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1988–89 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Huddersfield Town
season	1988–89
chairman	Keith Longbottom
manager	Eoin Hand
stadium	Leeds Road
league	Third Division
league result	14th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Third round
(knocked out by Sheffield United)
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	First round
(knocked out by Scunthorpe United)
cup3	Associate Members' Cup
cup3 result	Area quarter-final
(knocked out by Scarborough)
league topscorer	Craig Maskell (28)
season topscorer	Craig Maskell (33)
highest attendance	15,543 vs Sheffield United (7 January 1989)
lowest attendance	2,216 vs Scunthorpe United (13 December 1988)
largest win	6–0 vs Bury (1 April 1989)
largest loss	1–6 vs Bristol City (18 April 1989)
prevseason	1987–88
nextseason	1989–90

(knocked out by Sheffield United) (knocked out by Scunthorpe United) (knocked out by Scarborough) Huddersfield Town's 1988–89 campaign was a fairly unsuccessful campaign following the disastrous relegation the previous season. Under the leadership of former Ireland manager Eoin Hand, a disastrous end to the season saw Town finish 14th, just 6 points and 7 places above the relegation zone, despited the 33 goals from Craig Maskell.

Squad at the start of the season

Review

Following the disastrous campaign orchestrated by Steve Smith and Malcolm Macdonald the previous season, it was up to former Ireland manager Eoin Hand and assistant Peter Withe to try to recover Town's perilous position in the 3rd tier of English football. At the start of the season, Town seemed to register a loss and a win every alternate week. Although new signing Craig Maskell (bought using the money funded by the sale of Duncan Shearer during the close-season.) started to score the goals that would try to bring Town up to the play-off spots.

The season did not bring much joy to the Town fans probably still reeling from relegation the previous season, although Town did bring some joy with some good results during January and February, as well as a narrow defeat by soon-to-be promoted Sheffield United in the FA Cup restored some pride to the beleaguered fans.

Also during the season Town recorded their biggest ever away league victory – a 6–0 thrashing of Bury at Gigg Lane. Bizarrely, Town would lose 6–0 at Bury the following season. In the last 7 games, Town lost 5 of them and drew the other 2. But, on a positive note, Craig Maskell broke a post-war goalscoring record of 32 goals set by Jimmy Glazzard in the 1954–55 season, by scoring his 33rd goal of the season in the last game of the season at home to Wigan Athletic.

Squad at the end of the season

Results

[[Football League Third Division|Division Three]]

Date	Opponents	**Home/
Away**	**Result
F – A**	Scorers	Attendance	Position
27 August 1988	Brentford	A	0–1		5,632	20th
3 September 1988	Preston North End	H	2–0	Maskell, Shotton	5,622	12th
10 September 1988	Cardiff City	A	0–3		3,891	18th
17 September 1988	Gillingham	H	1–1	Hutchings	4,688	18th
20 September 1988	Notts County	H	3–1	Byrne (2), Maskell (pen)	5,655	11th
24 September 1988	Chester City	A	0–3		3,319	14th
1 October 1988	Fulham	H	2–0	Maskell (2)	4,576	10th
3 October 1988	Port Vale	A	0–2		5,938	11th
8 October 1988	Northampton Town	A	3–1	Bent, Hutchings, Maskell (pen)	3,975	10th
15 October 1988	Bristol City	H	0–1		5,952	16th
22 October 1988	Aldershot	A	1–0	Hutchings	2,155	12th
25 October 1988	Swansea City	H	1–1	Hutchings	5,711	12th
29 October 1988	Bristol Rovers	A	1–5	Hutchings	4,460	15th
5 November 1988	Sheffield United	H	3–2	Byrne, Maskell (2)	10,400	14th
8 November 1988	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–1		7,802	15th
12 November 1988	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–4	Maskell	12,697	16th
26 November 1988	Wigan Athletic	A	2–0	Maskell, Cecere	2,779	14th
3 December 1988	Blackpool	H	1–1	Maskell	5,738	15th
17 December 1988	Bury	H	3–2	Bent, O'Regan, Maskell	5,150	12th
26 December 1988	Chesterfield	A	1–1	Bent	5,539	13th
31 December 1988	Mansfield Town	A	0–1		4,628	14th
2 January 1989	Southend United	H	3–2	Maskell, Bent, Byrne	6,403	14th
14 January 1989	Preston North End	A	0–1		6,959	14th
21 January 1989	Cardiff City	H	1–0	Bent	4,869	11th
28 January 1989	Gillingham	A	2–1	Maskell, O'Regan	3,530	10th
4 February 1989	Fulham	A	2–1	O'Doherty, Cecere	4,081	9th
11 February 1989	Port Vale	H	0–0		8,004	9th
18 February 1989	Northampton Town	H	1–2	Maskell (pen)	5,802	10th
28 February 1989	Swansea City	A	1–0	Match abandoned due to floodlight failure.	?
4 March 1989	Aldershot	H	2–1	Winter, Byrne	4,709	10th
7 March 1989	Reading	H	2–2	Duggan, Maskell	4,933	10th
11 March 1989	Sheffield United	A	1–5	Marsden	13,680	10th
14 March 1989	Bristol Rovers	H	2–3	Cecere, Maskell	4,105	10th
22 March 1989	Swansea City	A	0–1		4,075	12th
25 March 1989	Southend United	A	4–2	Duggan, Byrne, Maskell (2, 1 pen)	3,582	10th
27 March 1989	Chesterfield	H	1–1	Maskell	5,819	11th
1 April 1989	Bury	A	6–0	Cecere, Maskell (3), Smith, Byrne	4,145	10th
5 April 1989	Reading	A	1–2	May	3,802	12th
8 April 1989	Mansfield Town	H	2–0	Maskell, McInerney	5,327	9th
15 April 1989	Chester City	H	3–1	Winter, Smith, May	6,109	9th
18 April 1989	Bristol City	A	1–6	Maskell	4,542	9th
22 April 1989	Notts County	A	0–3		5,499	12th
25 April 1989	Brentford	H	1–2	Maskell	3,538	12th
29 April 1989	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–0		8,757	12th
1 May 1989	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–3	Maskell (pen)	5,511	12th
6 May 1989	Blackpool	A	1–2	Maskell	4,070	14th
13 May 1989	Wigan Athletic	H	1–1	Maskell	4,225	14th

