Date … Saturday 29th December 2012
Venue .. John Smiths Stadium
Kick Off 1230 hrs
Welcome to the official match thread between 2 of the 3 promoted clubs.
Form Guide
Last 6
Town DDLDLL
Sheff Wed WWWLLL
Town are currently bottom of the form guide having not won since we beat Barnsley on 10th November !
This is Town’s last game of a memorable 2012, culminating in a never to forget day in May at Wembley when we beat Wednesday’s city rivals to promotion to the Championship, It is a year when Leek Lark was booted out after, ironically losing at home to Sheff United on St Valentines day.
Our Championship season started fantastically & after thrashing Blackpool very, very impressively at a rain soaked Bloomfield Road on 24th September Town went 2nd, yes 2nd in the Championship table.
Injury, and a dip in form has seen us stumble around the middle of the table, desperate for a win in an increasingly frustrating season.
In our 24 games this season we have amassed 31 points, which leaves us in the stated mid table, 6 points off the play offs , and 9 points off the bottom 3, of which Wednesday, Peterborough & Ipswich are showing admiral form, making this league as tight as a knatts Arsse.
Sheffield Wednesday were promoted as runners up in League One after a great run which saw them pip United and clinch promotion.
This season has been a tough one so far for our South Yorkshire Chums, Like Town they have been in the top 2, after the first 3 games they had 7 points and stood 2nd in the table, however 5 straight defeats saw then drop away, they have spent most of the season in and around the bottom 3.
Dave Jones must have been very close to the sack after going on a 7 game losing streak before an upturn in form with 3 straight wins.
They come to our patch after a great win at Bolton , and with thoughts of a great 2-0 win at the then Galpharm on 7th April this year which affectively ended our hopes of auto.
Catergory A match
Wednesday have sold out their allocation so a crowd of 17,694 turned up
2013
Grayson to get rid of some of the dross left over by Mirf’s best pal and a couple of new signings, hopefully new midfielder cos since Norwood shook hands with Ronaldo he hasn’t been a patch of the player he was, a new striker and a new Keeper please a Smithies has cost us this year.
Please drop Clarke and play Lynch with Gerrard who will hopefully get off with that dreadful red card from the Palace game.
Last meeting
Wednesday 19th September 2012 : Hillsborough
Wednesday 1 Town 3 , Towns goals from Norwood , Novak and Clayton ( pen ) R Johnson scored for Wednesday. Town were a team back then !
Teams
Sheffield Wednesday
• 01 Kirkland
• 02 Buxton
• 03 R Johnson
• 04 Gardner
• 32 Llera
• 07 Antonio
• 16 McCabe
• 20 Lee
• 24 Helan
• 25 Prutton
• 22 Sidibe
Substitutes
• 43 Bywater
• 05 Taylor
• 14 Mattock
• 08 Lines
• 11 J Johnson
• 09 Madine
• 12 O'Grady
Huddersfield Town
• 01 Smithies
• 02 Woods
• 05 Lynch
• 06 Gerrard
• 32 Hunt
• 04 Norwood
• 08 Clayton
• 24 Southern
• 07 Scannell
• 18 Vaughan
• 21 Beckford
Substitutes
• 13 Bennett
• 15 Wallace
• 14 Hammill
• 16 Arfield
• 31 Atkinson
• 09 Novak
• 20 Church
Happy New Year chaps
Lets hope it’s a good one for Town.
UTT.
Huddersfield Town 0 Sheffield Wednesday 0
posted on 31/12/12
At least Hillsborough has atmosphere, whatever your shtty stadium is called is quieter than a morgue.
Hillsborough in the heart of the working class population whilst yours is in some shopping centre style place? Terrible away trip
posted on 31/12/12
Why did they stop calling it the Gayfarm Stadium.?
posted on 31/12/12
Morgue ?
Can't argue with that, most of us don't like it...no 'home end', corners open so no atmos...it is only 100 yards from the old ground though...ahh, Leeds Road eh ?..standing terraces, brass bands, no segregation...cheap and cheerful...and we owned it...(I think)
posted on 31/12/12
Pro…
“Suggesting that he should of gone out and had him removed from play at half-time was idiotic…”
You have typed ‘should of’, when you should have typed ‘should have’.
“An error has been made…”
“You've clearly shown a lack of knowledge…”
posted on 31/12/12
The Galpharm / John Smiths Stadiun is not owned by Huddersfield Town...It's owned by a crook who we thought was our friend ~ Ken Davey.....
Dean Hoyle owns the club only, but although him and the board were told that the lease of the club would be released many years ago, by Ken Davey, it never happened....So Ken Davey can charge what he wants for a Pie & a Pint, and also change the name of the club to what ever sponsor he wishes...Town have no say in this...
Yes it is a morgue, but the last team who should moan about this is Sheff Weds fans...Cos we have out sung & out played you at your place for the last 3 seasons.....
It were the Weds fans that were silent, at their place & at our place on Saturday....
I mean how can you sell out a whole end, but be more silent than Bristol City who only brought 750 fans.....
Happy New year to ALL....Provided Barnsley stay up & Sheff Utd get promoted, it will be a proper Yorkshire league next season....
posted on 31/12/12
And Town stay up!
posted on 31/12/12
Nice to see you're still biting at this time of night.
Happy new year.
posted on 31/12/12
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posted on 31/12/12
Let's just hope the bacon are still in League one
posted on 1/1/13