The
2005–06 season of
Huddersfield Town F.C. was their second competitive campaign in the restructured
Football League One. They finished in 4th place, qualifying them for the play-offs, but, after beating
Barnsley 1–0 in the first leg at
Oakwell, they lost the second leg 3–1 at the
Galpharm Stadium, to lose 3–2 on aggregate.
Their season was also noted for their cup campaigns in the
Football League Cup and
FA Cup. They managed a respectable 3–1 loss to
Blackburn Rovers at
Ewood Park, where around half of the 12,000 crowd were Town fans. Then in the
FA Cup, the Terriers were 8 minutes away from forcing a replay against
José Mourinho's
Chelsea, before succumbing to a goal by
Eiður Guðjohnsen.
Squad at the start of the season
Review
Before the start of the season
2005–06, the club launched the controversial 'Young Guns' campaign. The players, manager Peter Jackson, assistant manager Terry Yorath, and
coach Martyn Booty posed for the 2006
calendar in
cowboy outfits. Six of the younger players featured on the cover of the corporate
hospitality brochure. Basing the cover around the 'Young Guns' theme was widely considered to be a mistake and caused the booklet to be adversely linked with the
Brokeback Mountain film.
Despite losing to
Nottingham Forest on the opening day of the season, Huddersfield started the
2005–06 season brightly and were top...
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