2008–09 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

Huddersfield Town

2008–09 season
Chairman	Ken Davy Dean Hoyle (Chairman-Elect)
Manager	Stan Ternent (until 4 November 2008) Gerry Murphy (from 4 November 2008 until 15 December 2008) Graham Mitchell (13 December 2008) Lee Clark (from 15 December 2008)
Football League One	9th
FA Cup	First round (knocked out by Port Vale)
League Cup	Second round (knocked out by Sheffield United)
League Trophy	Second round (knocked out by Darlington)
Top goalscorer	League: Michael Collins Gary Roberts (9 each) All: Gary Roberts (11)
Highest home attendance	20,928 vs Leeds United (14 February 2009)
Lowest home attendance	6,942 vs Port Vale (8 November 2008)
Biggest win	4–0 vs Bradford City (12 August 2008)
Biggest defeat	0–4 vs Peterborough United (25 October 2008)
Home colours Away colours
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Huddersfield Town's 2008–09 campaign was the club's centenary season. The season did not end in promotion and if things had been left alone, relegation may have been a possibility.^{[citation needed]}

After the disastrous start under Stan Ternent, Gerry Murphy led a recovery which continued under the new management team of Lee Clark, Terry McDermott, Derek Fazackerley and Steve Black.

They eventually finished in 9th place, but the season was noted mainly for it being the first time in 78 years that Town had completed the double over local rivals Leeds United, as well as for the retirement of local legend Andy Booth, who made 457 appearances over 2 spells at the club, scoring 150 goals, putting him in the top 5 of both appearances and goals in the club's history.

Squad at the start of the season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  ENG Andy Holdsworth 3 DF  ENG Joe Skarz 4 MF  IRL Michael Collins 5 DF  ENG David Mirfin 6 DF  ENG Nathan Clarke 7 FW  SCO Keigan Parker 8 MF  ENG Jon Worthington 9 FW  ENG Danny Cadamarteri 10 MF  WAL Michael Flynn 11 MF  IRL Jim Goodwin 12 DF  ENG Tom Clarke 14 FW  ENG Phil Jevons 15 MF  SLE Malvin Kamara 16 DF  ENG Robbie Williams

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  ENG Gary Roberts 18 DF  ENG Andy Butler 19 FW  ENG Luke Beckett 20 DF  ENG Chris Lucketti (Captain) 22 MF  IRL James Berrett 23 FW  ENG Andy Booth 24 FW  ENG Tom Denton 26 GK  ENG Simon Eastwood 27 GK  ENG Matt Glennon 28 GK  ENG Alex Smithies 31 DF  ENG Shane Killock 32 FW  ENG Daniel Broadbent 33 DF  ENG Daniel Codman

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 Rob 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 7 July, Matty Young joined Conference North side Harrogate Town. Aaron Hardy joined him there on 26 July. On 22 July, 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 7 August. On 11 August, 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 1 September. He returned to Town on 7 October. He was loaned out to Oxford United on 2 January 2009. He signed a permanent deal at the Kassam Stadium on 3 February. Sierra Leonean international Malvin Kamara joined Football League Two side Grimsby Town on a month's loan on 24 September. He returned to the Galpharm on 25 October. 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 3 December. On 27 November, 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 29 December, Denton returned in January and Eastwood returned following an injury to Matt Glennon. 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 11 December. Young striker Daniel Broadbent joined Rushden & Diamonds on loan on 15 January, he returned to the Galpharm on 16 February. 3 days later, he joined Town's new signing, Lee Novak, on loan at Gateshead, before returning on 19 March. On 24 March, he joined Harrogate Town on loan. Ex-captain Jon Worthington joined fellow League 1 side Yeovil Town on 30 January on a month's loan, which was extended, before he returned on 26 March. Keigan Parker joined fellow League 1 side Hartlepool United on loan on 2 March. Tom Denton joined his previous club Wakefield on loan on 6 March. He was joined there by fellow youngster Dan Codman on 10 March. Striker Phil Jevons joined League Two side Bury on a month's loan on 23 March. Joe Skarz joined Keigan Parker on loan at Hartlepool United on 26 March, as the loan window closed. David Unsworth, signed by Ternent at the start of the season was released from his contract on 30 March.

