Huddersfield Town to be sold following relegation from Premier League

The Terriers will start life in the Championship with a new chairman and owner after sale to lifelong fan with their outgoing exec citing ill health

Huddersfield Town have been sold by chairman Dean Hoyle to lifelong fan Phil Hodgkinson following their relegation to the Championship.

Hoyle took over the club in 2009, when they were in the third tier and was at the helm as the took their place in the Premier League for the first time in 2017, but believes it is time to move on.

“Sunday’s game against Manchester United is set to be the final home fixture of Dean Hoyle’s decade-long tenure as chairman, with a commercial agreement in place with Phil Hodgkinson for the sale of the club,” a club statement said.