ALL’S well that ends well – but Huddersfield Town’s first Championship campaign in 12 seasons was a bit of a bumpy ride!

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After talking about a promotion push a dozen games in, fans sweated as their side were twice in the relegation places during the tense final-day derby against Barnsley .

In the end, a goal 200 miles to the South ensured both Yorkshire rivals could breathe more easily during an unorthodox final few minutes, when no outfield player wanted to touch the ball.

Mile Jedinak’s late header earned Crystal Palace the 3-2 win which put opponents Peterborough down, with Town finishing 19th after gaining the safety point they needed from a 2-2 draw.

There was an irony there, because Jedinak was at the centre of the January storm which led to one of the most controversial conclusions to a Town game in memory.

The Aussie was injured in a late clash with Alan Lee which sparked a post-match melee and led to both clubs being charged by the FA for failing to control their players.

Town, under the caretaker leadership of Mark Lillis, won the home match 1-0 , ending a worrying run of 12 league games without victory which cost Simon Grayson his job .

Mark Robins was installed with the 15-match mission to retain the second-tier status won at Wembley under Grayson, who had been at the helm for less than a year.

It was another big decision by owner-chairman Dean Hoyle, who 12 months earlier had dispensed with manager Lee Clark even though Town were chasing a League I play-off berth.

He also made one in August, when star striker Jordan Rhodes was sold to Championship rivals Blackburn in a Town-record £8m deal.

Hoyle said both the size of the fee, and Rhodes’ desire to leave , meant the transfer the supporters feared made sense for Town.

And having borrowed James Vaughan from Norwich, Grayson then brought in his old Leeds spearhead Jermaine Beckford from Leicester.

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With 14 and nine goals apiece, both loan rangers were to make crucial contributions, and had it not been for injuries to the pair, that relegation fight might not have happened.

Now Robins, who had spent the first half of the season resuscitating Coventry after their relegation from the Championship, aims to make sure there is no repeat next season.

He’ll look to build on a record of six wins and three draws from those 15 games, and build a new-look squad, with the attack an obvious priority.

It will have to be done on a budget dictated both by Hoyle, who says self-sustainability is crucial, and the new Financial Fair Play rules, which limit losses to £4m without penalty next season.

Town lost £5.7m in gaining promotion to the Championship, so it’s clear that boss Robins, chief executive Nigel Clibbens and head of football operations Ross Wilson will have to be canny.

Player development will become even more important, with striker Danny Carr , from Dulwich Hamlet, and l eft-back Jake Carroll , from Irish club St Patrick’s, already recruited.

But in a entertaining division which is both competitive and unpredictable, proven experience will also be vital, and signing Vaughan permanently would be a great start.

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