Huddersfield is about 20 miles southwest of Leeds. There’s not normally much love lost between the clubs, but on Friday, Huddersfield Town was the toast of its grander neighbors having secured the 2-1 win over West Bromwich Albion that made sure of Leeds’s promotion to the Premier League after a 16-year absence. Leeds, no doubt, would rather have wrapped up its return to the top flight in front of a packed Elland Road, but at least it was achieved in West Yorkshire.
And, frankly, Leeds will not care. It is back. And it is back with a genuinely exciting team under one of the world’s great managers.