In the year 1993, Huddersfield Town gave Exeter City £70,000 for Ronnie Jepson who acquired the sobriquet Rocket Ronnie.

Previous Leeds Road centre spot Huddersfield Town played their 1,554th and final League game at the Leeds Road stadium on 30 April 1994, defeating Blackpool 2-1, watched by a packed capacity crowd of 16,195. Huddersfield were still in the third division of the English league when they moved from Leeds Road (now redeveloped into a retail park) into the new Alfred McAlpine Stadium (now called the Galpharm Stadium) for the 1994-95 season. They share the stadium with the rugby league side Huddersfield Giants.