HOLD ON TIGHT! A look at Town’s battle to beat drop
HUDDERSFIELD Town are set to battle it out with a number of other relegation-threatened clubs as they bid to retain their place in the Championship for next season.
The Terriers occupy a relegation spot at present, sitting third from bottom in the division on 39 points from 38 matches played, with goal difference separating them and fourth from bottom Birmingham City.
The bottom pack look set to fight it out to avoid two relegation spots, with Rotherham United cut adrift at the foot of the table, so we’ve taken a look at the run-ins of those currently involved in the battle for survival. matches then follow against ninthplaced Preston North End and midtable Bristol City, before Town return to the John Smith’s to face 15th-placed Swansea City.
A potentially pivotal fixture awaits Town on April 27 as they host fourth from bottom Birmingham City on the penultimate weekend of the season, before they round off their campaign at promotion-chasing Ipswich Town on May 4.
Remaining fixtures:
March 29 – Coventry City (H) April 1 – Stoke City (A)
April 6 – Millwall (H)
April 9 – Preston North End (A) April 13 – Bristol City (A)
April 20 – Swansea City (H)
April 27 – Birmingham City (H) May 4 – Ipswich Town (A)
■■SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY – 23RD (P38 PTS 38)
May 4 – Sunderland (A)
■■BIRMINGHAM CITY – 21ST (P38 PTS 39)
against second-from-bottom Sheffield Wednesday and 18th-placed Plymouth Argyle in a crucial run of fixtures.
The Rs finish their season with four matches against top-ten sides, visiting seventh-placed Hull City first up on April 13. They then host ninth-placed Preston North End and league leaders Leeds United, before completing their schedule at FA Cup semi-finalists Coventry City. Remaining fixtures:
March 29 – Birmingham City (H) April 1 – Swansea City (A) April 6 – Sheff Wednesday
(H)
April 9 – Plymouth Argyle (A)
April 13 – Hull City (A)
April 20 – Preston North End (H)
April 27 – Leeds United (H)
May 4 – Coventry City (A)