What’s been said

You can read our selected highlights and listen along to the entirety of Jon Stead’s press conference — as well as Murray Wallace’s thoughts— right here on We Are Terriers shortly. In the meantime, you can watch along on the club’s YouTube channel.

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Cheeky alphabetisation dodgers AFC Wimbledon also have nothing to play for on the final day of the regular League One season after putting themselves four points clear of the drop zone with victory over Wigan Athletic last weekend.

That marked Wimbledon’s first victory in ten league games, which has been pretty typical for them this season: they have been the ultimate streaky team this season, veering between winning form and losing form throughout the campaign.

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Huddersfield Town injuries and absences

Jak Alnwick will go ‘right down the the wire’ with the back spasm that forced him off at half time last time out, with a last-second call on his fitness expected before Town set off to London on Friday.

Lee Nicholls is still in the concussion protocols and will not feature on Saturday.

David Kasumu went off in the first half of the Mansfield game with a tight hamstring and would seem unlikely to be risked here.

Radinio Balker is however hoped to be back available for selection this weekend after missing out on Saturday.

Jon Stead has suggested some ‘younger lads’ may get a look in against Wimbledon but that the priority will be trying to win the game.

Ruled out for the final game of the season are:

• Cameron Ashia

• Josh Feeney

• Lynden Gooch

Other doubts include:

• Ryan Hardie

• Bojan Radulovic

• Jack Whatmough

Predicted line-up to face Wimbledon

3-4-1-2: Nik Tzanev; Joe Low, Murray Wallace, Sean Roughan; Lasse Sorensen, Cameron Humphreys, Ryan Ledson, Bali Mumba; Marcus Harness; Alfie May, George Sebine.

Substitutes: Ellis Litherland, Radinio Balker, Antony Evans, Marcus McGuane, Will Alves, Dion Charles, Bobby Wales.

What’s been said

You can read our selected highlights and listen along to the entirety of Martin Drury’s press conference — as well as Sean Roughan’s thoughts— right here on We Are Terriers. If you’d prefer to watch along, the club’s live stream is available on YouTube here.

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Mansfield Town come to Accu Stadium for a dead rubber of a game with nothing on the line for either side.

Nigel Clough’s side sit 12th in the table as they come towards the end of a rather streaky season, but they have specialised in making themselves hard to beat over the past couple of months with four wins, seven draws and just two losses in their past 13 games — and one of those defeats was in a battling 2-1 defeat to Arsenal in the FA Cup.

In that time Mansfield have kept clean sheets in half of their league games, including shutting out play-off hopefuls Stockport away from home in a 1-0 win on Tuesday night.

Former Town midfielder Jon Russell has made an impact since joining on loan from Barnsley in the January transfer window, scoring five goals in 18 league appearances, including a brace in a 2-2 draw against Luton last weekend

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Elsewhere at the top end of League One

Ahh, who even cares anymore?

Stevenage’s victory on Tuesday night means that Town can no longer reach the top six this season and are set for another campaign in League One.

Plymouth and Luton both remain in the hunt, at least for now, as they bid to catch Stockport or Stevenage before the end of the season.

Huddersfield Town injuries and absences

Bojan Radulovic is not available to face Mansfield and is also a doubt for the final day against Wimbledon.

Lee Nicholls is also ruled out on Saturday as he hopefully nears the end of the concussion protocol, but could be back in contention for the last game of the season next weekend.

Ryan Hardie and Jack Whatmough were still hoping to be able to play a part for Town before the end of the season, but Cameron Ashia, Josh Feeney and Lynden Gooch are all expected to miss the rest of the campaign.

Predicted line-up to face Mansfield

3-4-1-2: Jak Alnwick; Radinio Balker, Murray Wallace, Sean Roughan; Lasse Sorensen, Cameron Humphreys, Ryan Ledson, Bali Mumba; Marcus Harness, David Kasumu; George Sebine.

Substitutes: Nik Tzanev, Joe Low, Antony Evans, Marcus McGuane, Mickel Miller, Dion Charles, Alfie May.

Celebrate with Huddersfield Town Women

Town Women secured the league title with a game to spare after beating rivals Cheadle 4-0 on Sunday and then pushing over the line with another comprehensive victory, coming away from York City with a 5-0 win.

The Terriers will now get a victory lap as they host Wythenshawe at the Graham Leslie Arena at Storthes Hall in Sunday’s 2pm kick-off before receiving the trophy on home turf.

Get down to that one to see Town lift the trophy and join the promotion celebrations!

What’s been said

You can read our selected highlights and listen along to the entirety of Martin Drury’s pre-match press conference — as well as Jak Alnwick’s thoughts— right here on We Are Terriers.

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Bolton Wanderers are close to being assured of a play-off place after their 5-1 win over Stevenage on Tuesday night, and a win at home to Town on Saturday lunchtime could be enough to see them over the line.

That victory came on the back of taking just three wins from their previous 11 league games — although the only sides they defeat them in that run were Port Vale and Cardiff.

Bolton have lost just one home game all season, falling to a 1-0 defeat to Mansfield in their last game before the turn of the new year.

The Trotters also have one of the meanest defences in the league and have been particularly excellent at defending from dead balls, conceding just nine games from set pieces (excluding penalties). Only Mansfield have a better record on that front.

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Elsewhere at the top end of League One

Other games on Saturday afternoon involving the top ten are as follows (3pm unless noted):

• Barnsley vs Bradford (12:30)

• Wimbledon vs Plymouth

• Exeter vs Stockport

• Mansfield vs Luton

• Reading vs Cardiff

• Stevenage vs Lincoln

A lot of those games in hand for other sides will then be made up in midweek, with Town of course sitting it out. Tuesday night includes the following games:

• Bradford vs Plymouth

• Doncaster vs Lincoln

• Rotherham vs Luton

• Stevenage vs Barnsley

• Stockport vs Mansfield

Cardiff also host Port Vale on Wednesday night.

Huddersfield Town injuries and absences

Bojan Radulovic went off in the first half of Tuesday night’s draw with Cardiff, but the injury is not as bad as initially feared and a late call with be made on his availability for Saturday. Martin Drury believes that game may come too soon, however.

Lee Nicholls entered the concussion protocol after being forced off against Wycombe and missed Tuesday night as a result. He is unlikely to be available to face Bolton.

Lynden Gooch was ruled out against Cardiff with the calf injury he picked up against Wycombe and is now likely to miss the rest of the season.

Ryan Hardie (calf) and Jack Whatmough (groin) are both working to try and play a part for Town before the end of the campaign. Hardie is unlikely to be ready to play a part against Bolton.

Cameron Ashia and Josh Feeney are both expected to be out for the rest of the season with groin and quad injuries respectively.

Predicted line-up to face Bolton

3-4-2-1: Jak Alnwick; Radinio Balker, Murray Wallace, Sean Roughan; Lasse Sorensen, Cameron Humphreys, Ryan Ledson, Bali Mumba; Marcus Harness, David Kasumu; George Sebine.

Substitutes: Nik Tzanev, Joe Low, Antony Evans, Marcus McGuane, Mickel Miller, Dion Charles, Alfie May.

Huddersfield Town Women

Town Women host Cheadle Town Stingers in a potential title decider on Sunday afternoon, so get down the Graham Leslie arena at Storthes Hall to lend your support if you possibly can.

It is possible that the Terriers may be able to guarantee top spot with a victory in that game, depending on Cheadle’s result against Chorley on Thursday evening.

The full permutations are as follows.

If Cheadle drop points against Chorley on Thursday night, however:

• A win against Cheadle on Sunday would mean Town were guaranteed to win the title.

• A draw on Sunday would keep Town top of the table with a game in hand, and winning either of their remaining two games would guarantee Town the title.

• A defeat on Sunday would see Cheadle go top by a point or two, but Town would still have a game in hand.

If Cheadle beat Chorley on Thursday:

• A win for Town on Sunday would leave the Terriers needing just one more win from their remaining two league games to guarantee the title — although just a single point more for Town would probably be sufficient, given their goal difference advantage.

• A draw on Sunday would keep Town’s destiny in their own hands: they would remain a point behind Cheadle, but with a game in hand.

• A defeat for Town on Sunday would put Cheadle in the driver’s seat: Cheadle could then guarantee the title for themselves by winning their final game against Durham Cestria.

What’s been said

You can read our selected highlights and listen along to the entirety of Martin Drury’s press conference, as well as Bojan Radulovic’s thoughts, right here on We Are Terriers. If you would prefer to watch along, that press conference was live-streamed on the club’s official YouTube channel.

