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Some great names, sharing many great and special memories, and heart-warming stories from great connections to Huddersfield Town.

John Kevin McHale was born in Darfield, Barnsley on 1^st October 1939 this young man was destined to be one of the finest footballers ever to play for Huddersfield Town. By the time he left us for Crewe Alexandra in January 1968 after 12 happy and successful years at Leeds Road Kevin, his first name of John known to very few, had clocked up 375 appearances scoring 68 goals having made the outside right position his own.

Remembered most of all for the consistently high quality of his performances there will be few who can remember a bad game from the number 7 who formed at the start of his career a youngest ever right wing partnership with fellow 16-year-old Denis Law.

Bill Shankly gave him his debut against Leyton Orient in the August of the1956-57 season at Leeds Road whilst still seven weeks short of turning pro, Town winning 3-0. The following week brought a 2-2 draw at Leicester City and the youngster's first Town goal. He went on to make 27 appearances that season scoring three times and appearing in all five of Towns FA Cup games which saw him play before two of the biggest crowd's of his career, 48,735 in the home 4^th round win over the Posh. Over 55,000 saw Town beaten 1-2 at Burnley in the next round.

A further 23 appearances came in the following season as the youngster vied with Bob Ledger to establish himself in the side. In 58/59 he really made the number 7 shirt his own appearing 37 times and notching 7 goals. Town dropped from 9^th to 14^th position in Division Two, a level from which Kevin never moved at Town though when joining as a Barnsley and England schools player in 1955 the club were in the top flight.

As the sixties beckoned so the career of Kevin McHale blossomed appearing over 30 times in each of the next five seasons, peaking in 1961-62 with 40 appearances chipping in with 9 goals though his best tally of 14 came in 1959-60.

Town yo-yoed from 20^th position and near relegation in Eddie Boot's first full season as manager to a high point of 6^th. Attendance's hovered around a 13/14000 average mark as Town fans enjoyed the mercurial wing play of an outside right with the ability to take on his full back and beat him with sheer skill. Then producing the end product be it a superb cross, a defence splitting pass or an accurate shot. Perhaps it was my young years in those days but names like Coddington, Dinsdale, Massie, Wilson, White, O'Grady and so many more just made watching Town, despite our struggles, such a delight and pleasure.

Though early in September 1964 Manager Mr Boot made way for a canny Scot by the name of Tom Johnston Town crashed to bottom of the table by the year's end. Attendance's plummeted with an average of just over nine and a half thousand the lowest for nigh on 50 years. But a quiet revolution was taking place. A certain Jimmy Nicholson joined from Manchester United and the rest is history - no not quite that would need another change of manager and a further few years. This signing, plus those of Barnsley Centre Forward Tony Leighton and Forest's Johnny Quigley a superbly talented inside-forward would re-awaken our Town.

So much so we not only ended the season as high up as 8^th position but saw us lose only three more games. The first of the New Year in 1965 up at Newcastle which brought Ken Taylor's final Town appearance and a late consolation goal on debut from Tony Leighton. Of the other two we went down 0-3 at Pompey.

Perhaps the most disappointing of all was the penultimate game of the season at Deepdale with the home side winning 2-0 to became the first team to score against us in 9 games. Yet just the day before in this Easter double Town had trounced Preston 3-0. Town fans just did not want the season to end so brilliant was the football we played and the success we enjoyed.

That it was repeated in the 1965-66 season was unquestioned as Town surged to the top of the table by Christmas. Seven of the team made over 40 appearances. Kevin a virtual ever present missing just 2 of the 42 games scoring 7 times, whilst playing in all 5 cup ties scoring once. His very final FA Cup-tie for Town was watched by a Leeds Road crowd of near 50,000 - 'the Old Girl' would never be so full again.

Coventry away was perhaps the high spot of the campaign with Kevin getting the third with two more coming in Town's next match at home to Rotherham United in a 4-0 win. This double was to prove the last goals at Leeds Road our number 7 would score as surprisingly Tom Johnston replaced him the following season with former England international Mike Hellawell resulting in the Darfield mans final two seasons at Town producing but 11 appearances in total.

Kevin left Leeds Road in January 1968 to begin a career at Gresty Road, which realised success immediately as the Railwaymen gained promotion at the season's end. 116 appearances and 22 goals are the statistics of his time at Crewe before he moved onto Chester to play a further 64 times scoring 4 more goals. Kevin eventually returned to live locally from where he had a spell as Boss up at Emley.

Whilst many of the current supporters of Town may only know Kevin McHale as a former great those who were privileged to see him play for Town will agree with me that he was one of the finest players ever to pull on the Blue and White stripped shirt.

He had everything you wanted in a player, superbly fit, skill in abundance with pace as they say today to burn. His ability to go round his opponent through sheer skill with the magic of the dribble provided ultimate delight and entertainment for thousands of followers of Huddersfield Town. Having created this space he very, very rarely wasted it going on to produce a goal scoring opportunity either for himself or if better placed a team mate.

As Lee Clark's Terriers look to produce a promotion challenge in 2009/10 a talented youngster of the promise of Lionel Ainsworth could do no better than look to emulate the Town career of Kevin McHale.

Many thanks Mr M for becoming the latest in our 'Legends' feature joining some of your former team mates with others, we hope, also to take their place in 'Legends' as we reveal the rich history of those who have pulled on our beloved shirt.

Now over to Kevin's view of Huddersfield Town then and now ...

1 What is your impression of Huddersfield Town now?
A great club that has been going nowhere for far too long.

2 What did you think on joining Town?
I had the chance to join quite a few clubs on leaving school at the age of 15. I decided to join a first division club nearest my home town. My first year on the ground staff at Town they were relegated to second division.

3 Any regrets later in leaving Town.
I have no regrets on going to town, they were still a great club.

4 Memories of Town? Earliest-vivid-now
My earliest memory was walking into the ground on my very first day. A little lad was just going out, I thought he had just delivered the milk! It was in fact Denis Law, he was going to hospital for an operation on his eye. When he came out I soon found out he could play football. - A great lad and a great player.

5 Most memorable moment? Goal-save-tackle
First Goal in a 2-1 win in the FACup at Chelsea.

6 Longest lasting Town memory?
This must be of the many players and friends made while with Town and the support I had from the supporters.

7 What do you think of the current state of soccer?
Dominated by money.

8 Do you still follow the Town results or any other Club or Sports?
Like all former players you always look for Town results and any other clubs you have played with.

9 Your best match in a Town shirt and Why? and the Result?
Hard to pick a best match out when you have been with a club for twelve years. I enjoyed my first game v Leyton Orient at Leeds Road, won 3-0, my second game at Leicester City which we drew 2-2 and I scored my first goal for Town.

10 What do you think of the Town fans - then? & now?
I think the vast majority of fans know their football. So if you are trying your best (even when things are not going your way) the fans will get behind you.

11 What do you think the future holds for Town?
The future for Town rests firmly on the shoulders of the players out on a Saturday to perform not just now and again but consistently. The Manager can only do so much, but the players are where it matters on the field. Good luck to them and I hope they enjoy what they are doing, because if you enjoy what you are doing you usually do it well.

12 What are you doing now?
I am now retired, and as stated above it you enjoy doing things you will do it well - to day I have been decorating and I do not enjoy it so I will leave you to wonder what the end result will be.

13 If you had one wish, what would it be?
One wish - To finish this decorating!!

and finally, anything else you would like to say?
I would like to add Best Wishes to all at Town and the Supporters. Enjoy your football.