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1978–79 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

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Field	Value
club	Huddersfield Town
season	1978–79
chairman	Keith Longbottom
manager	Tom Johnston (until 29 August 1978)
Mick Buxton (from 31 October 1978)
stadium	Leeds Road
league	Football League Fourth Division
league result	9th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	First round
(knocked out by Doncaster Rovers)
cup2	Football League Cup
cup2 result	First round
(knocked out by Preston North End)
league topscorer	Ian Robins (16)
season topscorer	Ian Robins (16)
highest attendance	9,382 vs Barnsley (2 May 1979)
lowest attendance	1,680 vs Torquay United (30 April 1979)
largest win	3–0 vs Wimbledon (21 October 1978)
largest loss	0–3 vs Preston North End (12 August 1978)
0–3 vs Hereford United (25 April 1979)
prevseason	1977–78
nextseason	1979–80

Mick Buxton (from 31 October 1978) (knocked out by Doncaster Rovers) (knocked out by Preston North End) 0–3 vs Hereford United (25 April 1979) Huddersfield Town's 1978-79 campaign was Town's penultimate season in their 5-year stint in the Football League's basement division. It also saw the arrival of Mick Buxton at the club, he would be Town's second longest manager in the club's history. After replacing Tom Johnston, Town gained a resurgence in their form and then finished in 9th place. It would be a precursor to Town's championship winning team the next season.

Squad at the start of the season

Review

Following on from the previous season's disappointments and the early season's poor form, Tom Johnston resigned and following a spell as caretaker, Mick Buxton became the new manager and helped Town recover their form mainly from the signing from Bury and the conversion of Keith Hanvey from midfield to defence to partner Dave Sutton in the centre.

Town would finish the season in 9th place with just 47 points, but the following season would see Town return to Division 3 in style.

Squad at the end of the season

Results

[[Football League Fourth Division|Division Four]]

Date	Opponents	**Home/
Away**	**Result
F - A**	Scorers	Attendance	Position
19 August 1978	Crewe Alexandra	H	0 - 0		2,838	13th
22 August 1978	Darlington	A	0 - 1		2,549	18th
25 August 1978	Scunthorpe United	A	1 - 3	Hanvey	3,200	19th
2 September 1978	Reading	H	1 - 1	Bielby (pen)	2,951	21st
9 September 1978	Doncaster Rovers	H	2 - 1	Hanvey, Bielby	4,038	16th
12 September 1978	Bournemouth	A	0 - 2		2,416	18th
16 September 1978	Barnsley	A	0 - 1		11,794	20th
23 September 1978	Northampton Town	H	1 - 0	Holmes	3,320	17th
26 September 1978	Grimsby Town	H	2 - 0	Brolly (og), Campbell (pen)	4,238	16th
29 September 1978	Stockport County	A	1 - 3	Bielby (pen)	5,554	17th
7 October 1978	Wigan Athletic	H	1 - 1	Bielby (pen)	5,150	16th
14 October 1978	Newport County	A	1 - 2	Robins	3,624	22nd
17 October 1978	Hereford United	H	2 - 3	Campbell (2)	2,565	22nd
21 October 1978	Wimbledon	H	3 - 0	Robins (2), Bielby	3,374	18th
28 October 1978	Bradford City	A	1 - 1	Fletcher	5,478	19th
4 November 1978	York City	H	1 - 0	Sutton	3,696	16th
11 November 1978	Reading	A	1 - 1	Robins	6,870	15th
18 November 1978	Scunthorpe United	H	3 - 2	Topping, Gray, Fletcher	3,375	15th
2 December 1978	Aldershot	H	0 - 0		3,138	13th
9 December 1978	Portsmouth	A	0 - 1		11,615	15th
26 December 1978	Halifax Town	H	2 - 0	Fletcher, Robins	5,341	16th
1 January 1979	Port Vale	A	0 - 1		4,021	17th
3 February 1979	Grimsby Town	A	1 - 2	Robins	4,921	17th
17 February 1979	Wigan Athletic	A	1 - 2	Robins	7,420	18th
24 February 1979	Newport County	H	0 - 1		3,361	20th
27 February 1979	Doncaster Rovers	A	2 - 0	Holmes, Howey	3,419	18th
3 March 1979	Wimbledon	A	1 - 2	Holmes	3,265	18th
6 March 1979	Northampton Town	A	3 - 2	Holmes (2), Robins	1,823	18th
10 March 1979	Bradford City	H	0 - 0		6,188	18th
13 March 1979	Bournemouth	H	2 - 1	Fletcher, Armstrong	2,268	18th
24 March 1979	Darlington	H	2 - 2	Robins (2)	2,862	18th
28 March 1979	Crewe Alexandra	A	3 - 3	Fletcher (2), Holmes	1,382	18th
31 March 1979	Hartlepool United	H	2 - 0	Robins, Holmes	2,420	16th
4 April 1979	Stockport County	H	0 - 0		2,267	14th
7 April 1979	Aldershot	A	0 - 1		4,215	16th
10 April 1979	Rochdale	A	2 - 0	Fletcher, Robins	2,020	13th
14 April 1979	Halifax Town	A	3 - 2	Fletcher (2), Holmes	4,027	12th
16 April 1979	Port Vale	H	3 - 2	Robins, Fletcher, Holmes	3,236	10th
17 April 1979	Rochdale	H	1 - 0	Fletcher	3,346	9th
21 April 1979	Torquay United	A	1 - 2	Holmes	2,478	9th
25 April 1979	Hereford United	A	0 - 3		2,635	11th
28 April 1979	Portsmouth	H	2 - 0	Robins, Fletcher (pen)	2,895	10th
30 April 1979	Torquay United	H	1 - 1	Hart	1,680	10th
2 May 1979	Barnsley	H	1 - 0	Robins	9,382	9th
5 May 1979	Hartlepool United	A	0 - 2		2,207	10th
19 May 1979	York City	A	3 - 1	Holmes, Cowling, Robins	2,664	9th

