Yeovil 1, Huddersfield Town 2

Nov 14 2005 By The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

TOWN showed every quality needed to be promotion challengers in carving out a precious victory at Huish Park.

Attractive and dominant in the first half as Andy Booth and the excellent Mark Hudson put them two goals up, they had to draw on all their reserves of resilience in the second to secure the three points.

Fuelled by Lee Johnson's diving headed goal just 98 seconds into the second half, Yeovil powered forward in search of an equaliser and would surely have prevailed against a team with less guts.

Town showed immense endeavour and determination in the face of massive pressure and, while it was nail-biting stuff for the 600 fans who made the long journey to Somerset, they were rewarded with a tremendous victory to take their side back into second place in the table.

The only disappointment for manager Peter Jackson and his battling charges was the late dismissal of hero Hudson, which means he'll miss Saturday's Galpharm derby against Bradford.

Sliding in to retrieve a ball which he'd overrun, he was harshly booked a second time by Worcester official Steve Dorr, even though he did catch the chasing Johnson first.

It was rough justice on Hudson, who did more than anyone to establish Town as a bright assault force in the first half when Yeovil simply couldn't cope with the flair and fluency on offer.

Every time Town got near the box, Yeovil - without Efe Sodje (knee injury) - looked extremely shaky at the back and their defending for both goals conceded was woeful.

The first came in the 11th minute following excellent build-up work by Pawel Abbott and Andy Holdsworth and, when Danny Schofield ran the ball into the box, Yeovil were at sixes and sevens leaving Booth with a tap-in for his seventh of the season and third in two matches.

Abbott went close with an overhead kick as Town kept up the pressure, but Yeovil hit back and twice went close as Pablo Bastianini and Matt Harrold hit post and bar respectively in a strangely lacking 21st minute for Jackson's men.