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2001–02 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. Season
Huddersfield Town's 2001–02 campaign was their first competitive campaign in the third tier since the 1994–95 in English football, 1994–95 season. Huddersfield finished 6th that season, before losing in the play-offs to 3rd place Brentford F.C., Brentford, who Town beat in the play-off semi-finals in the 1994–95 season. Squad at the start of the season Review Lou Macari, Macari remained in charge for 2001–02 in English football, the 2001–02 season. At the start of the season he sold Chris Lucketti to Preston North End F.C., Preston North End in a £750,000 deal, after 76 appearances for Town. Macari promoted the then 18-year-old Nathan Clarke (English footballer), Nathan Clarke to the first team, who would go on to be a mainstay at the heart of the Terriers defence. Huddersfield had a good start to the season, with the exception of the Worthington Cup loss to Rochdale A.F.C., Rochdale. They continued a steady progress up the table and Lou Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into the similar-sized Colne to the south of the town centre which then flows into the Calder in the north eastern outskirts of the town. The rivers around the town provided soft water required for textile treatment in large weaving sheds, this made it a prominent mill town with an economic boom in the early part of the Victorian era Industrial Revolution. The town centre has much neoclassical Victorian architecture, one example is which is a Grade I listed building – described by John Betjeman as "the most splendid station façade in England" – and won the Europa Nostra award for architecture. It hosts the University of Huddersfield and three colleges: Greenhead College, Kirklees College and Huddersfield New College. The town is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994–95 In English Football
The 1994–95 season was the 115th season of competitive football in England. Overview Premiership Blackburn Rovers ended their 81-year wait for the league title thanks to the strike partnership of Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton which scored a total of more than 50 league goals. Manchester United would have made it three league titles in a row if they had been able to turn a 1–1 draw with West Ham United into a win on the final day of the season. Newly promoted Nottingham Forest finished third and qualified for the UEFA Cup along with fourth placed Liverpool (also League Cup winners) and fifth placed Leeds United. After this season the Premier League would be reduced to 20 clubs, so there would be four relegation places this time round. They were occupied by Crystal Palace, Norwich City (who had finished third two seasons earlier), Leicester City and Ipswich Town. Division One The streamlining of the Premier League meant that just two clubs would be promoted from Division One ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Heary
Thomas Heary (born 14 February 1979 in Dublin) is an Irish football player, who last played for Limerick. He is the younger brother of Owen Heary, Bohemians player and club captain. Career Huddersfield Town Heary signed for Huddersfield Town as a youth in 1995. He made his senior debut the following September in a First Division match, coming off the bench late on to replace Sam Collins in his team's 1–0 home victory against Reading. During the remainder of the 1996/97 season, Heary made five further appearances as the Terriers avoided relegation. Between the start of the 1997/98 and the end of the 1999/2000 season, Heary made just eight further appearances in all competitions. One of Heary's better seasons for Huddersfield was to come in the 2000/01 season. He made 31 appearances in all competitions but was unable to help save the club from relegation to the Second Division. The following season, Heary made 43 appearances in all competitions of the 2001/02 camp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Hay
Christopher Drummond Hay (born 28 August 1974) is a Scottish former professional footballer. He played as a striker for Celtic, Swindon Town, Huddersfield Town, St Johnstone and Stirling Albion. Hay began his professional career at Celtic in 1993, but only managed to make 26 league appearances in four years. He joined English club Swindon Town in 1997, and in just under a century of league appearances he scored 32 goals. In 2000, Hay moved to Huddersfield Town and spent two less successful seasons at the McAlpine Stadium. Hay returned to Scotland in 2002 with Billy Stark's St Johnstone. He was Saints' top scorer in his first season, notching nine league goals. He went on to make 70 league appearances for the Perth club before joining Stirling Albion in 2005. He scored a hat-trick against Forfar Athletic on 3 December 2005. External links *After Hay's release by Stirling, Soccerbase linked to his namesake Paul Hay Paul Hay (born 14 November 1980 in Glasgow, Scotland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Baldry
Simon Jonathon Baldry (born 12 February 1976) is an English retired professional footballer who played in the Football League for Huddersfield Town, Bury and Notts County. Career Huddersfield Town Simon Baldry was a youth player who came through the Huddersfield Town Centre of Excellence system. He was also a well known player at amateur clubs Stile Common and Deighton, before signing a professional contract with Huddersfield Town in 1994 at the age of 17. He would spend the next 9 years at the club before leaving in May 2003. While playing for Huddersfield he won numerous footballing awards including Player of the Year Award and the Pontins Holidays League Player of the Year Award. He also scored one of the most valuable goals in the club's history and became well known for his physical strength, pace and skills on the football field. The same year that he signed his first professional contract with Huddersfield, Baldry became the youngest footballer in the club's histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delroy Facey
Delroy Michael Facey (born 22 April 1980) is a British-Grenada, Grenadian former professional association football, footballer who played as a striker (association football), striker. Facey played for Huddersfield Town A.F.C., Huddersfield Town, Bolton Wanderers F.C., Bolton Wanderers, Bradford City A.F.C., Bradford City, Burnley F.C., Burnley, West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Bromwich Albion, Hull City A.F.C., Hull City, Oldham Athletic A.F.C., Oldham Athletic, Tranmere Rovers F.C., Tranmere Rovers, Rotherham United F.C., Rotherham United, Gillingham F.C., Gillingham, Wycombe Wanderers F.C., Wycombe Wanderers, Notts County F.C., Notts County, Lincoln City F.C., Lincoln City, Hereford United and Albion Sports A.F.C., Albion Sports. In April 2015, Facey was jailed for two-and-a-half years for Match fixing in association football, match fixing. Football career Huddersfield Town Born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, Facey began his career at Huddersfield Town A.F.C., Hudder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martyn Margetson
