###When:
19th December 2020
###Where:
The John Smith's Stadium
###Time:
15:00 GMT
###Televised:
Watford's Hive Live
###Watford's Five Game League Form:
D W L D W
###Team News:
Masina has been hinted to be being on the bench for the first time since Pre-Season, while Capoue is in line to get more minutes on the pitch. Pedro faces a late fitness test and finally Quina has a hamstring injury for approx 6-8 weeks.
###Predicted Line-Up:
Foster
Ngakia - WTE - Kabasele - Femenia
Sarr - Garner - Chalobah - Pedro
Deeney - Perica
###u/Powerjugs predicts:
3-1 Watford. We've been atrocious away and this has to change at some point, surely?
###Official Line-Up:
Foster
Ngakia - Kabasele - WTE - Wilmot - Sema
Cleverley - Capoue - Garner
Gray - Sarr
Subs: Bachmann, Sierralta, Masina, Navarro, Phillips, Crichilow, Capoue, Deeney, Perica
###Post Match Thoughts:
What was Foster doing? Why did Capoue make such a lazy clearance? What was Ivic thinking with his subs? We aren't getting promoted. Play offs at best.
###Please remember not to post any streams in the subreddit lest we anger the Admins
Building a football club from scratch: 1908-1921
In the 1911-12 season, the English first division, in its 24th year, was won by Blackburn Rovers. Blackburn finished undefeated at home (11W, 6D) winning the league by 3 points. 3 year old Huddersfield Town were languishing in the second division. Dick Pudan managed Huddersfield in their first two years in the football league, achieving a 31.82% win rate in the second tier, barely surviving in 17th place of 20 teams, by just 4 points above Glossop and Leeds United. Fortunately for Huddersfield, Pudan was about to leave.
The next manager of Huddersfield was Arthur Fairclough. Fairclough achieved an improved 44.48% win rate, and established Huddersfield as a consistent second division side. Fairclough took Huddersfield from a 17th placed side to an 8th placed one in the 1914-15 season, finishing 5th and 13th in the years before. Huddersfield were now an established football team; but it came at the wrong time. Football was suspended from the 1915-16 season until the 1919-20 season due to the First World War. 6 Huddersfield players served, and two were killed in action, Sidney James and Larrett Roebuck.
One can only imagine the atmosphere in the dressing room upon the players’ return. Though football could do little to ease the pain of the war, far better days were in store for Huddersfield.
The first season of football after the Great War was the 1919-20 season. Huddersfield were promoted to the second division, finishing second under new manager Ambrose Langley. Huddersfield played brilliantly, finishing 8 points clear of 3rd placed Birmingham with +59 goal difference, and losing just 6 games of 42. Unfortunately for Huddersfield, Spurs played even better, finishing the season with an incredible undefeated home record (P21: W19, D2) clinching the second division title by 6 points. Huddersfield also reached the FA cup final this season, knocking out first division teams Liverpool (4th, 2-1) and Newcastle (8th, 0-1) on their way to the final at Stamford Bridge. Only George Ramsay’s legendary 6 time FA cup winners Aston Villa could stop Huddersfield as they lost 1-0 in extra time at the Bridge. But this was merely the beginning.
Making the jump: 1921-1923
After winning promotion and making the FA cup final, Huddersfield managed to stay u
... keep reading on reddit ➡FT: Huddersfield Town 1-2 Arsenal
Arsenal scorers: Alex Iwobi (16'), Alexandre Lacazette (44')
Huddersfied scorers: Kolasinac O.G. (93')
Venue: John Smith's Stadium
LINE-UPS
Huddersfield Town
Ben Hamer, Christopher Schindler, Mathias Jørgensen, Terence Kongolo (Erik Durm), Tommy Smith, Jonathan Hogg, Juninho Bacuna, Aaron Mooy, Elias Kachunga (Karlan Ahearne-Grant), Jason Puncheon (Laurent Depoitre), Adama Diakhaby.
Subs: Alex Pritchard, Joel Coleman, Philip Billing, Jon Gorenc Stankovic.
Arsenal
Bernd Leno, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Shkodran Mustafi, Matteo Guendouzi, Lucas Torreira (Mohamed Elneny), Sead Kolasinac, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Alexandre Lacazette, Alex Iwobi (Joseph Willock), Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Denis Suárez).
Subs: Petr Cech, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Edward Nketiah.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
16' Goal! Huddersfield Town 0, Arsenal 1. Alex Iwobi (Arsenal) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sead Kolasinac with a cross.
36' Christopher Schindler (Huddersfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
44' Goal! Huddersfield Town 0, Arsenal 2. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ainsley Maitland-Niles.
49' Terence Kongolo (Huddersfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
55' Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
56' Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Erik Durm replaces Terence Kongolo.
59' Substitution, Arsenal. Mohamed Elneny replaces Lucas Torreira.
66' Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Laurent Depoitre replaces Jason Puncheon.
76' Substitution, Arsenal. Denis Suárez replaces Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
83' Substitution, Huddersfield Town. Karlan Grant replaces Elias Kachunga.
88' Substitution, Arsenal. Joe Willock replaces Alex Iwobi.
93' Own Goal! Kolasinac pushes the ball into his own net without pressure from anyone.
Huddersfield Town 1 - 1 Swansea City
Date: 15th January 2022 at 3pm
Venue: The John Smith's Stadium
Watch: SwansTV
Team
Huddersfield
Lee Nicholls, Harry Toffolo, Matty Pearson, Jonathan Hogg (captain), Lewis O'Brien, Josh Koroma, Sorba Thomas, Ollie Turton, Danel Sinani (Goal 13'), Danny Ward, Tom Lees.
