Huddersfield Town 4, Welling Utd 1

Nov 7 2005 By Mel Booth, The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Mark Hudson also took a controlling role in the centre and, any time Town seemed like they were going to lose their grip, a few short, sharp tackles from Danny Adams and returning skipper Jon Worthington soon restored the dominance.

Welling played much of the game with only leading scorer Danny Kedwell up front, with strike partner Che Stadhart - one of four players to have featured against Town in the Cup for Gravesend four years ago - tucking in to complete two strong blankets of red.

Instead of the Swindon-style malaise, however, Town this time moved the ball more smartly and more accurately and they quickly had the part-timers - some of whom had worked the day before - looking tired.

A tally of 14 efforts on target to Welling's one told the story of Town's dominance and the victory margin would have been much higher but for some fine stops by keeper Jamie Turner and a few bits of careless finishing.

Brandon, for instance, went for glory at the near post when a simple square pass would have given Town a two-goal half-time advantage, and Gary Taylor- Fletcher was twice denied by the keeper before wasting a couple of headers.

In addition to his very well taken goals - the second of which was drilled in from a Paul Rachubka clearance - Booth saw a header miraculously blocked on the line while Pawel Abbott, dropped from the start, showed his eagerness with a couple of fierce drives when going on to replace the injured Brandon (knee), while Schofield should have notched another with an angled drive which was magnificently tipped over.

With a little more composure at times, Town could easily have doubled their tally, but that would have been tough on Welling, who stuck to their guns and did their management proud.

Most importantly from Town's point of view, there was much more purpose about their play than in recent League matches.

There were odd slip-ups at the back - usually covered in fine style, however - while going forward, there was a welcome return to fluency.

Keep it going!

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