1975–76 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. 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 -- GK  ENG Terry Poole -- GK  ENG Dick Taylor -- DF  ENG Steve Baines -- DF  ENG Paul Garner -- DF  ENG Peter Hart -- DF  ENG Geoff Hutt -- DF  ENG Grahame McGifford -- DF  ENG John Saunders -- DF  SCO Alan Sweeney -- MF  ENG Terry Dolan -- MF  ENG Martin Fowler

No. Pos. Nation Player -- MF  ENG Lloyd Maitland -- MF  ENG Brian O'Neil -- MF  ENG Steve Smith -- FW  ENG Rod Belfitt -- FW  NIR Bobby Campbell -- FW  ENG Barry Endean -- FW  ENG Franny Firth -- FW  ENG Colin Garwood -- FW  ENG Terry Gray -- FW  ENG Jimmy Lawson -- FW  ENG Bob Newton

Following their third relegation in four seasons, Town started the 1975–76 season in the Fourth Division, a level never seen by the Terriers, or by any team who had won the First Division. The Board had decided to return Town to the all-blue kit. The early part of the season under Bobby Collins and general manager Tom Johnston saw Town make a steady early start to the campaign, which only seemed to have a minor falter between late October and just before Christmas saw Town lose 6 out of 10 games, although the other 4 in that run were wins. The strain of general manager Johnston took its toll on manager Collins, who resigned two days before Christmas, with Johnston taking over, making him the first man in the club's history to have the job twice (Although, that is strictly speaking untrue as Ian Greaves was caretaker manager in 1964, before taking the job on a full-time basis in 1968 .).

Under Johnston, Town went on a pulsating run in the FA Cup 4th round, which led to a match-up with Bolton Wanderers, now managed by Ian Greaves, which Town narrowly lost 1–0. But, near the end of the season, Town without top scorer Terry Gray and his strike partner Bobby Campbell were both out with broken legs. Town's form plummeted as they only won 1 of their last 12 league games, whereas if any 3 of those winless games had resulted in wins, Town would have got promoted back into Division 3 at the first attempt, but instead they found themselves languishing in the division for another 4 seasons.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player -- GK  ENG Terry Poole -- GK  ENG Dick Taylor -- DF  ENG Steve Baines -- DF  ENG Paul Garner -- DF  ENG Peter Hart -- DF  ENG Geoff Hutt -- DF  ENG Grahame McGifford -- DF  ENG John Saunders -- DF  ENG Arnie Sidebottom -- DF  ENG Chris Simpkin -- DF  SCO Alan Sweeney -- MF  ENG Terry Dolan

No. Pos. Nation Player -- MF  ENG Martin Fowler -- MF  ENG Lloyd Maitland -- MF  ENG Steve Smith -- FW  ENG Rod Belfitt -- FW  ENG Mick Butler -- FW  NIR Bobby Campbell -- FW  ENG Franny Firth -- FW  ENG Wayne Goldthorpe -- FW  ENG Terry Gray -- FW  ENG Jimmy Lawson -- FW  ENG Bob Newton