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Wycombe Wanderers will visit Accu Stadium on Saturday afternoon knowing that their charge on the play-offs has taken a significant hit over the past few weeks.

They have lost five of their past seven fixtures, accounting for half of their league losses since Michael Duff took over in mid-September. Wycombe have, in fairness, been handed a very tricky run-in: Bolton, Luton, Leyton Orient, Stockport and Bradford have all inflicted defeats on Wycombe in the past few weeks.

However, the Chairboys have shown they can still do it on their day, taking a 2-0 victory away from Cardiff and pummelling Port Vale 4-0 in the midst of that poor run of form.

Striker Cauley Woodrow has kept contributing regularly even as results have not gone their way, claiming six goals and three assists in his past 14 outings. Woodrow opened the scoring in a 3-0 victory over ten-man Town in the reverse fixture following Alfie May’s straight red card, with Fred Onyedinma and a Dan Vost own goal completing the rout.

Cardiff City will then come to town on Tuesday night for a game rearranged from last month’s international break.

The Bluebirds are currently in second place and seven points clear of third-placed Bradford, with their trip to Town serving as a game in hand. That means that if they beat third-placed Bolton on Saturday, and Bradford fail to beat Stevenage later that afternoon, Cardiff could potentially seal promotion straight back to the Championship with a victory over Huddersfield.

Cardiff have been in faltering form over the past couple of months, though, with two wins, three draws and three defeats from their past eight league games. They have lost just once on the road since Christmas, though, with Plymouth inflicting a 5-2 defeat at Home Park in February.

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Elsewhere in the top half of League One

There are three 12:30 kick-offs on Saturday, all featuring top-half sides:

• Cardiff vs Bolton

• Lincoln vs Leyton Orient

• Plymouth vs Exeter

That’s followed by these 3pm kick-offs for Town to keep an eye on:

• Bradford vs Stevenage

• Doncaster vs Reading

• Wigan vs Mansfield

Relevant games on Tuesday night look like this (both 7:45pm kick-offs):

• Bolton vs Stevenage

• Leyton Orient vs Mansfield

Then on Wednesday night at 7:45pm, we get the following games, which have been moved thanks to the Vertu Trophy final between Luton and Stockport being held this Sunday:

• Luton vs Northampton

• Wimbledon vs Stockport

Huddersfield Town injuries and absences

Alfie May missed the trip to Leyton Orient on Monday with a knock to his foot, but that injury has settled down and he has been back in training this week and should be available to face Wycombe.

Josh Feeney had to pull out of the squad at Brisbane Road with a quad issue after initially being named as a substitute, and has now returned to Aston Villa for treatment having been ruled out for the next 5-6 weeks.

George Sebine went off with a head injury moments after coming on against Orient. He is ‘good in himself’ but will be assessed on Friday morning to see if he can play a part on Saturday.

Joe Low is ‘really close’ to returning from his calf injury and may be available to play from Saturday.

Jack Whatmough was absent against Orient with a niggle. That injury is thankfully not as bad as first feared and he is keen to get back to action as soon as possible, but will not be considered for selection this weekend.

Cameron Ashia is likely to miss the rest of the season after seeing a specialist for a groin injury.

Ryan Hardie is still working their way back to fitness from an Achilles injury and is hoped to be available before the end of the season.

Predicted line-up to face Wycombe

3-4-1-2: Lee Nicholls; Radinio Balker, Murray Wallace, Sean Roughan; Lasse Sorensen, Cameron Humphreys, Marcus McGuane, Bali Mumba; Marcus Harness; Bojan Radulovic, Alfie May.

Substitutes: Jak Alnwick, Joe Low, Lynden Gooch, Mickel Miller, David Kasumu, Ryan Ledson, Dion Charles.

Huddersfield Town Women

Town Women will visit Blackburn Rovers in Sunday’s 2pm kick-off as they enter the final furlong of their title race.

The Terriers have slipped behind Leeds United in the table, but now have two games in hand thanks to not having played over the Easter weekend; Leeds meanwhile claimed a 2-1 victory over Wythenshawe.

Three victories from Town’s final four games would be enough to guarantee them FA WNL Division One North title — possibly less, if Leeds were to drop points in their remaining games against Norton & Stockton and Stockport.

Town will meanwhile host Cheadle on Sunday 19th April, visit York City on Wednesday 22nd, and finally close out their league campaign at home to Wythenshawe on Sunday 26th.

The date and venue has also been set for the Sheffield & Hallamshire FA Women’s Senior Cup final: Town will take on Sheffield FC on Wednesday 29th April (7:30pm) at Doncaster’s Eco-Power Stadium.

What’s been said

You can read our selected highlights and listen along to the entirety of Jon Stead’s press conference — as well as Chris Markham’s input on the management situation and Ryan Ledson’s thoughts — right here on We Are Terriers.

Season card prices frozen as safe standing announced

Huddersfield Town have confirmed that season card prices have been frozen for the 2026/27 season. The club have also introduced the option to spread the cost by paying by direct debit. Full details on how to purchase or renew a season ticket can be found on the club website.

Town have also announced that they have applied for a licence to convert the whole home section of the South Stand - and some of the away section in that stand — into safe standing areas. If that is approved approved, the club hope to have the new seating installed ahead of the new season with work set to begin ‘as soon as feasibly possible’.

The club will also rebrand the family area Terriers Together stand upper tier, as well as installing handrails in the upper tier of both that stand and the Riverside stand to improve safety and accessibility.

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Town will take on a familiar opponent on Good Friday as Reading come to Accu Stadium in a 3pm kick-off.

The Royals climbed into the top six last weekend with a 3-0 victory over Wigan Athletic, but have now played the most games in the top half of the table after many clubs skipped a week due to international call-ups.

Reading had a difficult start to the season and were just two points outside the relegation zone at Christmas, but a league table since then would have them third behind Lincoln and Cardiff.

Top scorer Jack Marriott has been out with a hamstring injury since February, but Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan has stepped up over the past few games, scoring a hat-trick away to Luton last month and graving a brace against Wigan.

Then it’s down to Leyton Orient, who were Town’s first opponents of the season in a 3-0 victory for the Terriers that feels a long time ago now.

Orient have had a difficult season after being defeated in last season’s play-off final (relatable) and find themselves 17th in the table.

Richie Wellens’ side were in the relegation zone a month ago but have taken a big stride away from the bottom four since then by claiming four wins and a draw from their past five league games.

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Elsewhere in the top half of League One

Good Friday looks like this (all 3pm):

• Bradford vs Northampton

• Lincoln vs Wimbledon

• Luton vs Peterborough

• Plymouth vs Bolton

• Rotherham vs Stevenage

• Stockport vs Wycombe

And Easter Monday is as follows (all 3pm):

• Wimbledon vs Luton

• Barnsley vs Plymouth

• Bolton vs Stockport

• Peterborough vs Cardiff

• Reading vs Lincoln

• Stevenage vs Blackpool

• Wycombe vs Bradford

Huddersfield Town injuries and absences

Ryan Hardie missed the Plymouth game with an Achilles injury and is unfortunately likely to miss the next two or three weeks, but is hoped to be available again before the end of the season.

Lee Nicholls went off with a head injury just before half time against Plymouth but has completed the concussion protocol and is available to play against Reading.

Ryan Ledson went off with a back injury in that game but has been involved in training this week and is available for selection.

Bojan Radulovic is back available as an option too following the hamstring injury he suffered in January.

After missing Town’s last three games, Radinio Balker was in action from the bench for Suriname over the international break in their unsuccessful bid to claim a place at this summer’s World Cup. He, too, is back in contention for a place now.

Joe Low is back in individual training and closing in a return to full training following his calf injury.

Predicted line-up to face Reading

3-4-2-1: Lee Nicholls; Radinio Balker, Murray Wallace, Josh Feeney; Lasse Sorensen, Ryan Ledson, Marcus McGuane, Sean Roughan; Marcus Harness, Cameron Humphreys; Alfie May.

Substitutes: Jak Alnwick, Jack Whatmough, Lynden Gooch, Bali Mumba, David Kasumu, Cameron Ashia, Bojan Radulovic.

What’s been said

You can read selected highlights and listen along to the entirety of Liam Manning’s press conference ahead of the trip to Plymouth — as well as Bali Mumba’s thoughts— right here on We Are Terriers.

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Huddersfield Town will travel to Plymouth Argyle for Saturday’s 3pm kick off in what could be a vital six-pointer in the race for the top six.

