Sir Patrick Stewart, the actor best known for playing Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, was thrilled last night to see his boyhood heroes Huddersfield Town cross the final frontier by making it to the Premier League for the first time in the club’s history.
Stewart, 76, always knew he would live long enough to see Huddersfield make it back to the top flight for the first time since 1972 (the Premier League was formed in 1992).
“Yeah, of course [I thought they would make it to the Premier League]. I never doubted it and always believed they’d go up,” he told TalkSport radio.
“We’ve had such a great season – what a wonderful pay-off to the season.”
Stewart said it was one of the best experiences he has ever had in football.
“It’s one of the grandest afternoons I’ve ever had watching sport. It was remarkable.
“The match was tense – borderline terrifying the whole way through. It could have gone either way… and the drama of the penalty shoot-out.
“I had lost count of the penalties; I thought there were two more to go, and I turned away and it was all over.
“I’m absolutely thrilled. I love this club, love the team, I love Dean Hoyle – our chairman – and especially the manager, David Wagner, who has done miraculously for Huddersfield Town this season.”
