A62 derby
| Other names | War of the Roses, Roses derby |
|---|---|
| Locale | Huddersfield/Oldham (England) |
| Teams | Huddersfield Town Oldham Athletic |
| First meeting | Huddersfield Town 3–1 Oldham Athletic Football League First Division (21 May 1921) |
| Latest meeting | Huddersfield Town 1-0 Oldham Athletic Football League One (14 January 2012) |
| Next meeting | TBD |
| Stadiums | Boundary Park (Oldham Athletic) Kirklees Stadium (Huddersfield Town) |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 47 |
| Most wins | Huddersfield Town (20) |
| All-time series | Huddersfield Town: 20 Draw: 15 Oldham Athletic: 12 |
| Largest victory | Huddersfield Town 6-0 Oldham Athletic 1931–32 FA Cup (13 January 1932) Oldham Athletic 6-0 Huddersfield Town Football League Third Division (20 April 1974) |
The A62 derby is the name of a football derby that is given to matches played between Huddersfield Town and Oldham Athletic.[citation needed]
The two clubs are separated by roughly 15 miles and are located close to the M62 motorway crossing the Pennines in the historic counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire respectively, making it a traditional 'War of the Roses' clash.
The first game between Huddersfield and Oldham was played in the First Division of English football during the 1920–21 season, although league meetings remained fairly rare until the 1980s. Therefore, there was little rivalry between the clubs until more recent times,[citation needed] with regular meetings in the decades since leading to increased significance and intensity in the fixture,[citation needed] particularly when both clubs spent a number of seasons vying for promotion from the third tier. The two sides have not met in a competitive fixture since 2012.[1]
Indeed, it took Oldham until 20 April 1974 to record their first victory over Huddersfield, an emphatic 6-0 scoreline at the tenth attempt that more significantly guaranteed the Latics promotion back to the Second Division.
The highest ever attendance involving the two clubs was set on 9 January 1932 when 30,607 watched a 1–1 draw at Oldham's Boundary Park in a third round FA Cup tie.[2]
Statistics[edit]
The first fixture between the two clubs was a First Division game on 2 May 1921 and resulted in a 3–1 win for Huddersfield. The biggest victories resulted in a 6–0 to Huddersfield in the FA Cup at Leeds Road on 13 January 1932 and a 6–0 to Oldham in the Third Division on 20 April 1974. Huddersfield have been heavily beaten on two other occasions at Boundary Park, with a 4–0 win in September 2002 and a 4–1 win in March 2008 for Oldham. Perhaps the most remarkable game between the two clubs was on 20 September 1986, when Huddersfield defeated Oldham 5-4 - all the more surprising when considering that Huddersfield played with ten men from the 23rd minute and that Oldham had played their previous six games that season without conceding a goal, winning five of them.
| Huddersfield wins | Draws | Oldham wins | |
|---|---|---|---|
| League | 18 | 14 | 10 |
| FA Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| League Cup | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 20 | 15 | 12 |
Game list (since 1983)[edit]
- Huddersfield Town win Oldham Athletic win Draw
