A62 Derby

The A62 Derby is the name of a football derby that is given to matches played between Huddersfield Town and Oldham Athletic.

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.

Although neither club considered the other as a major rival until more recent times, with Huddersfield having more traditional rivalries with fellow Yorkshire clubs such as Leeds United, Bradford City and Barnsley, and Oldham with traditional Lancashire clubs such as Bolton Wanderers, Manchester City and Blackburn Rovers, a lack of competitive fixtures against these clubs led to increased significance and intensity in the fixture, particularly when both clubs spent a number of seasons in the same division whilst vying for promotion from the third tier.

The first game between Huddersfield and Oldham was played in the First Division of English football during the 1920-21 season

The highest ever attendance involving the two clubs was set on the 9th January 1932 when 30,607 watched a 1-1 draw at Oldham's Boundary Park in a third round FA Cup tie.

History

Head-to-head record

Results

Connected to both

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

• Lee Croft

• Laurie Cumming

• David Currie

• John Dungworth

• Lee Duxbury

• Delroy Facey

• Colin Garwood

• Anthony Gerrard

• Ted Goodier

• Jim Goodwin

• Ian Gray

• Ian Greaves

• 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

• 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

• Ted Taylor

• Neal Trotman

• Mark Ward

• Albert Watson

• Simon Webster

• Clyde Wijnhard

• Ray Wilson

• [...] Witham

• Jon Worthington

In addition to this a number of people have links to both clubs including:

• 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.

• 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.