Huddersfield Town F.C. season 1991-92

Infobox Football club season
club = Huddersfield Town

season = 1991-92
manager = flagicon|IRL Eoin Hand "(until March 6th, 1992)"
flagicon|ENG Ian Ross "(from March 6th, 1992)"
chairman = flagicon|ENG Keith Longbottom
league = Division Three
league result = 3rd
cup1 = FA Cup
cup1 result = Third Round
cup2 = Rumbelows Cup
cup2 result = Third Round
cup3 = Autoglass Trophy
cup3 result = Area Semi-Final
league topscorer =
Iwan Roberts (25)
season topscorer =
Iwan Roberts (35)
highest attendance = 16,167 vs Peterborough United (14 May 1992)
lowest attendance = 1,134 vs Scarborough (19 November 1991)

Huddersfield Town's 1991-92 campaign was a very successful one for the Terriers, with the exception of the events on May 14, 1992, which saw Town miss out on promotion to Division 2, following their defeat to Peterborough United in the play-offs. Oddly enough though, Town did play in Division 2 the following season, because of the formation of the Premier League the next season. Town finished 3rd, despite getting rid of Eoin Hand and replacing him with his assistant manager Ian Ross.

quad at the start of the season

Review

With 3 years gone since Town's relegation from Division 2, some Town fans were beginning to wonder if Eoin Hand was going to get them promoted. Phil Starbuck was brought in from Nottingham Forest and he helped bring in the goals along with Iffy Onuora and Iwan Roberts. Town made a fairly good start to the season, with only one loss in their first 9 games. Form was intermittent with losses and wins more often than not. They were still hunting for an automatic promotion or a play-off place.

After Christmas, Town's form gradually got worse, with a run of only 2 wins in 12, which saw Eoin Hand given the sack on March 6th. His assistant Ian Ross replaced him immediately and after a win against Shrewsbury Town, Town lost 3 games in a row, but they then won 7 out of their last 8 games, which gave them 3rd place in the table, so they had a two-legged play-off match against Peterborough United.

In the first leg at London Road, Town got a very respectable 2-2 draw, which seemed to suggest that Town's chances of progressing to the final to play Stockport County. Town took an early lead at Leeds Road thanks to a goal from Phil Starbuck, but Peterborough got 2 late goals to send them through to the final at Wembley, where they beat Stockport and got promotion to the newly created Division 1. So, because of the formation of the new Premier League, Town actually did play in Division 2 the next season.

quad at the end of the season

Results

= Division Three =

= Rumbelows Cup =