The newly-relegated Pilgrims got off to an awful start to life back in League One and were in the relegation zone at the turn of the new year, but a league title since then would have then second in the table — thanks in no small part to a vast improvement in their home form.

Lincoln are the only side to have won at Home Park since Plymouth lost with ten men at home to Reading on Boxing Day, with Wycombe and Mansfield the only other sides to have taken a point home with them in that time.

Plymouth have the strongest set piece record goalscoring record in the division (24), and while top scorer Lorent Tolaj has been sidelined for the past month, the in-form Aribim Pepple still offers plenty for Town to be wary of after racking up 11 goals in the Plymouth’s 16 league games.

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Elsewhere in League One

Fixtures from the rest of the top half of the division on Saturday are as follows (3pm unless stated otherwise):

• Cardiff vs Blackpool (12:30pm)

• Luton vs Stockport (12:30pm)

• Barnsley vs Doncaster

• Burton vs Bradford

• Leyton Orient vs Wycombe

• Lincoln vs Rotherham

• Port Vale vs Bolton

• Stevenage vs Reading

Town men do not have a game the following weekend due to international call-ups in the Cardiff squad, meaning the Bluebirds’ visit to Accu Stadium has been rescheduled for Tuesday 14 April at 7:45pm.

There are however still other League One games to be played on 28th March, with the top half clubs in action as follows:

• Bradford vs Plymouth

• Doncaster vs Lincoln

• Reading vs Wigan

• Stockport vs Wimbledon

• Wycombe vs Port Vale

Huddersfield Town injuries and absences

Ryan Hardie was forced off with a knock on Tuesday night against Lincoln and will be assessed ahead of the trip to face his former club Plymouth.

Bojan Radulovic is ‘a lot closer’ to making his return from a hamstring injury.

Joe Low is bit behind the centre-forward in his recovery from a calf injury but is doing some individual work and ‘progressing well’.

Radinio Balker is expected to be out with his adductor injury until early April.

Predicted line-up to face Plymouth

3-4-2-1: Lee Nicholls; Jack Whatmough, Murray Wallace, Sean Roughan; Lasse Sorensen, Ryan Ledson, Cameron Humphreys, Bali Mumba; Marcus Harness, David Kasumu, Ryan Hardie.

Substitutes: Jak Alnwick, Josh Feeney, Lynden Gooch, Antony Evans, Marcus McGuane, Cameron Ashia, Alfie May.

Huddersfield Town Women

Leeds United went top of the league with a draw away to Doncaster Belles at the weekend, with Town not getting an immediately opportunity to respond as they were in County Cup semi-final action at the time.

A 2-1 win over Barnsley Women has earned Town a place in the final, where they will face Sheffield FC. Details of that game are to be announced in due course.

Town did however keep the pressure on Leeds on Tuesday night by claiming a 2-0 win over Stockport County, with Leeds simultaneously matching that result and scoreline against York City. That keeps the Terriers just a point behind Leeds, but with a game in hand and a superior goal difference.

Huddersfield will continue their promotion bid away to Chester Le Street Town this Sunday in a 2pm kick-off, while Leeds will be at home to in-form Durham Cestria and third-placed Cheadle visit Doncaster.

What’s been said

You can read our selected highlights and listen along to the entirety of Liam Manning’s press conference — as well as Antony Evans’ thoughts— right here on We Are Terriers shortly.

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Town visit Port Vale on Saturday expecting a very different challenge from the side that lost 5-0 at Accu Stadium on Boxing Day thanks to a Leo Castledine brace bookending strikes from Ryan Ledson, Bojan Radulovic and Alfie May.

That result cost Darren Moore his job at Vale, who remain rooted to the bottom of the table but have enjoyed a notable improvement in form under former Northampton boss Jon Brady in recent weeks.

Port Vale have taken five points from their past three league games, including a pair of 1-1 draws at home to Reading and Luton. But it is their FA Cup run that has really captured the imagination, with victories over Maldon & Tiptree, Bristol Rovers, Fleetwood, and — over the past week — Bristol City and Sunderland earning them a place in the quarter-finals, where they will meet Chelsea.

Port Vale are 11 points adrift of safety but have three or four games in hand over their relegation rivals ahead of hosting Bradford tonight, and will be desperate to at least give themselves a fighting chance of avoiding the drop into League Two…despite facing a very challenging run of fixtures through to the end of the season.

Their defensive record has been particularly improved over the past few games, even if they are still only scoring once per game; Port Vale have conceded just two goals in their past five games in all competitions, including clean sheets against Championship and Premier League opposition.

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Town will then host table-topping Lincoln City in Tuesday night’s 7:45pm kick-off.

The Imps are in phenomenal form at the moment having won their past five games — all with clean sheets — to extend their run of 19 games without defeat as they close in on automatic promotion.

That run includes a 1-1 draw against Town in the reverse fixture on New Year’s Day, with Leo Castledine opening the scoring just after the hour only for Adam Reach to respond with an equaliser eight minutes later.

Elsewhere in League One

Tuesday night’s results worked out nicely for Town, with Reading and Stevenage both missing the chance to leapfrog the Terriers into sixth place as they made up games in hand.

Bradford City will go away to Port Vale tonight hoping to strengthen their own play-off credentials.

This Saturday’s games in the top half of League One are as follows (3pm unless noted otherwise):

• Lincoln vs Stockport (12:30pm)

• Rotherham vs Bolton (12:30pm)

• Exeter vs Cardiff

• Mansfield vs Barnsley

• Reading vs Plymouth

• Stevenage vs Wimbledon

• Wigan vs Bradford

• Wycombe vs Luton

There’s a full round of games to be had on Tuesday night, too, with the fixtures in the top half looking like this (7:45pm kick-offs unless noted otherwise):

• Bolton vs Doncater

• Bradford vs Mansfield

• Burton vs Reading

• Cardiff vs Wycombe

• Luton vs Exter

• Plymouth vs Stevenage

• Stockport vs Northampton

• Barnsley vs Wigan (8pm)

Huddersfield Town injuries and absences

Saturday will mark Town’s final cut-off for ten yellow cards accumulating into suspensions. Ryan Ledson is the only player who will need to walk the tight rope against Port Vale having already picked up nine league bookings this season. If he gets another one at the weekend, he will be hit with a two-match ban.

Radinio Balker went off with an adductor injury just before half time against Rotherham on Saturday and is likely to miss the next four weeks.

Alfie May missed the Rotherham game having been unwell in the week leading up to it, but he has been back in training all week this week and should be able to retun against Port Vale.

Marcus McGuane played 65 minutes for the under-21s on Tuesday night and will now join Jack Whatmough in contention for a squad place at the weekend.

Bojan Radulovic (hamstring) and Joe Low (calf) are still likely to be a couple of weeks away from returning to action, with Lynden Gooch (groin) ‘moving in the right direction’.

Predicted line-up to face Port Vale

4-2-3-1: Lee Nicholls; Bali Mumba, Josh Feeney, Murray Wallace, Sean Roughan; Ryan Ledson, Antony Evans; Marcus Harness, Alfie May, Cameron Ashia; Ryan Hardie.

Substitutes: Jak Alnwick, Jack Whatmough, Lasse Sorensen, David Kasumu, Marcus McGuane, Will Alves, Bobby Wales.

Huddersfield Town Women

Town Women remain top the table despite their 0-0 draw with Norton & Stockton at the weekend, though they are now only ahead of Leeds United on goal difference with seven league games left to play thanks to the Terriers’ two-point deduction.

Town will be in County Cup semi-final action this weekend as they host lower-division Barnsley Women at 2pm on Sunday at the Graham Leslie Arena at Storthes Hall.

Thrice Champions night at H Town

Huddersfield Town are hosting an event celebrating the centenary of the club becoming the first in English football to win three league titles in a row with a special evening at H Town at Accu Stadium next Thursday, 19th March from 7pm onwards.

Dave Hartrick and I will be part of a wider panel who will look back on that feat, alongside member of the players’ families and other guests. There will also be memorabilia from the era on show. It should be a lovely old time.

Tickets are available here for £5 and include a free drink on arrival.

What’s been said

You can read our selected highlights and listen along to the entirety of Liam Manning’s press conference — as well as Murray Wallace’s thoughts — right here on We Are Terriers.

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Town’s visitors for Saturday’s 12:30 kick-off, Rotherham United, have had a season of extremely streaky form. They started the campaign with just two league wins before the end of September, picked up more League One points than anyone in October and November, and then lost seven league games in a row either side of Christmas.

