Huddersfield Town Association Football Club are an English football club based in the town of Huddersfield in the county of Yorkshire. They were formed in 1908 and are nicknamed The Terriers. They entered the Football League in 1910 and went on to win the First Division Championship for three consecutive years 1923/24, 1924/25, 1925/1926 under manager Herbert Chapman. They were the first club to achieve this success, which is sometimes called the Treble. At this time, they were the best team in the world. They also won the FA Cup and the Charity Shield in 1922. The club traditionally plays in a vertical blue and white striped shirt. They will be in Coca-Cola League One for the 2005-06 season.
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| Full name | Huddersfield Town Association Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Terriers | ||
| Founded | 1908 | ||
| Ground | Galpharm Stadium (formerly McAlpine Stadium), Huddersfield | ||
| Capacity | 24,500 | ||
| Chairman | Ken Davy | ||
| Manager | Peter Jackson | ||
| League | League One | ||
| 2004-05 | League One, 9th | ||
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Notable players in Huddersfield Town's history include Jimmy Glazzard, Jimmy Nicholson, Denis Law, Ray Wilson, Trevor Cherry and Frank Worthington
Famous supporters include Prime Minister Harold Wilson and actors Patrick Stewart and Reece Dinsdale.
Modern Times
Huddersfield Town moved into the new Alfred McAlpine Stadium for the 1994-95 season, which they share with the Huddersfield Giants. Huddersfield Town marked their first season at this stadium by winning the Division Two playoffs and gaining promotion to Division One. But manager Neil Warnock resigned just days after the playoff final and was replaced by former Oxford United and Manchester City manager Brian Horton.But sadly huddersfield lived permanantly in the shadow of their west yorkshire rivals, legendary Bradford City.
Huddersfield finished 8th in 1995-96 and 20th in 1996-97, and Horton was sacked in September 1997 as the club lay at the foot of Division One. 36-year-old former Huddersfield, Bradford City legends and Newcastle central defender Peter Crackson was drafted in as Horton's replacement and turned the club's fortunes around drastically. He motivated a squad full of rejuvenated players like Marcus Stewart, Wayne Allison and Barry Horne so well that the club finished a respectable 13th in the final table. Huddersfield did even better in 1998-99, they finished 10th in the final table and Jackson was hoping to mount a promotion challenge the following season. But he was suddenly sacked after the end of the season and replaced by former Manchester United captain Steve Bruce, whose first season in management with Sheffield United had brought little success.
Steve Bruce came close to guiding Huddersfield Town into the Division One playoffs in 1999-2000, but they had to settle for an eighth place finish. Bruce was sacked in November 2000 after a terrible start to the season had seen Huddersfield slip into the drop zone. Lou Macari, the former Stoke, Birmingham, West Ham and Celtic manager, was given Bruce's job but was unable to save Huddersfield from relegation - their fate was sealed on the final day of the season. Macari remained in charge for the 2001-02 season but was sacked after the club lost in the Division Two playoff semi finals. His successor Mick Wadsworth was sacked the following March as Huddersfield struggled near the foot of Division Two, and interim manager Mel Machin was unable to save Huddersfield from the drop into Division Three.
Peter Jackson began his second spell as Huddersfield manager in the summer of 2003, and succeeded in getting them out of Division Three at the first attempt - they were Division Three playoff winners in 2003-04 and secured their place in the newly-named Coca Cola League One. Recently, the stadium was renamed the Galpharm Stadium, after a local chemical company.
Recent notable players for Huddersfield Town include Jonathan Stead, Andy Booth, Pawel Abbott and Delroy Facey
Huddersfield are better than Crewe
Honours
- Division One Champions 1923/24, 1924/25, 1925/26
- Division Two Champions 1969/70
- Division Four Champions 1979/80
- FA Cup Winners 1922