Match report: Gillingham 2 - 0 Huddersfield
Mar 8 2010 by Dougie Thomson, Huddersfield Daily Examiner
Clark reshuffled by bringing on Michael Collins for Antony Kay, then Gary Roberts for Pilkington, and finally Theo Robinson for Williams, and Town finished with an outfield 3-3-3.
And while Jackson was denied a hat trick by a great save from Smithies, who first blocked his 79th-minute shot, then scrambled back to claw it away as it looped towards goal, Clark’s men had their chances.
Click on the image below for a gallery of action from the match.
The busy Collins sent in a teasing 70th-minute cross which home keeper Alan Julian fumbled, only for the ball to be hurriedly cleared.
Then the Gills keeper blocked from Novak as he burst onto a Roberts pass in the 67th minute.
And after Rhodes forced the ball home after Trotman’s header was blocked on the line only for his effort to be disallowed because of a foul in the build-up, Roberts rapped a shot against the left-hand post from Robinson’s flick-on.
There was still time for Robinson’s penalty appeal, after he tumbled under a challenge by Gills skipper Danny Jackman, to be waved away, and for Novak’s 8th-minute shot to be blocked before Julian pushed Robinson’s follow-up drive for a corner.
Now Town, who could find themselves four points outside the play-off zone by the end of play on Tuesday, when Millwall go to Carlisle, need to dust themselves down before Saturday’s all-important home clash with leaders Norwich.
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