Huddersfield Town

2001–02 season
Chairman	Barry Rubery
Manager	Lou Macari
Division Two	6th
Play-offs	Semi-finals (knocked out by Brentford)
FA Cup	Second round (knocked out by Mansfield Town)
League Cup	First round (knocked out by Rochdale)
League Trophy	Area Final (knocked out by Blackpool)
Top goalscorer	League: Leon Knight (16) All: Leon Knight (17)
Highest home attendance	16,523 vs Brentford (28 April 2002)
Lowest home attendance	3,570 vs Halifax Town (16 October 2001)
Biggest win	5–1 vs Wrexham (27 October 2001)
Biggest defeat	0–4 vs Mansfield Town (8 December 2001)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Huddersfield Town's 2001–02 campaign was their first competitive campaign in the third tier since the 1994–95 season. Huddersfield finished 6th that season, before losing in the play-offs to 3rd place Brentford, who Town beat in the play-off semi-finals in the 1994–95 season.

Squad at the start of the season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  WAL Steve Jenkins 3 DF  ENG Gareth Evans 4 DF  ENG Craig Armstrong 5 DF  ENG Chris Lucketti 8 MF  ENG Kenny Irons 9 FW  ENG Martin Smith 11 FW  SUR Clyde Wijnhard 12 DF  ENG Kevin Gray 13 GK  WAL Martyn Margetson 16 FW  GRN Delroy Facey 17 MF  ENG Simon Baldry 18 FW  SCO Chris Hay

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  IRL Thomas Heary 21 DF  ENG Jon Dyson 22 MF  ENG Chris Beech 23 MF  ENG Chris Holland 24 MF  ENG Danny Schofield 26 DF  ENG Adie Moses 29 MF  USA John Thorrington 31 FW  SCO Paul Macari 32 FW  ENG Andy Booth 33 MF  IRL Dwayne Mattis 34 MF  ENG Michael Senior

Review

Macari remained in charge for the 2001–02 season. At the start of the season he sold Chris Lucketti to Preston North End in a £750,000 deal, after 76 appearances for Town. Macari promoted the then 18-year-old Nathan Clarke to the first team, who would go on to be a mainstay at the heart of the Terriers defence. Huddersfield had a good start to the season, with the exception of the Worthington Cup loss to Rochdale. They continued a steady progress up the table and Lou Macari was on course to send Town back up to Division 1.

As the top six challenge faded, he made a canny loan signing, gifted young striker Leon Knight (from Chelsea). He scored 16 league goals in 31 appearances and also became the only loan player to date to win the Player of the Year award. However, Knight received a red card during a league game with near neighbours Oldham Athletic and ended up missing the Play-Offs he had been largely responsible for getting the team to. Without him, Town battled well but lacked a cutting edge and ended up being defeated by Brentford at the semi-final stage.

The season also saw a good campaign in the LDV Vans Trophy. After beating Halifax Town, Wrexham, Scunthorpe United and Hull City, Town played Blackpool in a 2-leg Northern Area Final. After losing the first leg 3–1 at Bloomfield Road, Town took a 2–0 lead in the reverse at the McAlpine Stadium, the match went to extra time, but their party was spoiled by Martin Bullock's golden goal.

So, Town looked on course for automatic promotion until a run of 4 games without a win in late March and early April, only the play-offs seemed to be likely to give the promotion that Town craved. They eventually finished 6th, six behind 2nd placed Reading.

The Play-off semi-final saw Town play 3rd placed Brentford. After the first leg ended 0–0 at the McAlpine, Andy Booth gave Town an early lead in the second leg at Griffin Park, before Darren Powell and Lloyd Owusu gave Brentford their 2–1 win.

