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Final League Table, Season 2003/2004

  Team PL W D L F A GD Pts
P
Doncaster Rovers
46
27
11
8
79
37
42
92
P
Hull City
46
25
13
8
82
44
38
88
P
Torquay United
46
23
12
11
68
44
24
81
PO
Huddersfield Town
46
23
12
11
68
52
16
81
PO
Mansfield Town
46
22
9
15
76
62
14
75
PO
Northampton Town
46
22
9
15
58
51
7
75
PO
Lincoln City
46
19
17
10
68
47
21
74
 
Yeovil Town
46
23
5
18
70
57
13
74
Oxford United
46
18
17
11
55
44
11
71
Swansea City
46
15
14
17
58
61
-3
59
Boston United
46
16
11
19
50
54
-4
59
Bury
46
15
11
20
54
64
-10
56
Cambridge United
46
14
14
18
55
67
-12
56
Cheltenham Town
46
14
14
18
57
71
-14
56
Bristol Rovers
46
14
13
19
50
61
-11
55
Kidderminster Harriers
46
14
13
19
45
59
-14
55
Southend United
46
14
12
20
51
63
-12
54
Darlington
46
14
11
21
53
61
-8
53
Leyton Orient
46
13
14
19
48
65
-17
53
Macclesfield Town
46
13
13
20
54
69
-15
52
Rochdale
46
12
14
20
49
58
-9
50
Scunthorpe United
46
11
16
19
69
72
-3
49
R
Carlisle United
46
12
9
25
46
69
-23
45
R
York City
46
10
14
22
35
66
-31
44

P = Promoted
PO = Play-Offs
R = Relegate

May 2004

May 19th
Nationwide League - Division Three Play-Offs
Final
Huddersfield Town 0 - 0 Mansfield Town (a.e.t.)
Huddersfield Town won 4-1 on penalty kicks.
This was a hard fought game at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff in front of 37,000+ spectators, the majority of which were Terriers fans, with both sides having chances to score the winning goal.
However 120 minutes of open play found the teams undivided and the match was decided on penalty kicks. While the Huddersfield penalty takers (Edwards, Schofield, Carss and Fowler) made no mistakes Corden and Lawrence missed the first Mansfield kicks giving Huddersfield the victory.

Town Team Rachubka, Sodje, Lloyd (Edwards 112), Mirfin, Holdsworth, Worthington (Fowler 85), Schofield, Yates, Carss, Booth, Abbott (McAliskey 90)
Scorer/s None
Booked Sodje
Sent Off None
Attendance 37,298

May 19th
Nationwide League - Division Three Play-Offs
Semi Final, Second Leg
Huddersfield Town 2 - 2 Lincoln City
Huddersfield Town booked their place in the play-off finals at the Milennium Stadium in Cardiff thanks to a late goal from Rob Edwards.

Lincoln were the stronger of the two sides in the first half and took the lead in the 38th minute through Butcher. One minute later Mark Bailey found himself through on the Huddersfield goal and buried the ball in the home team's net. At this stage it looked as if Lincoln were going to win the game.

After the break Town took the game to Lincoln and the pressure paid off when McCombe felled Andy Booth in the box and Danny Schofield made no mistake with the resultant penalty.
The game looked as if it was going to extra time when Rob Edwards picked the ball up on the edge of the Lincoln penalty area in the 83rd minute and fired home to give the Terriers an aggregate 4 - 3 win.

Town Team Rachubka, Sodje, Edwards, Lloyd, Mrifin, Holdsworth, Worthington, Yates (Scott 90), Schofield, Booth, Onuora (Abbott 75)
Scorer/s Onuora 5, Mirfin 72
Booked Worthington
Sent Off None
Attendance 9,202

May 15th
Nationwide League - Division Three Play-Offs
Semi Final First Leg
Lincoln City 1 - 2 Huddersfield Town
Huddersfield took the lead in the 5th minute when Iffy Onuora glanced home a Rob Edwards corner.
Lincoln equalised in the 51st minute through Gary Fletcher and this spurred the home side to increase thhe pressure on the Terriers goal but it was the visitors who regained the lead in the 72nd minute when right-back Mirfin latched on to a parried save and smashed the ball home.

Town Team Rachubka, Sodje, Edwards, Lloyd, Mrifin, Holdsworth, Worthington, Yates (Scott 90), Schofield, Booth, Onuora (Abbott 75)
Scorer/s Onuora 5, Mirfin 72
Booked Worthington
Sent Off None
Attendance 9,202

May 8th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Cheltenham Town 1 - 1 Huddersfield Town
With this draw and the fact that Torquay United won their last game of the season Huddersfield had to settle for a place in the Dision Three play-offs rather than securing automatic promotion.

The Terriers had to fight hard against a lively Cheltenham although they took the lead in the 16th minute when Andy Booth latched on to a Pawel Abbott pass and fired into the home side's net - this being Booth's 100th goal in Towns colours.

After the break The Robins had Damien Spencer sent off for a second bookable offence. However, in the 75th minute Abbott tried to pass the ball back to keeper Paul Rachubka but had it intercepted by Odejayi who passed to Shane Duff for him to level the scores.

Town Team Rachubka, Scott (Brown 84), Lloyd, Mirfin, Holdsworth, Worthington, Yates, Carss, Booth, Abbott (Onuora 79), McAliskey
Scorer/s Booth 16
Booked Carrs, Yates
Sent Off None
Attendance 5,814

May 1st
Nationwide League - Division Three
Huddersfield Town 1 - 3 Mansfield Town
The Terriers had only themselves to blame after missing out on the opportunity to gain automatic promotion. This means that Huddersfield's season now rests on their final game away to Cheltenham.

