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1997–98 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Huddersfield Town
season	1997–98
chairman	Malcolm Asquith
manager	Brian Horton (until 5 October 1997)
Peter Jackson (from 8 October 1997)
stadium	Kirklees Stadium
league	Division One
league result	16th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Fourth round
(knocked out by Wimbledon)
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Second round
(knocked out by West Ham United)
league topscorer	Marcus Stewart (15)
season topscorer	Marcus Stewart (16)
highest attendance	18,186 vs Middlesbrough (26 December 1997)
lowest attendance	8,525 vs West Ham United (16 September 1997)
largest win	5–1 vs Oxford United (10 January 1998)
largest loss	0–5 vs Norwich City (13 April 1998)
prevseason	1996–97
nextseason	1998–99

Peter Jackson (from 8 October 1997) (knocked out by Wimbledon) (knocked out by West Ham United) The 1997–98 season was a disaster turned into a success for Huddersfield Town. After a closed season of little activity in the transfer market, Town started the 1997–98 season disastrously and, after some questionable signings and tactical decisions, Brian Horton was sacked in October 1997 as the club lay at the foot of Division One. Thirty-six-year-old former Huddersfield, Bradford City and Newcastle United central defender Peter Jackson was drafted in as Horton's replacement in October and turned the club's fortunes around drastically. He immediately installed the experienced former Wales manager Terry Yorath as his assistant. Given a generous transfer budget by the board, Jackson captured experienced pros such as former Welsh internationals Barry Horne and David Phillips in addition to powerful local-born striker Wayne Allison from Division 1 rivals Swindon Town. He also managed to rejuvenate players such as Marcus Stewart and, particularly, the previously inconsistent Paul Dalton to the extent that the club finished a respectable 16th in the final table.

Squad at the start of the season

Review

Popular ex-player Peter Jackson was hired three days later, but Town lost four of Jackson's first 5 games and drew the other, conceding 14 goals and only scoring three. Then amazingly, Town beat Stoke City 3–1 on 1 November and the fightback began. Jackson brought in experienced players such as Barry Horne, Wayne Allison, David Phillips and Lee Richardson, as well as loan signing Steve Harper from Newcastle United. They then managed to beat Manchester City 1–0 in a televised game at Maine Road in November.

After another severe dip in form during February and March, in which Town lost five out of six, some thought that survival was a bridge too far for Jackson's side. But a six-match unbeaten run near the end of the season, followed by a win against West Bromwich Albion, confirmed Town's safety. They finished in 16th position and used a record 37 players during that season, including four goalkeepers. The season will always be remembered and referred to as "The Great Escape".

Squad at the end of the season

Results

[[Football League First Division|Division One]]

Date	Opponents	**Home/
Away**	**Result
F – A**	Scorers	Attendance
Position
9 August 1997	Oxford United	A	0–2		7,085
23 August 1997	Swindon Town	A	1–1	Stewart [43]	7,683
30 August 1997	Sheffield United	H	0–0		14,268
2 September 1997	Bradford City	H	1–2	Stewart [75]	13,159
9 September 1997	Birmingham City	H	0–1		9,477
13 September 1997	Ipswich Town	H	2–2	Jenkins [41], Dyer [88]	9,313
20 September 1997	Stockport County	A	0–3		6,995
27 September 1997	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–1	Stewart [32]	21,723
3 October 1997	Nottingham Forest	H	0–2		11,258
14 October 1997	Charlton Athletic	H	0–3		9,596
18 October 1997	Sunderland	A	1–3	Dalton [45]	24,782
21 October 1997	Port Vale	A	1–4	Stewart [86]	5,244
25 October 1997	Portsmouth	H	1–1	Dalton [80]	8,985
28 October 1997	Middlesbrough	A	0–3		29,965
1 November 1997	Stoke City	H	3–1	Richardson [46], Stewart [80], Dalton [90]	10,916
4 November 1997	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–1		5,127
7 November 1997	Manchester City	A	1–0	Edwards [76]	24,425
15 November 1997	Reading	H	1–0	Dalton [73]	12,617
22 November 1997	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–2	Morrison [89]	16,066
29 November 1997	Bury	H	2–0	Dalton [7, 83]	11,929
6 December 1997	Crewe Alexandra	A	5–2	Stewart [24, 70], Dalton [40, 83 (pen)], Allison [89]	4,861
13 December 1997	Norwich City	H	1–3	Stewart [58]	11,436
20 December 1997	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–0	Dalton [51, 72]	14,619
26 December 1997	Middlesbrough	H	0–1		18,186
28 December 1997	Bradford City	A	1–1	Dalton [34]	17,842
10 January 1998	Oxford United	H	5–1	Gray 21 ([og)], Phillips [30], Stewart [41, 55], Allison [59]	10,378
17 January 1998	Birmingham City	A	0–0		17,850
27 January 1998	Sheffield United	A	1–1	Dalton [24]	16,535
31 January 1998	Swindon Town	H	0–0		10,028
7 February 1998	Stockport County	H	1–0	Allison [53]	11,121
14 February 1998	Ipswich Town	A	1–5	Stewart [37]	10,509
17 February 1998	Nottingham Forest	A	0–3		18,231
21 February 1998	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–0	Dyson [90]	12,633
24 February 1998	Sunderland	H	2–3	Allison [51], Phillips [57]	14,615
28 February 1998	Charlton Athletic	A	0–1		12,908
3 March 1998	Manchester City	H	1–3	Dalton [38 (pen)]	15,694
7 March 1998	Stoke City	A	2–1	Barnes [15], Stewart [18]	12,594
14 March 1998	Tranmere Rovers	H	3–0	Allison [10], Stewart [67], Hill [77 (og)]	10,844
21 March 1998	Reading	A	2–0	Stewart [73, 88]	8,593
28 March 1998	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–1	Gray [59]	13,681
4 April 1998	Bury	A	2–2	Richardson [34 (pen), 71]	8,042
11 April 1998	Crewe Alexandra	H	2–0	Allison [42], Johnson [44]	11,263
13 April 1998	Norwich City	A	0–5		16,550
18 April 1998	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–0	Baldry [12]	11,704
25 April 1998	Portsmouth	A	0–3		14,013
3 May 1998	Port Vale	H	0–4		15,610

