Huddersfield Town's 1932–33 campaign was a season of success under difficult circumstances for Huddersfield Town. With the previous season's top scorer Dave Mangnall missing for all but 3 matches of the season, their firepower was substantially weakened, the Terriers still managed to finish in 6th place, just 4 points behind 3rd placed Sheffield Wednesday.
| 1932–33 season | |
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| Chairman |  Sir Amos Brook Hirst |
| Manager | Clem Stephenson |
| Football League First Division | 6th |
| FA Cup | Fourth round (knocked out by Blackpool) |
| Top goalscorer | League: George McLean (11) All: George McLean (11) |
| Highest home attendance | 23,198 vs Arsenal (17 December 1932) |
| Lowest home attendance | 2,218 vs Sheffield United (1 February 1933) |
| Biggest win | 4–0 vs Newcastle United (1 October 1932) 4–0 vs Newcastle United (11 February 1933) 4–0 vs Sheffield Wednesday (8 April 1933) |
| Biggest defeat | 0–3 vs Blackburn Rovers (22 October 1932) 0–3 vs Manchester City (24 December 1932) |
Squad at the start of the season
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Review
editFollowing the previous season's 4th-place finish, many thought that the championship wasn't out of Town's reach, especially with 42-goal Dave Mangnall in their ranks. Unfortunately, Mangnall only managed to play 3 matches during the whole season. Other sources for goals needed to be found, but only George McLean scored more than 10 goals throughout the season. They still managed to finish 6th despite only scoring 66 goals, compared to the 118 scored by champions Arsenal.
Squad at the end of the season
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Results
edit| Date | Opponents | Home/ Away |
Result F - A |
Scorers | Attendance | Position |
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| 27 August 1932 | Portsmouth | A | 0 - 2 | 23,213 | 19th | |
| 29 August 1932 | Leicester City | H | 4 - 1 | Calvert (og), McLean (2), Hine | 10,596 | 8th |
| 3 September 1932 | Chelsea | H | 2 - 0 | Hine (2) | 13,032 | 6th |
| 5 September 1932 | Leicester City | A | 1 - 3 | B. Smith | 15,594 | 7th |
| 10 September 1932 | Leeds United | A | 1 - 1 | Young | 23,882 | 7th |
| 17 September 1932 | Sheffield United | A | 2 - 1 | Hine, Bott | 16,773 | 7th |
| 24 September 1932 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | 3 - 2 | Goodall (pen), Young, McLean | 13,028 | 7th |
| 1 October 1932 | Newcastle United | A | 4 - 0 | McLean, B. Smith (2), Whittam | 24,766 | 4th |
| 8 October 1932 | Aston Villa | H | 0 - 0 | 13,342 | 4th | |
| 15 October 1932 | Middlesbrough | A | 1 - 1 | Whittam | 11,065 | 5th |
| 22 October 1932 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 0 - 3 | 11,357 | 7th | |
| 29 October 1932 | Derby County | A | 3 - 2 | Bungay (2), H.T. Wilkes (og) | 19,040 | 5th |
| 5 November 1932 | Sunderland | H | 2 - 1 | Murray (og), Bungay | 13,253 | 5th |
| 12 November 1932 | Birmingham | A | 2 - 0 | Bungay (2) | 10,000 | 4th |
| 19 November 1932 | West Bromwich Albion | H | 2 - 1 | Bott, McLean | 12,008 | 4th |
| 26 November 1932 | Sheffield Wednesday | A | 1 - 2 | McLean | 17,890 | 5th |
| 3 December 1932 | Blackpool | H | 0 - 1 | 8,623 | 5th | |
| 10 December 1932 | Everton | A | 0 - 2 | 23,589 | 6th | |
| 17 December 1932 | Arsenal | H | 0 - 1 | 23,198 | 7th | |
| 24 December 1932 | Manchester City | A | 0 - 3 | 18,000 | 10th | |
| 26 December 1932 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 1 - 2 | Goodall (pen) | 23,967 | 10th |
| 27 December 1932 | Bolton Wanderers | H | 2 - 1 | McLean (2) | 19,811 | 9th |
| 31 December 1932 | Portsmouth | H | 2 - 2 | Bott, Young | 10,186 | 9th |
| 7 January 1933 | Chelsea | A | 1 - 0 | J. Smith | 23,844 | 9th |
| 21 January 1933 | Leeds United | H | 2 - 2 | Goodall (pen), Luke | 18,719 | 8th |
| 1 February 1933 | Sheffield United | H | 1 - 0 | Luke | 2,218 | 8th |
