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Huddersfield Town

1963–64 season
Chairman	James Chadwick
Manager	Eddie Boot
Football League Second Division	12th
FA Cup	Fifth round (knocked out by Burnley)
Football League Cup	Third round (knocked out by Workington)
Top goalscorer	League: Derek Stokes (14) All: Derek Stokes (16)
Highest home attendance	31,270 vs Leeds United (12 October 1963)
Lowest home attendance	5,158 vs Scunthorpe United (25 April 1964)
Biggest win	4–0 vs Southampton (3 September 1963)
Biggest defeat	2–5 vs Charlton Athletic (14 September 1963) 2–5 vs Manchester City (30 November 1963) 0–3 vs Burnley (15 February 1964) 0–3 vs Rotherham United (28 March 1964)
← 1962–63 1964–65 →

Huddersfield Town's 1963–64 campaign was mainly a season of nothingness for the Town. They finished 12th in Division 2. Their only main high point of the season was reaching the 5th round of the FA Cup, before losing to Burnley.

Squad at the start of the season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player -- GK  IRL John Oldfield -- GK  ENG Ray Wood -- DF  ENG Denis Atkins -- DF  ENG John Coddington -- DF  ENG Stewart Holden -- DF  ENG Ray Holt -- DF  ENG Bob Parker -- DF  ENG Ken Taylor -- DF  ENG Ray Wilson -- MF  ENG John Bettany -- MF  IRL Ollie Conmy

No. Pos. Nation Player -- MF  ENG Peter Dinsdale -- MF  SCO Billy Fraser -- MF  ENG Kevin McHale -- MF  ENG Michael O'Grady -- FW  ENG Chris Balderstone -- FW  ENG Allan Gilliver -- FW  SCO Les Massie -- FW  ENG John Rudge -- FW  ENG Derek Stokes -- FW  ENG Len White

Review

Following the previous season's impressive performances and the acquisition of Kevin Lewis from Liverpool, many thought that Town's chances of promotion back to Division 1 for the first time since 1956. The town mainly won or lost their first 16 league games of the season. The form was inconsistent throughout a large portion of the season. Only during the second half of the season did Town's form start to stabilise, but it improved enough for Town not to be involved in a relegation dogfight to Division 3. They finished in 12th place with 40 points. The main high points of the season came in the FA Cup, when they beat Plymouth Argyle (one of 6 times Town met Argyle during the season), followed by an amazing win at Stamford Bridge over Division 1 Chelsea, before bowing out to Burnley at Turf Moor.

Squad at the end of the season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player -- GK  IRL John Oldfield -- GK  ENG Ray Wood -- DF  ENG Denis Atkins -- DF  ENG John Coddington -- DF  ENG Stewart Holden -- DF  ENG Ray Holt -- DF  ENG Bob McNab -- DF  ENG Bob Parker -- DF  ENG Ken Taylor -- DF  ENG Ray Wilson -- MF  ENG John Bettany -- MF  IRL Ollie Conmy

No. Pos. Nation Player -- MF  ENG Peter Dinsdale -- MF  SCO Billy Fraser -- MF  ENG Kevin McHale -- MF  ENG Michael O'Grady -- FW  ENG Chris Balderstone -- FW  ENG Allan Gilliver -- FW  ENG Kevin Lewis -- FW  SCO Les Massie -- FW  ENG John Rudge -- FW  ENG Derek Stokes -- FW  ENG Len White

Results

Division Two