| Date | Competition | Stadium | Score | Huddersfield scorers | Oldham scorers | Attendance | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huddersfield relegated to the Championship 2018–19 | ||||||||
| Oldham relegated to League Two 2017–18 | ||||||||
| Huddersfield promoted to the Premier League 2016–17 | ||||||||
| Huddersfield promoted to the Championship 2011–12 | ||||||||
| 14 Jan 2012 | League One | Kirklees Stadium | 1–0 | Lee (86) | 15,229 | |||
| 3 Sep 2011 | League One | Boundary Park | 1–1 | Kay (16) | Kuqi (6); Diallo sent off (76) | 8,213 | ||
| 12 Feb 2011 | League One | Kirklees Stadium | 0–0 | 16,176 | ||||
| 13 Nov 2010 | League One | Boundary Park | 1–0 | Tounkara (24) | 7,723 | |||
| 6 Apr 2010 | League One | Kirklees Stadium | 2–0 | Robinson (38, 90) | Lee sent off (75) | 14,561 | ||
| 1 Nov 2009 | League One | Boundary Park | 1–0 | Williams (59) | 8,569 | |||
| 3 Jan 2009 | League One | Kirklees Stadium | 1–1 | Collins (66) | Allott (6) | 16,950 | ||
| 27 Sep 2008 | League One | Boundary Park | 1–1 | Craney (29) | Liddell (50) | 7,418 | ||
| 29 Mar 2008 | League One | Boundary Park | 4–1 | Mirfin (90) | Jarrett (8, 45), Constantine (40), Taylor (61) | 8,637 | ||
| 26 Jan 2008 | FA Cup | Boundary Park | 1–0 | Beckett (10) | 12,749 | |||
| 20 Oct 2007 | League One | Kirklees Stadium | 1–1 | Wallwork (80) | Davies (27) | 10,909 | ||
| 7 Apr 2007 | League One | Boundary Park | 1–1 | Beckett (78) | Porter (23) | 7,096 | ||
| 20 Oct 2007 | League One | Kirklees Stadium | 3–0 | McDonald (16), Porter (59), Warne (67) | 13,280 | |||
| 28 Jan 2006 | League One | Kirklees Stadium | 3–2 | Branston own goal (45), Abbott (48), Graham (59) | Porter (13), Beckett (33) | 12,973 | ||
| 10 Sep 2005 | League One | Boundary Park | 3–0 | Schofield (27), Taylor-Fletcher (37, 72) | Warne sent off (31) | 8,803 | ||
| 26 Feb 2005 | League One | Kirklees Stadium | 2–1 | Abbott (4), (29) | Branston (75) | 11,161 | ||
| 10 Sep 2005 | League One | Boundary Park | 2–1 | Abbott (7) | Haining (4), Betsy (38) | 8,389 | ||
| Huddersfield promoted to League One 2003–04 | ||||||||
| Huddersfield relegated to Division Two 2002–03 | ||||||||
| 3 May 2003 | Division Two | Kirklees Stadium | 1–1 | Schofield (26) | Carss (68) | 11,271 | ||
| 28 Sep 2002 | Division Two | Boundary Park | 4–0 | Wijnhard (1, 57), Eyres (18), Lourenço (80) | 7,643 | |||
| 1 Apr 2002 | Division Two | Kirklees Stadium | 0–0 | Knight sent off (4) | 14,343 | |||
| 3 Nov 2001 | Division Two | Boundary Park | 1–1 | Schofield (23) | Balmer (76) | 8,859 | ||
| Huddersfield relegated to Division Two 2000–01 | ||||||||
| 5 Sep 2000 | League Cup | Kirklees Stadium | 2–0 | Rickers (40, 65) | 4,979 | |||
| 22 Aug 2000 | League Cup | Boundary Park | 1–0 | Corazzin (24) | 4,255 | |||
| Oldham relegated to Division Two 1996–97 | ||||||||
| 25 Jan 1997 | Division One | Boundary Park | 2–1 | Payton (71, 83) | Richardson (77) | 8,588 | ||
| 13 Sep 1996 | Division One | Kirklees Stadium | 3–2 | Stewart (15, 85), Gray (90) | McCarthy (28, 66) | 10,296 | ||
| 20 Jan 1996 | Division One | Kirklees Stadium | 0–0 | 13,013 | ||||
| 12 Aug 1995 | Division One | Boundary Park | 3–0 | Brennan (35, 63), Richardson (79) | 10,259 | |||
| Huddersfield promoted to Division One 1994–95 | ||||||||
| Oldham relegated to Division One 1993–94 | ||||||||
| Oldham promoted to First Division 1991–92 | ||||||||
| Huddersfield relegated to Division Three 1987–88 | ||||||||
