Brentford 2, Huddersfield Town 0

Jan 23 2006 By Mel Booth, The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

David Mirfin Replacing McIntosh, he worked hard, being denied an early chance and going up front late on, but not at his best Rating: 4/10

Nathan Clarke Repelled plenty around the box and defended as well as anyone. Showed urgency to try and get Town going Rating: 5/10

Mark Hudson Back in the side, saw plenty of the ball and passed it well. Couldn't find the killer pass. Had first shot on target (45) Rating: 4/10

Jon Worthington Revelled in the bruising midfield confrontation but couldn't spark Town into creating genuine scoring chances Rating: 4/10

Tom Clarke Never really got into the game during the fiery events of the first half and was taken off in a formation shuffle (HT) Rating: 4/10

Chris Brandon On the field only 16 minutes because he suffered a bad head wound. Pity, because he was looking a threat Rating: 5/10

Danny Schofield Got into some excellent attacking positions in the second half but couldn't make them count. Hit one shot high Rating: 5/10

Gary T-Fletcher Thankless task up front as Town mis-fired. Ran himself ragged, teed up a shot for Hudson but no chances himself 5/10

Spotlight on the Ref:

Hampshire official Keith Stroud had his hands full in a fiery encounter but he didn't shrink from any of the major decisions when sending-off Newman on 16 minutes and Rachubka on 48.

One or two `tasty' challenges on both sides went unpunished, as did some niggly off-the-ball stuff in a generally hostile atmosphere

Brentford: Bankole (Nelson 72); O'Connor, Sodje, Turner, Frampton (Hutchinson 53); Rankin, Newman, Tabb, Tillen; Owusu (Brooker 66), Campbell. Subs not used: Fitzgerald, Mousinho.