Huddersfield Town 4, Welling Utd 1

Nov 7 2005 By Mel Booth, The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

BRAVE Welling put up a tremendous fight but Town had way too much quality and coasted into the second round.

Adrian Pennock's Conference South side worked hard throughout and were never disgraced, but once Andy Booth had scored a trademark header to give Town a 28th-minute lead it was one-way traffic.

Danny Schofield's penalty, after Chris Brandon had been tripped by Matt Lee just four minutes into the second half, confirmed there would be no anxious moments and Booth bagged another - his sixth of the season - on 69 minutes before being substituted shortly afterwards to a standing ovation.

Andy Holdsworth deservedly rounded off the Town scoring 10 minutes from time to cap a man-of-the-match performance, but Welling provided their 304 travelling fans with something to cheer two minutes later when captain Chris Moore neatly flicked home a free-kick.

A crowd of 5,518 gave the visitors a send-off to remember and both clubs will now concentrate on promotion battles featuring some tough matches to come.

Second-placed Welling have fifth-placed Farnborough at home tomorrow night while Town will be refreshed for the trip to Yeovil by getting a good, solid victory under their belts.

While 69 League places and three divisions separated Peter Jackson's men from Welling, Town went about the task in exactly the right way.

Let me correct that. After the first 10 minutes they went about the task in exactly the right way.

Too many long, hopeful punts were played in the early stages and it was only when Town started to move the ball wide and press down the flanks that they took complete control of the game.

Holdsworth was highly influential in that, while Brandon and Schofield looked much more lively than of late.