Huddersfield Town are a proud club and that’s a huge part of why the last two years have been a massive disappointment.  

Town fans do not expect the sort of heroic promotion that was served up by David Wagner in 2016/17, but they do expect a side that’s competitive.

That’s not really happened in the last couple of seasons, with Huddersfield battling against relegation since dropping back into the Championship.

There’s hope that the coming season will be more successful, but in the meantime we’ve aimed to look back on brighter times over the last 20 years.

We’ve gone back through the last 20 years, ranking what who we feel have been the best 10 Englishman to have played for Huddersfield, taking into account their talent and what they achieved at the club.

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We are cheating a little bit here by including Smith Rowe, who only had a brief spell with Huddersfield last season.

However, that spell was still impressive and saw him score two goals and register two assists in 19 Championship appearances.

He’s since returned to Arsenal and is having a really good impact in the Premier League, playing regularly in the top-flight and also featuring in the Europa League.

There’s little denying that the 20-year-old is going right to the top and Huddersfield fans will always remember the Englishman’s impact in West Yorkshire, not least for his winner against West Brom.

O’Brien is a player that’s currently on the books with Huddersfield and has a great future ahead of him.

Given his importance to Carlos Corberan last season it is easy to forget that he is only 22-years-old.

The second-half of 2020/1 was grim for Huddersfield, but O’Brien was excellent and there’s an expectancy amongst some fans that the midfielder might well move on to the Premier League this summer.

That’s the level that O’Brien is at. He is a top talent and destined to have a great career in the Premier League, whenever he might make that move.

Stead has had a superb career, making almost 700 appearances across a range of clubs, playing in the Premier League and currently plying his trade with Harrogate Town in League Two.

It all started for him in Huddersfield, though, with a vibrant young forward scoring 24 goals in a blisteringly short period of time in the early 2000s.

You could argue that had Stead featured more for Huddersfield in his peak, he would be a lot higher up this list, but instead it was other clubs that got that pleasure.

Stead did return between 2013 and 2015, but never hit the same heights he did right back at the start of his career.

Grant wasn’t with Huddersfield for long, but he still had a really big impact during his time at the John Smith’s Stadium after arriving from Charlton Athletic.

He scored 23 goals in 57 appearances for Town, playing well in the Premier League despite relegation and then really starting to thrive when he dropped back into the Championship.

Last season, he scored 19 goals in the Championship and registered a further four assists, which kept Huddersfield in the second-tier.

He’s moved on to West Brom and will face up to his former side next season following the Baggies’ relegation into the Championship.

Smith made 200 appearances for Huddersfield between 2013 and 2019, playing a key role in helping Town reach the Premier League in 2016/17 and then playing quite regularly in the top-flight following on from that.

The right-back was a real steady performer for Huddersfield and has continued to show those types of levels after moving on to Stoke City.

There, he’s made a further 65 appearances in the Championship across two seasons, but hasn’t quite managed to match the achievements from his days with Huddersfield.

His role in the most memorable season from the last 20 years will never be forgotten in West Yorkshire.

Hudson was well travelled when he rocked up at Huddersfield in 2014, having made a name for himself with Crystal Palace, Charlton Athletic and Cardiff City.

The centre-back would go on to make 109 appearances for Huddersfield, including 22 times in the Championship during the 2016/17 campaign as the club won promotion to the Premier League.

Hudson didn’t feature in the play-off campaign at the end of the season, but he was part of the wider picture during the club’s finest hour in the last 20 years.

After finishing his career with Huddersfield, Hudson has had a stint at the helm as caretaker boss in recent seasons.

Clarke began his career with Huddersfield not long into the Millennium, with the defender going on to make 300 appearances for the Terriers between 2001 and 2012.

Between that period of time, Huddersfield were hardly a force in the Football League, but you don’t make 300 appearances for a Football Club if you aren’t valued or you aren’t a good player.

Clarke’s peak level probably came during his time with Town and he has played for Halifax Town in 2020/21 well into his late 30s.

He deservedly features in this top-10 for what he gave to Huddersfield.

Schofield featured for Huddersfield over the Millennium, which sees him eligible for this list.

The midfielder made 398 appearances for Town between 1998 and 2008, scoring 46 goals in the process.

Schofield is now part of the coaching team at the John Smith’s Stadium and remains a popular figure around Huddersfield.

He might not have been one of the most talented players to pass through the club in the last 20 years, but he had a major impact and played a lot of games for Town, which is really difficult to ignore.

Clarke made 224 appearances for Huddersfield between 2009 and 2014, having arrived in Yorkshire as a free agent from Southend United.

At that point, Huddersfield were really starting to excel in League One, pushing for promotion into the Championship.

Clarke eventually skippered Huddersfield up into the Championship via the play-offs in 2011/12, with the centre-back even scoring a penalty in a dramatic 8-7 shootout win over Sheffield United in the play-off final.

He then helped the club establish themselves back in the second-tier of English football, which proved to be an important factor towards eventually getting Huddersfield up into the Premier League.

Booth had an exceptional career with Huddersfield either side of the Millennium, which means he is eligible for this list.

After scoring 63 goals in his first spell with Town, Booth returned in 2001 and struck another 87 goals in the blue and white of Huddersfield.

He’s a club legend at the John Smith’s Stadium and is one of the easier picks in this list of players. His goalscoring record is outrageous and the fact that he’s still involved with the club now, producing content, speaks volumes.

Deservedly in top spot.