2014–15 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season
# 2014–15 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

The 2014–15 campaign was Huddersfield Town's third consecutive season in the second tier of English football, the Football League Championship.

After losing their first game of the season, a 4–0 home loss to AFC Bournemouth, manager Mark Robins was relieved of his duties the following day. After 3 weeks of caretaker charge under Academy Manager Mark Lillis, the former Charlton Athletic manager, Chris Powell, was appointed as the new permanent manager on 3 September 2014.

## Squad at the end of the season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Alex Smithies |
| 2 | DF | CAN | David Edgar (on loan from Birmingham City) |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Reece James (on loan from Manchester United) |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Mark Hudson (captain) |
| 5 | DF | IRL | Anthony Gerrard (on loan at Oldham Athletic) |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Jonathan Hogg |
| 7 | MF | IRL | Sean Scannell |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Jacob Butterfield |
| 9 | FW | ENG | James Vaughan |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Conor Coady |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Ishmael Miller |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Adam Hammill (on loan at Rotherham United) |
| 13 | GK | IRL | Joe Murphy |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Jon Stead (on loan at Bradford City) |
| 15 | DF | SCO | Murray Wallace |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Joe Lolley |
| 19 | MF | USA | Duane Holmes |
| 21 | FW | BER | Nahki Wells |
| 24 | FW | NIR | Martin Paterson (on loan at Orlando City) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | DF | IRL | Jake Carroll |
| 26 | FW | ENG | Daniel Carr (on loan at Dagenham & Redbridge) |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Tommy Smith |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Oscar Gobern |
| 29 | MF | DEN | Philip Billing |
| 30 | FW | ENG | Harry Bunn |
| 31 | GK | ENG | Lloyd Allinson |
| 32 | MF | NOR | Sondre Tronstad |
| 33 | DF | WAL | Joel Lynch |
| 34 | FW | WAL | Jake Charles |
| 35 | FW | ALB | Flo Bojaj |
| 36 | GK | POL | Ed Wilczynski (on loan at Hyde) |
| 38 | DF | SCO | Will Boyle (on loan at Kidderminster Harriers) |
| 39 | DF | ENG | Joe Wilkinson |
| 40 | MF | ENG | Ben Holmes |
| 41 | GK | ENG | Sam Guthrie |
| 42 | MF | ENG | Ben Atkinson |
| 43 | DF | WAL | Joe Wright |
| 45 | MF | POL | Radosław Majewski (on loan from Nottingham Forest) |

## Kit

The 2014–15 season is the club's second with technical kit supplier Puma. Rekorderlig Cider and Radian B continued their sponsorships of the home and away shirts, respectively.

The new home kit was revealed on 27 June, and features a light blue and white striped shirt, white shorts, and black socks for the fourth year running. The blue stripes on the shirt start below the crest and fade out to a lighter blue at the bottom of the shirt, interrupted by the logo of main sponsor Rekorderlig. A similar gradient pattern flows down the sleeves. The collar and trim of the shirt is in a darker shade of blue. White socks were worn with the home kit during the away game at Wolves in October, where both change strips were deemed to clash with the opposition.

The away kit was revealed on 18 July, and consists of a red and black hooped shirt, black shorts, and red and black hooped socks. The red hoops on the shirt each contain thinner black hoops, and are bounded by thin white hoops, also containing thinner black hoops. Alternative red shorts were worn during the away games at Watford and Fulham.

The limited edition Brazil-esque third kit was revealed on 13 August, consisting of a yellow shirt with blue diagonal pinstripes, blue shorts, and white socks. Like in the previous season, the third kit was introduced to give a Thornton & Ross brand (in this case, Covonia) an airing where the away kit can not be worn, as per their sponsorship agreement with the club.

The main goalkeeper kit is in a shade of "beetroot purple", with alternative kits in orange, black and green. The black goalkeeper shirt from the previous season also made an appearance on more than one occasion.

