 Playing a near-empty ground, which had been redeveloped to house over 50,000 spectators, could not have been encouraging for players, management or the club directors.Sympathetic to the club's plight, and wealthy enough to indulge himself in practically any project he chose, Crowther invested £27,000 into the Huddersfield Football Club in 1918, then added a further £18,000 - a huge fortune in those days.Such an act undoubtedly guaranteed Town's existence; however, in 1919 it was increasingly felt that the club should become self-sufficient, but lacked the support to achieve that state.