Huddersfield Town F.C. season 1998-99

Infobox Football club season
club = Huddersfield Town

season = 1998-99
manager = flagicon|ENG Peter Jackson
chairman = flagicon|ENG Barry Rubery
league = Division One
league result = 10th
cup1 = FA Cup
cup1 result = Fifth Round
cup2 = Worthington Cup
cup2 result = Second Round
league topscorer =
Marcus Stewart (22)
season topscorer =
Marcus Stewart (26)
highest attendance = 21,629 vs Derby County (13 February 1999)
lowest attendance = 3,988 vs Mansfield Town (11 August 1998)

Huddersfield Town's 1998-99 campaign was Town's full season with Peter Jackson at the helm. At the end of the season in which Town finished a respectable 10th place. But within a day of the end of the season, owner Barry Rubery sacked Peter Jackson to the shock of just about every Huddersfield Town fan.

quad at the start of the season

Review

Among the summer transfers brought in by manager Peter Jackson was Belgian goalkeeper Nico Vaesen, who was sent off on his debut after just 9 minutes against Bury, but after that made some exceptional performances in the Town net, which helped Town reach top spot in September and October. During that time, Town played Sunderland, which at the time saw a record 20,241 at a match at the McAlpine Stadium. (That would be eclipsed by the 21,629 that saw Town play Derby County in the FA Cup 5th round in February.)

Even though Town were top of the table, their away form was very mediocre at best. This was probably proven by their 7-1 loss to Barnsley in November (They were 6-0 down at half-time and to make matters worse the game was shown on Sky Sports!) Town did however have a good run in the FA Cup which culminated in a 5th round match against Premier League side Derby County. They eventually lost 3-1 in the replay at Pride Park.

A play-off place eventually faded following a horrible end to the season, which saw them win only 1 of their last 11 matches, although that was a 3-2 win against local rivals Bradford City at Valley Parade. They finished 10th at the end of the season, but then owner Barry Rubery sacked him a day after the end of the season, where he was replaced by Steve Bruce.

quad at the end of the season

Results

= Division One =