Huddersfield Town

Millwall, Portsmouth, Watford, Huddersfield Town, Oxford United, Reading and Sheffield Wednesday are all trying to sign former Peterborough United midfielder Archie Collins, 26, for free after his contract with the Posh expired this summer. (Yorkshire Post), external

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Preston North End's Carabao Cup first round tie at home to Huddersfield Town has been moved to Goodison Park.

Deepdale is having a new hybrid pitch installed which the club say will be ready in time for their first home Championship game against Wolves on Saturday, 22 August.

The cup tie kicks off at 15:00 BST on Saturday, 8 August, the week before the new league season starts.

"To ensure no issues after a significant £1.5m-plus investment, the decision was made to ask permission to play away from PR1 in round one," Preston said in a statement., external

Goodison Park was the home of Everton up until the start of the 2025-26 season when they moved to their new Hill Dickinson Stadium with the Toffees' women's team taking up sole residency.

Wigan Athletic and Huddersfield Town are leading the race to sign Trinidad & Tobago centre-back Kieran Ngwenya after he left Scottish Championship club Dundermline Athletic. (Sky Sports), external

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Hartlepool United have signed defender Neo Eccleston from Huddersfield Town.

Eccleston, 22, only played three times for Huddersfield after moving from Chelsea's academy but has had loan spells in League Two with Barrow and Grimsby Town.

He has signed a one-year contract at Victoria Park, but the club has the option of another year.

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St Mirren have tasked themselves with turning Jacob Chapman into an Australia international after signing the 25-year-old goalkeeper from Huddersfield Town for an undisclosed fee.

Chapman travelled from his homeland to join the League One club's academy at the age of 18 and has since made 28 first-team appearances.

But he ended last season on loan to Crawley Town, keeping nine clean sheets in 20 appearances as they narrowly avoided relegation in League Two.

Now he has signed two-year contract with the Scottish Premiership club, who hold an option of a further year.

St Mirren manager Craig McLeish told his club website: "We've had loans for the last three seasons or so and it feels like we're developing goalkeepers for other clubs and not getting a long-term benefit from it.

"Our specific targets were to find someone at a really good age, like Jacob, who has development still to do. We get really good use out of him, but ultimately we want Jacob to get to the highest level that he wants to get to.

"He's been in and around the Australia national team squads and training camps. That's one of the goals that we've set, can we turn Jacob into a full international.

"We really like a lot about his game. He's an all-rounder and a very good shot-stopper. He's really comfortable on the ball and helps us build and helps us play."

Chapman had been told there was no guarantee of first-team football if he remained in Huddersfield and is delighted to accept "a fantastic opportunity" to join a club that won the Scottish League Cup last season.

"The league's great with the games you play and St Mirren's obviously a very good club," he said. "I know some of the boys and they gave me fantastic references on everyone here, coaches and people around the club, which is massive."

During his time with Huddersfield, Chapman also had loan spells with Ossett United, Gateshead, Salford City and Rochdale and sporting director Chris Markham told his club website: "Understandably, at 25 years old, Jacob wants regular first-team football, which is something we cannot guarantee here.

"We believe this move is in the best interests of the player and the club. It gives Jacob the chance to establish himself as a number one and rewards Huddersfield Town as he hopefully succeeds."

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Huddersfield Town have strengthened their backroom staff behind head coach Martin Drury with the additions of Dale Tonge, Anton McElhone and Jon Worthington.

Tonge joins as assistant head coach and will work alongside fellow assistant Jon Stead.

He helped Barnsley win promotion to the Championship during his time at Oakwell as assistant manager and first-team coach, and has also worked at Hearts, Peterborough United and Rotherham United.

McElhone is appointed head of medical and performance and brings with him 20 years' experience at the likes of Tottenham Hotspur, Celtic, Besiktas and Bradford City.

Worthington will work with the first team in a newly created role of director of player development, while maintaining his responsibilities as academy director.

Drury told the Huddersfield website:, external "I've crossed paths with Dale, Anton and Jon to different degrees during my career, and their reputations as excellent practitioners are well known across football."

Goalkeeper Lee Nicholls could be heading for the exit at Huddersfield Town with Preston North End keen to take the 33-year-old to Deepdale. Nicholls still has two years left on his contract with the Terriers where he kept 10 clean sheets in 40 appearances last season. (Alan Nixon - Patreon), external

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Sheffield Wednesday are interested in a move for Huddersfield Town and former Wales Under-21s striker Joe Taylor but face competition for the 23-year-old from Blackburn Rovers. (Football Insider), external

The Owls have also made a significant move for York City's English striker Josh Stones, 23. (Football Insider), external

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The EFL will reveal its fixture list for the 2026-27 season on Thursday.

Want to know who your team will face on opening day? The fixtures will be announced at 12:00 BST - but that is not all.

The draws for the group stage of the Vertu Trophy and the first round of the Carabao Cup will also take place.

So check back on 25 June to see who your team faces first, last and everything in between.