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Huddersfield Town
2008–09 season
Chairman	Ken Davy ; Dean Hoyle (Chairman-Elect)
Manager	Stan Ternent (until November 4, 2008) ; Gerry Murphy (from November 4, 2008 until December 15, 2008) ; Graham Mitchell (December 13, 2008) ; Lee Clark (from December 15, 2008)
League One	9th (as of February 14th, 2009)
FA Cup	First Round
Carling Cup	Second Round
Johnstone's Paint Trophy	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Michael Collins ; Liam Dickinson ; Gary Roberts (6); All: ; Gary Roberts (8)
Highest home attendance	20,928 vs Leeds United (14 February 2009)
Lowest home attendance	6,942 vs Port Vale (8 November 2008)

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Current squad

Huddersfield Town current squad

Review

On 6 May 2008, following the mixed season, new manager Stan Ternent released nine players from the club. They were Chris Brandon, Danny Schofield (who had already announced his plans to leave), Frank Sinclair, Matty Young, Aaron Hardy, Danny Racchi, Lucas Akins, Mitchell Bailey and Luke Malcher. Matt Glennon, Joe Skarz and James Berrett were offered new deals, while captain Robert Page had signed a pre-contract agreement with League 2 side Chesterfield, much to the disappointment of Ternent, who hadn't had chance to offer him a new contract at the Galpharm Stadium. The following day, Danny Schofield agreed a pre-contract agreement with fellow League 1 side Yeovil Town. On that same day, Matt Glennon signed a two-year contract with an optional third year and then Joe Skarz put pen to paper on his new three-year contract, the day after that. Recently called-up Ireland U-21 international James Berrett signed his new two-year deal on 13 May. On 30 May, Chris Brandon completed a move to his hometown club Bradford City. On 1 July, Frank Sinclair re-joined ex-Town manager Peter Jackson at Lincoln City. On July 7, Matty Young joined Conference North side Harrogate Town. Aaron Hardy joined him there on July 26. On July 22, Lucas Akins made a surprise move to newly-promoted Scottish Premier League side Hamilton Academical. 6 days later, Danny Racchi joined Bury. Mitchell Bailey joined Conference North side Hyde United on August 7. On August 11, central defender David Mirfin joined fellow League 1 side Scunthorpe United in a deal worth £150,000. Young defender Shane Killock joined Conference North side Harrogate Town on a month's loan on September 1. He returned to Town on October 7. He was loaned out to Oxford United on January 2, 2009. He signed a permanent deal at the Kassam Stadium on February 3. Sierra Leonean international Malvin Kamara joined Football League Two side Grimsby Town on a month's loan on September 24. He returned to the Galpharm on October 25. On 23 October, Tom Clarke moved across West Yorkshire to Bradford City on a month's loan. The loan was extended, but he was recalled by Town on December 3. On November 27, Town sent 3 players out on loan just before the end of the transfer deadline window. Michael Flynn joined League 2 side Darlington and young duo Simon Eastwood and Tom Denton joined Conference National side Woking. Flynn returned to the Terriers on December 29. Meanwhile, striker Luke Beckett left the club and joined Conference North side Gainsborough Trinity until the end of the season. Luke Malcher joined Harrogate Town on December 11. Young striker Daniel Broadbent joined Rushden & Diamonds on loan on January 15, he returned to the Galpharm on February 16. 3 days later, he joined Town's new signing, Lee Novak, on loan at Gateshead. Ex-captain Jon Worthington joined fellow League 1 side Yeovil Town on Janaury 30 on a month's loan.

On May 27, Stan Ternent made his first signing as Huddersfield Town manager. He signed Scottish striker Keigan Parker on a free transfer from Championship side Blackpool. On June 5, Irish international Jim Goodwin joined Town on a 3-year deal from recently relegated Scunthorpe United. On June 13, Huddersfield were drawn at home to rivals Bradford City in the first round of the Carling Cup. 3 days later, the new Football League fixtures were announced, Town's first game would be a home tie against recently promoted Stockport County. On July 2, Town signed the ex-Scunthorpe United defender Andy Butler on a 3-year deal. Two days later, Chris Lucketti was brought back to Huddersfield from Sheffield United on a two-year contract, 7 years after leaving the Galpharm Stadium. On July 23, Ternent made his fifth signing by bringing in Welshman Michael Flynn from Blackpool. Six days later, Gary Roberts joined from Ipswich Town for £250,000. On August 8, just one day before the new season began, ex-Everton & West Ham United defender David Unsworth signed from Burnley, becoming Stan Ternent's 7th signing since becoming manager at the Galpharm. Also that day, Town were given a bye into the second round of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy. On August 15, young striker Tom Denton was signed for £60,000 from Wakefield. Stan Ternent signed attacking midfielder Ian Craney for an undisclosed fee from Football League Two side Accrington Stanley on August 18. The following day, striker Liam Dickinson was signed on loan from Championship side Derby County. That loan was extended by another month on September 22. He eventually stayed until November 17, when the 93 day limit expired. Stan Ternent also revealed on September 5, that Town had failed to capture 3 strikers during the summer. They failed on bid of £850,000 for Town hero Jon Stead, who joined Ipswich Town in September, a £400,000 bid for Colchester United's Clive Platt and a £600,000 bid for Ipswich Town's Alan Lee, who subsequently moved to Championship side Crystal Palace. On October 17, Town signed Steve Jones on loan from Burnley as cover for Andy Booth, who is out until the New Year with a back injury. He returrned to Turf Moor on November 26. On January 20, Lee Clark made his first signing as manager by signing German left-back Dominik Werling on a free transfer. On January 23, manager Clark made a double signing with the capture of winger Anthony Pilkington from Stockport County and striker Lionel Ainsworth from Watford. As the transfer deadline closed, Clark made three more signings, Lee Novak from Gateshead, who was then immediately sent back to Gateshead for the rest of the season. Jonathan Téhoué was signed on a free transfer from Turkish side Konyaspor. On February 13, 11 days after the deal was originally agreed, Polish striker Lukas Jutkiewicz joined Town on loan from Premier League side Everton until the end of the season.

