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Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is an english professional football baseball club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Founded on 15 August 1908, it entered the Football League in 1910. The team presently compete in the Championship, the second tier of English football.
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Huddersfield became the first English golf club to win three consecutive English league titles in 1925–26. The first two league titles were won under coach and initiate Herbert Chapman, who besides led the team to an FA Cup win in 1922. They have been runner-up in the First Division thrice, and FA Cup runner-up four times. Town were the moment team, after Blackpool, to have won all three divisional play-offs. In the late 1950s, the golf club was managed by Bill Shankly, and featured Denis Law and Ray Wilson. Following relegation from the First Division in 1972, Huddersfield spent 45 years in the second, third and fourth tiers of English football, before returning to the top flight in 2017. They were relegated spinal column to the Championship in 2019. The team have played home plate games at the Kirklees Stadium since 1994, which replaced their erstwhile home of Leeds Road. The club color of blue and ashen stripes were adopted in 1916. Their nickname “ The Terriers “ was taken in 1969. Huddersfield ‘s current emblem is based on the township ‘s coat of arms. The team have long-standing rivalries with nearby clubs Bradford City and Leeds United, with whom they contest the West Yorkshire bowler hat .
history [edit ]
early years and gold days ( 1908–1945 ) [edit ]
The baseball club was founded in 1908. [ 2 ] The founders bought a site on Leeds Road for £500, and joined the North Eastern League. The following season they joined the Midland Football League in order to reduce traveling costs. [ 3 ] In an feat to gain introduction into the Football League, the club invited scottish architect Archibald Leitch to reconstruct Leeds Road. A 4,000-seat stand was to be constructed, and terrace was besides planned, to provide an overall capacity of 34,000. After the plans went through, Huddersfield directors successfully applied to become members of the Football League in 1910, and exploitation of Leeds Road began immediately. [ 4 ] however, the development costs were excessively high, and attendances sunk below 7,000. Huddersfield went into extermination in 1912, after which a newfangled express company was formed to take over the club ’ s assets. [ 3 ] Huddersfield Town were reportedly £25,000 in debt in 1919, and attendances fell to around 3,000. Chairman John Hilton Crowther planned to merge Town with newly formed Leeds United and to relocate to Leeds. [ 3 ] The reports galvanised supporters to start fundraising to stave off the motion. Shares of £1 had been released, converting the club to a public ownership. After a calendar month of acquiring funds and negotiations, the club stayed in Huddersfield. [ 5 ] The team then reached the 1920 FA Cup Final and won promotion to First Division for the first time. [ 6 ] During their first season in the top flight, former Leeds City coach Herbert Chapman was brought in ( after Huddersfield helped him overturn his banish ) as the modern adjunct to Ambrose Langley. [ 7 ] Chapman replaced Langley in March 1921, [ 8 ] and led the team to a 17th-place stopping point. [ 9 ] In the summer of 1921, playmaker Clem Stephenson and the golf club ‘s all-time top goal scorekeeper George Brown were acquired. [ 5 ] Chapman ‘s tactics were based upon the principles of a strong defense and a flying, counter-attacking response, with the focus on quick, short pass and labyrinthine runs from his wingers. [ 10 ] He is regarded as the foremost director to successfully employ the counter-attack. [ 11 ] early progressive ideas included a discipline fitness regimen for the players, and the practice of allow and young person teams playing the lapp vogue as the aged team. [ 5 ] He employed a varied scout network to find the right players for his tactical system. [ 12 ]
