Madness, utter madness

Huddersfield are in the premiere league!

AND

A German missed his penalty.

They have been very very lucky this season. Are they the first club to be promoted to the PL with a minus GD?

And town are still in their crap ground working on a shoe string

Good luck to them, I think they'll need it.

Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

They have been very very lucky this season. Are they the first club to be promoted to the PL with a minus GD?

Yes they are and one of only 2 teams to have been promoted from every division via the play offs.

Chuffed for my bro in law. Lifelong 'Udder and GTFC season ticket holder.

Nick Colgan and Dave Beasant are the 2 goalkeeping coaches.

That was Reading's 7th play off failure and 4th time they have lost in the final. Bet their fans are gutted.

Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

They have been very very lucky this season. Are they the first club to be promoted to the PL with a minus GD?

They've won a record amount of games by a one goal margin apparently. I wouldn't call that lucky though.

They have some really pacey wide men, lets hope we can take a leaf out of their book this season, thinking about it Davies does not cut the biscuit regarding pace I reckon
(depressed)

Nice to see a different team do well, with the same budget as Rotherham as well apparently, which makes it very impressive.

Only 3 play off finals have finished a 0-0 draw after extra time and Huddersfield have played in each of them.

Huddersfield might have won play-offs from every division, but not NL as we did.   ;)

I have mixed feelings because I used to watch them quite a lot in the 70s when I was in the West Riding. They had a good side and good times at Leeds Road under Ian Greaves with players like Frank Worthington and Trevor Cherry. But then they went into decline. So I am pleased for the fans who have stayed remarkably loyal during the ups and downs.

This side they have now isn't anywhere near good enough to compete in the PL. Looking at their stats they have easily the best possession record in the Championship but scored no goals at all in counter attack and as Abdul says, a remarkable number of 1-0 wins. In fact they scored only 1 goal in open play in the last 4 games. Which suggests they tip tap around without much penetration. They will have to buy a lot of quality players and the PL isn't the easiest place to get going with a complete new team.

The other minus point in my eyes is that 5 out of the top 6 have foreign managers. Newcastle can be forgiven because they were relegated with one but this seems to be fashionable now in the Championship as well as the PL. Even Norwich has gone for a German.

That's 49 teams who have played in the Premier League since it was founded in 1992. I'd never imagined it would be that many if you had asked me back then how many sides would be involved in it in the first 25 years. Our day will come!

But only 6 sides have won the title in 25 years and MU have still won more than 50% of the time. For neutrals that's a big turn off.

Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

But only 6 sides have won the title in 25 years and MU have still won more than 50% of the time. For neutrals that's a big turn off.

At least we're not as bad as Scotland where you have to go back to 1984/85 when it wasn't Celtic or Rangers that won the league.

This is how you look after a loyal fanbase: http://www.givemesport.com/1065469-huddersfield-town-make-incredible-gesture-for-their-loyal-fans-after-promotion

They could have milked this cash cow to death, but instead anyone who has had a season ticket since 2009 can get a season ticket for next season for just £100. Thats a fiver per game

I can only imagine the pressure the players would have felt in that shoot out.

My legs used to go to jelly, when I took the penalties on Sidney Park.  :)

Quoted from scrumble

This is how you look after a loyal fanbase: http://www.givemesport.com/1065469-huddersfield-town-make-incredible-gesture-for-their-loyal-fans-after-promotion

They could have milked this cash cow to death, but instead anyone who has had a season ticket since 2009 can get a season ticket for next season for just £100. Thats a fiver per game

Their chairman is a real fan, he went through agony during the penalty shoot out,

It looked if he was going to have a heart attack,

I am sure Mr Fenty would be the same if we were involved,

BUT

Would he devalue the product ( season ticket )  ?

Quoted from Abdul19

They've won a record amount of games by a one goal margin apparently. I wouldn't call that lucky though.

Paul Hurst porn that.  :o

Quoted from Mallyner

I can only imagine the pressure the players would have felt in that shoot out.

My legs used to go to jelly, when I took the penalties on Sidney Park.  :)

My legs go to jelly anytime i play on Sydney Park ....due to all the sh1t, needles, burnt out cars etc

I read that any fan who has had a season ticket since 2009 will be able to get one for the Prem season for £100. Great for the fans if true!