After a disappointing opening to the season with a 1–1 draw against Stockport County, Town trounced neighbours Bradford City, on 12 August, 4–0 in the first round of the Carling Cup, with new signing Gary Roberts scoring a brace. Huddersfield were drawn at home to Championship side Sheffield United in the second round. They narrowly lost the tie by 2 goals to 1. Michael Flynn gave Town the lead with a deflected shot after 34 minutes. But, 2 goals in the last 10 minutes from the Blades from Darius Henderson and Kyle Naughton sent Town crashing out in the cruelest of fashions. On September 6, Town were drawn away to League Two side Darlington in the second round of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy North-East section. They lost that match 1-0 on October 7. In the FA Cup 1st round, Town were given a home tie against League Two side Port Vale. That match took place on November 8 and saw Town let a 3-1 lead slip to lose 4-3.

On November 4, Stan Ternent left the Galpharm Stadium after just over 6 months in charge of the Terriers. To date, that is the shortest reign of any manager, with the exception of John Haselden and all the caretaker managers, in the club's 100 year history.

On November 15, Murphy was in charge of his first league game in his 3rd spell as caretaker manager with a trip to Elland Road to play high-flyers and rivals Leeds United. Despite falling behind to a Robert Snodgrass goal in the 4th minute, Town scored a goal 27 seconds into the second half through Joe Skarz and then in the second minute of added time, Michael Collins scored to give Town a 2-1 win, which was also their first win at Elland Road since Boxing Day 1983.

On 10 December, after weeks of speculation, compensation was agreed with Norwich City for their assistant manager Lee Clark to be appointed as manager, with Derek Fazackerley as his new first team coach. They signed the contracts the following day and Clark officially took over on 15 December. The following week, Terry McDermott became the new assistant manager. Clark's first match was a home game against Hereford United on December 20, which Town won 2-0.

Players in and out

In

Date	Player	Previous Club	Cost
27 May	Keigan Parker	Blackpool	Free
5 June	Jim Goodwin	Scunthorpe United	Free
2 July	Andy Butler	Scunthorpe United	Free
4 July	Chris Lucketti	Sheffield United	Free
23 July	Michael Flynn	Blackpool	Free
29 July	Gary Roberts	Ipswich Town	£250,000
8 August	David Unsworth	Burnley	Free
15 August	Tom Denton	Wakefield	£60,000
18 August	Ian Craney	Accrington Stanley	Undisclosed Fee
19 August	Liam Dickinson	Derby County	Loan
7 October	Shane Killock	Harrogate Town	Loan Return
17 October	Steve Jones	Burnley	Loan
25 October	Malvin Kamara	Grimsby Town	Loan Return
3 December	Tom Clarke	Bradford City	Loan Return
29 December	Michael Flynn	Darlington	Loan Return
20 January	Dominik Werling	FC Erzgebirge Aue	Free
23 January	Lionel Ainsworth	Watford	Undisclosed Fee
23 January	Anthony Pilkington	Stockport County	Undisclosed Fee
30 January	Tom Denton	Woking	Loan Return
2 February	Lee Novak	Gateshead	Undisclosed Fee
2 February	Jonathan Téhoué	Konyaspor	Free
13 February	Lukas Jutkiewicz	Everton	Loan
16 February	Daniel Broadbent	Rushden & Diamonds	Loan Return

