Pre-season match report: Wakefield 0 - 1 Huddersfield Town - picture gallery

Jul 13 2009 by Dougie Thomson, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

TOM DENTON enjoyed his return to College Grove as Town eased to victory over a spirited young Wakefield side.

Ronnie Glavin, manager of the UniBond League team, promised his players would be fit and well organised for this friendly and they often made life uncomfortable for their visitors – in some cases literally.

But the 23 Town players involved against the old Emley withstood some uncompromising challenges and the attacks mounted by a home outfit who included Huddersfield-based duo Wayne Shooter and Craig Thomson.

Of course Wakefield know all about the danger of Denton, having sold him to Town for an undisclosed six-figure fee 11 months ago and taken him back on loan for the closing stages of last season.

He netted 12 times in 13 appearances in his most recent spell, and the 19-year-old, part of a completely new second-half XI, needed only eight minutes to register the only goal of a game watched by 684 at the former Wakefield rugby union ground.

With Lionel Ainsworth looking lively down the right, Town won a corner which Robbie Williams delivered and Jim Goodwin helped on for Denton to shoot home from 12 yards out.

Keeper Jan Kolna had just been tested by busy academy player Aidan Chippendale while Ian Craney had three efforts on or close to the target as Town tried to increase their lead.