Town took the lead when McAliskey fired home an Andy Booth knock downin the 14th minute. Then the Terriers defence went to sleep for the rest of the game allowing Mansfield to notch up three goals in the rest of the game.
Day scored with his head in the 20th minute from a corner to level the match then Junior Mendes blasted the ball home from the edge of the Terriers area after Dave Mirfin lost possession. Finally Liam Lawrence ran through a static Huddersfield defence to notch up Mansfield's third in the 78th minute.

Town Team Rachubka, Scott (Fowler 57), Lloyd (Onuora 72), Mirfin, Holdsworth, Worthington, Carss, Yates, Booth, Abbott, McAliskey
Scorer/s McAliskey 14
Booked None
Sent Off None
Attendance 18,633

April 2004

April 24th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Hull City 0 - 0 Huddersfield Town
This clash of third and second in the table produced plenty of thrills and spills but no goals.
The home side had the edge throughout most of the game but some good defending and a couple of excellent saves from Rachubka kept the scores level.

Town Team Rachubka, Sodje, Lloyd, Mirfin, Holdsworth, Worthington, Schofield, Yates, Carss, Booth, McAliskey
Scorer/s None
Booked Carrs
Sent Off None
Attendance 23,495

April 20th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Northampton Town 0 - 1 Huddersfield Town
No report available

Town Team Rachubka, Sodje, Lloyd, Mirfin, Holdsworth, Worthington, Schofield, Yates, Carss, Booth, McAliskey
Scorer/s Andy Booth 53
Booked Carrs
Sent Off None
Attendance 6,873

April 17th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Huddersfield Town 3 - 0 Scunthorpe United
In this incident-packed game Huddersfield emerged as victors with two last gasp goals from John McAliskey.

The Terriers took the lead as early as the 5th minute when Danny Schofield's free kick was converted by David Mirfin at the back post. Town held the leadfor a grand total of 3 minutes before Efe Sodje headed the ball into his own net from a Scunthorpe corner.
To add insult to injury Scunthorpe were awarded a penalty after Sodje was deemed to have pushed a visiting attacker in the Town penalty area in the 42nd minute which was saved by Rachubka but MacLean fired home the rebound.

After the break both sides continued to battle away but Huddersfield were put on the back foot when Sodje picked up his second booking of the game and was sent off in the 67th minute.
However the home team fought to maintain pressure on the Scunthorpe goal and their efforts paid off when McAliskey scored two headed goals in the 87th and 90th minutes to seal the points for the Terriers. Unfortunately Schofield picked up his second yellow card and was sent off for over-celebrating the winning goal.

Town Team Rachubka, Sodje, Lloyd, Mirfin, Harkins (Edwards 61), Holdsworth, Worthington (Scott 90), Schofield, Yates, Carss, McAliskey
Scorer/s Mirfin 5, McAliskey 87 and 90
Booked Schofield, Sodje, McAliskey
Sent Off Sodje, Schofield
Attendance 12,108

April 12th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Kidderminster Harriers 2 - 1 Huddersfield Town
Lowly Kidderminster desrevedly took all three points from this encounter despite having a man sent off in the 34th minute.
Wayne Hatswell gave the home team the lead in the 30th minute when he powerfully headed home a corner. Four minutes later the Harriers were reduced to 10 men when Ian Foster took a swing at Town defender Efe Sodje.
Town were unlucky when Andy Booth rattled the crossbar with a header in the dying stages of the first half.

After the break Kidderminster went further ahead when Anthony Lloyd chested the ball past his own keeper in the 54th minute. Town did manage to pull a goal back six minutes from the end. This time it was another fortuitous own goal when Abdou Sall headed a Harkins cross into his own net.

Town Team Rachubka, Sodje, Lloyd, Mirfin, Holdsworth, Worthington, Schofield, Yates (Harkins 45), Carss (McAliskey 61), Booth, Abbott
Scorer/s Abdou Sall (og)
Booked Mirfin
Sent Off None
Attendance 4,051

April 10th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Huddersfield Town 1 - 0 Southend United
Town shaded the first half of this game against Southend and went into the break one goal to the better thanks to a 30th minute piece of athleticism from Pawel Abbot. The Polish international latched on to an Andy Booth flick-on and buried the ball into the Southend net with an overhead kick.

After the break Southend showed more promise than Town and were unlucky not to equalise when Mark Bentley's free kick hit the woodwork and bounced clear of the Terriers goal.

Town Team Rachubka, Sodje, Lloyd, Mirfin, Holdsworth, Worthington, Schofield, Yates, Carss, Booth, Abbott
Scorer/s Abbott
Booked Mirfin
Sent Off None
Attendance 10,680

April 3rd
Nationwide League - Division Three
Leyton Orient 1 - 1 Huddersfield Town
No report available

Town Team Rachubka, Sodje, Lloyd, Mirfin, Holdsworth, Worthington, Schofield (Harkins 76), Yates, Carss, Booth, Abbott
Scorer/s Booth
Booked Booth, Holdsworth, Yates
Sent Off Abbott 27, Booth 84
Attendance 4,137

March 2004

March 27th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Huddersfield Town 3 - 0 Swansea City
Town waited until the second half of this entertaining game before they buried Swansea thanks to a brace of goals from Danny Schofield and a very late strike from Anthony Lloyd.

Huddersfield dominated the first half although the score sheet remained blank due to some near misses from their strikers. Indeed it wasn't until the 24th minute before Swansea came close to threatening the Terriers goal and then they spurned the chance by firing wide.