Since then, it’s been three unbeaten, then four defeats, and most recently a 1-0 win over Plymouth and a goalless draw with Mansfield that suggest they are concentrating on making themselves harder to beat just at the moment, despite both of those two games being at home.

Rotherham have been the worst away team in the division this season with just 11 points from 16 games on their travels, and have particularly struggled in front of goal with just 13 strikes across those games.

This is the third time Town have faced Rotherham this season, with both of the previous meetings — in the league just before Christmas and in the Vertu Trophy just a few weeks later — seeing the Terriers scoring three times.

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Elsewhere in the top half

Saturday 3pm kick-offs unless otherwise stated

• Cardiff vs Lincoln (12:30)

• Bolton vs Wycombe

• Bradford vs Leyton Orient

• Burton vs Stevenage

• Luton vs Reading

• Peterborough vs Port Vale

• Plymouth vs Doncaster

• Stockport vs Mansfield

Huddersfield Town injuries and absences

Mickel Miller is fit and available after returning to training before the trip to Wigan following a minor ankle injury.

Marcus McGuane also returned to training last week and is still ‘playing catch-up’ a bit after missing so much football this season, but is in contention for this weekend.

Jack Whatmough has played twice for the under-21s over the past couple of weeks and is building himself back up to full match fitness after missing the past six months of first-team action with a calf injury.

Bojan Radulovic and Joe Low are both expected to be out until around the end of this month with hamstring and calf injuries respectively.

Lynden Gooch (groin) is ruled out until the end of March/beginning of April.

Predicted line-up to face Rotherham

4-2-3-1: Lee Nicholls; Bali Mumba, Radinio Balker, Murray Wallace, Sean Roughan; Ryan Ledson, Cameron Humphreys; Cameron Ashia, Alfie May, Marcus Harness; Ryan Hardie.

Substitutes: Jak Alnwick, Josh Feeney, Lasse Sorensen, David Kasumu, Mickel Miller, Will Alves, Dion Charles.

Huddersfield Town Women

Town Women will be at home to Norton & Stockton Ancients on Sunday at 2pm at the Graham Leslie Arena (formerly the Stafflex).

Norton & Stockton had gone without a league draw all season until their last three games, all of which have ended in stalemates.

The Terriers hold a two-point advantage over Leeds United at the top of the table, in spite on their two-point deduction, although Wythenshawe could go within a point of Town if they were to win their game in hand.

Leeds are set to go away from home to bottom-of-the-table Blackburn this weekend, while Wythenshawe visit Durham Cestria.

What’s been said

You can read selected highlights and listen along to the entirety of Liam Manning’s press conference — as well as Lee Nicholls’ thoughts— right here on We Are Terriers.

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Wigan Athletic are in the relegation zone but showing signs of life after the return of former promotion-winning manager Gary Caldwell.

After making the move back from Exeter earlier this month, Caldwell inspired a 1-0 win over Luton in his first game in charge and saw the Latics take the lead twice early on away to Stockport, only to end up losing 4-2 with nine men.

Joe Taylor is ineligible to face his parent club, while Steven Sessegnon and Maleace Asamoah are both suspended after getting sent off against Stockport.

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Elsewhere in the top half of League One

There’s a lot of top half vs bottom half encounters among Saturday’s games, including (3pm unless indicated):

• Northampton vs Peterborough (12:30pm)

• Doncaster vs Cardiff

• Exeter vs Bolton

• Lincoln vs Blackpool

• Port Vale vs Luton

• Reading vs Bradford

• Rotherham vs Plymouth

• Stevenage vs Stockport

• Wycombe vs Burton

Wycombe will also make up a game in hand as they visit Barnsley on Tuesday evening.

Huddersfield Town injuries and absences

Lynden Gooch went off feeling his groin against Doncaster last Tuesday night and is expected to miss around 3-6 weeks in total.

Mickel Miller rolled his ankle against Stevenage and missed the games against Doncaster and Barnsley, but is back in training now and could be in contention to face Wigan.

Marcus McGuane is expected back in training in the next week or two after going off against Stevenage with a groin injury.

Bojan Radulovic (hamstring) and Joe Low (calf) are both set to be out until around about the end of March, while Jack Whatmough remains out following his calf injury.

Predicted line-up to face Wigan Athletic

4-3-3: Lee Nicholls; Lasse Sorensen, Radinio Balker, Murray Walalce, Bali Mumba; David Kasumu, Ryan Ledson, Cameron Humphreys; Cameron Ashia, Alfie May, Marcus Harness.

Substitutes: Jak Alnwick, Sean Roughan, Antony Evans, Will Alves, Mickel Miller, Ryan Hardie.

Huddersfield Town Women

Town Women will be looking to hold on to first place at the top of the FA WNL Division One North after their victory over Leeds United on Sunday afternoon put them in pole position in the promotion race.

They will now host Durham Cestria on Sunday afternoon at 2pm down at the Stafflex Arena.

Durham have got themselves into fine form after an inconsistent start to the season and have won all of their past nine games in all competitions, including seven in the league.

What’s been said

You can read our selected highlights and listen along to the entirety of Liam Manning’s press conference — as well as Marcus McGuane’s thoughts— right here on We Are Terriers.

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After four home games in their past five outings in all competitions, Town will now take on back-to-back away trips starting with Saturday lunchtime’s trip to face Stevenage.

Huddersfield were the only side to beat Stevenage (thanks to Alfie May’s goal in a 1-0 win) over the first ten games of the League One season as Alex Revell’s side got off to a fabulous start — but they have gone on to win just three of their past 19 league games and have slid down to 11th in the table.

However, Stevenage have remained extremely difficult to beat on their own turf. They have conceded just seven goals in 13 home league games this season, and league leaders Cardiff are the only visitors to leave the Lamex Stadium with three points. Even that result required a late winner in a hard-fought 1-0 victory for the Bluebirds back at the start of December.

Stevenage have also only scored 14 goals at home this season, mind, with nine of their 13 home games finishing either 0-0, 1-1, or 1-0 in either direction as a result.

Stevenage are used to not having a lot of the ball but are strong in the air and try to use their to their advantage by taking a more direct approach than most sides in the division. Jamie Reid leads the way in the goalscoring charts, finding the net nine times in League One this season.

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Town will then visit Doncaster Rovers on Tuesday evening hoping for a different result to the 1-1 draw followed by a penalty shootout defeat in the Vertu Trophy.

Doncaster have got themselves out of the relegation zone since enduring a pretty dismal run-up to Christmas, but are only one point ahead of the dotted line after suffering a 4-0 defeat away to Wycombe at the weekend.

Owen Bailey has contributed an impressive 11 league goals from midfield this season, five of them headers, and his aerial threat will need to be watched carefully.

Only three other players in the division have had more headers on goal this season, and all of them (Cardiff’s Yousef Salech, Stockport’s Kyle Wootton, and Burton’s Jake Beesley) are centre-forwards who have scored against Huddersfield.

Elsewhere in League One

The FA Cup means there is a disrupted League One schedule this weekend, but there’s a trio of games between top eight sides elsewhere in Saturday’s 3pm kick-offs:

• Bradford vs Peterborough

• Cardiff vs Luton

• Lincoln vs Bolton

There is a full midweek round of fixtures next week, including these on Tuesday night:

• Bradford vs Stockport

• Cardiff vs Wimbledon

• Lincoln vs Northampton

• Barnsley vs Peterborough

• Reading vs Bolton

And then, on Wednesday night, just the one game:

• Wigan vs Luton

Huddersfield Town injuries and absences

There are happily no new injury issues to report from the past two games.

Alfie May still has another two games left on his red card suspension and will miss the Stevenage and Doncaster games before being free to return against Barnsley a week on Saturday.

The Stevenage and Doncaster games will come too soon for Ryan Hardie to be involved, according to Liam Manning. The centre-forward is expected back in training with the rest of his teammates at the back end of next week.

Jack Whatmough is closing in on a return, while Sean Roughan and Antony Evans both came back from injury against Doncaster on Tuesday.

Joe Low and Bojan Radulovic are both out until around the end of March with calf and hamstring injuries respectively.

Predicted line-up to face Stevenage

3-4-2-1: Lee Nicholls; Radinio Balker, Murray Wallace, Josh Feeney; Lynden Gooch, Ryan Ledson, Marcus McGuane, Bali Mumba; Marcus Harness, David Kasumu; Dion Charles.

