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Jan262026 by Terrier Spirit9 Comments

Some random thoughts about Huddersfield Town’s 1-0 victory over Bradford City

Matches, Notes

In Liam Manning’s first game as manager, we saw a team playing with the parts of the game that we’ve been badly missing for the majority of this season. Grit, fight, bravery and energy were the qualities that stood out over the 90 minutes, which gave Town the platform to then play quality football at times too. It was the sort of front-foot, aggressive football that we’d been promised under the banner of “Northern Football” even though the reality under Lee Grant was a far more tepid and sanitised version. It’s been a struggle to find time to do writeups about Huddersfield Town recently, so this article is a bit of an experiment. Here are my random thoughts on Town’s brilliant 1-0 victory over Bradford City. How the game unfolded Town made a brilliant, positive start w...

Sep152025 by Terrier Spirit12 Comments

Insufferable “banter”, the Harlem Globetrotters problem, terrible goals conceded and Kane’s corners – Notes on Huddersfield Town’s dismal defeat to Bradford City

Matches, Notes

I tried to leave it a bit longer than usual to do an in depth write up of Huddersfield Town’s 3-1 defeat to Bradford, in the hope that giving it time to settle might make it not seem quite such a bad defeat. That’s not helped though and I think this was the most embarrassing defeat I’ve seen Town fall to since the FA Cup exit to Tamworth, after we couldn’t cope with Tommy Tonks’ long throws. It’s rare that Town defeats bother me too much, there have been enough of them over the years to help me get used to the feeling. This defeat did hurt though, as we failed to show up for a game against one of our biggest rivals. I’d have accepted being outplayed on the day (which we were) but the way we were out fought and out thought was terribly bad. After spending months buil...

Sep142025 by Terrier Spirit7 Comments

“Unacceptable” – Player ratings for Huddersfield Town’s disastrous defeat to Bradford City

Matches, Player ratings

Huddersfield Town suffered a humiliating 3-1 defeat against local rivals, Bradford City. After a positive start to the game, Town’s defence had a collective meltdown for three soft goals before half time. While Town pulled one back after making a raft of changes and getting on the front foot, the game was never really a contest after Bradford scored their third. The defeat felt like a collective failure as much as any significant individual being to blame, even though there were plenty of individuals to blame too. Nicholls - 5 out of 10 I’d have liked to have seen him do a bit better with at least one of their goals, particularly the third, where he waited too long to commit to a save. Some of his passing out from the back put us under too much pressure and let Bradfor...

Sep122025 by Terrier Spirit1 Comment

Predicted Huddersfield Town XI to take on Bradford City

Matches, Predicted lineups

Huddersfield Town renew their rivalry with Bradford City on Saturday lunchtime after over a decade since they last met. Even putting aside the fact this is a local derby, it's third playing fifth in the League One table, so it's a game where two of the better teams in the league face off against each other. Town will need to be at their best to get something from this game and that means picking the right team to start the game. In recent weeks, it’s been the strength of our bench that has helped us out in games but I’m hoping for the initial selection to be a bit better in this game to reduce the need to be bailed out by the subs. Here’s how I think we’ll line up… Goalkeeper - Nicholls Owen Goodman has another couple of games left on his ban, so it’s Lee Nicholls ...

Sep122025 by Terrier Spirit5 Comments

Cringey social media, first half issues, Grant’s selection headaches and a feisty match – Talking points for Huddersfield Town’s game against Bradford City

Matches, Talking points

Huddersfield Town make the short trip to Valley Parade to take on Bradford City on Saturday lunchtime to renew their local rivalry. These two teams haven’t played against each other in 12 years and it’s 17 years since we played in the same league as them. Bradford City have spent a long time in the doldrums and as a result there are a generation of Huddersfield Town fans that haven’t seen these two rivals on the pitch together. Both teams find themselves at the upper end of the table after each has had a decent start to the season. Town are a point ahead of Bradford as it stands, so whoever wins this game will be above the other in the table as well as having local bragging rights. Here are a few of the talking points ahead of this game… Will it be a feisty encounter? ...