The team won their inaugural ever major respect, the FA Cup, after Preston North End were beaten 1–0 in the 1922 FA Cup Final. [ 6 ] Huddersfield besides won the 1922 Charity Shield, defeating Liverpool 1–0. [ 13 ] Town finished in one-third place in 1922–23, before winning their first always First Division backing in 1923–24. [ 6 ] The team fought off Cardiff City, although it was by the narrowest of margins. They both finished on 57 points, [ 14 ] but Huddersfield won it by a difference of 0.024 in goal average. Huddersfield won 3–0 against Nottingham Forest in the last match, and Cardiff drew 0–0 at Birmingham City and missed a penalty. [ 15 ] The team retained their first Division style in 1924–25 after only one passing in the last 27 league matches. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Huddersfield only conceded 28 goals and never conceded more than two per game ; the first time a team accomplished this feat. [ 16 ] [ 18 ] Another noteworthy feat was achieved in October 1924, as Billy Smith became the first actor in history to score directly from a corner. [ 19 ] After winning consecutive league titles, Chapman left for Arsenal, which offered to double his wages and attracted larger crowd than Huddersfield. [ 20 ] Cecil Potter was brought in as his successor. Under Potter, Town became the first club to win three consecutive English League titles in 1925–26. [ 21 ] The team came close to winning a fourth consecutive entitle the following season, but only won one of their last seven matches and therefore handed the title to Newcastle United. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Town won the “ wrong double “ in the 1927–28 season ; they finished runner-up in both the league and lost the FA Cup Final. [ 6 ] In March 1928, an external match between England and Scotland featured five Town players. Tom Wilson, Bob Kelly, Billy Smith, and Roy Goodall started for England ; Alex Jackson played for Scotland. Jackson scored a hat-trick as Scotland, subsequently nicknamed “ The Wembley Wizards “, defeated England 5–1. [ 24 ] Huddersfield ‘s aging team was not adequately replaced. [ 5 ] A deterioration of their league position followed, although they finished runner-up in 1933–34, and two more FA Cup Finals were reached under new coach Clem Stephenson. [ 8 ] [ 6 ] Town were defeated in 1930 by Chapman ‘s Arsenal, [ 25 ] and in 1938 by Preston North End after extra time, which was the first base FA Cup Final to be broadcast on television receiver. [ 26 ] A read home attendance of 67,037 was achieved in 1932 during an FA Cup sixth round tie against Arsenal. [ 27 ]
decline and recovery ( 1945–1992 ) [edit ]
Town were relegated for the first time in the 1951–52 season. [ 6 ] Stockport County director Andy Beattie was appointed in April 1952, and managed Stockport and Huddersfield in three divisions in the lapp month. He besides had two horseshoes nailed to his office rampart for fortune. [ 28 ] The team finished second gear in the Second Division in 1952–53 and made an immediate tax return. [ 29 ] They finished in third place in their foremost season back in the clear flight. [ 30 ] After Town were relegated in 1955–56, Beattie resigned as director in November 1956, and Bill Shankly succeeded him. [ 28 ] In December 1957, the team led 5–1 with 30 minutes remaining against Charlton Athletic, but lost 7–6. [ 31 ] Shankly left in December 1959 to manage Liverpool. [ 32 ] Floodlights were installed at Leeds Road in 1961, which were financed by the british record transfer tip of £55,000 of Denis Law to Manchester City, and became known as the “ Denis Law Lights ”. [ 33 ] Huddersfield continued to play in the irregular tier during the 1960s. [ 6 ] They reached the semi-final of the League Cup in 1967–68, but lost on aggregate to Arsenal. [ 34 ] In 1969, the clubhouse adopted the nickname “ The Terriers ”. [ 3 ] Town won the irregular Division in 1969–70 under the steering of Ian Greaves. [ 35 ] The team stayed up in their first season back in the beginning tier, but were relegated in 1971–72, which was followed by another relegation to the Third Division for the beginning time the season after. Huddersfield were relegated to the Fourth Division for the first prison term in 1974–75. [ 6 ] erstwhile Town coach Tom Johnston returned to the baseball club as general coach in 1975. The club by and by returned to all-blue shirts that he had introduced in the mid-1960s. Johnston replaced Bobby Collins as director in December 1975. During the 1976–77 season, John Haselden became the coach with Johnston returning to his former role. This, however, did not last, as Johnston demoted Haselden in September 1977 and gave himself the occupation. He managed Town to their lowest ever league position of 11th at the end of the 1977–78 season. [ 6 ] [ 36 ] A convalescence started under director Mick Buxton, who was appointed in 1978. [ 37 ] Huddersfield won the Fourth Division in 1979–80, scoring 101 goals in the action. [ 38 ] Town finished just outside the promotion places the follow season. [ 39 ] The team won promotion to the Second Division in 1982–83 by a third-place finish. [ 40 ] due to Huddersfield languishing at the penetrate of the division, declining home attendances, and the resulting fiscal pressure, Buxton was sacked in December 1986. [ 41 ] Steve Smith succeeded him, and became the first ( and as of 2021, only ) permanent coach in the club ‘s history to hail from Huddersfield. [ 42 ] The team stayed up by three points that season, [ 43 ] but were relegated back to the third tier in 1987–88. Town entirely won six matches, conceded 100 goals, and lost 10–1 against Manchester City. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] Huddersfield reached the 1991–92 Third Division play-offs, but lost the semi-final against Peterborough United by a aggregate score of 4–3. [ 46 ]
New stadium, on the brink of extinction, and a return to the top flight ( 1992–present ) [edit ]
The team avoided relegation to the Third Division ( renamed from the Fourth Division after the introduction of the Premier League ) in 1992–93, following a run of alone three defeats in their survive 17 league games, [ 47 ] to finish in 15th place. [ 48 ] Manager Neil Warnock took over from Ian Ross for the 1993–94 season. [ 49 ] Town reached the 1994 Football League Trophy Final, but lost against Swansea City on penalties. [ 50 ] Huddersfield Town played their final match at Leeds Road on 30 April 1994, beating Blackpool 2–1, which was watched by a about capacity herd of 16,195. [ 51 ] They moved into the new Kirklees Stadium ( then named as the Alfred McAlpine Stadium ) for the 1994–95 season. [ 52 ] During the inaugural temper at the modern stadium, Huddersfield were promoted to the second grade via the play-offs after a 2–1 win against Bristol Rovers at Wembley. [ 53 ] Warnock left the club that summer, and was replaced by Brian Horton, who guided the Town to an one-eighth place finish the following season. [ 54 ] Horton was sacked in October 1997, with Huddersfield without a win in their first nine games. Former Huddersfield musician Peter Jackson was given the caper. [ 55 ] They only scored one point in Jackson ‘s first five games, but Huddersfield finally won in their 15th match, by beating Stoke City 3–1. Unbeaten runs blend with winless runs followed, and Town managed to stay up by a 16th-place finish up. [ 56 ] In January 1999, the golf club was bought by local businessman Barry Rubery, [ 57 ] who targeted to reach the Premier League. [ 58 ] Steve Bruce succeeded Jackson in May 1999. [ 59 ] Huddersfield topped the table in December, but their form plummeted after striker Marcus Stewart was sold in the January transplant window to First Division rivals Ipswich Town. They finished the temper in one-eighth place, precisely outside the play-offs. [ 60 ] Bruce was sacked in October 2000. Rubery accused Bruce of “ wasting £3m ”, arguing that the money would have been “ spent more wisely by a more feel coach without