Substitutes: Jak Alnwick, Lasse Sorensen, Cameron Humphreys, Will Alves, Cameron Ashia, Mickel Miller, Bobby Wales.

Huddersfield Town Women

Town Women are set to visit Rotherham United on Sunday afternoon in a 2pm kick-off in the Sheffield and Hallamshire County Cup.

Town have a rich history in this competition having reached all of the past nine finals, winning five.

What’s been said

You can read our selected highlights and listen along to the entirety of Liam Manning’s press conference — as well as David Kasumu’s thoughts— right here on We Are Terriers.

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Blackpool will visit Accu Stadium in Saturday’s 3:01pm kick-off after a difficult start to the new year has left them just a point clear of the relegation zone in 18th place.

Ian Evatt oversaw an improvement in the struggling side’s form after coming in as Steve Bruce’s successor in October, and Blackpool got into particularly impressive form in December with four wins and a draw in their five league games.

But a 5-1 defeat to Port Vale on New Year’s Day precipitated a recent run of five defeats in six League One games as Bradford, Barnsley, Stockport and Luton all claimed victories. That run was punctuated only by a 2-0 win at home to Northampton.

No other League One team has spent more time in their own third of the pitch than Blackpool this season. Nor has any other side played fewer crosses per game into the opposition box: just one of Blackpool’s goals this season has been a header, a stat not helped by their poor record from on set pieces at both ends of the pitch.

Town will however have to be wary of star man Ashley Fletcher, who has been on a superb run of goalscoring form over the past three months with 11 goals in his past 21 appearances for the club.

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Elsewhere at the top end of League One

Town have the opportunity to overtake fifth-placed Bradford, who will visit seventh-placed Luton Town in a lunchtime kick-off.

Stockport County and Bolton Wanderers are both just slightly beyond Huddersfield at the moment in third and fourth, and both of them will take on home games on Saturday afternoon with Leyton Orient visiting Stockport and Barnsley heading to Bolton.

League leaders Cardiff City visit struggling Rotherham, and second-placed Lincoln City face the long trip to take on Plymouth. Play-off chasers Stevenage will meanwhile visit Northampton.

EFL Trophy

Town are at home to Doncaster Rovers on Tuesday night (7pm KO) in the Vertu Trophy quarter-finals.

Donny are beginning to find a form again after a dismal December and have won four of their past six games in all competitions, including bouncing back from their weekend defeat to Bradford by claiming a 2-1 league win away to Burton on Tuesday night.

The winners on the night will progress to the semi-finals, where the regionalisation of the previous rounds will no longer apply.

The other quarter-finals taking place on Tuesday evening are:

• Port Vale vs Stockport

• Luton vs Plymouth

• Wimbledon vs Northampton

Huddersfield Town injuries and absences

Bojan Radulovic has been ruled out for eight weeks with the hamstring injury he suffered against Luton last week.

Joe Low has been also ruled out for a similar amount of time with the calf injury that forced him off against Peterborough at the weekend.

Alfie May still has another three league games to on on his four-match suspension but is eligible to face Doncaster on Tuesday.

New arrival Ryan Hardie is still recovering from a knee injury he picked up for Wrexham in December but is expected to be fit and available in the next 7-10 days.

Sean Roughan, Antony Evans and Jack Whatmough are all in training in at least some capacity as they work their way back from their respective injuries.

Roughan is the closest of the three to making a return and may be in contention against Doncaster in the Trophy on Tuesday night, with Evans expected back a week or so later.

Whatmough is training with the rest of the group on a modified programme and is ‘headed in the right direction’.

Predicted line-up to face Blackpool

3-4-2-1: Lee Nicholls; Radinio Balker, Josh Feeney, Murray Wallace; Lynden Gooch, Ryan Ledson, Marcus McGuane, Bali Mumba; Marcus Harness, Cameron Humphreys; Dion Charles.

Substitutes: Jak Alnwick, Lasse Sorensen, David Kasumu, Will Alves, Cameron Ashia, Mickel Miller, Bobby Wales.

Huddersfield Town Women

After their January schedule was heavily disrupted by postponements, Town Women return for just their second game since early December with a league trip to York City.

Wythenshawe’s victory over Norton & Stockton at the weekend (when Town did not have a game) means the Terriers have again lost their place at the top of the table thanks to their two-point deduction in December for fielding an ineligible player, subject to an ongoing appeal.

But Town now have a game in hand over the new league leaders and will be aiming to at least have a chance of going back top with a victory over a York side who currently sit just a point outside the relegation zone.

What’s been said

You can read our selected highlights and listen along to the entirety of Liam Manning’s press conference ahead of the Peterborough game, as well as Bali Mumba’s thoughts, right here on We Are Terriers shortly.

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Peterborough United have well and truly found their feet since Luke Williams’ arrival after getting off to an abysmal winless start to the season under his predecessor Darren Ferguson.

A league table since Williams moved to the Posh on 29th October would put Peterborough in third place, just behind Cardiff and Lincoln and just ahead of Huddersfield. Across the whole season, they now sit in 10th place, seven points behind the Terriers and the play-off places.

Peterborough have had some setbacks since the new year, however, losing 5-2 to Lincoln, 1-0 at home to Plymouth (albeit with ten men) and most recently 1-0 away to fellow play-off hopefuls Stevenage on Tuesday night.

Harry Leonard leads the way on the goal charts with eight strikes in 22 league appearances this season.

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Elsewhere in League One

Bradford City will be at home to Doncaster and Bolton Wanderers go away to AFC Wimbledon in the Saturday lunchtime kick-offs. Anything less than a win for Bradford would give Town the opportunity to leapfrog them into fifth place.

Cardiff City visit Burton and Lincoln City are away to Wigan Athletic as they look to maintain their stranglehold on the automatic promotion places.

Fourth-placed Stockport County are just slightly out to Town’s reach at the moment and could stay that way if they get a result at home to Plymouth.

The Terriers meanwhile have Stevenage breathing down their necks after their victory over Peterborough in midweek. They will go away to Barnsley on Saturday.

Vertu Trophy

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Huddersfield Town injuries and absences

Town are appealing the red card shown to Alfie May against Luton. If the appeal is not successful he can likely expect a four-match league ban since it is his second straight red card of the season. May is however eligible to play against Doncaster in the Trophy.

Bojan Radulovic went off with a hamstring injury moments before May’s red card and will have a scan on Thursday to assess the extent of the injury.

Marcus McGuane has served his one-match suspension for the red card he received against Bradford and is available for selection against Peterborough.

Herbie Kane has been back in full training since last week.

Antony Evans and Sean Roughan are doing partial reintegration into training with the rest of the squad after knee and groin injuries respectively. Jack Whatmough remains out with a calf injury.

Predicted line-up to face Peterborough United

3-4-2-1: Lee Nicholls; Radinio Balker, Joe Low, Murray Wallace; Lynden Gooch, Ran Ledson, Marcus McGuane, Bali Mumba; Marcus Harness, Will Alves; Dion Charles.

Substitutes: Jak Alnwick, Josh Feeney, Lasse Sorensen, Cameron Humphreys, David Kasumu, Cameron Ashia, Mickel Miller.

What’s been said

You can read our selected highlights and listen along to the entirety of Lee Grant’s press conference — as well as Radinio Balker’s thoughts— right here on We Are Terriers or in our podcast feed.

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Huddersfield Town will make the trip to take on Burton Albion, who sit two points adrift of safety in 21st place.

Burton have been a particular thorn in the side of some of the promotion-chasing sides this season, taking a goalless draw in the reverse fixture before going on to claim impressive victories away to Cardiff and Bradford and at home to Bolton.

But the Brewers have proved to be somewhat streak and inconsistent this season, and they come into this game on the back of three straight league defeats — albeit their confidence will have been boosted by a dominant 5-0 win over non-league Boreham Wood in the FA Cup last weekend.

Like Town, Burton’s defensive record is rather curious this season. They have kept seven clean sheets over the campaign, the same number as Bolton and just one fewer than Huddersfield, Bradford, Stevenage, Stockport and Lincoln — but they have one of the worst home goal against records in the division having lost heavily on their own turf to Luton, Plymouth, Leyton Orient.

On top of that, no other League One side has taken fewer points from behind than Burton this season (just two). That suggests that if Town can break their resistance, the floodgates could well open…but as Town found out earlier this season, getting that first goal might be easier said than done.

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Elsewhere in League One

In the lunchtime kick-offs, third-placed Bradford host league leaders Cardiff, while sixth-placed Bolton make the short trip to mid-table Wigan.

