Huddersfield Town F.C. season 1980-81

Infobox Football club season
club = Huddersfield Town

season = 1980-81
manager = flagicon|ENG Mick Buxton
chairman = flagicon|ENG Keith Longbottom
league = Division Three
league result = 4th
cup1 = FA Cup
cup1 result = Third Round
cup2 = Football League Cup
cup2 result = First Round
league topscorer =
Steve Kindon (18)
season topscorer =
Steve Kindon (19)
highest attendance = 13,623 vs Barnsley (7 February 1981)
lowest attendance = 6,965 vs Fulham (2 May 1981)

Huddersfield Town's 1980-81 campaign was very successful following on from the previous season's brilliant promotion from the Fourth Division. The team just missed out on earning back-to-back promotions, by finishing in 4th place, just 3 points behind 3rd-placed Charlton Athletic.

quad at the start of the season

Review

Following the successful promotion campaign from Division Four, many fans were hoping for a quick return to Division Two. After a shaky start, in which it took Town 5 games to win a match, but they started a charge up the Division 3 table, with a run of 5 straight wins between September 30 and mid-October. Then followed a mid-period of mediocrity, which led onto a run of 12 matches unbeaten including a win against Barnsley, watched by nearly 30,000 people.

After losing two games on the trot to Reading and Swindon Town, they went on a run of 6 matches unbeaten which included a 5-0 win against Exeter City. They then lost against Millwall, Burnley and Hull City ended Town's promotion hopes, despite beating both Portsmouth and Fulham at the end of the season to finish in 4th place.

quad at the end of the season

Results

= Division Three =