Squad at the end of the season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  WAL Steve Jenkins 3 DF  ENG Gareth Evans 8 MF  ENG Kenny Irons 9 FW  ENG Martin Smith 11 FW  SUR Clyde Wijnhard 12 DF  ENG Kevin Gray 13 GK  WAL Martyn Margetson 16 FW  GRN Delroy Facey 17 MF  ENG Simon Baldry 18 FW  SCO Chris Hay 20 DF  IRL Thomas Heary 21 DF  ENG Jon Dyson 22 MF  ENG Chris Beech

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF  ENG Chris Holland 24 MF  ENG Danny Schofield 26 DF  ENG Adie Moses 29 MF  USA John Thorrington 30 FW  ENG Leon Knight (on loan from Chelsea) 31 FW  SCO Paul Macari 32 FW  ENG Andy Booth 33 MF  IRL Dwayne Mattis 34 MF  ENG Michael Senior 35 GK  RSA Paul Evans (on loan from Leeds United) 36 DF  ENG Nathan Clarke 37 MF  IRL Damien Delaney (on loan from Leicester City) 38 DF  ENG Jerel Ifil (on loan from Watford)

Results

LDV Vans Trophy

Date	Round	Opponents	Home/Away	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance
16 October 2001	Round 1 North	Halifax Town	H	0 - 0 (aet: 90 mins: 0 - 0)		3,570 Huddersfield won 4–3 on penalties

		Penalties
	Hay Thorrington Clarke Irons	4 – 3	?  ?  ? Stoneman: Margetson saved Smith: over crossbar

Date	Round	Opponents	Home/Away	Result F - A	Scorers	Attendance
30 October 2001	Round 2 North	Wrexham	A	1 - 0	Holland [5]	1,725
4 December 2001	Quarter-Final North	Scunthorpe United	H	4 - 1	Schofield [23, 65], Hay [76], Booth [85]	3,587
8 January 2002	Semi-Final North	Hull City	A	1 - 0	Booth [39]	7,248
29 January 2002	Final First Leg North	Blackpool	A	1 - 3	Schofield [56]	4,573
12 February 2002	Final Second Leg North	Blackpool	H	2 - 1 (Golden goal aet: 90 mins: 2 - 0)	Wijnhard [5 (pen)], Schofield [33]	7,736 Huddersfield lost 4–3 on aggregate

Appearances and goals

Squad No.	Name	Nation	Position	League Apps	League Goals	FA Cup Apps	FA Cup Goals	League Cup Apps	League Cup Goals	FLT Apps	FLT Goals	Playoff Apps	Playoff Goals	Total Apps	Total Goals
2	Steve Jenkins	Wales	DF	40	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	47	1
3	Gareth Evans	England	DF	35	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	41	0
4	Craig Armstrong	England	MF	7 (4)	1	0	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	9 (5)	1
5	Chris Lucketti	England	DF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8	Kenny Irons	England	MF	34 (7)	7	2	0	1	0	5	0	2	0	44 (7)	7
11	Clyde Wijnhard	Suriname	FW	2 (11)	1	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	1	0	0	3 (12)	2
12	Kevin Gray	England	DF	44	1	2	0	1	0	6	0	2	0	55	1
13	Martyn Margetson	Wales	GK	46	0	2	0	1	0	6	0	2	0	57	0
16	Delroy Facey	Grenada	FW	11 (2)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13 (2)	2
17	Simon Baldry	England	MF	3 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	4 (3)	0
18	Chris Hay	Scotland	FW	19 (12)	5	0 (1)	0	1	0	2 (2)	1	0 (2)	0	22 (17)	6
20	Thomas Heary	Republic of Ireland	DF	21 (11)	0	2	0	1	0	6	0	2	0	32 (11)	0
21	Jon Dyson	England	DF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	Chris Beech	England	MF	6 (3)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7 (3)	1
23	Chris Holland	England	MF	35 (2)	1	2	0	1	0	5 (1)	1	2	0	45 (3)	2
24	Danny Schofield	England	MF	39 (1)	8	2	0	0	0	6	4	0	0	47 (1)	12
26	Adie Moses	England	DF	13 (4)	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	18 (4)	1
29	John Thorrington	United States	MF	29 (2)	6	0	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	2	0	32 (3)	6
30	Leon Knight	England	FW	31	16	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	37	17
31	Paul Macari	England	FW	0 (6)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (2)	0	0	0	0 (9)	0
32	Andy Booth	England	FW	30 (6)	11	2	0	1	0	5	2	2	1	40 (6)	14
33	Dwayne Mattis	Republic of Ireland	MF	21 (8)	1	2	0	0 (1)	0	3	0	0	0	26 (9)	1
34	Michael Senior	England	MF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
36	Nathan Clarke	England	DF	36	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	41	1
37	Damien Delaney	Republic of Ireland	DF	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0
38	Jerel Ifil	England	DF	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3 (1)	0