And in the 3pm kick-offs: Luton face a tough challenge in their bid to move into the play-off places as they take on second-placed Lincoln.

After leapfrogging Town into fourth place last weekend, Stockport are at home to a relegation-threatened Rotherham side in wretched form. Eighth-placed Stevenage will meanwhile go away to in-form Exeter (aside from losing 10-1 to Manchester City — welcome to the club, lads).

Stevenage will then make up one of their games in hand by hosting Bolton in the only League One fixture set to take place on Tuesday evening.

Huddersfield Town injuries and absences

Will Alves is suffering no ill effects from the kick he received shortly before being subbed off against Rotherham on Tuesday night.

Marcus McGuane made his long-awaited return from injury against Rotherham in the Vertu Trophy on Tuesday night.

Sean Roughan is expected to be out until early-mid February with a groin injury.

Antony Evans (knee), Herbie Kane (groin) and Jack Whatmough (calf) remain sidelined. Evans and Kane are pushing to make their returns to action, but no date has been set on Whatmough’s recovery.

Predicted line-up to face Burton Albion

3-4-2-1: Lee Nicholls; Radinio Balker, Joe Low, Murray Wallace; Lynden Gooch, Marcus Harness, Cameron Humphreys, Bali Mumba; Alfie May, Will Alves; Bojan Radulovic.

Substitutes: Jak Alnwick, Josh Feeney, Lasse Sorensen, Ryan Ledson, Marcus McGuane, Mickel Miller, Dion Charles.

Huddersfield Town Women

Town Women will have a third attempt at going away to Doncaster Rovers Belles for a fixture that has already been twice postponed.

The Terriers have dropped down to second in the meantime after being docked two points last month for fielding an ineligible player, but will be hoping they can overhaul new leaders Wythenshawe with a victory in South Yorkshire.

And finally

The Huddersfield Local History Society are hosting an academic presentation to celebrate the centenary of Huddersfield Town becoming the first side in English football to win three top-flight titles in a row.

Local historian and former HTSA chair Jim Chisem will host the presentation at the University of Huddersfield Oastler Building on Monday 26th January, 2026 at 7:30pm.

Admission is free for members of the Local History Society, and £2 for non-members (pay on the day, cash only).

What’s been said

You can read our selected highlights and listen along to the entirety of Lee Grant’s press conference — as well as Will Alves’ thoughts— right here on We Are Terriers.

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Huddersfield Town will visit Stockport County for Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off. The hosts for the occasion currently sit two places behind Huddersfield on goal difference having played a game fewer.

Stockport have been the best away side in the division this season — including a 2-1 victory with ten men at Accu Stadium in October. But they have only the 15th best home record in the division after a mixed bag of results at Edgeley Park.

Big centre-forward Kyle Wootton is already into double figures in the goalscoring charts, while veteran Oliver Norwood has been pulling the strings in midfield. Loanee Nathan Lowe has however returned to parent club Stoke after picking up an injury over the festive period.

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Elsewhere in League One: There’s another six pointer towards the top end of the table at lunchtime as seventh-placed Luton host eight-placed Stevenage.

In the 3pm kick-offs and of interest to Town: Bolton are away to Peterborough, Bradford host Rotherham, and league leaders Cardiff are away to Leyton Orient.

There is no League One action for Lincoln this weekend as their scheduled opponents, Exeter, will be playing in the FA Cup.

Town will then be at home Rotherham United in the last 16 of the Vertu Trophy in Tuesday evening’s 7pm kick-off.

The Millers claimed a 7-2 victory away to Salford in the last round to make it this far, but remain in poor form in the league and find themselves in the relegation zone after a run of nine games without a win, including losing all of their past six games.

The winners will take their place in the quarter-finals, which is the last round of the competition to be split into northern and southern sections.

Huddersfield Town injuries and absences

Sean Roughan went off with a groin injury at the break against Exeter and will be ‘difficult’ for him to be involved against Stockport at the weekend.

Joe Low has missed the past two games through injury and it will go ‘right to the wire’ as to whether or not he can play on Saturday.

More positively, Josh Feeney returned from injury against Exeter while Will Alves has been an unused substitute for the past two games.

Marcus McGuane, Mickel Miller and Zepiqueno Redmond have been in full training with the rest of the squad and are closing in on a return.

That leaves Antony Evans, Herbie Kane and Jack Whatmough as the only other players only the sidelines.

Predicted line-up to face Stockport

3-5-2: Lee Nicholls; Radinio Balker, Josh Feeney, Murray Wallace; Lynden Gooch, Marcus Harness, Leo Castledine, Ryan Ledson, Ruben Roosken; Alfie May, Bojan Radulovic.

Substitutes: Owen Goodman, Joe Low, Lasse Sorensen, David Kasumu, Will Alves, Cameron Ashia, Dion Charles.

What’s been said

You can read our selected highlights and listen along to the entirety of Lee Grant’s press conference — as well as Bojan Radulovic’s thoughts— right here on We Are Terriers.

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Huddersfield Town have back-to-back home games to end 2025.

Port Vale visit Accu Stadium on Boxing Day for a 3pm kick-off as Darren Moore looks to get one over on his former club.

The newly-promoted side are struggling at the bottom of the table, which all comes down to their poor form in front of goal. They have found the net just 13 times, are massive underperforming against their expected goals, and have a shot conversion rate of just 5.1% - the lowest in the division by some distance.

Vale have been better away from home than on their own turf this season, however, with nine of their 15 points coming on the road (two wins, three draws, five defeats), while at the back they have conceded just two more goals (24) than the top two sides, Cardiff and Lincoln.

Then it’s Northampton Town’s turn to come to Huddersfield on the evening of Monday 29th December in a 7:45pm kick-off.

We thought we saw what the Cobblers are all about when Town visited Sixfields for a 1-1 draw earlier this month — solid at the back, but not necessarily the most threatening side in front of goal.

Since then, Northampton have lost 2-1 away to Peterborough with the significant impediment of having been reduced to ten men after just ten minutes, but they then fired back with a 3-1 win over out-of-form Wimbledon.

Town will visit Lincoln City to kick off the new year on…well, New Year’s Day. The Imps currently sit second in League One after winning four of their past six league games, including beating leaders Cardiff at the weekend.

Town will be hoping to have cut down the seven-point deficit between the two clubs by the time they head back to a ground they visited just a few weeks ago for a 2-0 victory in the Vertu Trophy.

Lincoln have found a nice balance between their attacking and defensive efforts this season, and are happy to surrender possession and look to win the ball back with intense efforts to win the ball back. They also rate of one of the most clinical sides in the division, finishing off 13.7% of their chances - only Stevenage (14.1%) have fared better.

Exeter City then come to West Yorkshire on Sunday 4th January in another 3pm kick-off to bring this busy run of fixtures to a close.

The Grecians have struggled this season but have just lifted themselves out of the relegation zone with two impressive wins from their past three league games, both at home to sides who were in the top half at the time (Wimbledon and Barnsley).

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Our podcast schedule is a little bit different from usual over the next couple of weeks thanks to Town not playing on the next couple of Saturdays.

We’re aiming to release our podcast reaction to the Port Vale and Northampton games on Tuesday 30th November (or, failing that, Wednesday 31st), with the first podcast of the new year set to be released on Tuesday 6th January.

There’s also unlikely to be a digest out next week unless there are significant developments to report.

Huddersfield Town injuries and absences

Leo Castledine was subbed off after receiving a kick to the top of his foot on the follow-through from a tackle against Rotherham. He left the ground with a bit of bruising and will be assessed ahead of facing Port Vale, but there is no serious damage and he is expected to be OK.

Marcus McGuane and Mickel Miller are back in training with the rest of the team after groin and hamstring injuries respectively. Both players have ‘still got a bit to go’ before they are available for selection.

Will Alves is recovering well from his broken foot and Lee Grant hopes he can start to be prepared for selection in the coming days.

Josh Feeney is expected to be out until early-to-mid January with a groin injury.

Herbie Kane (groin) and Zepiqueno Redmond (knee) are in individual training as they bid to return from their respective injuries.

Antony Evans is expected to be out until roughly around the end of January with the knee injury he picked up against Luton.

Jack Whatmough has no set return date after suffering setbacks on his recovery from a calf injury.

Predicted line-up to face Port Vale

3-4-1-2: Lee Nicholls; Radinio Balker, Joe Low, Murray Wallace; Lynden Gooch, Marcus Harness, Ryan Ledson, Sean Roughan; Leo Castledine; Alfie May, Bojan Radulovic.

