Huddersfield Town A.F.C.




























































Huddersfield Town
Huddersfield Town A.F.C. logo.svg
Full name Huddersfield Town Association Football Club
Nickname(s) The Terriers
Founded 15 August 1908; 110 years ago (1908-08-15)
Ground Kirklees Stadium
Capacity 24,500
Coordinates 53°39′15.0361″N 1°46′5.8605″W / 53.654176694°N 1.768294583°W / 53.654176694; -1.768294583Coordinates: 53°39′15.0361″N 1°46′5.8605″W / 53.654176694°N 1.768294583°W / 53.654176694; -1.768294583
Chairman Dean Hoyle
Head Coach David Wagner
League Premier League
2017–18
Premier League, 16th of 20
Website Club website


















Home colours














Away colours














Third colours




Current season

Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional football club in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, which competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football.


In 1926, Huddersfield became the first English club to win three successive league titles, a feat which only three other clubs have matched. The first two league titles were won under manager Herbert Chapman, who also led the club to the FA Cup in 1922. In the late 1950s the 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 under manager David Wagner.


Nicknamed The Terriers, the club plays in blue and white vertically-striped shirts and white shorts. They play their home games at the Kirklees Stadium.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Badge and colours


  • 3 Stadium


  • 4 Rivals


  • 5 Affiliated clubs


  • 6 Sponsors


    • 6.1 Main club sponsors and kit suppliers




  • 7 Managers


  • 8 Players


    • 8.1 First-team squad


    • 8.2 Out on loan


    • 8.3 Development squad




  • 9 Player achievements


    • 9.1 Full and U-21 Internationals


    • 9.2 English Football Hall of Fame members


    • 9.3 Football League 100 Legends


    • 9.4 Player of the Year (Hargreaves Memorial Trophy)


    • 9.5 Young Player of the Year (Incomplete)




  • 10 PFA Team of the Year


  • 11 League history


  • 12 Honours


    • 12.1 League


    • 12.2 Cup


    • 12.3 International




  • 13 Personnel


    • 13.1 Club officials


    • 13.2 Coaching and medical staff




  • 14 References


  • 15 Notes


  • 16 External links





History





Chart showing the progress of Huddersfield Town A.F.C. through the English football league system.


In 1910, just three years after being founded, Huddersfield entered the Football League for the first time. In November 1919 a fund-raising campaign was needed to avoid a move to Leeds. Citizens of Huddersfield were asked to buy shares in the club for £1 each, and the club staved off the proposed merger. The team went on to reach the 1920 FA Cup Final and win promotion to Division One.


In 1926, Huddersfield became the first English team to win three successive league titles – a feat that only three other clubs (Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United) have been able to match – under the leadership of legendary manager and pioneer Herbert Chapman and his successor Cecil Potter. Huddersfield Town also won the FA Cup and Charity Shield in 1922 and have been runners-up on four other occasions in the FA Cup. During the club's heyday in the 1920s and 1930s, on 27 February 1932 the club achieved a record attendance of 67,037 during their FA Cup 6th round tie against Arsenal at Leeds Road. This attendance has been bettered by only 13 other clubs in the history of the Football League.


After the Second World War, the club began a gradual decline, losing its First Division status in 1952. They came straight back up, but were relegated again three seasons later. Before the start of the 1969–70 season, Huddersfield Town adopted the nickname "The Terriers". They won the Second Division title that season, spending the next two seasons in the top flight. After that they moved up and down through the lower three divisions for 45 years.


In 1998, the club attracted the attention of local businessman Barry Rubery and, after protracted takeover talks, he took over the running of the club, promising significant investment as the club sought Premiership status. However, the club did not make it back to the top flight and fell two divisions. The club was sold by Rubery to David Taylor and under Taylor's ownership, slipped into administration. In the summer of 2003, the Terriers came out of administration under the new ownership of Ken Davy.


In 2010–11, Huddersfield went 43 games unbeaten, the second-highest in the league after Arsenal's 49-match run of 2003–04.