After the break Town took the lead in the 51st minute when Danny Schofiel latched on to an Andy Booth header to fire the ball past Freestone in the Swansea goal.
The Terriers then had to wait until the 85th minute before they struck again when Schofield took the ball round the Swansea keeper and cooly slotted the ball into the net.
Finally Anthony Lloyd scored Town's third in the 89th minute with a sweet shot that sailed gracefully into the Swansea goal.

Town Team Rachubka, Sodje, Lloyd, Mirfin, Holdsworth, Worthington, Schofield, Yates, Carss, Booth, Abbott (Onuora 87)
Scorer/s Schofield 51 and 85, Lloyd 89
Booked None
Sent Off None
Attendance 11,250

March 26th
Huddersfield Town have signed 19-year-old midfielder Gary Harkins from Premiership club Blackburn Rovers on a month's loan. They have also signed 36-year-old striker Iffy Onuora until the end of the season.
In contrast Jon Newby has left the club to go to York City on loan for a month.


March 16th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Huddersfield Town 1 - 1 Rochdale
Although Rochdale drew first blood via Bertos in the 39th minute it was Town who had the lion's share of ther play and found an equaliser just after half time when Anthony Lloyd headed home a Holdsworth cross.

For the rest of the second half Town laid seige to the Rochdale goal but were unable to penetrate the visitors defence, thanks to some desperate last-ditch defending and the woodwork being hit, thus failing to take all three points against their lowly opposition.

Town Team Rachubka, Clarke (Scott 35), Lloyd, Sodje, Mirfin, Holdsworth, Worthington, Carss, Schofield (McAliskey 80), Abbott, Booth
Scorer/s Lloyd 49
Booked Sodje, Holdsworth, Carss
Sent Off None
Attendance 10,884

March 13th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Huddersfield Town 4 - 0 Macclesfield Town
No report available

Town Team Rachubka, Clarke, Lloyd, Sodje, Mirfin, Holdsworth, Worthington (Edwards 78), Carss, Schofield, Abbott, Booth (McAliskey 75)
Scorer/s Booth 21, Abbott 47, Sodje 69, McAliskey 90
Booked None
Sent Off None
Attendance 9,729

February 12th
Huddersfield Town have negotiated the purchase of Pawel Abbott from Preston North End. The striker has signed a three-and-a-half-year contract and, although the amount has not been released by either club, was suggested to have cost the club a "significant six-figure sum".


March 9th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Carlisle United 1 - 0 Huddersfield Town
Town were undone by the bottom of the league club Carlisle United in this frantic game at Brunton Park.
Town had at least two good chances to score but both of them, falling to Andy Booth, were admirable saved by in form keeper Matt Glennon.

Then after 72 minutes a cross from Duffield was badly dealt with by Rachubka and Duffield had an easy tap-in. What made the goal even more painful for the Terriers was that Duffield had only just joined Carlisle, from Boston, and ws making his debut.

Town Team Rachubka, Clarke, Yates, Sodje, Schofield, Carss, Worthington, Lloyd, Holdsworth, Abbott (Edwards 90), Booth
Scorer/s None
Booked Abbott
Sent Off None
Attendance 4,782

March 6th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Oxford United 0 - 1 Huddersfield Town
In a physical battle at the new Kassam Stadium HuddersfieldTown emerged as victors over their promotion rivals Oxford United thanks to a 41st minute headed goal from Efe Sodje.

After the break Oxford put on a better show but were denied an equaliser by some fine defending and a good diplay from debutant keeper Paul Rachubka.

Town Team Rachubka, Sodje, Clarke, Lloyd, Worthington, Holdsworth, Schofield (Newby 74), Yates (Mirfin 43), Carss, Booth, Abbott
Scorer/s Sodje 41
Booked Lloyd
Sent Off None
Attendance 7,278

March 3rd
Nationwide League - Division Three
Huddersfield Town 3 - 1 Yeovil Town
For the second match in succession Huddersfield defeated fellow promotion hopefuls and climbed to the heady heights of fourth in the League table and find themselves only three points away from an automatic promotion place.

The Terriers took the lead in the 40th minute through on loan striker Pawel Abbott who scored his third goal in as many games for Town.
Danny Schofield made it 2-0 when he fired home a Lloyd header. Schofield struck again in the 60th minute when he latched on to an Abbott through ball and beat tthe Yeovil keeper with a neat chip.

Town Team Senior, Clarke, Lloyd, Sodje, Yates, Schofield, Mattis (Edwards 65), Worthington (Fowler 90), Holdsworth, Abbott, Booth
Scorer/s Abbott 40, Schofield 46, 60
Booked Worthington, Clarke
Sent Off None
Attendance 9,395

February 2004

February 21st
Nationwide League - Division Three
Huddersfield Town 2 - 1 Lincoln City
Promotion hopefuls Lincoln City looked as if they were going to give Town a rough ride when they scored in the 19th minute courtesy of Marcus Richardson and they duly held out until the 48th minute when Efe Sodje nodded the ball home to level the scores.

Town went on to score the winning goal thanks to a contreversial goal scored by Pawel Abbott in the 67th minute.
Abbott looked to be offside when a Lincoln defender headed back to keeper Marriott. The keeper controlled the ball with his feet but Abbott managed to dispossess him and fired the ball into the visitor's net. The referee consulted with his linesman and the goal was allowed to stand much to the disgus of the Lincoln players and spectators.

