Bradford City 0, Huddersfield Town 0

Nov 21 2005 By Mel Booth, The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

There were groans towards the end of the first half as Pawel Abbott tried one flick too many, but it was a shame that most of his best runs never got spotted by his teammates.

Town's let-off at the start of the second half brought more Bradford pressure and Rachubka did well to block a fierce drive from Marc Bridge-Wilkinson as he charged through the middle.

Town responded with a shot from Jon Worthington which was their first on target in the match (64 minutes) and, just a minute later, Abbott was forced to hobble to the sidelines with a gashed knee after a crunching tackle by Schumacher, who as booked by referee Lee Mason.

A flick by Windass, who seemed quiet after his early booking, gave Cadamarteri the chance for a low shot smothered by Rachubka and then it was Town who looked more likely to score in the closing 15 minutes.

Substitute Chris Brandon created a volleying chance which Clarke landed on the roof of the net and then Andy Booth twice headed over from Tony Carss' free kicks as Town failed to score for the first time in 32 matches (a club record).

A point each was fair enough, however, and Town can now look to revenge over Forest.

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