Handy Guide to: Huddersfield Town AFC

As I scoured the worldwidesuperhighway to see if there was any record of playing unfit players out of position in consecutive professional matches at the inexplicable expense of in-form players, I was staggered to find that we’re due to beat some outfit called “Huddersfield Town FC" in an uncompetitive nPower Championship fixture on Saturday.

With Huddersfield having fluked an unlikely victory at their place in September by kicking us off the park, we’ll be looking to extract maximum revenge on our own patch with actual football rather than Yorkshire’s answer to ‘Australian Rules’ as previously dished out by the Terriers.

A week is a long time in football, four months is longer still, so here’s a few factual facts that lay undiscovered in September’s Handy Guide with which to amaze your friends down at the pub.

Here we are again then:

"Huddersfield Town FC" are now managerless, having inexplicably sacked Simon Grayson last week. Despite leading the team to promotion and an underserved victory over the famous Derby County, Grayson was unfairly booted out by ruthless chairman Dean Hoyle.

Rams Legend Mark Lillis is (again) the man in temporary charge of the first team. Unrealistic Terriers fans are hoping Nigel Adkins will agree to manage the club, in much the same way as Rams fans are hoping Lionel Messi will soon be playing just behind Conor Sammon.

Huddersfield will not relish their trip to Pride Park: Home Of Football as they have never ever won on the hallowed ground, indeed they have a 100% losing streak here, so expect them to ‘park the bus’ and try to hang on for an unlikely draw.

Terriers fans have fond memories of Theo Robinson, who is hoping to resurrect his career with a move to Sheffield Wednesday. With a goals-to-games ratio there of 1:2.8, Theo’s form has dipped since, only achieving 1:3.7 at Millwall and 1:3.8 under Nigel Clough, who has ‘improved’ him if many Rams fans are to be believed.

Leicester City’s “We can always go bankrupt again – lolz" approach to football has seen Huddersfield take two of their players on loan in exchange for rolling over in the league and ensuring a money-spinning replay in the Cup; Leicester’s league aggregate is 8-1, however they could only manage a draw in the cup even with Danns and Beckford missing for Town. Hardly suspicious at all.

In stark contrast to their affable 606 contingent, Huddersfield’s shocking disciplinary record this season (there’s nobody more likely to kick, pinch or pull your hair according to the fair play table) has seen them intimidate their way to 36 league points, only two behind our own exponents of the beautiful tippy-tappy game.

Town’s last Away league outing was a 4-0 thrashing doled out by Watford. Given that we beat Watford 5-1 when we last played them, the sensible money will be on us bagging double-figures unanswered against the Yorkshiremen; I’m going for 14-0, and managed to get odds of 9/2 on BetFred

Huddersfield recorded a flukey and underserved victory over Palace last night, their first league victory in 13 attempts.

The Terriers’ away form is diabolical, with no side conceding more goals on their travels and only Ipswich registering less goals. Oh, and us of course, but fortunately we’re at home.

That’s all tinterwebs has yielded on our next oppo; if you have managed to glean any nuggets about this footballing tiddler yourselves please share them below such that we may all become educated on the forthcoming victims of Derby County’s inexorable rise up the league.