In this instalment we welcome in the new season - that is 1967/1968 whilst welcoming a certain Ian Greaves to Leeds Road

Coming from the memory bank of our feature writer David A Wood

We again finished up in sixth position but the season would prove most momentous...

How, find out in the next "Those were the days... " Edition number Ten!

With Tom Johnston about to start his third full season in charge, a team full of his signings plus one or two youngsters pushing for selection and a former Busby Babe, Ian D. Greaves as Chief Coach the new campaign was eagerly awaited by Town fans.

Expectation was high but remember this was our Club this was Huddersfield and the worry of a kick in the teeth not far away is usual present!

The opening fixture again put us up against Bristol City but this time along with 500 others I needed the football special that pulled out of Huddersfield Railway Station, just after breakfast to take us to the West country.

It was a glorious Yorkshire morning and the weather just kept on improving as we planned our campaign of support for the coming weeks and months. Throughout the journey we discussed how the magnificent support we knew we would give that afternoon could be transferred to Leeds Road the following Tuesday and for all the home games.

We didn't get it right then, funny how we still haven't got it right today! We pulled into Bristol Temple Meads it could have been Brazil such was the hot baking sun. By 3 o'clock it was truly cricket weather. Funny how the first day of a new football season seems to do that to the weather, but could the day get better. It could!

Though the game ebbed and flowed our lads fully deserved their 3-2 victory with both teams playing their part in a superb game. When Town took the points in the first home game the following Tuesday with a 1-0 success over Millwall the scene was set. Another home fixture welcomed Birmingham and for the second successive Saturday a 5 goal thriller with the hosts beaten again.

That kick in the teeth hadn't taken long to materialise. It would be the end of September before Town were to taste victory again as 4 defeats and two draws spelled trouble as for the campaign of support one loss was by 4-1 at Leeds Road, ouch!

Without truly cracking any pots in the league, we were good, 5 wins, 5 draws with just 3 defeats took us to New Year's Eve. But the inconsistency! Having conceded just 4 goals in the previous 9 games & with 4 successive shut outs prior to the visit of Bristol City we went down 0-3. A week later we could not keep the script rolling ala August as in the return fixture with the Blues we were hammered 6-1. Christmas cheer came in the holiday double with Hull City. A Boxing Day 2-0 home win and a point from a one all draw at Boothferry Park. We were up there in the League, challenging yes but a genuine threat no.

But in the Cup, oh yes the Cup. Now we are talking that is where the action really had been taking place. Surely the Cup wasn't until January? At least not for the top two divisional clubs of which we were then members! The Football Association Challenge Cup? - No. But we are talking about the League Cup, not the FA Cup, and in the League Cup Town were turning heads, indeed history is in the making.

Town fans would enjoy the Christmas festivities of 1967 unlike any other because of Town's success. A cup run the like of which had last been seen some thirty years previous. As today's Town fans look forward to a Cup tie with either Worcester or Chip in early December.

Think back to '67 and then followers of the Blue and Whites over their Christmas pudding contemplating a Cup Semi-Final which would involve Town, their Huddersfield Town.

We hope you have enjoyed our "Those Were The Days" articles, and find them an interesting look at some special memories of Town through the years. Memories that will not, and can not be forgotten - and memories only our beloved Town could have created