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The Opposition

Having sealed promotion from League Two through the play-offs in May 2004, the Terriers missed out on the League One play-offs the following season by only a single point. In the 2005/6 season they went one better, but missed out on promotion having been beaten in the play-off semi-finals by eventual winners Barnsley, 3-2 on aggregate. Manager Peter Jackson was sacked in March of last season after some controversial and well publicised disagreements with the board, including declining an offer of cash to spend on players. It was a 5-1 thrashing at Nottingham Forest that sealed his fate, with the board being quoted as saying ’It was due to our form and inability to attract key players.’ Only a short time before being given the sack, Jackson had of course led them to promotion. New boss Andy Ritchie led the team to 7 points from a possible 12 in the final games of the season, the Terriers finished in 15th position on 49 points, having finished 7th and 4th in the previous seasons.

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Head to Head

Town have had slightly the better of Huddersfield in the past, winning 29 of the 74 meetings between the two sides. There have been 22 draws, with the Terriers winning on 23 occasions. Town have only won 2 of the last 8 meetings, but are unbeaten in the previous 3.

P 74 W 29 D 22 L 23 F 105 A 94

Huddersfield Head-to-Head (33rd on The Opposition Ladder)

Last Meeting

Huddersfield 0-0 Grimsby (Tuesday 6th March 2001)

Town keeper Danny Coyne earned Town a point on a chilly March evening 6 years ago, he made saves to foil Terriers strikers Martin Smith and Kevin Gallen on a number of occasions. Town had chances of their own however, with Daryl Clare missing two clear-cut chances, but Martin Smith headed wide in the dying seconds from a Simon Baldry cross.

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