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HUDDERSFIELD TOWN (FORM GUIDE LAST 3 MATCHES MAX 15 POINTS TOWN 5)

Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Founded on 15 August 1908, it entered the Football League in 1910. The team currently compete in the Championship, the second tier of English football.

Huddersfield became the first English club to win three successive English league titles in 1925–26. The first two league titles were won under manager and pioneer Herbert Chapman, who also led the team to an FA Cup win in 1922. They have been runners-up in the First Division thrice, and FA Cup runners-up four times. Town were the second team, after Blackpool, to have won all three divisional play-offs.

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. They were relegated back to the Championship in 2019.

The team have played home games at the Kirklees Stadium since 1994, which replaced their former home of Leeds Road. The club colours of blue and white stripes were adopted in 1916. Their nickname "The Terriers" was taken in 1969. Huddersfield's current emblem is based on the town's coat of arms. The team have a long-standing rivalry with local clubs Bradford City and Leeds United, with whom they contest the West Yorkshire derby.

LAST TIME OUT

BIRMINGHAM CITY 0 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 3



Good win for the Yorkshire side last night, much needed as they have been flirting close to the relegation zone since the return. A poor performance against the Pies at home which they lost followed by a defeat against Forest put a bit of pressure on the Cowley brothers however last night will have given them a boost was impressed with O'Brien last Sunday and youngster Smith-Rowe looked good in the time he was on the pitch.
Bacuna will be a miss following his old fashioned hack at a Forest player last Sunday however the danger man is Grant, only came on towards the end at Deepdale looked a handful.
If memory serves me right have conceded three on our previous three appearances in this part of Yorkshire

LAST MEETING

PRESTON NORTH END 3 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 1



US FORM RATING 2

Rapidly getting towards last chance saloon in regards to the play offs, season seems to have tailed off since we hit top spot at Charlton

LAST TIME OUT

PRESTON NORTH END 0 WAYNE ROONEY 1



Our inability to crreate anything has been a bug bear in the last two matches usually leaving it to the last ten minutes to actually have a go.
Team wise have zero idea why Harrop does not start would like to know if Tom Bayliss and Jordan Storey are actually still alive.

This one may a be a bit tetchy on the side as Neil was not overly impressed by the antics of Danny Cowley, lose this and the good news is we will only have 18 days until the end of the season

Good news pubs are open on Saturday may need a social distancing gallon of ale to get through this one.

Finally here's a goal over Town that won us the cup



THE MAN IN THE MIDDLE

Darren Bond will take charge of a Lilywhites game for the first time since the Boxing Day draw with Leeds United, when he referee’s Saturday’s trip to another West Yorkshire side in Huddersfield Town.

Prior to the clash with the Peacocks, Darren had not taken charge of a North End game since 1st February 2019, when the game with Derby County ended goalless at Deepdale.

This will also be the Lancashire referee’s second Terriers clash of the season, having officiated their 2-2 draw with Blackburn in the first half of the season, but this is his first trip to the John Smith’s Stadium in 2019/20.

Last season, the Derby game was his second PNE game of the 2018/19 campaign, his first being the home clash with Reading back in mid-September.



The previous year Darren took charge of three PNE games. He was the match official in the club’s home draw against Millwall in September, our 2-1 win at Bristol City back in November 2017 and the 2-0 victory over Sunderland up at the Stadium of Light in March.

This will be his 29th game of this season, having issued 98 yellow cards and two reds in the 28 games so far refereed, his last being Nottingham Forest’s 1-0 home win over Bristol City on Wednesday night.

Although he had done numerous friendlies and other games involving Preston North End, the 2016/17 season was the first time the experienced official took charge of competitive fixtures involving the club, as he refereed the two home 1-1 draws with Burton Albion and Nottingham Forest.

The referee will be assisted by Steven Meredith and Nick Greenhalgh, with experienced referee Andy Haines as the fourth official.

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