Huddersfield Town F.C. season 1978-79

Infobox Football club season
club = Huddersfield Town

season = 1978-79
manager = flagicon|SCO Tom Johnston "(until August 29 1978)"
flagicon|ENG Mick Buxton "(from October 31 1978)"
chairman = flagicon|ENG Keith Longbottom
league = Division Four
league result = 9th
cup1 = FA Cup
cup1 result = First Round
cup2 = Football League Cup
cup2 result = First Round
league topscorer =
Ian Robins (16)
season topscorer =
Ian Robins (16)
highest attendance = 9,382 vs Barnsley (2 May 1979)
lowest attendance = 1,680 vs Torquay United (30 April 1979)

Huddersfield Town's 1978-79 campaign was Town's penultimate season in their 5-year stint in the Football League's basement division. It also saw the arrival of Mick Buxton at the club, he would be Town's second longest manager in the club's history. After replacing Tom Johnston, Town gained a resurgence in their form and then finished in 9th place. It would be a pre-cursor to Town's championship winning team the next season.

quad at the start of the season

Review

Following on from the previous season's disappointments and the early season's poor form, Tom Johnston resigned and following a spell as caretaker, Mick Buxton became the new manager and helped Town recover their form mainly from the signing from Bury and the conversion of Keith Hanvey from midfield to defence to partner Dave Sutton in the centre.

Town would finish the season in 9th place with just 47 points, but the following season would see Town return to Division 3 in style.

quad at the end of the season

Results

= Division Four=