FA Cup

Main article: 1988–89 FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	**Home/
Away**	**Result
F – A**	Scorers	Attendance
19 November 1988	Round 1	Rochdale	H	1–1	May	6,178
28 November 1988	Round 1 Replay	Rochdale	A	4–3	Withe, O'Shaughnessy (og), Maskell, Bent	5,645
10 December 1988	Round 2	Chester City	H	1–0	O'Regan	6,295
7 January 1989	Round 3	Sheffield United	H	0–1		15,543

League Cup

Main article: 1988–89 Football League Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	**Home/
Away**	**Result
F – A**	Scorers	Attendance
30 August 1988	Round 1 1st Leg	Scunthorpe United	A	2–3	Maskell, Mitchell	3,820
6 September 1988	Round 1 2nd Leg	Scunthorpe United	H	2–2	Maskell, Trevitt	4,237

Associate Members' Cup

Main article: 1988–89 Associate Members' Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	**Home/
Away**	**Result
F – A**	Scorers	Attendance
13 December 1988	Preliminary Round	Scunthorpe United	H	1–0	Byrne	2,216
19 December 1988	Preliminary Round	Halifax Town	A	0–1		2,437
17 January 1989	Round 1	Grimsby Town	A	3–1	Cecere, Maskell, Withe	2,116
21 February 1989	Area Quarter-Final	Scarborough	H	1–2	Maskell	4,665

Appearances and goals

Name	Position	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Associate Members' Cup	Total	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps
Mark Barham	MF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Junior Bent	MF	14 (8)	5	3	1	0	0	2	0	19 (8)	6
Malcolm Brown	DF	1	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0
Mick Byrne	FW	29 (8)	7	2 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	2	1	13 (10)	8
Mike Cecere	FW	28 (3)	4	4	0	0	0	4	1	36 (3)	5
Andy Duggan	DF	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	2
Paul France	DF	2 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3 (1)	0
Steve Hardwick	GK	46	0	4	0	2	0	3	0	55	0
Micky Holmes	MF	3 (4)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4 (4)	0
Chris Hutchings	DF	41	5	4	0	2	0	4	0	51	5
Chris Marsden	MF	10 (4)	1	0 (2)	0	2	0	3	0	15 (6)	1
Lee Martin	GK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0
Craig Maskell	FW	46	28	4	1	2	2	4	2	56	33
Andy May	MF	45	2	4	1	1	0	4	0	54	3
Ian McInerney	MF	5 (5)	1	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	5 (6)	1
Graham Mitchell	DF	33 (1)	0	4	0	2	1	3	0	42 (1)	1
Ken O'Doherty	DF	37	1	4	0	1	0	3	0	45	1
Kieran O'Regan	MF	36	2	4	1	2	0	4	0	46	3
Malcolm Shotton	DF	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	1
Mark Smith	Fw	17 (3)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	17 (3)	2
Simon Trevitt	DF	35 (4)	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	39 (4)	1
Gordon Tucker	DF	11 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	1 (1)	0	1 (1)	0	13 (4)	0
Peter Ward	FW	1 (3)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	1 (4)	0
Julian Winter	MF	35	2	4	0	0	0	4	0	43	2
Peter Withe	FW	14 (12)	0	2 (1)	1	2	0	0 (2)	1	18 (15)	2

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