Huddersfield Town F.C. season 1989-90

Infobox Football club season
club = Huddersfield Town

season = 1989-90
manager = flagicon|IRL Eoin Hand
chairman = flagicon|ENG Keith Longbottom
league = Division Three
league result = 8th
cup1 = FA Cup
cup1 result = Fourth Round
cup2 = Littlewoods Challenge Cup
cup2 result = Second Round
cup3 = Leyland DAF Trophy
cup3 result = First Round
league topscorer =
Craig Maskell (14)
season topscorer =
Craig Maskell (20)
highest attendance = 13,262 vs Nottingham Forest (3 October 1989)
lowest attendance = 1,714 vs Doncaster Rovers (7 November 1989)

Huddersfield Town's 1989-90 campaign was a fairly successful season, with the exception of Town's failure of reaching the play-offs, after they finished in 8th place, just 2 places and 4 points off the play-offs.

quad at the start of the season

Review

Following a disappointing first season back in the 3rd Division, many were wondering if Town were going to mount any serious promotion challenge, and if Craig Maskell was going to carry on his goalscoring form from the previous season. Town did start the season brightly and only lost two of their first 13 league games.

The middle part of the season saw Town carry on their good start to the season and during the Christmas/New Year season, they won 6 out of 8 and by February, Town reached 5th place, with a play-off place at least seeming to be the minimum requirement for Town's season. However, from February onwards, Town's promotion dreams took a major downward spiral into nothingness.

Amongst the interesting records set by Town during the end of the season were the unwanted record of losing 5 consecutive home league games set between March 3rd and April 3rd. Also, Bury beat Town 6-0 at Gigg Lane in April, ironically 12 months after Town beat them 6-0 at Gigg Lane. On a brighter note, Craig Maskell became only the third Town player to score 4 goals in an away match in Town's 5-1 win at Cardiff City, equalling the feat set by Charlie Wilson and George Brown.

quad at the end of the season

Results

= Division Three =

= Leyland DAF Trophy =