Martyn Walter Margetson (born 8 September 1971) is a Welsh football coach and former professional footballer who is a goalkeeping coach for the England national team and Swansea City. A youth player at Manchester City, where he went on to appear over 50 times, he spent time on loan at Bristol Rovers, Bolton Wanderers and Luton Town before moving to Southend United on a permanent basis in 1998 where he remained for one season, joining Huddersfield Town in 1999. After signing for Cardiff City in 2002, he went on to win his first and only cap for Wales in a friendly with Canada in May 2004. He retired from playing at the end of the 2006–07 season, becoming a full-time goalkeeper coach at Cardiff City. He has since had similar roles at West Ham United, Wales, Crystal Palace and Swansea City. Career Manchester City Margetson began his career with Manchester City, signing as a YTS trainee at the age of 18 where he featured largely as understudy during a downturn in the club's fortu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Gray (footballer)
Kevin John Gray (born 7 January 1972) is an English former footballer, who played as a defender in the Football League for Mansfield Town, Huddersfield Town, Stockport County (on loan), Tranmere Rovers, Carlisle United and Chesterfield. Football career He started his career at Mansfield Town signing as a trainee in July 1990 and had a successful four-year period at Mansfield. In 1994 Gray joined Huddersfield Town at the newly built Galpharm Stadium and played there for eight years and played just under 300 games for Huddersfield and he played one game on loan at Stockport County in 2000. While at Huddersfield, Gray tackled Bradford City striker Gordon Watson in February 1997, the sliding tackle broke Watson's leg in two places and left his career in tatters. Out injured for 16 months, Watson was never the same player. Watson successfully sued Gray for negligence and was awarded £50,000 in interim damages. as well as a latter £900,000, the bulk of which was to com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clyde Wijnhard
Clyde Wijnhard (born 1 November 1973) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Paramaribo, Suriname, Wijnhard started his career in the Netherlands with AFC Ajax, and had spells with FC Groningen, RKC Waalwijk and Willem II before joining Premier League club Leeds United for a £1.5 million fee in 1998. He joined Huddersfield Town in 1999 but suffered a near-fatal car accident the following year. He joined Preston North End and later had spells with Oldham Athletic, Beira-Mar, Darlington, Macclesfield Town and Brentford before retiring in 2006. Playing career Early career Born in Paramaribo, Wijnhard started his career at Ajax in 1993, scoring 2 in 4 matches in the 1992–93 season and had a loan spell at FC Groningen in the 1993–94 season, where he scored 14 in 28 matches. Following his return from loan, manager Louis van Gaal unsuccessfully attempted to use Wijnhard as a right back. After two seasons with RKC Waalwijk between 1995 and 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Smith (footballer, Born 1974)
Martin Geoffrey Smith (born 13 November 1974 in Sunderland, England) is a former professional footballer. In his professional career he played for Darlington, Northampton Town, Huddersfield Town, Sheffield United, Sunderland and Blyth Spartans. At his first club, Sunderland, he was part of two Division One title winning teams which won promotion to the FA Premier League, and while he was at Sunderland he made his only appearance for the England under-21 side on 15 November 1994. Many Northampton Town supporters regard Smith as one of the most technically gifted players ever to represent the club. He memorably scored the winner in a FA Cup 3rd Round replay away at Rotherham in January 2004 giving the Cobblers a 4th round tie at home to Manchester United. Smith joined Darlington ahead of the 2006–07 season. Sunderland born Smith started his career on Wearside. Dubbed 'The Son of Pele' by Sunderland fanzine A Love Supreme (fanzine), he scored twenty-eight times in 107 starts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Irons (footballer)
Kenneth Irons (born 4 November 1970) is an English former professional footballer who made more than 500 appearances in the Football League playing for Tranmere Rovers and Huddersfield Town. He was signed up as a trainee at Tranmere Rovers in 1989, where he made nearly 400 appearances for them in 10 years, before moving to Steve Bruce's Huddersfield Town side for £500,000 in 1999. He brought steel to the Terriers' side and is most remembered by Town fans for his 35-yard thunderbolt goal that defeated Gianluca Vialli's Chelsea side 1–0 in the 3rd round of the League Cup at Stamford Bridge. In 2003, he left Town to join Irish Football League side Linfield, where he helped them gain the title during that season. The following season, he had a short spell at League of Wales The Cymru Premier, known as the JD Cymru Premier for sponsorship reasons, is the national football league of Wales. It has both professional and semi-professional status clubs and is at the to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Lucketti
Christopher James Lucketti (born 28 September 1971) is an English football manager and former professional player, who is assistant manager of Bradford City. He played as a central defender. In a playing career of over 600 games, Lucketti began his career at home town club Rochdale in 1989 before moving to Halifax Town, Bury- for whom he made over 250 appearances - Preston North End, Huddersfield Town and Sheffield United. After his playing career ended, Lucketti moved into coaching and management with roles including assistant manager at Scunthorpe United and Salford City alongside Graham Alexander, caretaker manager of Fleetwood Town and manager at Bury. He was most recently the assistant manager at Motherwell working alongside Graham Alexander. Playing career Halifax Town, Bury and Huddersfield Town Born in Littleborough, Lancashire, Lucketti started his professional career with Halifax Town where he made 78 appearances between 1991 and 1993. In 1993, he moved t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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