The Terriers were odds-on at the start of the season to go down but they survive with the other promoted sides.
Huddersfield Town have a huge celebrity fan in Sir Patrick Stewart: The grand old Actor may have seen plenty of drama in his time but nothing quite like what we saw at Stamford Bridge tonight.
In a game you couldn't take your eyes off, The Terriers survived wave after wave of Chelsea pressure before sucker-punching the hosts with a goal from Laurent Depoitre. Chelsea hit back through Marcos Alonso but David Wagner’s side dug in to to secure the point they needed for safety.
The result all-but relegates Swansea and ensures that all three promoted sides stay up for the first time since 2012.
Odds-on before a ball was kicked and as short as 4/6 in the middle of August and October, 10/11 in January and 1/2 in February, Huddersfield simply kept battling and their incredible support home and away has spurred the only Premier Leage side with ‘Town’ in their name to keep mixing with the big boys.
After the party back at the John Smith’s Stadium on Sunday, focus will go on to next season. Bookies already have the Terriers at 11/8 to go down and 8/15 to stay up.
The goal is to establish the club as a Premier League side, but even if the worst happens next season, nobody will quite forget THAT evening under the lights in West London.
Oddschecker Spokesman George Elek: “Huddersfield have been a breath of fresh air all season in the Premier League and their heroic point at Chelsea sees the club stay in the Top Flight against the odds. So often odds-on to go down this campaign, they have fought like Terriers all season and now join Newcastle and Brighton in staying up, the first time this has happened since 2012.”