Town Team Senior, Brown (Holdsworth 52), Lloyd (Mirfin 69), Sodje, Clarke, Schofield, Carss, Yates, Worthington, Booth, Abbott
Scorer/s Sodje, Abbott
Booked Abbott
Sent Off None
Attendance 11,553

February 17th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Bristol Rovers 1 - 1 Huddersfield Town
The first half belonged to Rovers but thewy couldn't press home their advantage and the game remained scoreless until the 69th minute when Graham Hyde was handed a goal by Town keeper Phil Senior. Hyde's volley looked to be an easily saveable shot but Senior allowed the ball to slip through his fingers to gibe Bristol the lead.

At this stage Town had looked more dangerous in their attacks and they persevered and managed to snatch a goal back in the 86th minute through debutante striker Pawel Abbott who volleyed the ball home from the edge of the area.
Abbott was denied a late winner when Ryan Clarke pulled off a good save

Town Team Senior, Lloyd, Sodje (Newby 80), Clarke, Schofield, Yates, Carss, Holdsworth, Worthington, Fowler (Abbott 45), Booth
Scorer/s Clarke 71
Booked Carss, Fowler
Sent Off Carss
Attendance 3,821

February 14th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Torquay United 0 - 1 Huddersfield Town
Torquay started the day one place above Town in the League but this hard fought victory saw the Terriers leapfrog them to go sixth in the table.

Victory was secured in the 71st minute when Andy Booth headed back across goal from a Tony Carss free kick and Nat Clarke was on hand to nod the ball home from close range.
Torquay did look dangerous throughout the game and could have equalised late on but for excellent saves from Sodje and Senior. Carss was sent off near the end for a second bookable offence.

Town Team Senior, Lloyd, Sodje, Clarke, Schofield, Yates, Carss, Holdsworth, Worthington, Fowler (Mirfin 90), Booth (Brown 77)
Scorer/s Abbott
Booked Sodje, Clarke
Sent Off None
Attendance 6,262

February 12th
Huddersfield Town announced the signing of 22-year-old striker Pawel Abbott from Preston North End on a month's loan.


February 7th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Huddersfield Town 0 - 2 Darlington
Huddersfield were beaten by lowly Darlington in a match where the loss of their star striker, Jon Stead, to Blackburn seemed to end the Terriers potency in front of goal.

Darlington took the lead in the first half when Clarke scored from the penalty spot after Sodje was adjudged to have committed a foul in the penalty area after 21 minutes.
The second goal was something of a fluke as Maddisons cross was caught by the strong wind and ended up in the back of the Town net in the 54th minute giving Darlington their first away win of the season.

Town Team Senior, Lloyd, Yates, Sodje, Clarke, Schofield, Fowler (Carss 57), Worthington, Holdsworth, Newby (Mirfin 58), Brown
Scorer/s None
Booked None
Sent Off None
Attendance 11,104

February 2nd
Huddersfield Town have sold their star striker, Jon Stead, to Premiership club Blackburn Rovers. Stead signed a four-and-a-half- year contract and is said to have cost £1.2 million.


January 2004

January 25th
Nationwide League - Division Three
York City 0 - 2 Huddersfield Town
Town left it till late to notch up their sixth consecutive victory with a goal each from Danny Schofield and David Mirfin. The Terriers have now moved up to fifth in the league table and are close to contesting for a place in the automatic promotion places.

The first half was a fairly even affair although York did have more chances to score than Town but failed to take advantage.

York were the better team in the second half but the Terriers showed grit and determination in defence and eventually took advantage of some poor City defending to take all three points.
It was as late as the 88th minute when City goalkeeper Ovendale spilled a shot from Mirfin and Danny Schofield took advantage by firing the ball home.
Town then made it two a minute later when Mirfin blocked a clearance and poked the ball home for his first goal in Town colours.

Town Team Senior, Brown, Clarke, Sodje, Lloyd, Schofield, Yates, Worthington, Holdsworth, Fowler, Newby (Mirfin 79)
Scorer/s Schofield 88, Mirfin 89
Booked Yates
Sent Off None
Attendance 6,969

January 17th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Huddersfield Town 2 - 0 Boston United
Huddersfield strengthened their position in the play-off places with this fine win over Boston United at the McAlpine Stadium.

Town were the better side throughout the first half but a determined effort from the Boston defence kept the Terriers from scoring.

After the break Town continued to harass the visitors and in the 71st minute took the lead when Sodje headed home a Steve Yates corner, his first goal for the club.
15 minutes later Tony Lloyd sealed the win when he latched on to a Jon Stead through ball to fire it past the Boston keeper.

Town Team Senior, Lloyd, Yates, Sodje, Clarke, Schofield, Fowler, Worthington, Holdsworth, Stead (Newby 88), Brown
Scorer/s Sodge 71, Lloyd 86
Booked Fowler
Sent Off None
Attendance 9,603

January 10th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Cambridge United 1 - 2 Huddersfield Town
Town recorded their fourth consecutive win with a fine display at the Abbey Stadium. The resuling three points saw them climb into sixth place and into a play-off position.

Jon Stead opened the scoring in the 44th minute with a penalty after Andy Duncan handled the ball in his own penalty area.
The Terriers found the net again in the 85th minute when Worthington scored with an overhead kick after being teed up by Stead's header.

Cambridge managed to claw a goal back in the 90th minute but by then it was too little, too late.

Town Team Senior, Brown, Clarke, Sodje, Lloyd, Edwards (Holland 33), Schofield, Yates, Holdsworth, Worthington, Stead
Scorer/s Stead 45, Worthington 85
Booked Worthington, Holdsworth
Sent Off None
Attendance 3,667

January 3rd
Nationwide League - Division Three
Huddersfield Town 3 - 1 Doncaster Rovers
Town brought high flying Rovers down to earth with a bump as they comfortably took all three points in this local derby at the McAlpine Stadium.

