Wrexham 0, Huddersfield Town 1

May 9 2005 By The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Man of the Match: David Mirfin

JUST gets better and better. His covering of Juan Ugarte in the 14th minute as he broke towards the box was magnificent and summed up his whole performance. Hugely impressive throughout

How they rated:

Paul Rachubka Glad to see Ferguson's shot and Sam's header go wide but deserved a third successive clean sheet to finish off with Rating: 7/10

Andy Holdsworth Joined the attack to some effect down the righthand side, providing a number of crosses to put pressure on Wrexham's defence Rating: 7/10

Danny Adams Celebrated his one-year deal with another solid display, using the ball well and linking nicely at times down the left Rating: 7/10

David Mirfin Tremendous. Heading, tackling and positional play excellent and he thoroughly deserved to score the winning goal Rating: 9/10

Nathan Clarke Made some tremendous tackles in the second half, fearlessly resisting the best that Wrexham could throw his way Rating: 7/10

John McCombe After his top display at Brentford he was again a strong contender for top mark with a string of superb challenges Rating: 8/10

Chris Brandon Should have scored on 11 minutes when clean through but he taunted the home side with his pace and skilful play Rating: 8/10

Adnan Ahmed Another busy display and didn't shirk from the task of doing battle with tough Ferguson. Prompted well and made the winner Rating: 7/10

Michael Collins Given his chance again and didn't disappoint. Got stuck in and very tidy in possession, he's definitely one to watch Rating: 7/10

Andy Booth Strong in the air, teeing up a clear chance for Brandon. Got a great reception when he went off in the second half Rating: 7/10

Pawel Abbott A constant thorn in the Wrexham side, he was unlucky to hit a post in the closing stages (27 for the season: superb) Rating: 8/10

Turning Point:

THERE really was only one - the goal from David Mirfin on 43 minutes which crowned an excellent all-round display from the big, powerful centre-back on a day when Sheffield United manager Neil Warnock was among Wrexham's second-highest crowd of the season (7,151).

Mirfin found space to meet a corner from Adnan Ahmed (Town's first of the match) and direct his header through a sea of legs in the six-yard box to register his fifth goal of the campaign and his team's 74th in 46 League games.

Spotlight on the Ref:

GLOUCESTER official Lee Probert was pretty much on the spot to make all his decisions and it's a shame he was just a little too fussy throughout, which proved a frustration to both sets of fans.

The bookings of Shaun Pejic and Pawel Abbott were fair enough for challenges on Andy Holdsworth and Darren Ferguson, while the only potential flashpoint came when Ferguson was booked for a foul on Adnan Ahmed and the Town player took retribution less than a minute later with a scything tackle from behind.

Wrexham: Foster, Lawrence, Edwards, Williams, Ferguson, Llewellyn (Sam 64), Morgan, Crowell (Jones 69), Pejic, Holt, Ugarte. Subs not used: Smith, Bennett, Done.