Supplier: Puma Sponsor(s): Rekorderlig Cider (home), Radian B (away), Covonia (third)

| Home | Home alt. | Away | Away alt. | Third | GK (1) | GK (2) | GK (2) alt. | GK (3) | GK (4) | GK (5) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 25 March 2015. Source: The Championship 2014–2015 - Historical Football kits

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 June 2014 | GK | Joe Murphy | Coventry City | Free |
| 23 June 2014 | DF | Lee Peltier | Leeds United | Free |
| 6 August 2014 | MF | Conor Coady | Liverpool | £375,000 |
| 13 August 2014 | MF | Jacob Butterfield | Middlesbrough | Swap |
| 13 August 2014 | FW | Liam Coogans | Airdrieonians | Undisclosed Fee |
| 31 August 2014 | DF | Mark Hudson | Cardiff City | Undisclosed Fee |
| 2 February 2015 | FW | Ishmael Miller | Blackpool | Undisclosed Fee |

### Loans in

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Expiry |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 29 July 2014 | MF | Radosław Majewski | Nottingham Forest | Season-Long Loan |
| 28 August 2014 | DF | Jack Robinson | Queens Park Rangers | 19 March 2015 |
| 27 September 2014 | FW | Grant Holt | Wigan Athletic | 28 December 2014 |
| 6 November 2014 | MF | Diego Poyet | West Ham United | 6 December 2014 |
| 21 January 2015 | DF | David Edgar | Birmingham City | End Of Season |
| 26 March 2015 | DF | Reece James | Manchester United | End Of Season |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 May 2014 | GK | Ian Bennett | Retired | — |
| 5 May 2014 | MF | Anton Robinson | Released | Free |
| 9 June 2014 | DF | Calum Woods | Preston North End | Free |
| 20 June 2014 | MF | Keith Southern | Fleetwood Town | Free |
| 22 July 2014 | MF | Chris Atkinson | Crewe Alexandra | Free |
| 22 July 2014 | FW | Cristian López | Burgos | Free |
| 28 July 2014 | DF | Peter Clarke | Blackpool | Free |
| 2 August 2014 | FW | Paul Mullin | Morecambe | Free |
| 13 August 2014 | MF | Adam Clayton | Middlesbrough | Swap+undisclosed |
| 21 August 2014 | MF | Oliver Norwood | Reading | Undisclosed |
| 12 January 2015 | MF | Danny Ward | Rotherham United | Undisclosed |
| 24 January 2015 | DF | Lee Peltier | Cardiff City | Undisclosed |
| 2 February 2015 | DF | Matt Crooks | Accrington Stanley | Free |
| 2 February 2015 | DF | Paul Dixon | Dundee United | Free |
| 2 February 2015 | MF | Jordan Sinnott | Altrincham | Free |

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Expiry |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 29 August 2014 | DF | Jake Carroll | Partick Thistle | 2 January 2015 |
| 30 August 2014 | MF | Duane Holmes | Bury | 29 October 2014 |
| 17 October 2014 | FW | Jon Stead | Bradford City | 4 January 2015 |
| 21 October 2014 | MF | Matt Crooks | Hartlepool United | 17 November 2014 |
| 21 October 2014 | FW | Daniel Carr | Mansfield Town | 17 November 2014 |
| 23 October 2014 | MF | Oscar Gobern | Chesterfield | 13 November 2014 |
| 6 November 2014 | GK | Sam Guthrie | Salford City | 2 December 2014 |
| 6 November 2014 | GK | Ed Wilczynski | Trafford | 2 December 2014 |
| 13 November 2014 | FW | Martin Paterson | Fleetwood Town | 4 December 2014 |
| 20 November 2014 | DF | Matt Crooks | Accrington Stanley | 3 January 2015 |
| 8 January 2015 | FW | Jon Stead | Bradford City | 30 June 2015 |
| 9 January 2015 | MF | Adam Hammill | Rotherham United | 30 June 2015 |
| 9 January 2015 | MF | Danny Ward | Rotherham United | 12 January 2015 |
| 26 January 2015 | FW | Martin Paterson | Orlando City | 30 June 2015 |
| 30 January 2015 | MF | Ben Holmes | Hyde | 28 March 2015 |
| 2 February 2015 | FW | Daniel Carr | Dagenham & Redbridge | 30 June 2015 |
| 5 February 2015 | GK | Ed Wilczynski | Hyde | 8 March 2015 |
| 19 March 2015 | DF | Anthony Gerrard | Oldham Athletic | 30 June 2015 |
| 26 March 2015 | DF | Will Boyle | Kidderminster Harriers | 30 June 2015 |
| 9 May 2015 | GK | Joe Murphy | Chesterfield | 16 May 2015 |

