Huddersfield Town F.C. season 1993-94

Infobox Football club season
club = Huddersfield Town

season = 1993-94
manager = flagicon|ENG Neil Warnock
chairman = flagicon|ENG Terry Fisher
league = Division Two
league result = 11th
cup1 = FA Cup
cup1 result = Second Round
cup2 = Coca-Cola Cup
cup2 result = Second Round
cup3 = Autoglass Trophy
cup3 result = Runners-Up
league topscorer =
Phil Starbuck (12)
season topscorer =
Phil Starbuck (16)
highest attendance = 16,195 vs Blackpool (30 April 1994)
lowest attendance = 1,069 vs Doncaster Rovers (28 September 1993)

Huddersfield Town's 1993-94 campaign was Town's last season playing at their Leeds Road stadium, before moving to the Alfred McAlpine Stadium. Neil Warnock became the Town boss following Ian Ross' decision to join ex-Town manager Mick Buxton at Sunderland. Town finished in 11th place, but a good run in the Autoglass Trophy saw Town reach a final at Wembley final for the first time since the 1938 FA Cup Final. Town did lose 3-1 on penalties to Swansea City.

quad at the start of the season

Review

Neil Warnock's first game in charge saw Town lose 3-0 at home against Reading, which was the start of a particularly bad opening spell of the season, which saw only one win in the first 8 games. After that period was a second round Coca-Cola Cup match against Premier League side Arsenal. They lost the first leg 5-0 at Leeds Road, but amazingly they drew 1-1 at Highbury Stadium to lose 6-1 on aggregate.

The mid season didn't give much more joy, but a run in the Autoglass Trophy saw Town reach the area final for a two-legged play-off against Carlisle United. They won the first leg 4-1 at Leeds Road, but despite losing 2-0 at Brunton Park, they won 4-3 on aggregate to set up a final at Wembley against Swansea City. This was Town's first match at Wembley since the 1938 FA Cup Final, when they lost to Preston North End. The match was a 1-1 draw, but Town then lost 3-1 on a penalty shoot-out.

Following the defeat to promotion chasing Port Vale on March 15, many were even wondering if Town were staying in Division 2. But that turned out to be Town's last league defeat of the season as Town won 8 of their last 12 games, so Town finished in a respectable 11th place.

quad at the end of the season

Results

= Division Two =

= Autoglass Trophy =

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penalties1 = Starbuck pengoal
Dunn pengoal
Jackson pengoal
Billy pengoal
Bullock pengoal |penaltyscore = 5 – 3
penalties2 = pengoal Ellis
pengoal Ainsworth
pengoal Woods
penmiss Fensome: missed

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penalties1 = Cornforth pengoal
Ampadu pengoal
Torpey pengoal |penaltyscore = 3 – 1
penalties2 = penmiss Mitchell: missed
pengoal Scully
penmiss Starbuck: missed
penmiss Cowan: saved