Luton Town 1, Huddersfield Town 2

Oct 18 2004 By The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

TOWN'S victorious team plunged straight into ice baths after giving Luton the shivers at Kenilworth Road.

The cold treatment is designed to ease aching muscles and help players recover more quickly, but it was Luton who were left needing a physical and emotional lift after suffering their first defeat of the season.

A 100% home record was also smashed by two first-half goals from Junior Mendes and 916 travelling fans in a season-high crowd of 8,192 were able to enjoy a first win in this part of Bedfordshire since 1961.

Town, so disappointing the previous week at Torquay, had more of a mean streak this time and, even though Paul Underwood put the divisional leaders back in touch with a curling shot on 57 minutes, the passionate visitors were in no mood to buckle.

They rallied around yet another tremendous performance from Nathan Clarke and responded to manager Peter Jackson's call for the sloppy defending to stop.