Out

Date	Player	New Club	Cost
5 May	Robert Page	Chesterfield	Free
7 May	Danny Schofield	Yeovil Town	Free
30 May	Chris Brandon	Bradford City	Free
1 July	Frank Sinclair	Lincoln City	Free
7 July	Matty Young	Harrogate Town	Free
22 July	Lucas Akins	Hamilton Academical	Free
26 July	Aaron Hardy	Harrogate Town	Free
28 July	Danny Racchi	Bury	Free
7 August	Mitchell Bailey	Hyde United	Free
11 August	David Mirfin	Scunthorpe United	£150,000
1 September	Shane Killock	Harrogate Town	Loan
24 September	Malvin Kamara	Grimsby Town	Loan
23 October	Tom Clarke	Bradford City	Loan
17 November	Liam Dickinson	Derby County	Loan Return
26 November	Steve Jones	Burnley	Loan Return
27 November	Luke Beckett	Gainsborough Trinity	Free
27 November	Michael Flynn	Darlington	Loan
27 November	Tom Denton	Woking	Loan
27 November	Simon Eastwood	Woking	Loan
11 December	Luke Malcher	Harrogate Town	Free
2 January	Shane Killock	Oxford United	Loan
15 January	Daniel Broadbent	Rushden & Diamonds	Loan
30 January	Jon Worthington	Yeovil Town	Loan
2 February	Lee Novak	Gateshead	Loan
3 February	Shane Killock	Oxford United	Free
19 February	Daniel Broadbent	Gateshead	Loan

Results

Pre-season matches

Date	Competition	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance
19 July 2008	Friendly match	Bury	A	1 - 1	Codman [81]	?
22 July 2008	Friendly match	A.F.C. Emley	A	8 - 0	N. Clarke [5, 72], Berrett [8], Jevons [15, 31], Butler [44], Parker [47], Williams [60]	1,927
26 July 2008	Hartlepool United Centenary Tournament Semi-Final	Hamilton Academical	N	1 - 2	Booth [50]	550
27 July 2008	Hartlepool United Centenary Tournament 3rd Place Play-Off	Hartlepool United	N	0 - 1		?
2 August 2008	Friendly match	Sheffield United	H	2 - 1	Cadamarteri [28], Parker [79]	4,146
6 August 2008	Centenary Match - The Herbert Chapman Trophy	Arsenal	H	1 - 2	Berrett [75]	19,044

NCEL Division One

Date	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F - A	Scorers
9 August 2008	Teversal	A	2 - 0	Booth, Maltas
12 August 2008	Yorkshire Amateurs	H	1 - 2	Gibbons
16 August 2008	Appleby Frodingham	H	4 - 4	Matthews, Booth, Amos, Booth

Appearances & Goals

Correct as of February 14, 2009.

Squad No.	Name	Nation	Position	League Apps	League Goals	FA Cup Apps	FA Cup Goals	League Cup Apps	League Cup Goals	FLT Apps	Total Apps	Total Goals
2	Andy Holdsworth	England	DF	24 (3)	0	1	0	2	0	1	28 (3)	0
3	Joe Skarz	England	DF	9	1	1	0	0	0	0 (1)	10 (1)	1
4	Michael Collins	Republic of Ireland	MF	19 (2)	6	1	1	0 (1)	0	1	21 (3)	7
5	Ian Craney	England	MF	20 (9)	5	1	1	0	0	0	21 (9)	6
6	Nathan Clarke	England	DF	28	3	1	0	1	0	0	30	3
7	Keigan Parker	Scotland	FW	14 (6)	2	0	0	1 (1)	0	1	16 (7)	2
8	Jon Worthington	England	MF	12 (7)	0	0	0	2	1	0 (1)	14 (8)	1
9	Danny Cadamarteri	England	FW	14 (7)	0	0 (1)	0	2	0	1	17 (8)	0
10	Michael Flynn	Wales	MF	15 (1)	4	0	0	2	1	0	17 (1)	5
11	Jim Goodwin	Republic of Ireland	MF	26 (1)	1	1	0	1 (1)	0	0	28 (2)	1
12	Tom Clarke	England	DF	0 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1 (3)	0
14	Phil Jevons	England	FW	12 (9)	2	1	0	0 (1)	0	0	13 (10)	2
15	Malvin Kamara	Sierra Leone	MF	0 (2)	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0 (4)	0
16	Robbie Williams	England	DF	18 (4)	0	1	1	2	1	1	22 (4)	2
17	Gary Roberts	England	MF	28	6	1	0	2	2	1	32	8
18	Andy Butler	England	DF	27	2	1	0	1	0	0 (1)	29 (1)	2
19	Luke Beckett	England	FW	0 (1)	0	0	0	2	0	0	2 (1)	0
19	Anthony Pilkington	Republic of Ireland	MF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
20	Chris Lucketti	England	DF	7	0	0	0	2	0	1	10	0
21	David Unsworth	England	DF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
22	James Berrett	Republic of Ireland	MF	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0
23	Andy Booth	England	FW	3 (2)	2	0	0	0	0	0	3 (2)	2
25	Steve Jones	Northern Ireland	FW	2 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (2)	0
25	Dominik Werling	Germany	DF	0 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (3)	0
27	Matt Glennon	England	GK	18	0	1	0	2	0	0	21	0
28	Alex Smithies	England	GK	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	0
29	Liam Dickinson	England	FW	13	6	0	0	0	0	0	13	6
32	Daniel Broadbent	England	FW	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
34	Lionel Ainsworth	England	FW	3 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	3 (1)	0
36	Lukas Jutkiewicz	Poland	FW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0