They've been promoted drawing 3 play off games! Bet that hasn't happened before.

Quoted from scrumble

This is how you look after a loyal fanbase: http://www.givemesport.com/1065469-huddersfield-town-make-incredible-gesture-for-their-loyal-fans-after-promotion

They could have milked this cash cow to death, but instead anyone who has had a season ticket since 2009 can get a season ticket for next season for just £100. Thats a fiver per game

I think it is a great gesture to loyal fans.

But it just goes to show how unimportant gate money can be in the PL. Most if not all PL clubs could easily afford to reward loyalty like that if they wanted to because it's TV, goodies and endorsements that bring in the cash. The further down the pyramid you go, the less TV cash there is and the more important the paying fan becomes.

Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

But only 6 sides have won the title in 25 years and MU have still won more than 50% of the time. For neutrals that's a big turn off.

Compared to other European countries 6 sides is quite high. There have been quite a few very exciting title races, although I admit the relegation battle is often more interesting. The PL, much as I despised it when it was formed, has been a huge success. Our country is only small It's one of the most watched leagues in any sport in the world.

Quoted from Mariner93er

Nice to see a different team do well, with the same budget as Rotherham as well apparently, which makes it very impressive.

It is nice to see them do well and when we get a new stadium it will make us all believe anything is achievable.

Not sure about the same budget as Rotherham though. More than double the Miller's average home attendance (9k), at 20k, which could easily equate to more than £5m in extra revenue, most of which came in season ticket sales..

Quoted from GrimRob

Compared to other European countries 6 sides is quite high. There have been quite a few very exciting title races, although I admit the relegation battle is often more interesting. The PL, much as I despised it when it was formed, has been a huge success. Our country is only small It's one of the most watched leagues in any sport in the world.

Huge success ?  Pretty sure one of the "objectives" or arguments when it was first launched was to assist the England national side become a world force....

As a brand it is succesful no doubt, but has it succeeded in developing talent in the game ?
Look around Europe/ the world...are we exporting players to all the other big European leagues, are English players demanded and renowned for their technical abilities?
Are our coaches headhunted for all the top club and top world coaching jobs?

An awful lot of money has been pushed back into the game i wouldnt doubt that either, pitches have improved, crowd safety has improved, facilities have improved but an awful lot of money has disappeared off these shores as well into foreign players, coaches and agents off shore bank accounts.

For me it hasnt succeeded as the national side has not improved, domestic cup competitions have suffered as a result to a point where arguably the greatest and oldest cup competition in the world sees Non League Lincoln City progress to the quarter finals despite playing Premier League opposition along the way.

Despite the money it is still very difficult to compete in the premier league, so you have admire the Bournemouths, Watfords and Burnleys they did brilliantly well on limited means.

Quoted from GrimRob

Compared to other European countries 6 sides is quite high. There have been quite a few very exciting title races, although I admit the relegation battle is often more interesting. The PL, much as I despised it when it was formed, has been a huge success. Our country is only small It's one of the most watched leagues in any sport in the world.

Certainly the PL has been a huge success for the big clubs who wanted to free themselves from the constraints of the small fry in the Football League and from the FA to whom the PL promised it would promote the interests of the England team. The PL has definitely reneged on its promise and the FA has been too weak to enforce it. The money that the old Div. 1 used to trickle down the pyramid in transfer fees and TV money has all but dried up. That money and much more now goes to agents, to overseas clubs and to foreign owners, players and managers. Our game is no richer overall for the existence of the PL.

Moneywise for Sky and for the PL major clubs it has certainly been a success. The worldwide audiences are indeed fantastic Rob but these are new markets that have been excited by being able to get the broadcast and have gone mad on the game. I would liken it to the flush of success that happened to snooker and darts in this country with the coming of colour TV. Boom then bust.

The PL beats other leagues for that audience because there are 20 clubs in the PL and by and large there is a chance that on its day number 20 could beat number 1. Therefore there is a good betting market as well as the spectator value of the games plus the incidental club kit sales etc. which simply would not exist with other leagues.

What we have now is a quite surreal situation where the actual clubs are becoming no more than named agencies through which huge sums of money are channelled or laundered in and out of the UK.