Huddersfield Town F.C.

Huddersfield Town F.C.

Huddersfield Town Football Club (/ˈhʌdərzfiːld ˈtaʊn/ or /ˈhʊdəsfiːlʔ ˈtaʊn/) is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Huddersfield Town have played the majority of their history in the top two tiers of English football and they currently play in The Championship. Their manager is Simon Grayson and their current chairman is local businessman Dean Hoyle, who took over from previous chairman Ken Davy on 3 June 2009.

In 1926, they became the first English team to win three successive league titles – a feat which only three other clubs – namely Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United – have matched, and no team has bettered. They also won the FA Cup in 1922, and have been runners-up on 4 other occasions.

Nicknamed The Terriers, their mascot is Terry the Terrier. The club traditionally plays in a blue and white vertically striped shirt with white shorts. The club has developed a reputation as having a strong academy, and the present squad contains a number of academy products.

The side play its home games at the John Smith's Stadium, a ground shared with rugby league side Huddersfield Giants. The ground was originally named the Alfred McAlpine Stadium (after the construction company involved in its creation) as part of a 10-year sponsorship agreement. It was then known as The Galpharm Stadium between 2004 and 2012. In 1994, this stadium replaced Leeds Road, which was Huddersfield's home since their founding in 1908. It was then confirmed they changed the Stadium's name to John Smith's Stadium in August 2012.