Bristol City 2, Huddersfield Town 0

Dec 12 2005 By Mel Booth, The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Jackson's side regained their composure, however, and patient build-up play brought what was to be their best chance after 12 minutes. The ball was worked out to the right, from where impressive full-back Andy Holdsworth picked out Andy Booth for a header which was tipped away for a corner by Brazilian-born goalkeeper Adriano Basso.

Booth shot too high from fellow frontman Pawel Abbott's lay-off two minutes later before Noble, on loan to Bristol from Boston United, curled a 16th-minute shot just wide after a neat back-heel by Brooker.

It was end-to-end stuff, and after Town skipper Jon Worthington's deflected shot was saved, Holdsworth did well to get in the way of Murray's 19th-minute effort. Town top scorer Abbott, busily working to add to his 12-goal haul, was unlucky when his 23rd-minute effort from Mark Hudson's pass went over.

Then a low free-kick by Danny Adams was held by Basso before Worthington fired far too high. Town had a let-off three minutes later when old boy Marcus Stewart headed too high from Cotterill's neat cross before two efforts by Abbott and a Booth header were saved by Basso.

Jackson's men badly needed a breakthrough early in the second half, but Danny Schofield was thwarted by defender Louis Carey after a fine Worthington break.

Stewart, desperate for a goal against his former employers, twice came close around the hour, first watching as his cross-cum-shot smacked against Rachubka's right-hand post, then being frustrated as Nathan Clarke blocked his goalbound shot from Murray's accurate cross.

Midfielder Adnan Ahmed, on for a first appearance of the season in place of Adams as Jackson reshuffled in a bid to unpick the Bristol defence, played a great 69th-minute through ball to Abbott, but the striker was way off target.

Then, on 73, Tony Carss was unable to utilise a potentially dangerous free-kick. And Bristol took full advantage of the let-off when Cotterill surged through a backpedalling defence to place a low shot past Rachubka.

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