The Terriers started off well but had to wait until the 42nd minute before they registered their first goal. A Rob Edwards header was flicked on at the near post by Nat Brown and Jonathan Stead popped up and nodded the ball home from close quarters.

After the break Town continued their good work and in the 69th minute Stead registered his second goal of the game when he took on the Rovers defence and fired the ball home.
Three minutes later Doncaster pulled a goal back through Gregg Blundell but Town wrapped the game up when Jonathan Worthington latched on to a forced clearance in the 82nd minute to hit the back of the net.

Town Team Senior, Lloyd (Hughes 90), Edwards, Sodje, Brown, Yates, Holdsworth, Worthington, Stead, Schofield, Clarke
Scorer/s Stead 42, 69; Worthington 82
Booked None
Sent Off None
Attendance 13,044

December 2003

December 28th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Huddersfield Town 1 - 0 Bury
Although Town were the better team on the day it took an own goal by Bury's Danny Swailes to settle this match. Swailes had the misfortune to head past his own keeper from a Rob Edwards corner in the 31st minute.

Town Team Senior, Lloyd, Edwards, Sodje, Brown, Yates, Holdsworth, Worthington, Stead, Fowler, Booth
Scorer/s Swailes 31 (o.g.)
Booked Sodje
Sent Off None
Attendance 10,217

December 26th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Darlington 0 - 1 Huddersfield Town
Town recorded only their second away victory of the season so far when they scored the winning goal through Andy Booth in the 28th minute.
Booth latched on to a parry by the Quakers keeper and gleefully buried the ball into the back of the net.
Darlington had their chances to score but either spurned them or had them saved by Senior in the Terriers goal....

Town Team Senior, Brown, Clarke, Sodje, Scott (Edwards 41), Lloyd, Yates, Schofield (Worthington 9), Booth, Fowler (Holdsworth 76), Stead
Scorer/s Booth
Booked Fowler, Edwards, Brown
Sent Off None
Attendance 6,205

December 20th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Huddersfield Town 1 - 1 Oxford United
Town started the game well but had to wait until the 38th minute before they took the lead through a Jon Stead goal, a deflected shot.
Things looked even more promising for a Town victory when United had Julian Alsop sent off for violent conduct in the 68th minute but, against the run of play, Rawle headed home an equalizer.
Although the Terriers continued to attack the Oxford goal the visitors hung on to take their share of the points.
A disappointment for Town was that they had Lee Fowler sent off in the last minute of the game after he committed a second bookable offence.

Town Team Gray, Scott, Yates, Sodje, Clarke, Brown, Schofield (Mattis 73), Fowler, Lloyd, Stead, Booth (Onibuje 82)
Scorer/s Stead
Booked Fowler, Scott
Sent Off Fowler
Attendance 9,368

December 13th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Macclesfield Town 4 - 0 Huddersfield Town
Town were shot to pieces in this, their first ever visit to the Moss Rose ground.

Tipton opened the scoring for the home side when he blasted home the ball in the 13th minute.
It wasn't until the 64th minute that Macclesfield scored again through John Miles but it wasn't through lack of trying. They totally dominated all areas of the pitch and it was surprising that they didn't score more.

Tipton made it three in the 76th minute when he converted a penalty after Nathan Clarke had been sent off for comitting a professional foul inside the penalty area. Priest completed the scoring in the 88th minute when he headed home a Tipton cross....

Town Team Senior, Brown, Clarke, Edwards, Sodje, Scott, Lloyd, Schofield, Booth, Fowler, Stead
Scorer/s None
Booked Scott
Sent Off Clarke
Attendance 3,059

November 2003

November 29th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Huddersfield Town 0 - 0 Cheltenham Town
Despite hitting the woodwork twice and having attempts on goal saved on the line Town failed to break down a spirited Cheltenham defence.
This is only the second time that the Terriers have failed to score at the McAlpine this season.

Town Team Gray, Scott (Onibuje 80), Hughes (Sodje 46), Clarke, Schofield, Carss (Edwards 74), Brown, Fowler, Lloyd, Stead, Booth
Scorer/s None
Booked None
Sent Off None
Attendance 8,442

November 22nd
Nationwide League - Division Three
Mansfield Town 3 - 3 Huddersfield Town
Having lost their last 6 away games Huddersfield were not the favourites to win this clash against second place Mansfield, who had won their previous four games, but they came within a whisker of snatching all three points with an impressive performance at Field Mill.

The Terriers opened the scoring in the 15th minute when Danny Schofield chipped the home keeper Pilkington.
In the 31st minute Huddersfield scored again through Jonathan Stead and they looked like they were going to completely dominate the game until Day scored for Mansfield in first half injury time.

After the break Mansfield managed to equalize in the 61st minute through Artell although Stead had hit the woodwork earlier.
Huddersfield regained their advantage when Stead headed home in the 64th minute but Mansfield managed to score their second equalizer when Disley shot home from close range to give both sides a share of the points....

Town Team Senior, Scott, Lloyd, Hughes, Clarke, Brown, Carss, Fowler, Worthington, Stead, Schofield
Scorer/s Schofield 15; Stead 31, 64
Booked Worthington, Scott, Brown
Sent Off None
Attendance 5,828

November 13th
Huddersfield Town today signed 19-year-old,6ft 7ins tall, striker Fola Onibuje from Preston on a month's loan.


November 15th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Huddersfield Town 3 - 1 Hull City
Town produced a magnificent result against top-of-the-table Hull City in front of nearly 14,000 people at the McAlpine Stadium. This result banished the disappointment of being knocked out of the FA Cup.

