Blackpool are in Town on Saturday – and of their 38 previous league visits to Huddersfield, three stand out.

They were in December 1930, when Town chalked up a club-record 10-1 win, August 1970, when the sides met on the opening day of the top-flight season, and April 1994, when the Tangerines were the last-ever visitors to Leeds Road.

Scottish hot shot George McLean hogged the headlines back in 1930 with his four-goal haul.

And Jimmy Robson chipped in with a hat trick in the first meeting of the pair in the original First Division.

But wingers Jimmy Smailes and Harry Davies, who along with Bob Kelly also made the scoresheet, meaning all Town’s five forwards were on target, were the key men.

The provided a relentless supply of crosses, making it a torrid afternoon for Blackpool centre-half Hugh McMahon.

Town, managed by Clem Stephenson, went into the match without a win in seven, so the margin of victory was pretty unexpected.

And Pool can’t have seen what was coming after Bill Upton cancelled out Robson’s early opener.

The 11 goals were witnessed by 11,932, but there were 22,787 inside the ground when Ian Greaves’ Town clinched a 3-0 win over the Tangerines in 1970.

The sides had both come up from the original Second Division, Town as champions.

It was a first top-flight campaign since 1956 for Town, and anticipation was high.

Two goals from Steve Smith and a Frank Worthington penalty made it a flying start, and when Town saw off visitors Southampton 3-1 the following Tuesday, they topped the embryonic table.

Greaves’ men were to finish the season in 15th place, while Pool were relegated alongside Burnley.

Town dropped back to Division II the season after, and within 10 years, both clubs had tasted life in Division IV (now League II).

The poignant last match at Leeds Road 20 years ago was fought out in what was then Division II (now League I) in front of 16,195.

Neil Warnock’s Town won it 2-1 through Simon Baldry and Phil Starbuck.