On 26 May 2012, following a penalty shoot-out in the 2012 Football League One play-off Final victory over Sheffield United, Huddersfield were promoted to the Championship. The shoot-out was the longest contested in the current League One play-offs format. After eleven rounds, the final score was 8–7 to Huddersfield, with the winning goal being scored by goalkeeper Alex Smithies.


In November 2015, German-born ex-US international David Wagner was appointed head coach, becoming the first person born outside the British Isles to manage the club in their 107-year history.


On 29 May 2017, the club successfully earned promotion to the Premier League for the first time (since the rebranding in 1992) and the English top flight for the first time since 1972, beating Reading 4–3 on penalties following a 0–0 draw after extra time in the Championship play-off Final.


On 9 May 2018, the club secured safety from relegation, earning another season in the Premier League, following a 1–1 draw against Chelsea.[1]



Badge and colours


The club spent over five years debating what colour the kit should be. It ranged from salmon pink to plain white or all-blue to white with blue yoke. Eventually in 1913, the club adopted the blue-and-white jersey that remains to this day.


The club badge is based on the coat of arms of Huddersfield. Town first used a badge on its shirts for the 1920 FA Cup Final based on the local Huddersfield Corporation coat of arms. It appeared again with a Yorkshire Rose for the 1922 FA Cup Final and again for the finals of 1928, 1930 and 1938. The club's main colours (blue and white) are evident throughout the badge both in the mantling and in the shield, in the form of stripes. Two Yorkshire White Roses and Castle Hill form part of the history of the club and the area.


Town stuck with the same principal design (blue and white stripes) until 1966, when Scottish manager Tom Johnston introduced all-blue shirts. The next badge did not feature until the 1966–67 season, when the simple "HTFC" adorned the Town's all-blue shirts.


When the club adopted the nickname "The Terriers" for the 1969–70 season, the blue and white stripes returned and with it a red terrier with the words "The Terriers", just in time for their promotion to the big time, the First Division. The terrier sits on top of the crest with a ball on a blanket of blue and white stripes. The Terriers was introduced to the badge shortly after "The Terriers" was adopted as the nickname and mascot of the club.


After relegation to the Fourth Division, Town returned to all-blue shirts with the return of Tom Johnston in 1975. This time they only lasted two seasons and the return of simply "HTFC" badge. This lasted from 1975–1977. Stripes returned from the 1977–78 season and has been the club's home kit ever since. The red Terrier returned to the shirt for the 1978–79 season. In 1980, Town adopted what remains their badge today based on the coat of arms of Huddersfield. This is both the club badge and playing shirt badge and is held in high esteem by Town fans.


In 2000, Town changed badge to a circular design, but that was never popular and following a change of board, returned to the heraldic-style badge. The badge was further redeveloped with a small but significant adaptation in February 2005. The club took the decision to remove "A.F.C." from the text leaving only the wording 'Huddersfield Town'. The current board said that this was in keeping with the time and to make merchandise easier to produce and to make slicker looking promotional material.



Stadium



  • Leeds Road (1908–1994)




Kirklees Stadium



  • Kirklees Stadium (1994–present)

    • Named "Alfred McAlpine Stadium" (1994–2004)

    • Named "Galpharm Stadium" (2004–2012)

    • Named "John Smith's Stadium" (2012–present)



Huddersfield are the only team to have played at each of the top four levels of English football at two different grounds.[2][3]



Rivals



Leeds United are considered to be the club's main rival, with Huddersfield having the better head-to-head record of the two teams. Huddersfield have won 32 of the 78 derbies between the two sides with 19 draws and 27 Leeds wins.[4] Huddersfield's other local rivals are Bradford City; this is due to both clubs having had roughly the same league status for the last couple of decades and therefore it could be argued that they are closest rivals out of the three West Yorkshire teams.


There are smaller rivalries with Barnsley, Roses rivals Oldham Athletic and formerly with near neighbours Halifax Town. Manchester City were also once considered rivals during the time that the two clubs were competing in the old First Division.



Affiliated clubs




  • England Huddersfield Town Ladies F.C.