Substitutes: Nicholas Bilokapic, Pipa, Jordan Rhodes, Josh Ruffels, Scott High, Naby Sarr, Jon Russell.
Swans
Ben Hamer; Ben Cabango, Kyle Naughton, Ryan Manning; Cyrus Christie (Sub Obafemi 67'), Flynn Downes (Goal 77'), Matt Grimes (captain), Joel Latibeaudiere; Korey Smith, Olivier Ntcham (Sub Joseph 87'); Joel Piroe.
Substitutes: Andy Fisher, Ryan Bennett, Jay Fulton, Michael Obafemi, Kyle Joseph, Liam Walsh, Azeem Abdulai.
Updates
5' - Ntcham looks like he has hurt his knee, Hamer looks to have hurt his ankle...
6' - great stop by Hamer from a corner, ball ended up in the net but the rebound was put in from an offside position
13' - Goal! Huddersfield 1 - 0 Swans: Sinani.
Cross from the left isn't cleared, and Hamer pushes the shot into the path of the Norwich loanee.
67' - New signing Christie is replaced by Obafemi
77' - Goal! Huddersfield 1 - 1 Swans: Downes
Manning finds Downes on his own at the edge of the area, and he pokes it wide to Smith. Smith steps forward to cross but cuts back to Downes who finds the goal through bodies.
87' - Ntcham is replaced by Joseph
Before looking at their Wikipedia page I didn't realize who this team was!
For those who weren't following the league a few years ago, Yeovil Town Ladies were a stalwart club of the Championship but weren't seeming to be at the level of the WSL which was quite shown when the league shifted towards full professionalism in 2019. Yeovil went into administration in the 2018/19 season and were set for relegation to the Championship, but were unable to secure a 2nd division license and so they landed in the 3rd division.
The team went through a few name changes, from Yeovil Town Ladies to Yeovil Town Women (2019), and then to Yeovil United FC (2020). In March of this year Yeovil United merged with 9th tier men's side Bridgwater Town to form Bridgwater United.
For a team that has gone through a lot in the last few years, it's cool to see that hopefully there's finally some stability, even if it's under a new name. Also cool to see a team that in their final WSL season had trouble beating some Championship sides in League Cup, they beat a Championship side while playing in a tier below.
#FT: Reading 3-4 Huddersfield Town
Reading scorers: Lucas João (5'), George Puscas (22'), Michael Morrison (45')
Huddersfield Town scorers: Danel Sinani (9'), Daniel Ward (15', 25', 53')
Venue: Select Car Leasing Stadium
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Reading
Luke Southwood, Michael Morrison, Thomas Holmes (Jahmari Clarke), Baba Rahman, Andy Yiadom, John Swift, Josh Laurent (Junior Hoilett), Danny Drinkwater (Tom Dele-Bashiru), Lucas João, George Puscas, Andy Rinomhota.
Subs: James Holden, Mamadi Camara, Ethan Bristow, Tyrell Ashcroft.
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Huddersfield Town
Lee Nicholls, Matty Pearson, Tom Lees, Pipa, Lewis O'Brien, Jonathan Hogg, Harry Toffolo, Sorba Thomas, Daniel Ward (Jordan Rhodes), Josh Koroma (Jonathan Russell), Danel Sinani (Joshua Ruffels).
Subs: Aaron Rowe, Naby Sarr, Oliver Turton, Nicholas Bilokapic.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
5' Goal! Reading 1, Huddersfield Town 0. Lucas João (Reading) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Abdul Rahman Baba with a through ball.
9' Goal! Reading 1, Huddersfield Town 1. Danel Sinani (Huddersfield Town) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pipa.
15' Goal! Reading 1, Huddersfield Town 2. Danny Ward (Huddersfield Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
22' Goal! Reading 2, Huddersfield Town 2. George Puscas (Reading) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by John Swift.
25' Goal! Reading 2, Huddersfield Town 3. Danny Ward (Huddersfield Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
26' Andy Yiadom (Reading) is shown the yellow card.
45' Goal! Reading 3, Huddersfield Town 3. Michael Morrison (Reading) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by John Swift with a cross following a corner.
... keep reading on reddit ➡
Date: 15th January 2022 at 3pm
Venue: The John Smith's Stadium
Team
Huddersfield
Lee Nicholls, Harry Toffolo, Matty Pearson, Jonathan Hogg (captain), Lewis O'Brien, Josh Koroma, Sorba Thomas, Ollie Turton, Danel Sinani (Goal 13'), Danny Ward, Tom Lees.
Substitutes: Nicholas Bilokapic, Pipa, Jordan Rhodes, Josh Ruffels, Scott High, Naby Sarr, Jon Russell.
Swans
Ben Hamer; Ben Cabango, Kyle Naughton, Ryan Manning; Cyrus Christie (Sub Obafemi 67'), Flynn Downes (Goal 77'), Matt Grimes (captain), Joel Latibeaudiere; Korey Smith, Olivier Ntcham (Sub Joseph 87'); Joel Piroe.
Substitutes: Andy Fisher, Ryan Bennett, Jay Fulton, Michael Obafemi, Kyle Joseph, Liam Walsh, Azeem Abdulai.
Date: 15th January 2022 at 3pm
Venue: The John Smith's Stadium
Watch: SwansTV
