Dean Hoyle confirms strong Huddersfield Town season ticket sales number amid renewed optimism

Huddersfield Town chief executive Dean Hoyle has revealed that the club have already sold nearly 15,500 season cards for the season ahead after a much-improved season saw Carlos Corberan's side finish third in the table and reach the Championship play-off final.

That figure means Town are forecasting their best season ticket sales since their first season in the Premier League in 2017/18 - and Hoyle is hoping the side can bounce back from their disappointing defeat to Nottingham Forest at Wembley to put another special season together.

Hoyle is expected to become the sole owner of the Terriers again after reports last month that he has agreed terms with current 75% owner Phil Hodgkinson, although he notes there is no update on that process at this stage.

In a message on the Town website, Hoyle wrote: "Now that the dust has settled on the 2021/22 Sky Bet Championship season, it’s important that we reflect on the many positives – and that we move forward.

"I know that the circumstances of our play-off final defeat was hard to take for those of us with a Huddersfield Town persuasion, but I want to take this opportunity to congratulate Nottingham Forest on their win and wish them all the best in the Premier League. They are a great club with some good people.

"I travelled back from Wembley with the coaching staff and, into the early hours, they already had their laptops out and were discussing how we can improve again next season. I was really encouraged by that attitude.

"We’ve been here before as a club. We lost the 2011 play-off final in painful fashion, but then we worked hard to go one step further – and we did at Wembley a year later. We need to replicate that dogged determination to get better once again. It’s all