en-us SportSpyder - The Latest Huddersfield Town AFC News https://sportspyder.com/premier-league/huddersfield-town/news The72's writers give their Bradford City vs Bolton Wanderers predictions ahead of the League One clash on Saturday. The post appeared first on . Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:24:58 GMT Matt Bottomley https://sportspyder.com/premier-league/huddersfield-town/articles/56365419 https://sportspyder.com/premier-league/huddersfield-town/articles/56365419 false false In the absence of any professional football anywhere until at least the end of April, we at LWOF have been turning to the past for inspiration – and content. Consequently, in a new series, our resident historian, Martin Keady, looks at The Greatest: The Players, Managers and Matches That Made Arsenal. He begins with the Greatest Gunner of them all: Herbert Chapman. The name itself sounds so old-fashioned now that if it is used at all it is only as a term of abuse, as in ‘proper Herbert’ (or even ’erbert’). And yet for all Arsenal fans, especially the older ones or those with a knowledge of the club’s history that extends beyond the days of Tony Adams and Ian Wright, the name ‘Herbert’ is more deserving of reverence than mockery, because it was the first, or Christian, name of the man who made Arsenal – Herbert Chapman, the original Emperor of Football and undoubtedly the greatest Gunner of them all. The Players, Managers and Matches That Made Arsenal – Herbert Chapman He Played for Spurs The irony is, however, that the high-point of the greatest Gunner’s playing career was his time at Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal’s greatest rivals and the club whose fans still maintain that Arsenal are only interlopers in north London, having originally begun as Woolwich Arsenal in the south of the capital. Having been born in Kiveton, a small Yorkshire village, in 1878, Chapman managed to avoid following his father down the local coal-mine, first by gaining a place at college to study mining engineering and then by becoming something of a journeyman footballer, playing for a succession of different clubs around England, from his hometown team of Kiveton Park to the far more glamorous Spurs in London. At Spurs, he played as an inside forward (a position on the field that is now as old-fashioned as his name) between 1905 and 1907, scoring a respectable 16 goals in 42 games. The First Real Football Manager Of course, it was as a manager, rather than as a player, that Herbert Chapman would truly find his footballing calling. He began as a player-manager at Northampton Town, who he had joined after leaving Spurs. Even as a player-manager his impact was immediate because he became probably the first-ever football manager in the way that we understand the job today, more than a century later. In particular, he was probably the first manager in England, if not the world, who really introduced the concept of tactics to the game. As Chapman himself repeatedly said afterwards, before he became a manager football was largely played off the cuff, with little thought given to a team’s shape or formation, especially when they did not have the ball. Read More: Instead of that freewheeling approach, Chapman began applying to football some of the basics of structural engineering that he had learned as a student, in particular putting more men in midfield (a concept that did not even really exist at the time, as players were essentially divided up into either backs or forwards), which both shored up the team defensively and freed up more space in attack. Eventually, the results of this more thoughtful, considered and tactical approach were revolutionary. The Scandal at Leeds Chapman showed great promise at Northampton, almost taking what was then a non-league club into the professional ranks, and consequently, he earned himself a move in 1912 to a league club, in the form of Leeds City (the original Football League team in Leeds). However, the onset of World War One prevented him from making as instant an impact in Leeds as he had achieved in Northampton. Then, after the war, came the scandal that almost ended his managerial career before it had really begun. As Chapman’s many biographers, including most recently Patrick Barclay, have discovered, more than a century on from the scandal at Leeds City, it is almost impossible to determine exactly what happened. Suffice to say that Leeds were accused of making illegal payments to players, during wartime games at that, and as the manager at the time, Chapman was one of five club officials who were banned from football for life, while the club itself was wound up and eventually replaced by the newly formed Leeds United. Resurrection at Huddersfield Chapman might have been lost to football forever, until Huddersfield Town approached him to become their assistant manager and duly appealed against his lifetime ban, arguing (on the basis of what some would later call a mere technicality) that he had not actually been in charge at Leeds City when the illegal payments were supposedly made. To the surprise of many in football, the ban was overturned and Chapman duly returned to football management, albeit as a mere assistant to begin with. Read More: So great were Chapman’s subsequent achievements at Arsenal that his time at Huddersfield is often forgotten, or at least overlooked. And yet, to illustrate the scale of his achievements at the Yorkshire club, a direct comparison can be made with another tr... Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:18:07 GMT Martin Keady https://sportspyder.com/premier-league/huddersfield-town/articles/56354953 https://sportspyder.com/premier-league/huddersfield-town/articles/56354953 false false The72's writers give their Bolton Wanderers vs Huddersfield Town predictions ahead of the League One clash on Saturday. The post appeared first on . Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:09:36 GMT Matt Bottomley https://sportspyder.com/premier-league/huddersfield-town/articles/56278021 https://sportspyder.com/premier-league/huddersfield-town/articles/56278021 false false The72's writers offer their Reading vs Cardiff City predictions ahead of the League One clash on Saturday. The post appeared first on . Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:27:52 GMT Charlie Hodgson https://sportspyder.com/premier-league/huddersfield-town/articles/56277674 https://sportspyder.com/premier-league/huddersfield-town/articles/56277674 false false Leam Richardson has come under fire from Reading fans and an unnamed player, but the club's position over his future is unchanged. The post appeared first on . Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:01:56 GMT James Ray https://sportspyder.com/premier-league/huddersfield-town/articles/56266005 https://sportspyder.com/premier-league/huddersfield-town/articles/56266005 false false Blackburn Rovers' loan manager Jordan Rhodes has been named an ambassador of a non-league club Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:47:37 GMT dan.barnes@nqnw.co.uk https://sportspyder.com/premier-league/huddersfield-town/articles/56251810 https://sportspyder.com/premier-league/huddersfield-town/articles/56251810 false false The72's writers offer their Huddersfield Town vs Cardiff City predictions ahead of the League One clash on Tuesday. The post appeared first on . Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:34:34 GMT Charlie Hodgson https://sportspyder.com/premier-league/huddersfield-town/articles/56239492 https://sportspyder.com/premier-league/huddersfield-town/articles/56239492 false false The72's writers give their Lincoln City vs Leyton Orient predictions ahead of the League One game on Saturday. The post appeared first on . Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:36:12 GMT Matt Bottomley https://sportspyder.com/premier-league/huddersfield-town/articles/56193817 https://sportspyder.com/premier-league/huddersfield-town/articles/56193817 false false Huddersfield Town struck in the 106th minute to beat Leyton Orient in a dramatic League One encounter on Monday - but Ryan Ledson's goal was completely missed by ITV's highlights show Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:57:18 GMT Dan Marsh https://sportspyder.com/premier-league/huddersfield-town/articles/56169006 https://sportspyder.com/premier-league/huddersfield-town/articles/56169006 false false Herbie Kane has been a big hit on loan at Plymouth Argyle, but he will now miss the rest of the season. The post appeared first on . Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:44:16 GMT Cameron Donaldson https://sportspyder.com/premier-league/huddersfield-town/articles/56167995 https://sportspyder.com/premier-league/huddersfield-town/articles/56167995 false false Lincoln up with five games to spare after 2-1 win Bolton draw with Stockport leaves Imps’ result moot Lincoln celebrated promotion to the Championship with a hard-earned 2-1 victory at the playoff chasers Reading as they returned to the second tier after 65 years. Lincoln, needing only a point, made a bright start and went ahead in the fifth minute through Ryan Oné and seemed destined for a 1-0 win, only for Reading to level in the second minute of stoppage time from a Lewis Wing free-kick. However, Jack Moylan snatched the winner four minutes later, seconds after promotion had been secured by Bolton v Stockport finishing in a 2-2 draw, meaning neither could catch the Imps. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:34:31 GMT Guardian sport https://sportspyder.com/premier-league/huddersfield-town/articles/56159747 https://sportspyder.com/premier-league/huddersfield-town/articles/56159747 false false Joe Taylor could be the answer to Stoke City's striker problems this summer after such a good spell with Wigan Athletic. The post appeared first on . Mon, 06 Apr 2026 07:13:21 GMT Charlie Hodgson https://sportspyder.com/premier-league/huddersfield-town/articles/56154751 https://sportspyder.com/premier-league/huddersfield-town/articles/56154751 false false The72's writers offer their Reading vs Lincoln City predictions ahead of the League One clash on Easter Monday. The post appeared first on . Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:04:21 GMT James Ray https://sportspyder.com/premier-league/huddersfield-town/articles/56136909 https://sportspyder.com/premier-league/huddersfield-town/articles/56136909 false false Here are five things to look out for in the English Football League on Good Friday. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:02:17 GMT Kate Holloway https://sportspyder.com/premier-league/huddersfield-town/articles/56111789 https://sportspyder.com/premier-league/huddersfield-town/articles/56111789 false false