Huddersfield Town 4, Welling Utd 1

Nov 7 2005 By Mel Booth, The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Man of the Match: Andy Holdsworth

Pressing forward with real purpose, he made the best use of plenty of space down the right, created chances for others and ended up scoring a fine second goal of the season

Turning Point:

Andy Booth's towering header from a well-taken Danny Schofield corner on 28 minutes was just about the end of the contest.

At no stage did Welling look like breaking Town's hold and, indeed, Booth's high quality in the air was a telling factor throughout. Schofield's penalty four minutes into the second half was also a killer blow

How they rated:

Paul Rachubka Beaten by Welling's only effort on target, he did well mopping up at the back and, with one long punt, set up a goal Rating: 7/10

Andy Holdsworth A constant thorn in the Welling side, he linked well with Schofield on the right and provided a ready outlet for midfield Rating: 9/10

Danny Adams Back to his aggressive best, he played some neat build-up passes with Brandon and the attack. Much better Rating: 7/10

David Mirfin Produced a vital early clear-up tackle to prevent Stadhart scoring on the break. Strong and effective Rating: 7/10

Nathan Clarke Won plenty of headers and when his one slip allowed Kedwell to get free, he managed to get back and clear up Rating: 7/10

Danny Schofield Had Welling on the back foot most of the game with his trickery. Could well now become regular penalty taker Rating: 7/10

Jon Worthington Great to see him back and driving the team on. Made a couple of real eye-catching tackles and attacked pretty well Rating: 7/10

Mark Hudson The starting point for many an attack, looked composed and should have connected with an over-head kick first half Rating: 7/10

Chris Brandon Nice turn and skill to earn the penalty. His knee injury was Town's only concern from the comfortably won game Rating: 7/10

Andy Booth Two superbly taken goals and his aerial prowess proved a big difference between the sides. Excellent show Rating: 8/10

Gary T-Fletcher Might have had four goals on another day and should have got at least a couple. Worked hard and linked nicely Rating: 7/10

Spotlight on the ref:

In his first season as a Football League referee and, so far, confined to League II, Lancashire's Neil Swarbrick looked just like a man learning his trade at a higher level although he did not have a bad match at all. Should have reacted more quickly to certain situations, as should his assistants, but he had a reasonable day

Welling United: Turner; Lee, Solomon (Lawson 85), C Moore, Shearer; Carruthers (D Moore 80), Owen, Day, Clarke (Bodkin 65); Stadhart, Kedwell. Subs not used: Ibrahim, Penfold.