown being joined in the strikeforce department by Chapman's last signing Alex Jackson. Unfortunately injury cost Wilson his season and he moved to Stoke City by the end of the season. However, George Cook joined Jackson and Brown up front and between them scored 65 of Town's 92 league goals during the season.
They won their 3rd title with 2 games remaining after beating Bolton Wanderers 3–0 at Leeds Road with goals from Jackson, Billy Smith and Clem Stephenson. They finished 5 points clear of Chapman's Arsenal. That success was commemorated with a special trophy that has only been copied on 3 occasions for Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United.
Squad at the end of the season
Results Division One DateOpponentsHome/AwayResultF - AScorersAttendancePosition29 August 1925West Bromwich AlbionH1 - 1Williams21,9759th5 September 1925Sheffield UnitedA3 - 2C. Wilson, Jackson, Brown23,0138th8 September 1925BuryH2 - 1Binks, Brown11,9335th12 September 1925Cardiff CityH1 - 1Stephenson19,0334th16 September 1925BirminghamA3 - 1Cook (2), Brown16,3204th19 September 1925Tottenham HotspurA5 - 5Jackson (3), Cook, Brown20,8804th26 September 1925Manchester CityH2 - 2Cook, Williams19,5415th3 October 1925EvertonA3 - 2Brown (3)35,6653rd10 October 1925BurnleyH2 - 1Brown (2)18,9633rd17 October 1925Leeds UnitedA4 - 0Cook (2), Williams, Brown33,0082nd24 October 1925Newcastle UnitedH0 - 118,2854th31 October 1925Manchester UnitedA1 - 1Cook37,2133rd14 November 1925Aston VillaA0 - 333,4017th21 November 1925Leicester CityH3 - 0Brown (2), Williams14,3866th25 November 1925LiverpoolH0 - 07,2855th28 November 1925West Ham UnitedA3 - 2Jackson (2), Brown13,9145th5 December 1925ArsenalH2 - 2Jackson, Brown22,1154th12 December 1925Bolton WanderersA1 - 6Brown25,8234th19 December 1925Notts CountyH2 - 0C. Wilson (pen), Brown7,9723rd26 December 1925SunderlandH1 - 1Brown27,1363rd28 December 1925BirminghamH4 - 1B. Smith, Stephenson, Brown, Jackson16,5653rd1 January 1926Blackburn RoversA0 - 1Match abandoned after 40 minutes due to waterlogged pitch.2 January 1926West Bromwich AlbionA2 - 2Williams, Brown22,4352nd16 January 1926Sheffield UnitedH4 - 1Goodall (pen), Cook, Brown, B. Smith16,1812nd20 January 1926SunderlandA1 - 4Brown27,8333rd23 January 1926Cardiff CityA2 - 1Cook, Jackson13,0493rd6 February 1926Manchester CityA5 - 1Brown (3), Goodall (pen), B. Smith36,6451st11 February 1926Blackburn RoversA1 - 2Brown21,4342nd13 February 1926EvertonH3 - 0Brown (2), D. Raitt (og)17,2781st20 February 1926BurnleyA1 - 1B. Smith21,4821st27 February 1926Leeds UnitedH3 - 1Cook, Brown, Williams26,2481st3 March 1926Tottenham HotspurH2 - 1Brown (2)13,0051st6 March 1926Newcastle UnitedA2 - 0Brown (2)56,4961st13 March 1926Manchester UnitedH5 - 0Cook (2), Devlin (2), B. Smith27,8421st20 March 1926LiverpoolA2 - 1Devlin, Stephenson35,2551st27 March 1926Aston VillaH5 - 1Jackson (2), Brown (2), Cook28,4421st3 April 1926Leicester CityA0 - 229,9031st5 April 1926BuryA0 - 027,1441st6 April 1926Blackburn RoversH3 - 1Brown (2), A. Smith34,8711st10 April 1926West Ham UnitedH2 - 1Jackson (2)21,1161st12 April 1926Bolton WanderersH3 - 0B. Smith, Jackson, Stephenson20,8291st17 April 1926ArsenalA1 - 3Devlin34,1101st1 May 1926Notts CountyA2 - 4Cook, Jackson4,7151st
FA Cup DateRoundOpponentsHome/AwayResultF - AScorersAttendance9 January 1926Round 3Charlton AthleticA1 - 0Goodall (pen)21,18430 January 1926Round 4Manchester CityA0 - 474,799
Appearances and goals NameNationalityPositionLeagueFA CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsNed BarkasDF13010140Sid BinksFW210021George BrownFW4135204335Harry CawthorneDF24020260George CookFW2914103014Harry DennisMF100010William DevlinFW440044Roy GoodallDF29211303George HobsonDF200020Alex JacksonFW3916204116Billy MercerGK13000130Harry RawFW200020George ShawDF400040Albert SmithFW110011Billy SmithMF28620306Bon SpenceDF100010David SteeleDF18000180Clem StephensonFW36420384Ted TaylorGK29020310Sam WadsworthDF38020400Billy WatsonDF40020420Joey WilliamsMF23610246Charlie WilsonFW420042Tom WilsonDF41020430
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