Substitutes: Owen Goodman, Ruben Roosken, Lasse Sorensen, David Kasumu, Cameron Ashia, Ben Wiles, Dion Charles.

What’s been said

You can read our selected highlights and listen along to the entirety of Lee Grant’s press conference — as well as Leo Castledine’s thoughts— right here on We Are Terriers.

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Town will make the short trip to visit Rotherham United on Saturday afternoon with both sides desperate to end a five-game run without a win in the league.

Honestly, finding much of interest about the Millers from the stats so far this season is difficult. They have been pretty well bang-average in most regards other than having scored a relatively paltry 20 goals. We suppose that’s why they sit 16th in the table, just one point off the top half but also just two points outside the relegation zone.

Rotherham do tend towards long balls more than most League One sides, and have had just 44% possession this campaign; however, their aerial success rate is one of the lowest in the division.

We would say that things could be worse for Rotherham; they have avoided conceding as many goals as their xG would suggest, largely thanks to Cameron Davies having made a league-leading 62 games this season — nine more than the next busiest goalkeeper in League One.

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Huddersfield Town injuries and absences

Josh Feeney picked up a groin injury against Northampton and returned to Aston Villa to be looked at last week, but is now back at Canalside. He is expected to miss the next 2-4 weeks.

Joe Taylor was left out against Wigan on Saturday but Lee Grant has confirmed that was a selection decision and nothing to do with injury.

Marcus McGuane is hoped to be back available in training in the next couple of weeks after recurrent groin niggles.

However, Jack Whatmough has had another setback in his recovery from a calf injury and is back out of training. His recovery timeline is now unclear.

Will Alves (foot), Herbie Kane (groin) and Zepiqueno Redmond (knee) are all back in individual training but all three have a way to go before they will be available for selection.

Antony Evans (knee) and Mickel Miller (hamstring) are both expected to be out until roughly around the end of January.

Predicted line-up to face Rotherham

3-4-1-2: Lee Nicholls; Radinio Balker, Joe Low, Murray Wallace; Lynden Gooch, Marcus Harness, Ryan Ledson, Ruben Roosken; Leo Castledine; Alfie May, Bojan Radulovic.

Substitutes: Owen Goodman, Sean Roughan, Lasse Sorensen, David Kasumu, Cameron Ashia, Ben Wiles, Dion Charles.

Huddersfield Town Women

Town Women will not be in action again until the new year.

Their game against Doncaster Rovers Belles last Sunday was called off, but they remain top of the table despite not having played after Cheadle drew with Blackburn and Wythenshawe suffered a home defeat to Stockport.

What’s been said

You can read our selected highlights and listen along to the entirety of Lee Grant’s press conference — as well as Sean Roughan’s thoughts— right here on We Are Terriers.

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Huddersfield Town will host Saturday’s 12:30pm kick off against Wigan Athletic, who currently sit three points and two points behind the Terriers in the table.

Wigan are currently enjoying the joint-longest unbeaten run in the division after going six League One games without defeat. The Latics have specialised in tight, low-scoring games over the past couple of months: all but one of their past eight league games have finished either 0-0, 1-1 or 1-0 in either direction.

Town and Luton (9 each) are the only sides to have outscored Wigan (8) from non-penalty set pieces this season, but unlike Huddersfield, Wigan have also been adept at keeping them out at the other end.

Wigan have however struggled to make the most of their chances this season, scoring just 20 goals from an expected goals of 27. Only three other sides (Burton, Doncaster and Port Vale) have been more wasteful.

Town, for the record, are the most bang-on performers against their expected goals scored this season, but have the biggest underperformance against xG when it comes to keeping shots out at the other end, shipping 28 goals from an xG against of 23.36.

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Huddersfield Town injuries and absences

Lynden Gooch and Ruben Roosken both missed Tuesday’s trip to Northampton through illness. Gooch is a bit ahead of Roosken in his recovery but ‘both of them are in the right direction’. As of Thursday afternoon there is no new illness in the camp.

Ryan Ledson has served his one-match ban for picking up five yellow cards. Town are now past the cut-off point for the five yellow cards rule.

The limit is now that any player who gets 10 League One yellow cards up to and including the 37th league game of the season gets a two-match ban. Ledson and Marcus Harness have the most league bookings for Town with five each; Herbie Kane has the next-most, with three.

Jack Whatmough is closing in on a return from his calf injury, while Marcus McGuane continues to work his way back from a groin injury.

Will Alves (foot), Herbie Kane (groin) and Zepiqueno Redmond (knee) are all back in individual training but all three have a way to go before they will be available for selection.

Antony Evans (knee) and Mickel Miller (hamstring) are both expected to be out for the next couple of months.

Predicted line-up to face Wigan Athletic

4-4-2: Lee Nicholls; Lasse Sorensen, Josh Feeney, Joe Low, Sean Roughan; Leo Castledine, Marcus Harness, Ryan Ledson, Cameron Ashia; Alfie May, Bojan Radulovic.

Substitutes: Owen Goodman, Murray Wallace, Lynden Gooch, Ruben Roosken, Ben Wiles, Dion Charles, Joe Taylor.

Huddersfield Town Women

League leaders Town Women are set to travel to face Doncaster Rovers Belles on Sunday afternoon.

The Belles are currently second from bottom in the table and on a ten-game losing streak in all competitions.

And finally

Terriers fans have been asked to donate new and unwrapped toys as Christmas presents for underprivileged local children as part of Cash For Kids’ Mission Christmas campaign. Donations can be made at the Town club shop during opening hours, with donation points also available at the stadium’s Community Hub before the Wigan game.

In addition, at the Wigan game, HTSA will be running a foodbank collection point at the St Andrew’s Road entrance, opposite the burger van, from 11am to 12:30pm. All donations will go to The Welcome Centre. Alternatively, you can make a monetary donation to the Welcome Centre via their Aviva match-funding campaign, which will see all donations up to £250 matched by the Aviva community fund until Christmas Eve.

Lee Grant has been nominated for League One manager of the month for November, with the winner set to be announced on Friday morning. Town won three, drew one and lost one across their league and Trophy games last month. The other nominees are Wycombe’s Michael Duff, Barnsley’s Conor Hourihane and Reading’s Leam Richardson.

What’s been said

You can read our selected highlights and listen along to the entirety of Lee Grant’s press conference — as well as Ben Wiles’ thoughts— right here on We Are Terriers.

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A trip to Cardiff City awaits on Saturday lunchtime. The newly-relegated side currently sit top of League One having played at least a game fewer than most of the sides below them in the table — second-placed Stevenage not included.

Brian Barry-Murphy’s side rank second-best for both goals scored and their defensive record this season and have been the most effective side in League One for creating chances. Cardiff take a possession-heavy approach, averaging 61% possession so far this season, and are particularly aggressive with their press.

Forward Yousef Salech has been a particular goal threat this season, racking up seven league goals, while 18-year-old Ronan Kpakio has been a revelation at right-back and currently leads the League One assists charts (with six).

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Then it’s another away trip for Huddersfield on Tuesday evening as Lee Grant takes his side to Northampton Town. Like half the division, the Cobblers have struggled for consistency this season, and go into this weekend 15th in the table yet still just five points away from the top six.

Northampton have one of the strongest defensive records in League One so far, conceding just 17 goals in as many games. But they have struggled at the other end of the pitch: only bottom side Port Vale (11) have managed fewer goals than Kevin Nolan’s side (16), and nobody has had fewer efforts on goal.

Town are likely to face a very different tactical challenge from Cardiff, with Northampton playing the most long balls and fewest short passes per game in the division; Cardiff, by contrast, play the most short passes per game and the second-fewest long balls.

Huddersfield Town injuries and absences

Jack Whatmough (calf) and Marcus McGuane (groin) are still working their way back from injury, with Whatmough ‘progressing nicely’ through the later stages of his recovery.

Mickel Miller is ruled out until around late January with a hamstring injury.

Herbie Kane has returned to light individual training but is still some way off returning from his groin injury.

Antony Evans does not need surgery on the knee injury that forced him off against Luton last week, but is still expected to be out for ‘a couple of months’.

Will Alves (foot) and Zepiqueno Redmond (knee) remain out for the longer term.

Predicted line-up to face Cardiff City

4-4-2: Lee Nicholls; Lynden Gooch, Josh Feeney, Radinio Balker, Sean Roughan; Leo Castledine, Marcus Harness, Ryan Ledson, Ruben Roosken; Alfie May, Bojan Radulovic.

