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May282026 by Terrier Spirit7 Comments

Why I’m Warming to Huddersfield Town’s Appointment of Martin Drury

News, Opinion

Huddersfield Town have announced Martin Drury as their new head coach, following Liam Manning's recent departure from the club. After overseeing the last seven games of the season as a caretaker management duo with Jon Stead, Drury now takes the reins full time with Stead his assistant. While Drury doesn't have vast experience as a head coach, he did impress with the style of play and straight talking media work when he was caretaker. While the results weren't quite what we needed during that spell, it was the kind of football that we've been promised by previous managers but haven't consistently seen. I wrote about our vacancy last week and said that I would prefer Town to appoint someone with more experience but now the job has been given to Drury, I'm willing to get be...

May182026 by Terrier Spirit25 Comments

Who will be the next Huddersfield Town manager?

News, Opinion

Liam Manning's permanent departure from Huddersfield Town was confirmed last week. Few will have been surprised to hear he wasn't coming back, given the short break he took to address what is clearly a long-term issue. Every sympathy should be extended to Manning and I wish him well for his future but it also sends Huddersfield Town back to the drawing board and having to pick yet another manager. It's tempting to say we've got to get this decision right. But we said that before Lee Grant was appointed. And before Michael Duff and all the other failed coaches that have quickly been in and out of the door. So while it feels like we've got to get this decision right, recent history suggests we may well get it wrong anyway. Thoughts on Manning's departure I really feel for Mannin...

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...

May92025 by Terrier Spirit6 Comments

Will David Wagner return to Huddersfield Town?

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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...

Aug152024 by Terrier Spirit15 Comments

Hudderfield Town pre-Stevenage press conference summary – Michael Duff & Brodie Spencer’s comments

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Brodie Spencer and Michael Duff faced the press pack in advance of Town's first home game of their League One campaign against Stevenage on Saturday afternoon. As the club only publish their pre-match press conferences in video format, I thought I'd experiment with summarising the main things discussed in bullet points. Obviously you'd really need to watch the full press conference if you want to hear everything said but I thought a quick and easily digestible summary might be helpful to some fans. Let me know in the comments if this is the kind of thing you'd like to see more of. Brodie Spencer's comments: Spencer thinks he could have done better in the first game but acknowledges he's adjusting to a new position. Duff wants positivity and fight from his players. Th...

Aug12024 by Terrier Spirit10 Comments

Overthinking Huddersfield Town’s squad numbers – who might leave, the new leadership group and theories about what the numbers might mean

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Huddersfield Town announced their squad numbers for the 24/25 season yesterday and if you’re the kind of person who likes to scrutinise lists of numbers and names to try and find hidden meanings then this sort of thing will be right up your street. Obviously, squad numbers are relatively meaningless these days but then again, it was probably fairly significant to the handful of players that didn't receive a squad number at all. There was also some information about a new leadership group for the coming season which provided some hints at some players that maybe aren't expected to be around for much longer. So I'll speculate about that stuff too. Shirt numbers and leadership group for Huddersfield Town 24/25 Here are this season's squad numbers: 1 - Lee Nicholls 2...

Jun292024 by Terrier Spirit7 Comments

Alfie May… or may not sign, training returns, Sorba’s narrative, home kit, first friendly & Kev’s gesture – A Hudersfield Town roundup

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The bit after the season ends and before the next season starts is always a slow period for Town related stuff. But now we're entering into preseason the trickle of Town news is now starting to accelerate. So to celebrate, I thought I'd do an article to summarise my thoughts on the recent Town-related goings on. There isn't really a theme to all this stuff, it's just everything that I've nearly, but not quite written a dedicated article about in the last week or two. Now we're into preseason and the transfer market is hotting up so there should be more to write about in the coming weeks. But for now, here's my roundup of all the recent Huddersfield Town news. Alfie May… or may not sign for Town I had a whole section written about Alfie May's potential transfer being up in th...

May312024 by Terrier Spirit12 Comments

Are Huddersfield Town already over the limit of League One’s squad size rules?

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Following Huddersfield Town's relegation, they will now have to submit to League One's rules about squad sizes, meaning they will need to name a squad with a maximum of 22 players. This doesn't sound very many, and looking at the players still under contract on Town's retained list, we've well over this number - 28 in fact. Should we be panicking and having a fire sale of players? Obviously not, particularly as there will be plenty of comings and goings before the end of the season and not all of those 28 players are included in the 22-player limit. But I thought it would be interesting to take a look at League One's squad size rules in detail and see how they might affect Huddersfield Town. I suspect they may have an impact on decision-making for transfers, loans and contracts - parti...

May132024 by Terrier Spirit11 Comments

Who are the favourites to be the next Huddersfield Town manager?

News, Transfers

Andre Brietenreiter has deemed League One beneath a coach of his abilities, despite the fact he signed a two and a half year contract with a team hovering precariously about the relegation zone to League One, then could only manage two victories in 13 games in charge. I'm glad the German has left now and given us time to achieve a fresh start but it seems a bit rich that he's walking away because he thinks he's too good for the level the club is playing at, when he had a part in us ending up at that level (though obviously there are many, many other factors in Town's relegation). Breitenreiter walking away from Town after guiding them to League One feels a lot like someone soiling their own bed and then complaining about the smell. So you can probably sense that I'm not too disapp...