Huddersfield Town 2015/16 fixtures released
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The Football League revealed the fixtures for the upcoming season at 9am on Wednesday, much to the excitement of supporters across the country.

One team hoping to improve upon last year will be Huddersfield Town, who under Chris Powell managed to turn a shocking start to last season into a respectable finish of 16th.

For 2015/16, the Terriers have the difficult task of a trip to the KC Stadium to play newly relegated Hull City, before returning home a week later to play Blackburn Rovers in the first home game.

Difficult beginning could spell trouble

Aside from the aforementioned Hull and Blackburn games, Huddersfield play Brighton and Hove Albion (home), Fulham (away), Queens Park Rangers (home) and Cardiff City (away) in the opening six games.

Three of those sides in Brighton, Fulham and Cardiff will be looking to bounce back from poor campaigns last time out in which they all hugely underachieved, while QPR should be a force this season in the Championship on paper at least.

Exciting Christmas period

A challenging trip to Brentford on the 19th of December kicks off the festive period, before the blue-and-white stripes play Preston North End down at the John Smith's Stadium on Boxing Day.

Two days after that, QPR away beckons for Powell's side, followed by Bolton Wanderers away from home to start the new year on January 2nd.

Yorkshire Derbies

The season begins with a Yorkshire Derby with Hull City away to open up, but the next game against a white rose opponent is not until November 7th, when fierce rivals Leeds United visit.

An away trip to Hillsborough to face Sheffield Wednesday comes a fortnight after the Leeds game, and then Rotherham United at home on Tuesday December 15th is the last Yorkshire Derby before the new year.

The return game against Leeds is the first Yorkshire clash for the Terriers in 2015, not coming until the 19th of March, followed again by Sheffield Wednesday a fortnight later.

Hull City at home is on the 9th of April, and Rotherham United away is a Tuesday night match similar to the home fixture, two weeks after the game against the Tigers.