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Huddersfield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into the similar-sized Colne is to the south of the town centre which then flows into the Calder in the north eastern outskirts of the town.
Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. They compete in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system.
Kirklees Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England. Since 1994, it has been the home ground of football club Huddersfield Town and rugby league club Huddersfield Giants, both of whom moved from Leeds Road.
David Wagner is a professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of EFL Championship club Norwich City.
Anthony Gerrard is a former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He made over 500 professional appearances in a career spent mainly in the English Football League, notably at Walsall where he won the 2006-07 League Two title and at Cardiff City where he was on the losing side as he faced his cousin Steven Gerrard's Liverpool side in the 2012 Football League Cup Final. He began his career at the Everton Academy but failed to break into their senior side.
The 1928 FA Cup final was contested by Blackburn Rovers and Huddersfield Town at Wembley Stadium. Blackburn won 3–1, with goals from Jack Roscamp (2) and Tommy McLean. Alex Jackson scored Huddersfield's goal, making this the first final in 18 years where both teams scored. It would be the last major trophy that Blackburn Rovers would win for the next 67 years, their next major honour being the FA Premier League title in 1995.
The 1930 FA Cup final was a football match contested by Arsenal and Huddersfield Town at Wembley Stadium on 26 April 1930. It was the final match of the 1929–30 FA Cup, the 55th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition, the FA Cup.
Jordan Luke Rhodes is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL League One club Blackpool. Born in England, he represented the Scotland national team.
Leeds Road was a football stadium in Huddersfield, England. It operated from its construction in 1908 until the Kirklees Stadium was opened nearby for the 1994–95 season. It was the home of Huddersfield Town A.F.C. from 1908 to 1994 and was also the base for Huddersfield RLFC from 1992 to 1994.
Jack Paul Hunt is an English professional footballer who plays for EFL League One club Bristol Rovers. Though primarily a right back, Hunt can also play on the right of midfield.
Christopher Wolfgang Georg August Schindler is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. After beginning his career with 1860 Munich, he moved to English club Huddersfield Town in 2016, with whom he secured promotion to the Premier League. He joined Nürnberg in 2021 and has also played for Germany's U21s.
The 2011–12 campaign was Huddersfield Town's eighth consecutive season in the third tier of English football. After losing to Peterborough United in the play-off final the previous season, Town hoped to avoid the play-offs and push for automatic promotion this season.
Huddersfield Town Women Football Club is an English women's football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. The team play their homes matches at the Stafflex Arena. They compete in the FA Women's National League Division One North and are affiliated to the professional men's club Huddersfield Town. They were previously known as Huddersfield Town Ladies, but changed to Huddersfield Town Women in 2019.
The 2012 Football League One play-off final was an association football match which was played on 26 May 2012 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Huddersfield Town and Sheffield United to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from Football League One to the Football League Championship. The top two teams of the 2011–12 Football League One season, Charlton Athletic and Sheffield Wednesday, gained automatic promotion to the Championship, while the teams placed from third to sixth position in the table took part in play-offs. The winners of the play-off semi-finals competed for the final place for the 2012–13 season in the Championship.
The 2012–13 campaign was Huddersfield Town's first season back in the second tier of English football, since the 2000–01 season.
The 2014–15 campaign was Huddersfield Town's third consecutive season in the second tier of English football, the Football League Championship.
Matt Davidson Rider Crooks is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake.
The 2016–17 season is Huddersfield Town's fifth consecutive season in the Championship and 108th year in existence. Along with competing in the Championship, the club participated in the FA Cup and League Cup.
The 2017 EFL Championship play-off final was an association football match that was played on 29 May 2017 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Huddersfield Town and Reading. The match determined the third and final team to gain promotion from the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football, to the Premier League. The top two teams of the 2016–17 EFL Championship season gained automatic promotion to the Premier League, while the teams placed from third to sixth place in the table partook in play-off semi-finals; Reading finished in third place while Huddersfield ended the season in fifth position. The winners of these ties competed for the final place for the 2017–18 season in the Premier League. Sheffield Wednesday and Fulham were the losing semi-finalists. Winning the play-off final was estimated to be worth £170 million through sponsorship and television deals to the successful team.
The 2018–19 season is Huddersfield Town's 110th year in existence and second season in the Premier League following promotion via the 2017 Championship play-off final. The club has finished their FA Cup and EFL Cup campaigns. They suffered the joint-earliest relegation to the Championship since Derby County in 2008 after a 2–0 defeat to Crystal Palace on 30 March 2019.
References
- 99 Years & Counting – Stats & Stories. Huddersfield Town A.F.C. 18 October 2007. ISBN 978-0-9557281-0-5.
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