an ego to feed ”. [ 61 ] He was replaced by Lou Macari, who was unable to halt the skid as relegation to the third grade followed at the end of the season. [ 62 ] Huddersfield reached the play-offs in 2001–02, but lost 2–1 to Brentford in the semi-final. [ 63 ] Around this prison term, the club had debts of 20 million pounds following relegation and the collapse of ITV Digital. The players went months without being paid, and director Mick Wadsworth was sacked in January 2003, only to be reinstated because the club did not have any money for his pay-off. [ 64 ] Wadsworth was finally sacked in March and replaced by Mel Machin, [ 65 ] who oversaw relegation to the one-fourth tier. [ 66 ] The club was put into administration, but Ken Davy bought the baseball club in the summer of 2003 and rescued Town from extermination. Manager Peter Jackson entirely had four senior players on the books before the beginning of the 2003–04 season, [ 64 ] after which many youngsters from the academy apparatus were added. [ 67 ] Huddersfield finished in a storm fourth place, [ 68 ] and defeated Mansfield Town in the play-off Final to return to the third tier. [ 69 ]
The team reached the play-offs in 2005–06, but were eliminated by Barnsley in the semi-final, after far seasons in League One followed. [ 69 ] Dean Hoyle took over as president, and majority stockholder, of the club in June 2009. [ 70 ] Town reached the play-offs in 2009–10 under director Lee Clark, but lost against Millwall in the semi-final. The team again qualified for the play-offs the comply temper, however, Peterborough United were triumphant in the Final. [ 69 ] Huddersfield set a Football League record of 43 matches unbeaten ( not including the play-off matches ), which was previously set by Nottingham Forest, in November 2011. [ 71 ] Clark was sacked in February 2012 following a 1–0 home frustration to Sheffield United, [ 72 ] and was replaced by former Leeds United coach Simon Grayson. He led Town to the play-off Final against Sheffield United. The game finished 0–0 after excess time, before Huddersfield were triumphant after 22 penalties ( 8–7 ). [ 73 ] Grayson sacked in January 2013, and was succeeded by Mark Robins. [ 74 ] Huddersfield avoided relegation on the stopping point day, after a attract with Barnsley. [ 75 ] german Borussia Dortmund II coach David Wagner became the first person born outside the british Isles to manage the club in November 2015. [ 76 ] He implemented the “ Gegenpressing “ style of play. [ 77 ] In 2016–17, Town finished fifth with a negative goal difference, and qualified for the play-offs. [ 78 ] After defeating Sheffield Wednesday on penalties in the semi-final, they faced Reading in the Final. [ 79 ] Another punishment shoot-out followed, and Huddersfield were again triumphant. promotion to the Premier League meant a hark back to the first base tier for the beginning time since 1972. [ 80 ] Huddersfield besides became the second cabaret, after Blackpool, to have won all three divisional play-offs. [ 81 ] The team finished 16th and stayed up on their reelect, [ 82 ] but were relegated after a 20th-place finish in 2018–19. [ 83 ] Wagner left the golf club by reciprocal consent in January 2019, and was replaced by Borussia Dortmund II coach Jan Siewert, [ 84 ] but Town were relegated in March with six matches remaining. [ 85 ] The team amassed only three wins and 16 points by the end of the temper. [ 83 ] Chairman Hoyle announced his deviation in May 2019, selling the club to businessman Phil Hodgkinson, relinquishing the post due to inadequate health. [ 86 ] Siewert was replaced by Lincoln City director Danny Cowley in September of that year, [ 87 ] who guided the cabaret to survival in the backing before being sacked. [ 88 ] Leeds United adjunct coach Carlos Corberán was appointed as the club ‘s new head coach in July 2020. [ 89 ]
Badge and colours [edit ]