| 19 Apr 1988 | Division Two | Leeds Road | 2–2 | Shearer (21), Banks (27) | Ritchie (52), Wright (67) | 8,547 | ||
| 31 Aug 1987 | Division Two | Boundary Park | 3–2 | Shearer (3), Banks (87) | Ritchie (5, 61), Henry (49) | 7,410 | ||
| 28 Feb 1987 | Division Two | Boundary Park | 2–0 | Wright (3, 19) | 8,911 | |||
| 20 Sep 1986 | Division Two | Leeds Road | 5–4 | Raynor (4, 78), Shearer (34, 74), Brown (66 pen); Webster sent off (23) | Futcher (1, 53 pen), Palmer (51, 88) | 7,368 | ||
| 21 Dec 1986 | Division Two | Leeds Road | 2–0 | Cowling (38), Bray (68) | 8,094 | |||
| 24 Aug 1985 | Division Two | Boundary Park | 1–1 | Cork (32) | Atkinson (44) | 8,024 | ||
| 6 Apr 1985 | Division Two | Boundary Park | 2–2 | Lillis (8 pen, 88) | Parker (58), Quinn (75) | 8,292 | ||
| 26 Dec 1984 | Division Two | Leeds Road | 2–1 | Tempest (65), Wilson (82) | Harrison (35) | 9,173 | ||
| 11 Feb 1984 | Division Two | Leeds Road | 1–0 | Quinn (21) | 8,162 | |||
| 10 Sep 1983 | Division Two | Boundary Park | 3–0 | Stanton (70), Cowling (87), Lillis (89) | 8,543 | |||
| Huddersfield promoted to Division Two 1982–83 | ||||||||
Crossing the divide[edit]
The following players have played for Huddersfield Town and Oldham Athletic.
Pawel Abbott
Bobby Barclay
Luke Beckett- Graham Bell
- David Beresford
- Jim Branagan
- Lewis Brook
Alex Bruce- Norman Brunskill
- Harry Bunn
- Tony Carss
- Mike Cecere
- Les Chapman
- Simon Charlton
- Nathan Clarke
- Peter Clarke
- Joel Coleman
- Lee Croft
- Laurie Cumming
- David Currie
- John Dungworth
- Lee Duxbury
- Delroy Facey
- Colin Garwood
- Anthony Gerrard
- Ted Goodier
Jim Goodwin- Ian Gray
- Stewart Holden
- Andy Holdsworth
- Ray Holt
- Mark Hudson
- Ronnie Jepson
- Billy Johnston
- Chris Jones
- Paul Jones
- John Kelly
- Bob Ledger
- Brendan McManus
- Alan McNeill
- Harry McShane
- Ishmael Miller
- Paul Moulden
- Jimmy Naylor
- Keigan Parker
Paul Rachubka- Paul Reid
- Lee Richardson
- Ian Robins
- David Shaw
- Robbie Simpson
- Lee Sinnott
- Les Smith
- Phil Starbuck
- Jon Stead
- Andy Taylor
- Ted Taylor
- Neal Trotman
- Mark Ward
- Albert Watson
- Simon Webster
Clyde Wijnhard- Ray Wilson
- Dick Witham
- Jon Worthington
In addition to this a number of people have links to both clubs including:
- Frank Bunn played for Oldham from 1987 to 1990 before briefly managing the club in 2018 and was also a member of the coaching staff at Huddersfield.
- Ian Greaves played for local club Oldham and also managed Huddersfield from 1968 to 1974.
- Andy Ritchie played for Oldham in two separate spells, whilst managing the club from 1998 to 2001, and also managed Huddersfield from 2007 to 2008. Ironically, his final game as Huddersfield manager was a 4–1 defeat against Oldham at Boundary Park.
- Mick Wadsworth managed Oldham from 2001 to 2002, and managed Huddersfield from 2002 to 2003.
- Neil Warnock managed Huddersfield from 1993 to 1995, and managed Oldham from 1997 to 1998.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Huddersfield Town football club: Record v Oldham%20Athletic".
- ↑ "Dave Mangnall - Huddersfield Examiner". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-02-23. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Oldham Athletic football club: Record v Huddersfield%20Town".
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