[[FA Cup]]

Date	Round	Opponents	**Home/
Away**	**Result
F – A**	Scorers	Attendance
13 January 1998	Round 3	Bournemouth	A	1–0	Stewart [15]	7,385
24 January 1998	Round 4	Wimbledon	H	0–1		14,533

[[EFL Cup|League Cup]]

Date	Round	Opponents	**Home/
Away**	**Result
F – A**	Scorers	Attendance
12 August 1997	Round 1 1st Leg	Bradford City	H	2–1	Payton [6], Dreyer [45 (og)]	8,735
26 August 1997	Round 1 2nd Leg	Bradford City	A	1–1	Burnett [77]	8,065
16 September 1997	Round 2 1st Leg	West Ham United	H	1–0	Dyer [75]	8,525
29 September 1997	Round 2 2nd Leg	West Ham United	A	0–3		16,137

Appearances and goals

Name	Position	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Wayne Allison	FW	27	6	2	0	0	0	29	6
Simon Baldry	MF	8 (3)	1	0	0	1 (1)	0	9 (4)	1
Paul Barnes	FW	11 (4)	1	0	0	0	0	11 (4)	1
Vince Bartram	GK	12	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
David Beresford	MF	5 (3)	0	0	0	1	0	6 (3)	0
Marcus Browning	MF	10 (4)	0	0	0	1	0	11 (4)	0
Wayne Burnett	MF	11 (4)	0	0	0	3 (1)	1	14 (5)	1
Sam Collins	DF	9 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	10 (1)	0
Paul Dalton	MF	26 (5)	13	2	0	1	0	29 (5)	13
Alex Dyer	MF	8 (4)	1	0	0	3	1	11 (4)	2
Jon Dyson	DF	35 (1)	1	2	0	3	0	40 (1)	1
Darren Edmondson	DF	15 (4)	0	0 (1)	0	2	0	17 (5)	0
Rob Edwards	MF	26 (12)	1	0 (1)	0	2	0	28 (13)	1
Delroy Facey	FW	1 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (2)	0
Steve Francis	GK	9	0	0	0	4	0	13	0
Kevin Gray	DF	34 (1)	1	2	0	2	0	38 (1)	1
Steve Harper	GK	24	0	2	0	0	0	26	0
Thomas Heary	DF	2 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	2 (2)	0
Sean Hessey	DF	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
Barry Horne	MF	29 (1)	0	2	0	0	0	31 (1)	0
Chris Hurst	MF	1 (2)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	1 (3)	0
Steve Jenkins	DF	28 (1)	1	2	0	4	0	34 (1)	1
Grant Johnson	MF	28 (1)	1	2	0	0	0	30 (1)	1
Ian Lawson	FW	3 (15)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	3 (16)	0
Lee Makel	MF	10 (3)	0	0 (1)	0	4	0	14 (4)	0
Lee Martin	DF	2 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	3 (1)	0
Michael Midwood	FW	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
Andy Morrison	DF	22 (1)	1	2	0	3	0	27 (1)	1
Martin Nielsen	MF	0 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (3)	0
Derek O'Connor	GK	1	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	1 (1)	0
Andy Payton	FW	4 (1)	0	0	0	2	1	6 (1)	1
David Phillips	MF	29	2	2	0	0	0	31	2
Lee Richardson	MF	16 (5)	3	0 (2)	0	0	0	16 (7)	3
Robbie Ryan	DF	10	0	0	0	2	0	12	0
Alex Smith	DF	4 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	4 (2)	0
Marcus Stewart	FW	38 (3)	15	2	1	4	0	44 (3)	16
Julian Watts	DF	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0

References

Wallace, Sam. (7 January 2006). "Peter Jackson: Huddersfield's Special One". The Independent.

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