Hull City started the game as the brighter of the two teams but Jonathan Stead had a simple tap-in to score the opening goal for the Terriers in the 32nd minute when the Tigers defence made a mistake.
Nine minutes later Andy Booth fired home a Stead pass to give Town a two goal lead which they took into half time.

After the break Town were the stronger of the two teams but failed to capitalise on their on their superiority until Danny Schofield shot home from close range.
Forrester scored a consolation goal for the visitors as the game drew to a close.

Town Team Gray, Scott, Lloyd, Hughes, Clarke, Schofield, Carss, Brown, Worthington, Stead, Booth (Thorrington 61)
Scorer/s Stead 32, Booth 41, Schofield 80
Booked Carss
Sent Off None
Attendance 13,893

November 13th
Huddersfield Town have completed the permanent signing of midfielder Lee Fowler on a two-and-a-half-year contract from Coventry City. Fowler had previously been on loan at the McAlpine Stadium.


November 9th
FA Cup - First Round
Accrington Stanley 1 - 0 Huddersfield Town
The Terriers played most of this match with 10 men after Jonathan Worthington was sent off in the 16th minute for supposed serious foul play.

Apart from the sending off there was little to get excited about in the match as both sides huffed and puffed without showing any signs of an end product.

Then, as the game drifted into extra time at the end of the second half Town had to substitue Ian Gray and new keeper Phil Senior's first touch of the ball was to pick it out of the net as Glouch shot over the keeper and into the net, giving the non-league side a famous victory.

This was Huddersfield's third cup exit in 10 days but this one was particulary painful as it was being broadcast live on national terrestrial televison. At least Town can now concentrate on improving their league position....

Town Team Gray (Senior 90), Sodje, Clarke, Scott (Brown 90), Lloyd, Holdsworth, Worthington, Schofield, Holland (Mattis 81), Booth, Stead
Scorer/s None
Booked Booth
Sent Off Worthington
Attendance 3,129

November 4th
LDV Cup, Northern Section - Round Two
Carlisle United 2 - 0 Huddersfield Town
No report available....

Town Team Gray, Hughes, Scott, Lloyd, Mirfin (Sodje 42), Holdsworth, Worthington (Brown 67), Holland, Schofield, Booth, Stead
Scorer/s None
Booked Hughes
Sent Off None
Attendance 1,346

November 1st
Nationwide League - Division Three
Scunthorpe United 6 - 2 Huddersfield Town
Huddersfield Town were given a lesson in goalscoring by Scunthorpe at Glanford Park.

The home side took the lead through a Peter Beagrie free kick in the 17th minute and were 2-0 up seven minutes later when Sparrow headed the ball past Ian Gray.

Immediately after the break Town pulled a goal back through Andy Booth in the 46th minute but his goal was in vain as Barwick scored in the 55th minute. Maclean added two more goals before Booth scored his second for the Terriers in the 72nd minute.
Maclean then completed his hat trick close to the end of this match, which saw Huddersfield drop out of the play-off positions and down to ninth in the table....

Town Team Gray, Sodje, Clarke, Holdsworth, Schofield, Mattis, Yates, Booth, Carss, Stead, Fowler
Scorer/s Booth 46, 72
Booked Booth, Fowler, Stead, Sodje
Sent Off Fowler
Attendance 4,715

October 2003

October 28th
Carling Cup - Third Round
Reading 1 - 0 Huddersfield Town
Despite a valiant effort the Terriers were knocked out of the Carling Cup by First Division Reading at the Madejski Stadium.

Town started brightly enough but the gap between the two sidesg began to tell as the game went on until, eventually, in the 82nd minute Forster managed to beat Gray ....

Town Team Gray, Sodje, Clarke, Worthington, Holdsworth (Brown 83), Schofield, Yates, Booth, Carss, Stead, Fowler
Scorer/s None
Booked Fowler
Sent Off None
Attendance 11,892

October 25th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Huddersfield Town 2 - 1 Carlisle United
Town made heavy going against the basement team of the division.
The Terriers dominated the first half and went one up in the 38th minute when Andy Booth scored. Deep in to injury time they scored again when Stead fired home.

As the teams left the field of play for the half time break Carlisle's Richie Forlan and Huddersfield's Steve Yates ended up exchanging blows and were promptly show red cards by the referee.

All the steam seemed to evaporate from the Town team after the break and it came as no surprise when Kelly scored for the visitors in the 74th minute. But for the woodwork Town would have conceded more goals but they held on to take all three points and move up to seventh in the league table.

Town Team Gray, Sodje, Clarke, Worthington, Holdsworth, Schofield, Yates, Booth, Carss, Stead, Fowler
Scorer/s Booth 38, Stead 45
Booked Sodje, Fowler
Sent Off Yates
Attendance 9,059

October 21st
Nationwide League - Division Three
Lincoln City 3 - 1 Huddersfield Town
Town suffered the away day blues for the second successive match which saw them drop to ninth in the league and dented their promotion hopes.

Yeovil took the lead as early as the 4th minute when Skiverton nodded the ball past Ian Gray. However Town dominated play for the rest of the first half and drew level in the 42nd minute when Jon Stead fired home his 10th goal of the season from a free kick.

After the break however Yeovil took control and sealed their win through Johnson, the Yeovil manager's son. Yeovil could have scored more goals but found Gray, in the Town goal, in fine form....

