Pre-season match report: Corby 1 - 4 Huddersfield Town

Jul 16 2009 by Dougie Thomson, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

JP Kissock

THEO ROBINSON shone at the Rockingham Triangle as Town overpowered their Blue Square Premier hosts.

Nobody will be reading too much into this friendly scoreline, but a hat trick for Lee Clark’s new recruit from Watford will be a big confidence booster in the build-up to the League I campaign.

There was also a welcome first goal in Town colours for Lee Novak as the new-look League I side proved too strong for the men from Northamptonshire in front of 475.

Two assists by last season’s player of the year Gary Roberts and a lively left-wing display by trialist John-Paul Kissock were the other notable features of Town’s third pre-season outing.

Town needed only 10 minutes to go ahead, with Anthony Pilkington playing Roberts clear down the left.

The former Ipswich man advanced and sent in a low cross which Robinson stroked home at the far post.

The same combination paid dividends two minutes later as Robinson headed home Roberts’ cross from eight yards out.

Corby pulled a goal back against the run of play after 23 minutes when Joe Francis converted a centre from former Northampton man Lawrie Dudfield.