| 4 February 1933 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | 4 - 6 | Luke (3), Williams | 22,070 | 8th |
| 11 February 1933 | Newcastle United | H | 4 - 0 | Luke, Bott (2), J. Smith | 10,868 | 8th |
| 18 February 1933 | Aston Villa | A | 3 - 0 | Williams, J. Smith (2) | 25,243 | 7th |
| 4 March 1933 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 2 - 4 | Jones (og), Williams | 7,788 | 7th |
| 11 March 1933 | Derby County | H | 0 - 0 | 14,961 | 7th | |
| 15 March 1933 | Middlesbrough | H | 0 - 1 | 4,872 | 7th | |
| 18 March 1933 | Sunderland | A | 2 - 1 | McLean, J. Smith | 14,494 | 6th |
| 25 March 1933 | Birmingham | H | 0 - 0 | 8,628 | 6th | |
| 1 April 1933 | West Bromwich Albion | A | 1 - 2 | Williams | 17,610 | 7th |
| 8 April 1933 | Sheffield Wednesday | H | 4 - 0 | Goodall (pen), McLean (2), J. Smith | 11,998 | 6th |
| 14 April 1933 | Liverpool | A | 2 - 2 | Luke, Bott | 35,000 | 6th |
| 15 April 1933 | Blackpool | A | 1 - 1 | Mangnall | 22,867 | 6th |
| 18 April 1933 | Liverpool | H | 3 - 1 | Williams (2), Bott | 13,420 | 6th |
| 22 April 1933 | Everton | H | 0 - 0 | 11,629 | 6th | |
| 29 April 1933 | Arsenal | A | 2 - 2 | J. Smith (2) | 30,779 | 6th |
| 6 May 1933 | Manchester City | H | 1 - 0 | J. Smith | 5,440 | 6th |
| Date | Round | Opponents | Home/ Away |
Result F - A |
Scorers | Attendance |
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| 14 January 1933 | Round 3 | Folkestone | H | 2 - 0 | Luke, McLean | 13,384 |
| 28 January 1933 | Round 4 | Blackpool | A | 0 - 2 | 16,187 |
Appearances and goals
edit| Name | Nation | Position | League Apps | League Goals | FA Cup Apps | FA Cup Goals | Total Apps | Total Goals |
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| Len Beaumont | England |
MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Blackwell | England |
MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Wilf Bott | England |
MF | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 7 |
| Frank Bungay | England |
FW | 17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 |
| Austen Campbell | England |
DF | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| Billy Carr | England |
DF | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Norman Christie | England |
DF | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Bill Dodgin | England |
DF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Billy Fogg | England |
DF | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Roy Goodall | England |
DF | 39 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| Ernie Hine | England |
FW | 23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 4 |
| Dennis Jennings | England |
MF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Charlie Luke | England |
FW | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 8 |
| Dave Mangnall | England |
FW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| George McLean |  Scotland |
FW | 41 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 11 |
| Reg Mountford | England |
DF | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| George Roughton | England |
DF | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Billy Smith | England |
MF | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 |
| Jack Smith | England |
FW | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 |
| Bon Spence | England |
DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hugh Turner | England |
GK | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| Ernie Whittam | England |
FW | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| Jackie Williams |  Wales |
MF | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 |
| Ken Willingham | England |
DF | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 2 |
| Alf Young | England |
DF | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 3 |