Huddersfield Town's 1927–28 campaign was the last season of Town's true dominance of English

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. They finished 2nd behind Everton, although if they had won all their last 3 games, they would have won the title, but they only beat Portsmouth and lost to Sheffield United and

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. They also reached their 3rd FA Cup Final, losing to Blackburn Rovers in controversial circumstances.

Squad at the start of season

Review

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in October and the 7-1 win over Sheffield United in November.

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still continued his goalscoring exploits by scoring 35 goals during the season, including 27 in the league. They were still in the hunt for the title until late April. They needed to win their last 3 games to have a realistic chance of reclaiming their title, but defeats to Sheffield United and

made the win over Portsmouth irrelevant. They missed out on the championship by 2 points to Everton.

Squad at the end of the season

Results

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FA Cup

Appearances and goals

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