Town Team Gray, Sodje, Clarke, Fowler (Holland 63), Worthington, Holdsworth, Carss, Schofield, Yates (Brown 76), Booth, Stead
Scorer/s Stead 42
Booked Sodje, Worthington, Holland
Sent Off None
Attendance 5,274

October 18th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Lincoln City 3 - 1 Huddersfield Town
Despite taking the lead in the fifth minute and holding on to the lead until the second half Town were beaten by a Lincoln City side who now have an unbeaten run of 11 games

Andy Booth was Huddersfield's scorer when he nodded the ball past Marriott in the Lincoln goal. Town managed to hang on to the lead until the 61st minute when Fletcher grabbed an equalizer for Lincoln.
Then in the 65th minute Richardson latched on to a through ball from Butcher to give the Imps the lead.

Town had the chance to draw level when they were awarded a penalty but Carss had his kick well saved by Marriott
Deep into injury time Yeo added a third goal for Lincoln....

Town Team Gray, Sodje, Clarke, Scott, Worthington, Holdsworth (Brown 68), Schofield, Yates, Booth, Carss, Fowler
Scorer/s Booth 5
Booked Worthington
Sent Off None
Attendance 5,718

October 11th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Huddersfield Town 1 - 0 Torquay United
The scoreline fails to show how Huddersfield dominated this game and if it wasn't for the visiting goalkeeper, Dearden, making some excellent saves the score would have been much higher.

In the event it was a stupendous volley by Tony Carss which divided the two teams at the final whistle, Carss latching on to an Andy Holdsworth corner to volley home from 30 yards in the 80th minute.

This result, the fourth successive league victory, earned Town 6th place in the division and means that they find themselves in a play-off position for the first time this season

Town Team Gray, Sodje, Clarke, Worthington, Holdsworth, Schofield, Yates, Booth, Carss, Stead, Fowler
Scorer/s Carss 80
Booked None
Sent Off None
Attendance 9,117

October 4th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Southend United 1 - 2 Huddersfield Town
Southend took the lead in the 43rd minute through Leke Odunsi but Town replied with Booth heading home a Nathan Clarke long throw-in.

The game looked to be heading for a draw but in the 89th minute Danny Schofiled drilled hom a low shot to give Town all three points....

Town Team Gray, Yates, Sodje, Clarke, Mirfin, Worthington, Fowler (Mattis 86), Schofield, Carss (Lloyd 90), Booth, Stead
Scorer/s Booth 45, Schofield 89
Booked Worthington, Fowler, Stead, Sodje
Sent Off None
Attendance 4,205

September 2003

September 30th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Huddersfield Town 1 - 0 Kidderminster Harriers
Huddersfield hot-shot Jon Stead grabbed his 9th goal of the season and all three points for the Terriers when he scored in the 12th minute, latching on to a blocked shot from Danny Schofield.

Overall Town were the more incisive of the two teams and only some great saves from Kidderminster keeper, Brock, stopped Town from notching up a higher score.

Town Team Gray, Scott, Mirfin, Holdsworth (Sodje 81), Worthington, Yates, Schofield, Carss, Booth, Stead, Fowler
Scorer/s Stead 12
Booked Stead, Fowler
Sent Off None
Attendance 8,275

September 27th
Town were drawn away to First Division Reading in the third round of the Carling Cup. The fixture will take place during the week commencing October 27th.


September 27th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Huddersfield Town 3 - 0 Leyton Orient
Despite an early threat to the Huddersfield goal the home team emerged as comfortable winners against a Leyton Orient side that had previously only won one game in eleven.

Town took the lead when Steve Yates had an easy tap-in from a Stead header in the 31st minute. Scott doubled Town's lead in the 62nd minute when he capitalised on a nifty header from Yates that was stopped on the line. Andy Booth made it three in the 83rd minute when he gleefully nodded home after Stead's shot was parried by the keeper. Previously to scoring Booth had twice hit the woodwork in the second half.

Town Team Gray, Scott, Lloyd, Mirfin, Holdsworth (MAttis 85), Worthington, Yates (Newby 85), Schofield, Booth (Clarke 85), Stead, Fowler
Scorer/s Yates 31, Scott 62, Booth 83
Booked Yates, Holdsworth
Sent Off None
Attendance 8,942

September 23rd
Carling Cup - Second Round
Sunderland 2 - 4 Huddersfield Town
No report available....

Town Team Gray, Scott, Mirfin, Holdsworth, Worthington, Yates, Schofield, Carss, Booth (Brown 88), Fowler, Stead
Scorer/s Carss 2, Stead 20, Holdsworth 54, Booth 87
Booked Fowler, Scott, Schofield
Sent Off None
Attendance 13,516

September 20th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Swansea 2 - 0 Huddersfield Town
This was a game which Huddersfield will want to forget very quickly as Swansea went to the top of the table and Town suffered the ignomy of finishing the game with only 9 men on the park.

Swansea took the lead as early as the ninth minute and looked comfortable throughout the game. Although Town did manage to force one or two chances the game was effectively lost when Scott was sent off early in the second half for his second bookable offence. Nugent made certain of the points for the home team when he scored a late goal in the 84th minute.....

Town Team Gray, Mirfin, Hughes, Edwards (Holdsworth 75), Worthington, Newby (Brown 49), Scott, Carss, Booth, Stead, Schofield, Fowler
Scorer/s None
Booked Carss, Scott, Holdsworth
Sent Off Scott, Hughes
Attendance 8,048

September 16th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Rochdale 1 - 1 Huddersfield Town
Although Town fell behind within 18 seconds of the game starting when Rochdale's Paul Connor headed the ball past Gray they managed to grab an equaliser when Jonathan Worthington fired the ball into the home side's net in the 23rd minute.