On 27 May, 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 5 June, Irish international Jim Goodwin joined Town on a 3-year deal from recently relegated Scunthorpe United. On 13 June, Huddersfield were drawn at home to rivals Bradford City in the first round of the League 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 2 July, 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 23 July, 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 8 August, 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 Football League Trophy. On 15 August, 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 18 August. The following day, striker Liam Dickinson was signed on loan from Championship side Derby County. That loan was extended by another month on 22 September. He eventually stayed until 17 November, when the 93-day limit expired. Stan Ternent also revealed on 5 September, 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 17 October, 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 returned to Turf Moor on 26 November. On 20 January, Lee Clark made his first signing as manager by signing German left-back Dominik Werling on a free transfer. On 23 January, 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 13 February, 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. Young Liverpool defender Martin Kelly was brought in on loan on 26 March, as the loan window shut.

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 League 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 6 September, Town were drawn away to League Two side Darlington in the second round of the Football League Trophy North-East section. They lost that match 1–0 on 7 October. In the FA Cup 1st round, Town were given a home tie against League Two side Port Vale. That match took place on 8 November and saw Town let a 3–1 lead slip to lose 4–3.

On 4 November, 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 15 November, 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 20 December, which Town won 2–0. Clark's initial reign went well, winning 8 out of 9 matches soon after taking over. However, immediately after a 1–0 win over local rivals Leeds United once again, scoring in the first half and managing to keep the Whites out of the net under constant pressure, which once again placed them above Leeds in the table, disaster struck and a bad spell resulted in 8 consecutive games without a win, conceding 3 vital last minute goals 3 weeks in succession. The gap between Town and the playoffs widened, and a late bounce back was only enough to place them 9th in the table by the end of the season.

Squad at the end of the season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  ENG Andy Holdsworth 3 DF  ENG Joe Skarz (on loan at Hartlepool United) 4 MF  IRL Michael Collins 5 MF  ENG Ian Craney 6 DF  ENG Nathan Clarke 7 FW  SCO Keigan Parker (on loan at Hartlepool United) 8 MF  ENG Jon Worthington 9 FW  ENG Danny Cadamarteri 10 MF  WAL Michael Flynn 11 MF  IRL Jim Goodwin 12 DF  ENG Tom Clarke 14 FW  ENG Phil Jevons (on loan at Bury) 15 MF  SLE Malvin Kamara 16 DF  ENG Robbie Williams 17 MF  ENG Gary Roberts 18 DF  ENG Andy Butler 19 MF  IRL Anthony Pilkington

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  ENG Chris Lucketti (Captain) 22 MF  IRL James Berrett 23 FW  ENG Andy Booth 24 FW  ENG Tom Denton (on loan at Wakefield) 25 DF  GER Dominik Werling 26 GK  ENG Simon Eastwood 27 GK  ENG Matt Glennon 28 GK  ENG Alex Smithies 29 DF  ENG Martin Kelly (on loan from Liverpool) 30 DF  ENG Liam Ridehalgh 32 FW  ENG Daniel Broadbent (on loan at Harrogate Town) 33 DF  ENG Daniel Codman (on loan at Wakefield) 34 MF  ENG Lionel Ainsworth 35 FW  ENG Lee Novak (on loan at Gateshead) 36 FW  POL Lukas Jutkiewicz (on loan from Everton) 37 FW  FRA Jonathan Téhoué

