HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 0-0 Reading

The FINAL. PROMOTED
4-3 after extra time & penalties.

it's all come darn to this.
And not even a lick of paint to separate these two sides all season.
Straight into the stats
(T= Town, R=Reading here after)

The Ref ! he's officiated both sides 8 & 10 times respectively.
Town w3 d2 3l Royals, w4 d2 4l
Preston born Swarbrick, will he go easy on the Northern side, or have Lancastrian red rose bias.

Each corresponding fixture ended in a 1-0 home win.
R v T match stats.
Poss 66%-34%
shots- 17-7
'on' 3-1
T v R
49%-51%
shots 12 - 9
'on' 5-5
Both play in Blue & white. Both wear puma.
The run in..last 6 played.
R - w 4 d1 l1
T - w2 d1 l3 They have the edge there.
Goals for & against,
R- 68 -64.
T- 56 - 58. Town have done well here, to finish on negative stats, yet make the play-offs. Shows how well we defended through out the season,
You have to drop down to Cardiff in 12th for the next side with negative goal difference !

R- Home & away stats,
Home, w 16 d 5 l2 F&A = 35-16
away, w 10 d 2 l11 F&A= 33 -48 Clearly not as efficient away from the M-stad (as they call it)

R player Stats. Scorers.
Kermorgant 19
McCleary 9
Swift 9
Beerens 7
Williams 4

Rouges gallery.
The angry dudes.

Van d Berg,
McClear
Williams
Obita
McShane all 1.

Van d Berg
Gunter
Williams.... all 10 !
Kermargant
Moore
Obita ...9
Evans
Swift 8
The hackers... FOULS. top 3 ! We're on a time limit here
kermorgant 69 ! He needs to take a Valium.
Moore 54
Van d berg 43.
Darn's advice to Jaap, All good book stores can provide " Football RULES " literature .

regularly selected :-
Al Habsi 49
Gunter 49
Kermorgant 45
Williams 44
Moore 43
McCleary 43
Beerens 40

McShane out suspended, Obita - full back doubtful .

Hudds

VLP 1
Whitehead 1

Lowe 8
Hefele 7
Hogg 7
Smith 7
Kachunga 6
Mooy 6
Hudson 6
Whitehead 6.
Town's top 3 ankle biters
VPL 54.
Karchunga 52
Hogg 48. Only on a Town thread ! player profile mug shot

best selected for Town,
Mooy 47
Schindler 46
Wells 45
Karchunga 44
Smith 44
Ward 44
Lowe 43
VPL 42

scorers.
Karchunga 12
Wells 10
Palmer 5
Brown 5
Hefele 5
Smith 4
Payne 4
Mooy 4.

WARD v Al Habsi
Ward. played 44, 11 clean sheets.
Al Habsi. played 48, 16 clean sheets.
(best in the division :- Stockdale - brighton = 20 cs.
Carson -derby, 17.
Westwood- Sheff W 16
Green -Leeds, 16)

WAGNER v STAM
Wagner:- (At Town)- p 85, w 37 d 16 lost 32 = 43.5% win rate.
STAM - (At Reading) p53 w 29 d 9 lost 15, = 54.7%

More on Reading from their point of view on :-
http://hobnob.royals.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=1

Attendances,
T- ave 20,343, high 23,213 low 18,533.
R- ave 17,505 high 23,121 low 12,655.
Huddersfield were well above their weight finishing 9th in the attendance league. Have a look at the teams above us. In that company, we didn;t do bad at all
http://www.soccerstats.com/attendance.asp?league=england2

There would appear to be mutual respect between the two club hierarchies
too. Listen to Dean Hoyle on his thoughts on the final & Reading the football club.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAuh6ZyJCEY

The bookies are struggling to call this one too.
They have Town as favourites. But it would be a brave man who put darn a substantial amount of money on this game.
(oddschecker) Town 5/6 Reading 5/4

I'm quietly confident, also Respectful. In a winner takes all one off game.
tension is huge among players & fans alike.
And where we, the 40 thou 'Terriers' have to play our part.
There will no doubt be calls from the usual characters, Hoyle, Wagner,
Jarvis, Boothy ! Demanding a passionate '12th Man'... but do we really need any motivation for this one ? that said, with nigh on 50% of the support on the day being 'day trippers' it's going to be up to the regulars to set the tone, and rather than wait for something to happen.. create an atmosphere that MAKES something happen.
The players openly say it helps them, and thrive off it.
DON"T JUST SIT THERE. if you do because of a sheltered upbringing, At Least make some NOISE..try using these ""
If, (heaven forbid) we go behind. WE GET LOUDER.. that's the tactic expected from the 'bench', The whole world will be watching this one. lets not come across as dummies.
generally accepted as the biggest Financial one off game in football world wide too.. at a reputed worth of between £170 to £200 million it really is a winner takes all.
tradition seems to be, the winner relinquishes the Wembley gate receipts
to the losing side. I hope on this occasion, It's TOWN handing over the days takings.

The Biggest day in my years supporting TOWN.
I'd say that's the case for 98% of us.
largest 'home' crowd gathering I think i would have been part of is the FA cup replay v Stoke City around 1970/71 season. 40+ thou. And not many stoke fans that night, But this game will be far more vocal & Colourful.

I hope should we lose, We can show our unity with this team,
and still be there in vast numbers sounding out our appreciation of a TERRIER-ific season come the final whistle.
, We are already 'winners' in the back drop of the achievement against the many 'bigger' clubs we've overcome to even get this far... the same can be said of our opponent on the day

Win or lose,
Mooy, he'll be gone.
Wagner, maybe he too might not be there for the next campaign,
Ward..Clip Klopp is calling...
lets give them the send off they deserve, And show the players, that whether it be Premier league or Championship, we'll be right there with 'em no matter what.

At £199 for a season ticket/card next season, We are already 'Winners'.
And Hudds are showing the football world it isn't all about money.
Our fans will be the envy of every clubs fans in the Premier league next season should we be competing there with those cheap admissions.

Things are looking good.

Ok. 50, 100, 150 comments & the thing we have going.
Through out the thread, be 1st in, & collect the tokens !
For the 606 end of season AWARDS
Only such excitement on the TOWN chat board

The PRIZE, which will be presented before the kick off on Monday by the Bobby Moore statue by our very own WALTZ !
brought to you at great expense & effort...
A pair of
TOWN CUFF LINKS

One more last rallying call gang ...


SET 'EM ALIGHT THE BLUE & WHITE...