Rochdale were the more prominent team either side of the half time break but Huddersfield rallied midway through the second half and could have snatched the winner through Carss or Booth but they both spurned good chances.

The game also made a little piece of history when Adnan Ahmed became the first Asian player to take the field for Town when he came on as substitute for Jon Newby in the 77th minute......

Town Team Gray, Sodje, Hughes, Edwards, Worthington, Newby (Ahmed 77), Scott, Carss, Booth, Stead, Schofield, Fowler
Scorer/s Worthington 23
Booked Worthington
Sent Off None
Attendance 4,626

September 13th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Huddersfield Town 3 - 0 Northampton Town
The game was effectively over by half time as Town scored all of their three goals in the first period.
Jon Stead scored the first goal in the 17th minute when he shrugged off a challenge from a Northampton defender and slid the ball into the net under the diving body of Harper.

In the 33rd minute Ian Sampson was adjudged to have handled the ball in the area and Town were awarded a penalty which Tony Carss slotted home for the second goal
Two minutes later Stead scored his second goal of the game to give Town all three points.....

Town Team Gray, Edwards, Hughes, Sodje, Worthington, Scott, Holdsworth, Carss, Fowler, Stead, Booth
Scorer/s Stead 17, 35; Carss 33 (pen)
Booked None
Sent Off None
Attendance 8,285

September 6th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Bury 2 - 1 Huddersfield Town
Once again Town were undone by an old boy, in this case Ben Thornley. Thornley supplied the cross for Danny Swailes to head the Shakers into the lead after 24 minutes and then Ian Gray spilled a Thornley shot, allowing substitute Lee Connell to sidefoot the ball home with his first touch of the ball in the 83rd minute

In between the two Bury goals Town scored when Paul Scott headed home a Tony Carss corner to give the Terriers the hope of at least a point but then Efe Sodje managed to get himself sent off in the 75th minute for serious foul play when he challenged Joe O'Neill.....

Town Team Gray, Sodje, Hughes, Edwards, Worthington, Newby, Scott, Carss, Holdsworth (Mirfin 76), Stead, Schofield
Scorer/s Scott 72
Booked Worthington
Sent Off Sodje
Attendance 4,591

August 2003

August 30th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Huddersfield Town 2 - 1 Bristol Rovers
Town registered their first victory of the campaign when goals from Rob Edwards and Jon Stead saw of the challenge of previously unbeaten Bristol Rovers....

Town Team Gray, Edwards, Hughes, Sodje, Newby, Scott, Schofield, Carss, Fowler, Stead, Booth
Scorer/s Edwards 32, Stead 78
Booked Stead, Schofield, Scott
Sent Off None
Attendance 8,486

August 29th
Town officially came out of administration after the administrators went to court to approve the takeover fo the club by the Ken Davy led consortium.

August 28th
Supporters favourite Andy Booth signed a two-year extension to his contract with Huddersfield Town today. Boothy has reportedly taken a large pay cut in the deal that should keep him at the McAlpine Stadium for the rest of his playing career.

August 25th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Doncaster Rovers 1 - 1 Huddersfield Town
Still no win so far this season as Huddersfield Town could only manage a draw against newly-promoted Doncaster Rovers.....

Town Team Gray, Sodje, Hughes, Booty, Yates, Newby, Thorrington, Carss, Fowler, Stead, Booth
Scorer/s Booth 7
Booked Hughes, Yates, Sodje
Sent Off Schofield
Attendance 7,367

August 23rd
Nationwide League - Division Three
Huddersfield Town 0 - 1 York City
Town suffered their first defeat of the season with this reversal at the McAlpine Stadium....

Town Team Gray, Booty, Hughes, Sodje, Yates, Newby, Thorrington, Carss, Fowler, Stead, Booth
Scorer/s None
Booked Stead
Sent Off None
Attendance 9,850

August 16th
In the draw for the second round of the Carling Cup Huddersfield Town have been paired with Sunderland. The tie will take place at the Stadium of Light on Tuesday, September 23rd

August 16th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Boston United 2 - 2 Huddersfield Town
Its a long way, Boston. Not in miles, but in seemingly interminable single track roads behind selected morons whose pace of life has reached a full stop.....FULL REPORT BY MARTIN SYKES

Town Team Gray, Sodje, Hughes, Edwards (Booty 23), Yates, Newby, Schofield (Booth 53), Thorrington, Carss, Fowler, Stead
Scorer/s Stead 55, Hughes 60
Booked None
Sent Off None
Attendance 3,452

August 12th
Carling Cup - First Round
Huddersfield Town 2 - 1 Derby County
No report available....

Town Team Gray, Sodje, Hughes, Edwards, Yates, Newby, Schofield, Thorrington, Carss, Fowler, Stead
Scorer/s Stead 58, Thorrington 69
Booked Edwards, Thorrington, Fowler, Carss
Sent Off None
Attendance 6,672

August 9th
Nationwide League - Division Three
Huddersfield Town 2 - 2 Cambridge United
A staggering 10,300 turned out for the rebirth of the football team, and while the initial enthusiasm is almost certain to fade with the weather, the uncertainties, worries and fears of a quite dreadful 6 months were swept away by the superb atmosphere of a crowd willing for Town to survive and be a success, on the right terms....FULL REPORT BY MARTIN SYKES

Town Team Gray, Booty, Hughes, Edwards, Yates, Newby, Schofield, Thompson (Thorrington), Carss, Fowler (Worthington 85), Stead
Scorer/s Stead 30, 59
Booked Schofield, Stead
Sent Off None
Attendance 10,319

 


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