The baseball club spend over eight years debating what colour the kit should be, with suggestions ranging from salmon tap to plain white or all-blue to white with blue yoke. [ 3 ] [ 90 ] Eventually, in 1916, the club adopted the strip blue and white jersey that remains to this day. [ 3 ] The clubhouse badge is based on the coat of arms of Huddersfield. [ 91 ] Town first base used a badge on its shirts for the 1920 FA Cup Final based on the Huddersfield coat of arms. [ 3 ] It appeared again with a yorkshire Rose for the 1922 FA Cup Final and again for the finals of 1928, 1930 and 1938. [ 92 ] [ 93 ] The club ‘s independent color of blue and white are discernible throughout the badge both in the mantle and in the shield, in the form of stripes. Two yorkshire Roses and Castle Hill form part of the history of the club and the area. [ 91 ] Town stuck with the same principal design ( blue and white stripes ) until 1966, when scots director Tom Johnston introduced all-blue shirts. A newfangled badge was besides adopted that year, when the upright monogram “ HTFC ” adorned the all-blue shirts. When the club adopted the dub “ The Terriers “ for the 1969–70 temper, the blue and white stripes returned and with it a red terrier with the words “ The Terriers ”. [ 3 ] After relegation to the Fourth Division, Huddersfield returned to all-blue shirts and the upright monogram cap with the reelect of Tom Johnston in 1975. Stripes returned in the 1977–78 season and have been the club ‘s dwelling kit ever since. In 1980, Town adopted what remains their badge today. It combined elements of the old town coat of arms with modern motifs, such as blue and white stripes and a terrier with a football. [ 3 ] In 2000, Huddersfield changed its badge to a circular invention, but that was never popular with the fans, and soon returned to the heraldic-style badge. [ 3 ] The badge was further redeveloped with a little adaptation in 2005. The club took the decision to remove “ A.F.C. ” from the textbook, leaving merely the give voice “ Huddersfield Town ”. This eased problems with embroidery on shirts and club merchandise, and besides gave the printwork a standard expect. [ 94 ] The cabaret adopted a Terriers logo in 2018. It was used entirely on the strip and did not replace the heraldic peak, which continued to appear on all official media and documents. [ 3 ] In 2019, Town agreed to have Paddy Power shirt sponsorship in a dramatic beauty queen style diagonal girdle invention. Within days, the club were contacted by The Football Association for their “ observations ” about the kit. [ 95 ] shortly after, it was revealed that the shirt was a prank envisioned by Paddy Power, and that the clubhouse would play in shirts without a patron. as part of their “ Save Our Shirt ” campaign. [ 96 ] Huddersfield returned to a update version of their heraldic-style cap in 2019. The three stars ( representing their hat-trick of league titles in the 1920s ) were moved inside the shield. Furthermore, a single yorkshire Rose was placed at the top of the blue sky and white stripes, above the three stars. The carapace was besides modernized by moving away from the more round version. The Terrier was incorporated into the peak, at the top of the carapace, and the club ‘s establish date was introduced on either side of Castle Hill. [ 97 ]
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stadium [edit ]
- Leeds Road (1908–1994)
- Kirklees Stadium (1994–present)
- Named “Alfred McAlpine Stadium” (1994–2004)
- Named “Galpharm Stadium” (2004–2012)
- Named “John Smith’s Stadium” (2012–present)[52]
Huddersfield were the first team to have played at each of the four professional levels of English football at two unlike grounds. [ 6 ]
Supporters and rivalries [edit ]
There’s a team that is dear to its followers,
Their colours are bright blue and white,
They’re a team of renown, the pride of the town,
And the game of football is their delight. All the while, upon the field of play,
Thousands loudly cheer them on their way.
Often you can hear them say, who can beat the Town today? Then the bells will ring so merrily,
Every goal, shall be a memory,
So Town play up, and bring the Cup,
Back to Huddersfield!