  • England Yorkshire County Cricket Club



Sponsors



Main club sponsors and kit suppliers


The main club sponsors also have the right to have their identity on the shirts.




























































































































Season(s)
Kit supplier
Club Sponsor
1975–1979 Bukta
none
1979–1982 Barralan
1982–1984 Bukta Central Mirfield
1984–1986
Daihatsu
1986–1987 Eagle
Greenall's
1987–1989 Matchwinner  
1989–1991 Beaver
1991–1993 Gola Gola
1993–1994 Super League
Pulse (Home)
Vileda (Away)
1994–1995
Pulse (Home)
Panasonic 3DO (Away)
1995–1997
Panasonic
1997–1999
Pony
1999–2001
Mitre
2001–2002 Bloggs Prime Time Recruitment
2002–2003 VOI
2003–2005
Admiral
2005–2007
Yorkshire Building Society
2007–2009 Mitre CasinoRed
2009–2010
Yorkshire Air Ambulance (Home)
Radian B (Away)
2010–2011
Kirklees College (Home)
Radian B (Away)
2011–2012
Umbro
2012–2013
Rekorderlig (Home)
Radian B (Away)
2013–2014
Puma
2014–2015 Rekorderlig (Home)
Radian B (Away)
Covonia (3rd)
2015–2017 Pure Legal Limited (Home)
Radian B (Away)
Covonia (3rd)
2017–2018 OPE Sports (chest), PURE Legal (sleeve)
2018–present
Umbro[5]
OPE Sports (chest), Leisu Sports (sleeve)


Managers




Players





First-team squad


As of 9 August 2018[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.




























































































No.

Position
Player
1

Denmark

GK

Jonas Lössl
2

England

DF

Tommy Smith (captain)
5

Netherlands

DF

Terence Kongolo
6

England

MF

Jonathan Hogg
7

Netherlands

MF

Juninho Bacuna
8

Denmark

MF

Philip Billing
9

Democratic Republic of the Congo

FW

Elias Kachunga
10

Australia

MF

Aaron Mooy
11

France

FW

Adama Diakhaby
12

England

GK

Ben Hamer
14

Egypt

MF

Ramadan Sobhi
15

Germany

DF

Chris Löwe
17

Netherlands

MF

Rajiv van La Parra
























































































No.

Position
Player
18

Belgium

FW

Isaac Mbenza (on loan from Montpellier)
19

United States

MF

Danny Williams
20

Belgium

FW

Laurent Depoitre
21

England

MF

Alex Pritchard
23

Germany

FW

Collin Quaner
24

Benin

FW

Steve Mounié
25

Denmark

DF

Mathias Jørgensen
26

Germany

DF

Christopher Schindler
27

Slovenia

DF

Jon Gorenc Stanković
29

Germany

MF

Abdelhamid Sabiri
31

England

GK

Ryan Schofield
33

Switzerland

DF

Florent Hadergjonaj
37

Germany

DF

Erik Durm



Out on loan


Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
































No.

Position
Player
13

England

GK

Joel Coleman (on loan to Shrewsbury Town until 30 June 2019)


England

MF

Jack Payne (on loan to Bradford City until 30 June 2019)


England

MF

Lewis O'Brien (on loan to Bradford City until 30 June 2019)






















No.

Position
Player


England

MF

Regan Booty (on loan to Aldershot Town until 30 June 2019)


England

FW

Rekeil Pyke (on loan to Wrexham until 30 June 2019)



Development squad




Player achievements



Full and U-21 Internationals


Only players who gained caps while at the club included. Players who gained U21 caps are italicised.












English Football Hall of Fame members


Several 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 achieved at the very peak of the English game. To be considered for induction players/managers must be 30 years of age or older and have played/managed for at least five years in England.[7]



  • 2002 – Scotland Denis Law, Scotland Bill Shankly, Northern Ireland Peter Doherty

  • 2003 – England Herbert Chapman

  • 2008 – England Ray Wilson

  • 2010 – England Clem Stephenson



Football League 100 Legends


The Football League 100 Legends is a list of "100 legendary football players" produced by The Football League in 1998, to celebrate the 100th season of League football. Three former Huddersfield players made the list.




