Swindon Town 1, Huddersfield Town 1

Oct 31 2005 By Mel Booth, The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Nathan Clarke Made some smart tackles at times and was also willing in the air. Conceded penalty which Swindon netted Rating: 4/10

Tony Carss Hit a free-kick straight into the wall to signify it was just not his day in the centre of midfield. Brought off 65 minutes Rating: 4/10

Danny Schofield Miscued his shot when finding space first half. Some decent runs but no end product from his raiding down the left Rating: 5/10

Mark Hudson Kept probing for an opening but had little luck and wasn't able to make the same forward runs as previous week Rating: 5/10

Chris Brandon Struggled to get into the game first half but much improved in the second and deserved his goal. Subbed suffering cramp Rating: 5/10

Andy Booth Had one header saved first half and battled to do his best with poor service. Some decent clearances at the back Rating: 5/10

Pawel Abbott Unlucky to see a near post effort blocked on the line by the keeper but flitted in and out of the game too much Rating: 4/10

Turning Point:

The moment referee Andy D'Urso awarded a penalty against Nathan Clarke for handball in the box. There was no argument about the decision, but you just knew in that instant that this wasn't going to be Town's day. Andy Gurney, who did well in the centre for Swindon, smashed in the spot kick to earn a deserved point

Spotlight on the ref:

For a Championship and former Premier League referee, Andy D'Urso made some very strange decisions. One or two good tackles were given as free-kicks while Town felt, with justification, that a couple of handball decisions in the Swindon box could have gone their way. He almost allowed a fair game to boil over

Swindon Town: Heaton; Jenkins, O'Hanlon, Ifil, Nicholas; Shakes (Comyn-Platt 88), Miglioranzi, Gurney (McDermott 76), Pook (Heath 82), Stroud; Bouazza. Subs not used: Bullman, Thorpe.