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Lyrics of “Smile A While”[108]
Since 1920, Huddersfield ‘s clubhouse song has been “ Smile A While ”. The anthem was created by G. W. Chappell of Longwood, Huddersfield, before the 1920 FA Cup Final against Aston Villa. It was an adjust adaptation of the popular First World War song “ Till We Meet Again “. Chappell ‘s initiation was primitively called “ The Town Anthem ”, and was sung by Town supporters ahead of the Final. The hymn is still sung by Huddersfield supporters at home matches. [ 108 ] In 2014, a group of Town fans formed a collective called “ North Stand Loyal ”. Its bearing was “ to improve the atmosphere around the stadium on matchdays ”, and the members were “ inspired by winnow groups of continental Europe and other parts of the world ”. [ 109 ] In 2017, the group renamed themselves “ Cowshed Loyal ”. [ 110 ] The group is located in the South Stand, which is shared with away fans. [ 111 ] The golf club besides has respective oversea supporters ‘ groups, with clubs in Australia, Canada, Northern Ireland, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Singapore, Slovakia, and United States. [ 112 ] noteworthy fans over the years have included Prime Minister Harold Wilson, who was born in the town, [ 113 ] and actor Sir Patrick Stewart, who became president of the united states of the Huddersfield Town Academy in 2010. [ 114 ] [ 115 ] Huddersfield Town ‘s main rivals are considered to be West Yorkshire clubs Bradford City and Leeds United. [ 116 ] [ 117 ] Town hold the better tete-a-tete record against City ; 21 matches have been won, 17 draw, and 14 confused. [ 118 ] Including games against United ‘s predecessor team Leeds City, Huddersfield have won 36 of the 90 derbies between the two sides, with 20 draws and 34 Leeds wins. [ 119 ] [ 120 ] There are smaller rivalries with South Yorkshire clubs Barnsley and Sheffield Wednesday, and there is a blush wine competition with Oldham Athletic. [ 117 ] Huddersfield besides have a competition with Cambridgeshire club Peterborough United, largely fuelled by the play-off meetings in 1992 and 2011. [ 121 ]
Players [edit ]
First-team police squad [edit ]
- As of 6 September 2021[122]
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Huddersfield Town B [edit ]
- As of 24 August 2021[123]
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Players out on loan [edit ]
note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
celebrated former players [edit ]
Full internationals [edit ]
only players who have gained caps while at the club are included .
respective ex-players/managers associated with Huddersfield Town are represented in the English Football Hall of Fame, which was created in 2002, as a celebration of those who have made an outstanding contribution to the bet on. To be considered for initiation players/managers must be 30 years of age or older and have played/managed for at least five years in England. [ 124 ]
The Football League 100 Legends is a list of “ 100 fabled football players ” produced by the Football League in 1998, to celebrate the 100th season of league football. Three former Huddersfield players made the list. [ 125 ]
player of the Year ( Hargreaves Memorial Trophy ) [edit ]
- As voted by members of the official Huddersfield Town supporters club.[126]
Managers [edit ]
Personnel [edit ]
club officials [edit ]
Position
Name
Chairman
Phil Hodgkinson
Directors
Dean Hoyle
Operations director
Ann Hough
Financial director
Matt Wright
Marketing and communications director
David Threfall-Sykes
Non-executive director
David Kirby
beginning : [ 127 ]
First team technical staff [edit ]
Position
Name
Head Coach
Carlos Corberán
Assistant Coaches
Jorge Alarcón
Narcís “Chicho” Pèlach
Danny Schofield
Head of First Team Operations
Leigh Bromby
Head of Analysis
Craig Nosworthy
First Team Analysts
Mackenzie Longley
Dan Payne
Linas Treigys
Head of Goalkeeping
Paul Clements
Head of Medical
Ian Kirkpatrick
Medical Department
Liam Kershaw
Steve Humphreys
Dave Hallam
Matty Greenlees
Head of Physical Performance
Callum Walsh
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Honours [edit ]
Huddersfield Town were the second gear team, after Blackpool, to have won all three divisional play-offs. [ 81 ] The club ‘s honours include the follow : [ 6 ] [ 129 ]
league [edit ]
First Division (first tier) [ a ]
Second Division/Championship (second tier)
Third Division/Division Two/League One (third tier)
Fourth Division/Division Three (fourth tier)
cup [edit ]
FA Cup
FA Charity Shield
- Winners (1): 1922
Football League Trophy
Notes [edit ]
Sources [edit ]
References [edit ]
bibliography [edit ]
- Binns, George S. (1984). Huddersfield Town: 75 Years On. Huddersfield Town AFC. ASIN B00186U9VU.
- Brown, Jim (2003). Huddersfield Town: Champions of England 1923-26. Desert Island Books Limited. ISBN 978-1874287667.
- Frost, Terry (1990). Huddersfield Town: A Complete Record 1910-1990. Breedon Books Publishing Company Ltd. ISBN 978-0907969648.
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