"Because there are no funds at the moment to carry on everybody has been made redundant, " said director of football Mick Wadsworth.

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And speculation has followed that Irons or director of football Mick Wadsworth - Sir Bobby Robson's assistant with England and Newcastle United - would be in charge next season.

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The result leaves Huddersfield languishing in the bottom four and heaps more pressure onto the shoulders of manager Mick Wadsworth, who faced calls for his head after the game.

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They have already got through two managers this season, Mick Wadsworth and Jim Harvey, and have been under the guidance of a director of football, former Sunday League manager Morell Maison, since Boxing Day.

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