Substitutes: Owen Goodman, Murray Wallace, Lasse Sorensen, Ben Wiles, Cameron Ashia, Dion Charles, Joe Taylor.

Huddersfield Town Women

Top-of-the-table Town host rock-bottom Blackburn Rovers at the Stafflex Arena in Sunday afternoon’s 2pm kick-off.

Blackburn have lost every one of their ten league games so far this season, while Glen Preston’s Terriers currently lead the division on goal difference with Cheadle and Wythenshawe both level on points.

Vertu Trophy Round of 16 draw details

The draw for the round of 16 in the Vertu Trophy will take place on Saturday 6th December at 11:45am, live on the Sky Sports EFL show.

The balls for the Northern Section are as follows, with games set to take place in the week commencing 12th January 2026.

1. Bolton Wanderers

2. Doncaster Rovers

3. Fleetwood Town

4. Harrogate Town

5. Huddersfield Town

6. Port Vale

7. Rotherham United

8. Stockport County

We look forward to yet another trip to bloody Bolton.

And finally

Terriers fans have been asked to donate new and unwrapped toys as Christmas presents for underprivileged local children as part of Cash For Kids’ Mission Christmas campaign. Donations can be made at the Town club shop during opening hours, with donation points also available at the stadium’s Community Hub before the upcoming game against Wigan Athletic.

In addition, at the Wigan game, HTSA will be running a foodbank collection point at the St Andrew’s Road entrance, opposite the burger van, from 11am to 12:30pm. All donations will go to The Welcome Centre. Alternatively, you can make a financial donation to the Welcome Centre via their Aviva match-funding campaign, which will see all donations up to £250 matched by the Aviva community fund until Christmas Eve.

What’s been said

You can read our selected highlights and listen along to the entirety of Lee Grant’s press conference — as well as Dion Charles’ thoughts— right here on We Are Terriers.

Coming up next

The alphabet-dodging AFC Wimbledon, who have enjoyed an overall good start to life back in the third tier after earning promotion via the League Two play-offs last season.

Johnnie Jackson’s side have the exact same record as Huddersfield so far this season with eight wins, one draw and seven defeats. A recent run of 16 points from a possible 18 has given way to three league defeats in a row for Wimbledon.

Then it’s a trip to Lincoln City in the round of 32 of the Vertu Trophy for Tuesday evening’s 7pm kick-off. Lincoln won all three of their group stage games with a cleen sweep of clean sheets (try saying that ten times fast). Lincoln are also fourth in League One, but have won just two of their past seven games in the league.

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Huddersfield Town injuries and absences

Antony Evans has picked up a similar injury to the MCL that had just kept him out for four months and is now expected to have another lengthy spell on the sidelines. The midfielder was forced off just two minutes after coming off the bench against Luton.

Mickel Miller has been ruled out for two months with a hamstring injury.

Marcus Harness will serve a one-match ban on Saturday after picking up his fifth yellow card of the League One season away to Luton on Tuesday night.

The cut-off point for five yellow cards leading to a one-match ban is the 19th game of the league campaign (Town have played 16). No other players are at immediate risk of a similar ban as it stands, and Ryan Ledson is the only active player with as many as three yellow cards to his name.

David Kasumu is the next player expected to be back available as he closes in on a return from the calf injury that has kept him out for the past six games. Lee Grant says he should be ‘there or thereabouts’ to face Wimbledon.

Marcus McGuane and Jack Whatmough are working their way back from groin and calf injuries respectively.

Will Alves, Herbie Kane and Zepiqueno Redmond are all long-term absentees.

Predicted line-up to face Wimbledon

4-4-2: Owen Goodman; Lasse Sorensen, Josh Feeney, Radinio Balker, Ruben Roosken; Ben Wiles, Lynden Gooch, Ryan Ledson, Leo Castledine; Dion Charles, Bojan Radulovic.

Substitutes: Lee Nicholls, Joe Low, Murray Wallace, David Kasumu, Cameron Ashia, Alfie May, Joe Taylor.

Huddersfield Town Women

Town Women will return to league action as they visit Wythenshawe on Sunday in a real six-pointer at the top of the table.

Just three points separate the Terriers from both league leaders Cheadle and second-placed Wythenshawe, who have won all of the last three games since losing 4-2 to Town in the FA Cup last month.

What’s been said

You can read our selected highlights and listen along to the entirety of Lee Grant’s press conference — as well as Ruben Roosken’s thoughts— right here on We Are Terriers.

Coming up next

Mansfield Town will host Saturday’s return to League One action following the international break.

Nigel Clough’s side are in ninth place, level on points with Huddersfield having played a game more. Mansfield had gone six games without defeat in all competitions (five in the league) prior to their 3-1 defeat at Accu Stadium in the Vertu Trophy a couple of weeks ago, which they followed up with a 2-1 loss away to Northampton on the eve of the international break.

Mansfield have been one of the most clinical sides in the division this season: they have the joint-third best goalscoring record (22) despite having just the 14th-highest shots per game and the 15th-highest expected goals. They have however struggled to hold onto their leads at times this season, dropping ten points from winning positions.

Town then travel to Luton Town on Tuesday for a game that was originally scheduled for October’s international break.

In contrast to Mansfield, Luton have been held back by their wasteful finishing this season. The newly-relegated Hatters dismissed manager Matt Bloomfield in October after losing five of their first 11 games.

Luton have fared better since Jack Wilshere came in as Bloomfield’s replacement, and claimed a considerable scalp with a 3-0 win away to league leaders Stockport earlier this month to further enhance their good record on the road. They have struggled for form at home, however, scoring a League One low of just five goals on their own turf.

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Huddersfield Town injuries and absences

Alfie May will serve the final game of his three-match suspension on Saturday’s trip to Mansfield, but he has recovered from his lower leg injury and played 90 minutes for the U21s last week. The forward should therefore be available for selection against Luton on Tuesday.

Dion Charles went off at half time in Northern Ireland’s defeat to Slovakia on Friday night but was able to take his place on the bench for his country’s victory over Luxembourg on Monday. Radinio Balker and Owen Goodman have meanwhile both had trans-Atlantic trips for international duty over the past couple of weeks, with Suriname and Canada respectively. All three players will be assessed as to their readiness to play on Saturday bearing in mind Town have seven games to come in the space of 22 days.

Leo Castledine and Lynden Gooch returned from shoulder and calf injuries respectively against Plymouth last time out and are expected to be available for selection on Saturday.

Joe Low has missed the past two games with a calf injury, but has also been back in training this week.

Murray Wallace has been back in training all week following his foot injury, David Kasumu has also returned to action at Canalside but Saturday may come too soon for him. It’s a similar story for Antony Evans, who returned to full training this week following his knee injury.

Jack Whatmough and Marcus McGuane both remain sidelined. McGuane has had a minor setback in the form of a soft tissue injury but it is ‘not back to square one’ for him and he is ‘still heading in the right direction’. Both are at least a couple of weeks away from having any further news to share.

Will Alves, Herbie Kane and Zepiqueno Redmond are all long-term absentees.

Predicted line-up to face Mansfield

4-4-2: Owen Goodman; Lasse Sorensen, Josh Feeney, Joe Low, Ruben Roosken; Ben Wiles, Marcus Harness, Ryan Ledson, Mickel Miller; Dion Charles, Bojan Radulovic.

Substitutes: Lee Nicholls, Radinio Balker, Lynden Gooch, Sean Roughan, Leo Castledine, Cameron Ashia, Joe Taylor

Huddersfield Town Women

After their meeting in the league last month, Town Women host Leeds United at Stafflex Arena in the second round of the FA Cup on Sunday in a 1pm kick-off.

Town have unfinished business against their local rivals after Leeds emerged victorious at with a 1-0 win at Accu Stadium last month.

And finally

Town have been drawn away to Lincoln City in the round of 32 in the Vertu Trophy. The game has been set for Tuesday 2nd December in a 7pm kick-off. The club will announce ticketing info in due course.

January’s West Yorkshire Derby against Bradford City at Accu Stadium on Saturday 24th January has been brought forward to a 12:30pm kick-off at the request of the police.

Terriers fans have been asked to donate new and unwrapped toys as Christmas presents for underprivileged local children as part of Cash For Kids’ Mission Christmas campaign. Donations can be made at the Town club shop during opening hours, with donation points also available at the stadium’s Community Hub before the upcoming games against Wimbledon and Wigan Athletic.