There will be no split loyalties for lifelong Leeds United fan Dawn Moss on Saturday - even if her dad kept goal for Huddersfield Town for a large chunk of the 1960s.

But things aren’t so clear-cut for the late John Oldfield’s other daughter Karen Thomas, whose partner Alan Hirst is a lifelong Town supporter.

Throw in the fact that Dawn’s partner Mick Woodhead and youngest brother John are both big Leeds fans and there should be plenty of discussion, both before and after the derby at the John Smith’s Stadium.

Both Sheffield-born Karen, 52, and Huddersfield-born Dawn, 50, remember living in the town before their dad’s £35,000 transfer to Wolves in December, 1969.

It came a matter of months after the arrival in Huddersfield of twins Mark, 46, and David, who died in 2010.

Youngest brother John, 37, was born in Leeds, to where the family had moved in 1975, leading to Dawn’s love for all things Elland Road.

The family (mum Kathleen died in 2001, the year before her husband passed away at 59) finally put down roots in Leeds when John snr took a pub after calling time on a playing career which finished at Bradford City.

“We moved a few times, from Huddersfield to Wolverhampton to Bradford, but it was what we knew and it didn’t feel like our childhood was any different to a lot of our friends,” explained Karen, who like Dawn, works as a pharmacy technician in Leeds.

“I wasn’t that interested in football, and I remember being a bit surprised when a few of my schoolmates in Wolverhampton asked if I could get them dad’s autograph.

“He was a very sociable man - he’d go out for a drink and end up inviting everyone back to our house - but never made a big thing of his football.

Karen Thomas (left) and Dawn Moss the daughters of former Huddersfield Town player John Oldfield

“Dad seemed to be away quite a bit, because there were overnight trips to games and he went on quite a few club tours, but it still felt like a normal, happy childhood.”

Signed in 1961, Oldfield played 152 times for Town, helping Tom Johnston’s side reach the semi-finals of the League Cup in 1967-68, before moving to Wolves, who were then in the top flight.

It seems he fell out of favour at Leeds Road under Ian Greaves, who brought in keepers Terry Poole from Manchester United and David Lawson from Bradford Park Avenue.

But Oldfield, who had previously been linked with Liverpool, was wanted by Molineux manager Bill McGarry, a former Town player.

“It was all quite exciting when the transfer came about, and I remember us all going down there and staying in a hotel, which was a big thing for us as kids,” said Dawn.

“I also remember dad becoming great mates with Derek Dougan, who was often round with his family at our house and always kept us amused.”

Oldfield saved penalties in successive games against Arsenal and Liverpool in 1969-70, the season Town won promotion to the old First Division under Greaves.

But with competition from Phil Parkes, he made only 19 appearances, and had a spell on loan at Crewe Alexandra, before joining Bradford City in December 1971.

After leaving Valley Parade, after 34 appearances, he proved a successful landlord of the Primrose Hotel on Meanwood Road, Leeds, then a number of working men’s clubs in the city

“He kept his beer as well as he kept goal,” smiled Dawn, who recalls her dad’s friendship with Yorkshire cricketer David Bairstow, who also played football for Bradford City.

“The pair of them were great mates, and dad, who was a decent spin bowler in his younger days, got to know quite a few of the Yorkshire cricketers. I remember of him is being asked by Fred Trueman to referee a table football match when he presented Indoor League on Yorkshire TV. You didn’t get much football on television in those days, so seeing dad on the screen was a real novelty.”