  • England Clem Stephenson


  • Northern Ireland Peter Doherty


  • Scotland Denis Law



Player of the Year (Hargreaves Memorial Trophy)










































































Year
Winner
1975
England Terry Dolan
1976
England Terry Gray
1977
England Kevin Johnson
1978
England Mick Butler
1979
England Alan Starling
1980
England Malcolm Brown
1981
England Mark Lillis
1982
England Mick Kennedy
1983
England David Burke
1984
England Paul Jones
1985
England David Burke
1986
Wales Joey Jones
1987
Scotland Duncan Shearer
1988
England Simon Trevitt
1989
England Steve Hardwick

 


































































Year
Winner
1990
England Lee Martin
1991
England Graham Mitchell
1992
Wales Iwan Roberts
1993
England Neil Parsley
1994
England Steve Francis
1995
England Ronnie Jepson
1996
Scotland Tom Cowan
1997
Scotland Tom Cowan
1998
England Jon Dyson
1999
Belgium Nico Vaesen
2000
England Jamie Vincent
2001
England Craig Armstrong
2002
England Leon Knight
2003
England Martin Smith
2004
England Jon Worthington

 






























































Year
Winner
2005
England Nathan Clarke
2006
England Andy Booth
2007
England David Mirfin
2008
England Andy Holdsworth
2009
England Gary Roberts
2010
England Peter Clarke
2011
England Peter Clarke
2012
Scotland Jordan Rhodes
2013
England James Vaughan
2014
England Adam Clayton
2015
England Jacob Butterfield
2016
Bermuda Nahki Wells
2017
Australia Aaron Mooy
2018
Germany Christopher Schindler



Young Player of the Year (Incomplete)



  • 2009 – England Alex Smithies

  • 2010 – England Alex Smithies

  • 2011 – Scotland Jordan Rhodes

  • 2012 – England Jack Hunt

  • 2013 – Scotland Murray Wallace

  • 2014 – England Tommy Smith

  • 2015 – England Conor Coady

  • 2016 – Denmark Philip Billing

  • 2017 – Denmark Philip Billing

  • 2018 – Switzerland Florent Hadergjonaj



PFA Team of the Year


The following have been included in the PFA Team of the Year whilst playing for Huddersfield Town:




  • 1975–76: England Geoff Hutt (Fourth Division)


  • 1976–77: England Terry Poole (Fourth Division)


  • 1979–80: England Malcolm Brown, England Ian Robins (Fourth Division)


  • 1980–81: England Malcolm Brown (Third Division)


  • 1981–82: England Malcolm Brown (Third Division)


  • 1982–83: England Malcolm Brown (Third Division)


  • 1991–92: England Simon Charlton, England Chris Marsden, Wales Iwan Roberts (Third Division)


  • 1992–93: England Simon Charlton (Division Two)


  • 1994–95: Scotland Tom Cowan, England Andy Booth (Division Two)


  • 2003–04: Nigeria Efe Sodje (Division Three)


  • 2010–11: Republic of Ireland Anthony Pilkington (League One)


  • 2011–12: England Jack Hunt, Scotland Jordan Rhodes (League One)


  • 2016–17: Australia Aaron Mooy (Championship)



League history





  • Division 2: 1910–11 – 1919–20


  • Division 1: 1920–21 – 1951–52


  • Division 2: 1952–53


  • Division 1: 1953–54 – 1955–56


  • Division 2: 1956–57 – 1969–70


  • Division 1: 1970–71 – 1971–72


  • Division 2: 1972–73


  • Division 3: 1973–74 – 1974–75


  • Division 4: 1975–76 – 1979–80


  • Division 3: 1980–81 – 1982–83


  • Division 2: 1983–84 – 1987–88


  • Division 3: 1988–89 – 1991–92


  • Division 2 (Third Tier): 1992–93 – 1994–95


  • Division 1 (Second Tier): 1995–96 – 2000–01


  • Division 2 (Third Tier): 2001–02 – 2002–03


  • Division 3 (Fourth Tier): 2003–04


  • League One (Third Tier): 2004–05 – 2011–12


  • Championship (Second Tier): 2012–13 – 2016–17


  • Premier League (First Tier): 2017–18 – 2018–19



Honours



League


First Division (top tier)




