Huddersfield Town F.C. season 1994-95

Huddersfield Town F.C. season 1994-95

Infobox Football club season
club = Huddersfield Town

season = 1994-95
manager = flagicon|ENG Neil Warnock
chairman = flagicon|ENG Terry Fisher
flagicon|ENG Geoffrey Headey
league = Division Two
league result = 5th "(promoted via play-offs)"
cup1 = FA Cup
cup1 result = Second Round
cup2 = Coca-Cola Cup
cup2 result = Second Round
cup3 = Auto Windscreens Shield
cup3 result = Area Quarter-Final
league topscorer =
Andy Booth (26)
season topscorer =
Andy Booth (30)
highest attendance = 17,959 vs Birmingham City (6 May 1995)
lowest attendance = 4,183 vs York City (17 October 1994)

Huddersfield Town's 1994-95 campaign was Town's first season in their new stadium, the Alfred McAlpine Stadium. After playing at Leeds Road for 86 years, Town moved to the new stadium with a then capacity of around 20,000. Under the leadership of Neil Warnock, Town finished in 5th place, but after qualifying for the play-offs, Town beat 2nd placed Brentford, they beat 4th placed Bristol Rovers at Wembley Stadium.

quad at the start of the season

Review

Following a mediocre season the previous year, many were hoping the move to the Alfred McAlpine Stadium, many were hoping a charge up the Division 2 ladder. A brilliant start to the season saw Town beat Blackpool 4-1 at Bloomfield Road, a 1-0 defeat to Wycombe Wanderers in their home league game followed, but they then went on a run of 13 league games without defeat, which was brought to an abrupt halt by a 3-0 defeat at York City. During Town's 2nd round match in the Auto Windscreens Shield, Iain Dunn became the first person in England to score a golden goal in first-class professional football.

Following a particularly bad winter period, which saw only one win in six, some were thinking that Town were going to capsize, but just before Christmas, manager Neil Warnock spent nearly £500,000 on the Bradford City pair of Lee Duxbury and Lee Sinnott, with Graham Mitchell moving to Valley Parade. A run of 1 loss in 14 saw Town almost within touching distance of the single automatic promotion place, but a loss at Shrewsbury Town ended hopes of that happening. A draw at Cambridge United sealed their play-off spot, but a home defeat by new champions Birmingham City did little to boost the spirits of Town's loyal fans.

A two-legged play-off against 2nd placed Brentford then followed. After a 1-1 draw at the McAlpine, many thought Town blew it again, but a 1-1 draw at Griffin Park led to a penalty shoot-out. After Pat Scully missed, Steve Francis saved the penalties of both Denny Mundee and Jamie Bates, it was left to Darren Bullock to score the winner to send Town to Wembley for a match against 4th placed Bristol Rovers.

At Wembley, Town took the lead in the play-off final with a goal from Andy Booth one minute from half-time, but within a minute of the goal, future Town player Marcus Stewart levelled proceedings, but with less than 10 minutes remaining Huddersfield-born Chris Billy scored the winning goal which gained Town's promotion. Within a few days of winning promotion, Neil Warnock left to become manager of Plymouth Argyle.

quad at the end of the season

Results


= Division Two =

FA Cup


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