## Squad statistics

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Alex Smithies | 45 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | CAN | David Edgar | 12 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Paul Dixon | 13 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Reece James | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Mark Hudson | 42 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | NIR | Oliver Norwood | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | IRL | Anthony Gerrard | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Jonathan Hogg | 27 | 0 | 23+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | IRL | Sean Scannell | 45 | 4 | 37+5 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Jacob Butterfield | 46 | 6 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | James Vaughan | 28 | 7 | 21+5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Conor Coady | 48 | 3 | 42+3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Ishmael Miller | 16 | 3 | 9+7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Danny Ward | 14 | 0 | 2+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Adam Hammill | 8 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | IRL | Joe Murphy | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Jon Stead | 9 | 2 | 2+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | SCO | Murray Wallace | 29 | 2 | 15+11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Grant Holt | 15 | 2 | 14+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Jack Robinson | 31 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Joe Lolley | 19 | 3 | 3+14 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | USA | Duane Holmes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Jordan Sinnott | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | BER | Nahki Wells | 37 | 14 | 29+6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Matt Crooks | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | NIR | Martin Paterson | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | IRL | Jake Carroll | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Tommy Smith | 44 | 0 | 40+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Oscar Gobern | 12 | 1 | 7+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ENG | Harry Bunn | 32 | 9 | 24+6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | WAL | Joel Lynch | 35 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | WAL | Jake Charles | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | ENG | Lee Peltier | 12 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | DF | SCO | Will Boyle | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | ENG | Joe Wilkinson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | ENG | Diego Poyet | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | POL | Radosław Majewski | 9 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Championship | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FW | 21 | Nahki Wells | 11 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | FW | 30 | Harry Bunn | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | James Vaughan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | 8 | Jacob Butterfield | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | 7 | Sean Scannell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6= | MF | 10 | Conor Coady | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6= | FW | 11 | Ishmael Miller | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6= | MF | 18 | Joe Lolley | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6= | DF | 33 | Joel Lynch | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10= | DF | 4 | Mark Hudson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10= | FW | 14 | Jon Stead | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10= | DF | 15 | Murray Wallace | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10= | FW | 16 | Grant Holt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14= | DF | 3 | Reece James | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14= | MF | 28 | Oscar Gobern | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14= | | | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 58 | 0 | 5 | 63 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Championship | Championship | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 27 | DF | Tommy Smith | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | James Vaughan | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Mark Hudson | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Jacob Butterfield | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Joel Lynch | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Conor Coady | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Murray Wallace | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | Jonathan Hogg | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 30 | FW | Harry Bunn | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Nahki Wells | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | Jack Robinson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | Alex Smithies | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Reece James | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | Lee Peltier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | David Edgar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Paul Dixon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Oliver Norwood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Anthony Gerrard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Grant Holt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Oscar Gobern | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | Diego Poyet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | Totals | 73 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 5 |

## Match details

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Championship | 9 August 2014 | 2 May 2015 | Matchday 1 | 16th | 46 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 58 | 75 | −17 | 028.26 |
| FA Cup | 3 January 2015 | 3 January 2015 | Third round | Third round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| League Cup | 12 August 2014 | 26 August 2014 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 63 | 81 | −18 | 028.57 |

Last updated: 2 May 2015 Source: Competitions

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 2 May 2015. Source:

### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
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| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | W | W | D | D | D | D |
| Position | 24 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 14 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 71 | 69 | +2 | 59 |
| 15 | Leeds United | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 50 | 61 | −11 | 56 |
| 16 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 58 | 75 | −17 | 55 |
| 17 | Fulham | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 62 | 83 | −21 | 52 |
| 18 | Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 54 | 67 | −13 | 51 |
