Huddersfield Town is an English football club founded in 1908. The base of the team is located in the city of the same name in the county of West Yorkshire. Mentor of the team since 2015 - David Wagner. Famous trainers who worked with the Huddersfield Town team are Steve Bruce and Neil Warnock.
Stadium
The club’s home arena is called John Smith. In addition to the Huddersfield Town, a local rugby team plays in this field. The stadium was built in 1994 and was called the Makalpin. In 2004, the arena received a new name - "Gulfarm", and the current one was received in 2012.
The capacity of the stadium is 24,500 seats. The construction sponsor was Alfred McAlpine, which cost around £ 40 million.
At the time the arena was put into operation, the North and South stands were not completed. But it should be noted that in the entire history of the stadium all places have never been occupied here. The attendance record was set in February 2017, when Huddersfield Town hosted Manchester City as part of the FA Cup. 24 129 fans came to support their team in that match.
The first years of the club
2 years after the founding, the team entered the Football League. All memorable results of the club are connected precisely with the beginning of its existence.
I must say that the stability of the Huddersfield Town did not differ. As soon as the "terriers" climbed into the First Division, they immediately left it.
Premier League
If you look at the history of Huddersfield Town, you can note the season 2011-2012. It was then that the team began its journey to the Premier League. That season, the team, according to the results of the League 1 championship, was able to qualify for the playoffs, according to the results of which it won the right to get into the second division of English football.
For three years, the club could not win the coveted ticket to the Premier League. The season of 2016-2017 became special. The Terriers could not directly qualify, but in the relegation games Huddersfield managed to achieve a historic result. In the final of the playoffs of the Championship, the wards of David Wagner minimally beat Reading and became the last member of the Premier League.
The debut in the strongest league in the world was a success. In the first round, Huddersfield defeated Crystal Palace, defeating the Eagles 3-0. In the second game, the "terriers" took home "Newcastle United" and won again. After the first two rounds, Huddersfield shared first place in the championship with Manchester United.
Then the results went into decline. The team alternated draw games with defeats. In mid-October, the Huddersfield Town - Leicester City match took place. The game ended with a score of 1: 1. Then Wagner wards took off from the Football League Cup.
And in the match with Tottenham, Huddersfield Town was defeated 0-4. This defeat is the largest for the club in the championship at the moment. After playing with the Spurs, many football analysts began to predict the team’s departure from the Premier League to the Championship.
On October 21, 2017, as part of the 9th round of the English Premier League, Huddersfield hosted the Manchester United team, which is regarded by specialists as a contender for the title in the 2017-2018 season. Wagner wards made one of the main sensations of the year, beating the “Red Devils” with a score of 2: 1. This victory allowed the team to sit at the beginning of the second half of the standings and 4 points away from going to the Everton relegation zone.
Achievements
Huddersfield Town was the first team in the history of the First Division, which managed to win three titles in a row. The terriers did this in the seasons 1923-1924, 1924-1925 and 1925-1926. In 1927, 1928 and 1934 the team remained on the 2nd line, and in 1923, 1936 and 1954 - on the 3rd. In the 1969-1970 season, the Terriers won the Second Division. The club also became the winner of the Fourth Division in the 1979-1980 season.
In the FA Cup, the team also achieved success. So, in 1922, the Huddersfield Town players raised the cup over their heads, and another 4 times the team from West Yorkshire remained one step away from winning the tournament.