Sheffield Wednesday 0 - 2 Huddersfield Town: Doug Thomson's match report

Nov 3 2010 by Dougie Thomson, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

ANTHONY PILKINGTON struck again to leave Town fans singing in the rain.

The man with the goal-den touch netted for the sixth successive game as Lee Clark’s side savoured a sweet derby success.

A first-half double did the trick in South Yorkshire, where Graham Carey fired Town ahead direct from a free-kick before Pilkington made it seven in six outings and nine for the season.

It was a scoreline which had home fans in a 20,540 crowd streaming for the exits well before the final whistle.

Town, playing only their fifth league game at Hillsborough in 50 years, made one change in the wake of Saturday’s 1-0 home win over Walsall.

With Alan Lee starting a three-match ban after his red card in that game, on-loan Nottingham Forest striker Joe Garner came in.

Boss Lee Clark named new loan signing, 17-year-old Arsenal frontman Benik Afobe, on the bench.

Wednesday, aiming to bounce back from a 1-0 loss at Charlton, had skipper and central defender Darren Purse back after suspension.

The game kicked off in testing conditions, with Town making a busy start.

Garner’s seventh-minute run down the left was halted by Purse, but the ball broke to Joey Gudjonsson, whose 20-yard shot had pace but passed just the wrong side of the far post.

Wednesday responded by carving out two decent chances in three minutes.

First ex-Bradford winger Jermaine Johnson’s shot took a deflection of Gudjonsson and flew narrowly off target, then Chris Sedgwick headed over from Lewis Buxton’s deep cross from the right.

But just as the home team appeared to be taking a grip, Town struck with 22 minutes gone.

Purse brought down Garner 20 yards out, earning a yellow card, and Carey stepped up to curl the free-kick past keeper Nicky Weaver, bringing Town’s travelling army of fans behind the posts to their feet.