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	£50,000
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
24 February	Simon Eastwood	Woking	Loan Return
19 March	Daniel Broadbent	Gateshead	Loan Return
26 March	Martin Kelly	Liverpool	Loan
26 March	Jon Worthington	Yeovil Town	Loan Return
2 May	Daniel Broadbent	Harrogate Town	Loan Return
2 May	Dan Codman	Wakefield	Loan Return
2 May	Tom Denton	Wakefield	Loan Return
2 May	Keigan Parker	Hartlepool United	Loan Return
2 May	Joe Skarz	Hartlepool United	Loan Return
8 May	Lee Novak	Gateshead	Loan Return
10 May	Phil Jevons	Bury	Loan Return

Out

Date	Player	New Club	Cost
5 May	Rob 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
2 March	Keigan Parker	Hartlepool United	Loan
6 March	Tom Denton	Wakefield	Loan
10 March	Dan Codman	Wakefield	Loan
23 March	Phil Jevons	Bury	Loan
24 March	Daniel Broadbent	Harrogate Town	Loan
26 March	Joe Skarz	Hartlepool United	Loan
1 April	David Unsworth	Retired	Released
2 May	Andy Booth	Retired	Released

Final league table

Results

Pre-season matches

Football League One

FA Cup

Football League Cup

Football League Trophy

Appearances & goals

Correct as of 2 May 2009.

Squad No.	Name	Nation	Position	League Apps	League Goals	FA Cup Apps	FA Cup Goals	League Cup Apps	League Cup Goals	FLT Apps	FLT Goals	Total Apps	Total Goals
2	Andy Holdsworth	England	DF	30 (4)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	34 (4)	0
3	Joe Skarz	England	DF	9	1	1	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	10 (1)	1
4	Michael Collins	Republic of Ireland	MF	34 (2)	9	1	1	0 (1)	0	1	0	36 (3)	10
5	Ian Craney	England	MF	23 (11)	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	24 (11)	6
6	Nathan Clarke	England	DF	38	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	40	3
7	Keigan Parker	Scotland	FW	14 (6)	2	0	0	1 (1)	0	1	0	16 (7)	2
8	Jon Worthington	England	MF	12 (7)	0	0	0	2	1	0 (1)	0	14 (8)	1
9	Danny Cadamarteri	England	FW	24 (8)	2	0 (1)	0	2	0	1	0	27 (9)	2
10	Michael Flynn	Wales	MF	18 (7)	4	0	0	2	1	0	0	20 (7)	5
11	Jim Goodwin	Republic of Ireland	MF	35 (2)	1	1	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	37 (3)	1
12	Tom Clarke	England	DF	11 (4)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	12 (4)	1
14	Phil Jevons	England	FW	12 (11)	2	1	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	13 (12)	2
15	Malvin Kamara	Sierra Leone	MF	0 (2)	0	0	0	0 (2)	0	0	0	0 (4)	0
16	Robbie Williams	England	DF	31 (4)	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	35 (4)	2
17	Gary Roberts	England	MF	43	9	1	0	2	2	1	0	47	11
18	Andy Butler	England	DF	42	4	1	0	1	0	0 (1)	0	44 (1)	4
19	Luke Beckett	England	FW	0 (1)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2 (1)	0
19	Anthony Pilkington	Republic of Ireland	MF	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	2
20	Chris Lucketti	England	DF	12 (1)	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	15 (1)	0
21	David Unsworth	England	DF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
22	James Berrett	Republic of Ireland	MF	8 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	9 (1)	1
23	Andy Booth	England	FW	9 (11)	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	9 (11)	8
25	Steve Jones	Northern Ireland	FW	2 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (2)	0
25	Dominik Werling	Germany	DF	0 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (3)	0
26	Simon Eastwood	England	GK	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	Matt Glennon	England	GK	18	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	21	0
28	Alex Smithies	England	GK	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	28	0
29	Liam Dickinson	England	FW	13	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	6
29	Martin Kelly	England	DF	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
32	Daniel Broadbent	England	FW	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
34	Lionel Ainsworth	England	MF	7 (7)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7 (7)	0
36	Lukas Jutkiewicz	Poland	FW	6 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6 (1)	0

References

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