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Jul52025 by Terrier Spirit16 Comments

Who was missing from the Huddersfield Town training video?

Opinion

There isn't a friendly for a few days and the transfer rumour mill isn't churning out much about Huddersfield Town. So with nothing better to do with my time, I've gone through Huddersfield Town’s latest training video and noted down who was there and who wasn't. You may ask why on Earth I would do this. But if you're reading this then it means you've clicked this article and must be vaguely curious. Though, in reality, I think almost nobody reads these intro paragraphs and most skip to the main content. However, articles look weird without this intro section so I'll keep adding a paragraph or two at the start for those that like to be eased in gently. Some unexpected faces were training in the video Before I get to the people that didn't feature in the video, it...

Jun302025 by Terrier Spirit5 Comments

A new hope and familiar problems – Notes on Huddersfield Town’s 3-1 friendly defeat to Emley

Matches, Opinion

It’s an established fact of preseason friendlies that results don’t matter if you lose but are a very good sign if you win. So, working off that system, Town’s 3-1 defeat to Emley is meaningless other than it providing a good workout for the many, many players involved. Also, the scoreline is genuinely a bit misleading if you didn’t catch the game, as the three Emley goals all came in the final half an hour, when the first team had finished and the academy lads were given a run out. The fact the first team could only put one goal past Emley in the first hour of the game isn’t great but it’s nothing to be too worried about at this stage. With the players only being back in training a week, it’s unlikely this style of play is anywhere close to where Lee Grant wants to get this team....

Jun242025 by Terrier Spirit11 Comments

How to ruin a Huddersfield Town home shirt

Opinion

Snowflakes all look pretty much the same until you inspect them and realise they're all unique. Huddersfield Town shirts work the same way. Blue and white stripes. It should be easy, but looking back over the history of Huddersfield Town home shirts since 1990, there are some common failures that have occurred when trying to get the home shirt right. In this article, I'm going to dig into the various ways that previous kit manufacturers have made a mess of our home kit. With Town likely to announce our new Castore-made shirt in the next few days, this article will hopefully make it easier to assess whether they've avoided the mistakes of the past. (Obviously, this article is all my own opinion and other fans will have their own ideas about what makes a good Town home kit. On most sub...

Jun92025 by Terrier Spirit3 Comments

Huddersfield Town transfer rumour roundup

News, Opinion, Transfers

If you want the latest, freshest Huddersfield Town transfer stories from someone with the inside track at the club then… look away now. If you want a compilation of wild speculation and unverified claptrap, read on. With expectations set suitably low, here's a collection of all the stories flying around the internet. Most will probably not come to pass but just as a stopped clock is right twice a day, there may be some truth in one or two. Feeling Low(e)? Let's start with a two-for-one rumour as Joe Low and Nathan Lowe are both linked with moves to Town. The spelling of their surnames confirms there's no family connection but you can pretend they're brothers if you like. Joe Low is an out-of-contract central defender from Wycombe and is sought after by a host of League...

Jun42025 by Terrier Spirit9 Comments

Transfer rumour roundup, Northern Football, two new signings and preseason details – The latest Huddersfield Town goings on

News, Opinion, Player profiles, Transfers

After weeks and weeks of very little happening with Huddersfield Town, there has been a flurry of activity in the last week or so. To avoid clogging up people’s feeds with umpteen separate articles, I’ve decided to do a roundup of all these goings on in one post. In this article you can read about Northern Football, Town’s two new boys, season card sales, various transfer rumours and details of the upcoming preseason. Enjoy! Du, du, du, du, Northern football! Have you ever heard someone tell a joke and it gets huge laughs and then when you try the same joke out on a different group it goes down like a poo in a swimming pool? Well, that’s more or less what happened to Kevin Nagle last week. Nagle was the subject of light ridicule last week when he talked with Oggy on Radio Leed...

May302025 by Terrier Spirit4 Comments

Fragile hope – Thoughts on Lee Grant as Huddersfield Town manager

Opinion, Tactics

Huddersfield Town have announced Lee Grant as their new manager. He's a former goalkeeper who has been the attacking coach at Ipswich during their rise from League One to the Premier League with back-to-back promotions (and then relegation from the Premier League but I don't think that was his fault). He has no management experience but is apparently highly rated and has been waiting for the right job before jumping from coaching to being in charge. His interview on the club's social media was impressive and he handled himself well in his first press conference. He seems intelligent and articulate, which are not attributes you find a lot of in football. Though how his team performs on the pitch matters a lot more than how he handles himself in front of a camera. Here are ...

May92025 by Terrier Spirit6 Comments

Will David Wagner return to Huddersfield Town?

News, Opinion

The rumours of David Wagner’s return to Huddersfield Town have been intensifying lately. As well as “in the know” posters on the Down at the Mac forum confirming the club’s interest in a reunion, there has also been a story on Talk Sport's website. Though, in fairness, I’m almost certain some journalists consider wild speculation on fan forums to be reliable sources, so who knows? It seems fairly likely that Town have put feelers out to Wagner or his agent but there has been little in the way of confirmation that he’s interested in a return. With recent stories linking Wagner to vacancies at LA Galaxy and Southampton, it’s possible that someone is putting his name forward for any and all plausible job openings to try and get him some work. Arguably, life in Los Angeles or managing...

May62025 by Terrier Spirit7 Comments

Huddersfield Town’s season ends with a whimper ahead of a summer of change

Matches

At least the weather was nice Huddersfield Town’s end-of-season collapse was brought to its conclusion on Saturday with a 4-1 defeat to Leyton Orient on Saturday. While Leyton Orient weren’t exactly world beaters, they were organised, fit and effective. They played like a team and actually cared about the outcome of the game. Town were the opposite. Despite having the better players on paper, there was only ever going to be one winner of this game. It’s a shame that Jonathan Hogg ended his Town career at this point, with this squad of players, after 12 years of loyal and dedicated service. The team on the pitch had very few of the attributes that Jonathan Hogg has displayed over his Town career, the passsion, work rate, aggression and discipline were absent from a team of players tha...

Apr162025 by Terrier Spirit34 Comments

What is going wrong at Huddersfield Town? 7 areas where the club is failing

Opinion

I was going to do a write up about the 3-0 capitulation to Burton Albion on Saturday but the performance was so bad that it defies analysis. Burton is famous for brewing huge quantities of beer and the only plausible explanation for Town's performance would be them spending the morning getting sloshed in the nearby brewery. Only that doesn't seem plausible, as someone at the club have had to organise a booze up at a brewery - which based on recent evidence we are incapable of doing even this. Town were disgusting to watch, literally. I felt sickened by the half-hearted slop that the team collectively served up. If you have any doubts about how bad Town are right now, watch the second goal on the highlights below. https://youtu.be/WP4wzBXFy3s?si=M2mtjsaP3h026xPZ Instead of ...

Apr112025 by Terrier Spirit4 Comments

Never tell me the odds! Huddersfield Town’s playoff hopes dwindle after 1-0 defeat to Wycombe Wanderers

Matches

Huddersfield Town lost by a single goal to Wycombe on Tuesdays night, as Udoh’s goal was enough to separate the two teams. While the result was terrible for Town's promotion prospects, there were signs of improvement. Too little, too late, but it was still pleasing to see the team looking more coherent even if some familiar problems prevented us from getting anything from the game. With Town now four points and two league positions away from sixth place, it looks very hard for us to close this gap on the two teams above us. Particularly as both Bolton and Reading have relatively kind run-ins. Mistakes and lack of cutting edge cost Town again Despite Wycombe being one of the best attacking teams in League One this season, the game was settled by a goal that came from a defens...