  • Champions (3): 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26

  • Runners-up: 1926–27, 1927–28, 1933–34

  • Third-place: 1922–23, 1935–36, 1953–54


Second Division (second tier)




  • Champions (1): 1969–70

  • Runners-up: 1919–20, 1952–53

  • Play-offs Winners: 2017


Third Division (third tier)



  • Promoted: 1982–83

  • Play-offs Winners: 1995, 2012


Fourth Division (fourth tier)




  • Champions (1): 1979–80

  • Play-offs Winners: 2004



Cup


FA Cup




  • Winners (1): 1922


  • Runners-up (4): 1920, 1928, 1930, 1938


Football League Cup


  • Semi-finalists: 1968

FA Charity Shield




  • Winners (1): 1922

  • Never played: 1924 (Newcastle United), 1925 (Sheffield United), 1926 (Bolton Wanderers).


Football League Trophy



  • Runners-up: 1994

  • Area finalists (2): 2002, 2011


Yorkshire Electricity Cup


  • Winners: 1994–95


International


Tournoi de Pentecôte du Red Star


  • Winners: 1921[8]


Personnel



Club officials































Chairman

Dean Hoyle
Directors
Dean Hoyle
Ann Hough
Sean Jarvis
Roger Burnley
Chief Executive

Julian Winter
Operations Director
Ann Hough
Commercial Director
Sean Jarvis
Financial Director
Darren Bryant
Lifetime

Ken Davy


Last updated: 3 March 2016
Source:Who's Who



Coaching and medical staff















































































Position
Staff
Head Coach

GermanyUnited States David Wagner
Assistant Head Coach

Germany Christoph Bühler
First Team Coach

England Andrew Hughes
Sporting Director

Germany Olaf Rebbe
Academy Manager

England Steve Weaver
Head of Academy Recruitment
Vacant
Head of Goalkeeping

England Paul Clements
Head of Strength & Conditioning

England Dan Hughes
Head of Sports Science

England John Iga
Physiotherapist

England Ian Kirkpatrick
First Team Post Match Analyst

England Chris West
First Team Opposition Analyst

Gibraltar Jansen Moreno[9]
U23 Manager

England Mark Hudson
U18 Manager

England Leigh Bromby
Assistant Academy Manager

England Graham Yates
Head of Coaching
Vacant
Academy Physiotherapist

England Jon Worthington
Player Liaison Officer

England Mark Fagan

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Last updated: 11 January 2018
Source: Who's Who




References



  • "Huddersfield Town – 75 years on – A History of Huddersfield Town" by George S. Binns

  • "Huddersfield Town – A Complete Record 1910–1990" .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
    ISBN 0-907969-64-X

  • "Huddersfield Town – Champions of England 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26" by Jim Brown (published in 2003 by Desert Island Books)



Notes





  1. ^ "Chelsea 1–1 Huddersfield Town". BBC Sport. 9 May 2018. Archived from the original on 8 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.


  2. ^ Match of the Day. 4 November 2017. 73 minutes in. BBC. BBC One HD.


  3. ^ "HUDDERSFIELD TOWN". Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.


  4. ^ "Bet on Leeds vs Huddersfield | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Archived from the original on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.


  5. ^ "Town Teams Up with Umbro for 2018/19!". Huddersfield Town A.F.C. 9 May 2018. Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.


  6. ^ "2018/19 SQUAD NUMBERS REVEALED". Huddersfield Town A.F.C. Archived from the original on 6 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.


  7. ^ "Hall of Fame – National Football Museum". National Football Museum. Archived from the original on 14 November 2007. Retrieved 16 November 2007.


  8. ^ "International Tournaments (Paris) 1904–1935". www.rsssf.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.


  9. ^ "{title}". Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.




External links



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  • Supporters Trust

  • HTAFC Patrons

  • Huddersfield Town Blog













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