[[FA Cup]]

Date	Round	Opponents	**Home/
Away**	**Result
F - A**	Scorers	Attendance
25 November 1978	Round 1	Doncaster Rovers	A	1 - 2	Fletcher	4,330

[[Football League Cup]]

Date	Round	Opponents	**Home/
Away**	**Result
F - A**	Scorers	Attendance
12 August 1978	Round 1 1st Leg	Preston North End	A	0 - 3		6,841
15 August 1978	Round 1 2nd Leg	Preston North End	H	2 - 2	Holmes, Ripley (pen)	3,435

Appearances and goals

Name	Position	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Terry Armstrong	FW	15 (2)	1	0	0	0	0	15 (2)	1
Paul Bielby	MF	29 (2)	5	1	0	0	0	30 (2)	5
Jim Branagan	DF	13 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	13 (1)	0
Daryl Brook	FW	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Malcolm Brown	DF	42	0	1	0	2	0	45	0
Bobby Campbell	FW	7	3	0	0	0	0	7	3
David Cowling	MF	25 (1)	1	1	0	0	0	26 (1)	1
Peter Fletcher	FW	31 (4)	12	0 (1)	1	2	0	33 (5)	13
Paul Gartland	DF	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Terry Gray	FW	22 (4)	1	1	0	0	0	23 (4)	1
Keith Hanvey	DF	32	2	0	0	2	0	34	2
Peter Hart	MF	46	1	1	0	2	0	49	1
Ian Holmes	MF	31 (3)	11	0	0	2	1	33 (3)	12
Peter Howey	MF	10	1	0	0	2	0	12	1
Mark Lillis	MF	11 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	12 (1)	0
Frank McGrellis	FW	4 (1)	0	0	0	2	0	6 (1)	0
Keith Ripley	MF	2 (3)	0	0	0	0 (1)	1	2 (4)	1
Ian Robins	FW	37 (1)	16	1	0	0	0	38 (1)	16
Phil Sandercock	DF	36	0	1	0	2	0	39	0
Tommy Smith	FW	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
Alan Starling	GK	45	0	1	0	2	0	48	0
Dave Sutton	DF	39	1	1	0	2	0	42	1
Dick Taylor	GK	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Chris Topping	DF	23	1	1	0	2	0	26	1

References

(7 November 1990). "Managing to survive in a game of chance". The Times.

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