Huddersfield Town 0, Swindon 0

May 8 2006 By The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

It seemed harsh and, all through a contest which featured no malicious challanges, Mr Salisbury could have allowed more leeway, especially on a rain-sweetened but bumpy pitch.

Had Cureton's header gone in, therefore, it would have been a double whammy for Town, but Rachubka didn't stop there.

Firstly, he grabbed a Lukas Jutkiewicz snap shot high to his left and then, on 79 minutes, superbly palmed away another rasping effort from Swindon's Young Player of the Year.

Add to those saves some terrific block tackling by John McCombe, David Mirfin and Danny Adams, plus plenty of avaricious covering by midfield workers Adnan Ahmed, Michael Collins and Young, and you have a framework for taking the point needed to ensure a fourth-place finish.

Substitute Chris Brandon also made a lively contribution after replacing Danny Schofield at half time, Town creating just one scorching long-range effort from David Graham and a low, awkwardly-bouncing drive from Abbott in a disappointingly scrappy first 45 minutes.

Manager Peter Jackson rested Martin McIntosh, Mark Hudson, Gary Taylor-Fletcher and Andy Booth and will welcome back Andy Holdsworth and skipper Jon Worthington for the play-offs.

He will also have noted his team's last clean sheet before this game against none other than Barnsley.