Huddersfield Town have today confirmed a pre-season friendly against Championship outfit Sheffield United at the Galpharm Stadium on Saturday 2^nd August, kick-off 12pm.

This fixture against the South Yorkshire side is the third pre-season fixture to be confirmed, following the news of the big pre-season game against Arsenal at the Galpharm on August 6^th and our trip to Bury on July 19^th.

Ticket information on this game will be announced on htafc.com and via local press shortly.

This fixture may also see former Town striker Jon Stead make a first return to the Galpharm Stadium since his move away from the Club in February 2004.

United finished 9^th in the Championship in the 06/07 season after a great run under manager Kevin Blackwell; the former Town goalkeeper replaced former boss Bryan Robson in February and his new charges stormed up the table, narrowly missing out on the Play-Offs.

Town manager Stan Ternent was the driving force behind this friendly and told htafc.com:

"I wanted to play a game on the pitch. Other than the Arsenal game, there was nothing else confirmed when I arrived and so I've arranged the pre-season friendly at Bury and now this game. There will hopefully be a few new faces on board as well as the retained players and I didn't want the fans to have to travel too far.

"It will be an excellent test for us the week before the start of the season. I spoke to 'Blacky', who I know very well, Ann (Hough) sorted out the Police and that's how it came about."

Based on the three confirmed pre-season games, it looks like a very competitive build-up to the 08/09 campaign for Town - something that Stan is a big fan of.

"I like competitive games," he admitted. "It is important to play competitive games but equally important to come through those without any injuries; you have to strike that balance. We have five and a half weeks of pre-season and by August 9^th we will be ready."

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