TOWN IN THE THE SHERPA VAN TROPHY
(later the Leyland DAF Cup)
Having been relegated to Division Three in 1989, Huddersfield
Town were no longer eligible to compete in the Simod Cup and
instead took part in the Sherpa Van Trophy.
Originally known as the Associate Members’ Cup, this competition
was announced by the Football League in December 1983 and
was designed to provide additional interest for the 48 Third
and Fourth Division clubs at a time when the majority of them
would have been eliminated from one, or other, of the domestic
cup tournaments.
It was renamed the Freight/Rover Trophy in 1984 and the early
rounds – run on knock–out lines – were played on a regional
basis, with the quarter-finalists being the 12 clubs who progressed
through the opening sequence of games, plus the four highest
scorers from the sides eliminated to that point.
The two regional winners met in the Final, which since 1985
has been held at Wembley.
1988-89 Northern Section
Preliminary Round
Dec 13 v Scunthorpe United (h) 1-0 (1-0)
Scorer - Byrne
Team - Hardwick: Byrne, Hutchings, May, O’Doherty, Mitchell,
O’Regan, Winter, Cecere, Maskell, Marsden.
Att: 2,216
Dec 19 v Halifax Town (a) 0-1 (0-0)
L.B. Martin: Bent, Hutchings, May, O’ Doherty, Mitchell,
O’Regan, Winter, Cecere, Maskell, Marsden.
Att: 2,437
Round 1
Jan 17 v Grimsby Town (a) 3-1 (1-0)
Scorers - Cecere, Maskell, Withe
Team - Hardwick; Bent, Hutchings, May, Tucker, Mitchell,
O’Regan, Winter, Cecere, Maskell, Byrne.
Att: 2,116
Quarter-final
Feb 21 v Scarborough (h) 1-2 (0-1)
Scorer - Maskell (pen)
Team - Hardwick: Treveitt, Hutchings, May, O’Doherty, M.P.
France, O’Regan, Bent, Cecere, Maskell, Marsden.
Att: 4,665
1989-90 Northern Section
Preliminary Round
Nov 7 v Doncaster Rovers (h) 2-2 (0-1)
Scorers - Smith, Maskell
Team - Hardwick, Marsden, Hutchings, May, O’Doherty, D.Lewis,
Bent, Robert, Wilson, Cecere, Maskell, M. Smith.
Att: 1, 714
Preliminary Round
Dec 12 v Grimsby Town (a) 3-3 (2-1)
Scorers - Onuora, Maskell, Duggan
Team - L.B. Martin; Marsden, Hutchings, May, Mitchell, Duggan,
O’Regan, Robert Wilson, Maskell, M.Smith.
Att: 750
Round 1
Jan 9 v Rotherham United (a) 0-3 (0-1)
Team - L.B. Martin: Marsden, Hutchings, May, Duggan, D.Lewis,
O’Regan, Bray, Robert, Wilson, Maskell, M.Smith.
Att: 3,519
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