Huddersfield Town 2, Colchester United 0

Feb 13 2006 by Mel Booth, The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

THIS might just be the win to get Town back on track. But how it was achieved, goodness only knows!

Impressive Colchester were undone by one freak goal and one beauty plus the controversial sending-off of defender Garry Richards.

Phil Parkinson's side had no luck whatsoever as they completely dominated the first 45 minutes and hit the woodwork three times in all.

It's in such unlikely circumstances, however, that winning runs often come to an end and the 355 fans who travelled up from Essex will no doubt feel aggrieved they didn't see an 11th straight win.

While the Gods were clearly with Peter Jackson and his team, they also deserve plenty of credit for scrapping it out in true Terrier style.

Against a well-organised, bigger and better team they stuck to their guns superbly and a side of lesser character would undoubtedly have gone under.

Not Town.

As has so often happened in the past, they came up with the goods against one of their top rivals and it's only to be hoped they don't let themselves down against he lesser lights of Blackpool and MK Dons.

Opportunity knocks this week - and everyone knows it.

If anyone summed up the spirit of Town's performance it was Gary Taylor-Fletcher.

In and out of the team of late, he made the most of his latest call-up with a dogged display, working honestly to win the ball and being direct in attack when he had it.

It was his shot on 14 minutes which led to the goal, although Jon Worthington would have preferred the deflection to have come off a less delicate part of his anatomy, and Fletch was not only competitive, he was creative as well.