Wrexham 0, Huddersfield Town 1

May 9 2005 By The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Perhaps the biggest lesson to carry forward will be that silly mistakes prove costly.

Imagine if Town hadn't thrown away stoppage-time leads against Bristol City (twice!), conceded late on to lose against Torquay and MK Dons and, most recently, if they hadn't allowed Colchester to rip away two points at the Galpharm.

Those will be painful crosses to bear as the players take a well-earned rest this summer and Town look to build on current form by achieving more next term, when expectations will be high and the pressure to do well even higher.

While Wrexham celebrated a very welcome breakthrough in their bid to play at the Racecourse Ground next season, Town condemned them to a ninth defeat there this season with relative ease, although they came under wind-assisted pressure towards the end, when Darren Ferguson and substitute Hector Sam went perilously close.

There was terrific defending from Mirfin, McCombe and Nathan Clarke in turn, however, and the midfield battle bubbled continuously as Ferguson and Ahmed clashed in unsavoury style to each earn a booking.

The result would have been sealed by half time had Town taken their chances - Chris Brandon missed the easiest - but Mirfin's stooping header from Ahmed's 43rd-minute corner proved enough.

Pawel Abbott hit a post nine minutes from time when a goal would have been a fitting climax, but it's 85 years since Town finshed a season so strongly - and look what that team went on to achieve over the next few years!

Jackson insists a play-off place was there for the taking this season, so let's hope we're talking promotion next year.

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