Match report: Hartlepool United 0 - 2 Huddersfield Town
Feb 22 2010 by Dougie Thomson, Huddersfield Daily Examiner
Hartlepool United 0 Huddersfield Town 2
Monkhouse was cautioned for an aerial challenge on Peltier two minutes later, and the Pools fans’ frustration increased further as hard-working Town duo Danny Drinkwater and Antony Kay bossed the midfield contest.
At the back, Peter Clarke and Trotman were cutting out whatever came their way, and Town might well have gone further ahead in first-half stoppage time but for a bizarre bit of refereeing by Anthony Taylor.
While Tom Clarke and Peter Hartley went down after both challenged for a Pools corner, Taylor allowed Town to break upfield through Drinkwater.
Rhodes continued the move and was squaring he ball to an unmarked Novak when the Cheshire official finally whistled to allow Hartley to be treated.
Hartlepool began the second half far better than they had ended the first, and Kay was alert to head Adam Boyd’s 59th-minute shot off the line.
And Town fans were able to breathe far more easily after Trotman doubled the lead.
Novak headed Roberts’ flag kick from the Town right towards the far top corner, and as the ball bounced down off the underside of the bar, the on-loan Preston player applied the finishing touch with a close-range nod.
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Chris Turner’s team were clearly deflated, and Kay was narrowly off target with a low 77th-minute effort before substitute Colin Larkin summed up Pools’ afternoon by blazing over from a great position with the goal gaping.
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