Huddersfield Town 2 - 1 Cambridge United: Examiner match report
Nov 17 2010 by Dougie Thomson, Huddersfield Daily Examiner
Huddersfield Town v Cambridge United
LEE PELTIER and Gary Roberts rode to the rescue as Town avoided the embarrassment of FA Cup elimination at the hands of non-League opposition with a late goal rush.
Rory McAuley’s 53rd-minute header had game Conference side Cambridge scenting a big scalp in this first-round replay at the Galpharm.
But Town’s late burst of pressure finally paid off as Lee Peltier levelled with his first goal for the club in the 90th minute before Gary Roberts lashed home the winner three minutes and 50 seconds into stoppage time.
Peltier’s strike, driven home low through a ruck of players after Roberts’ corner was cleared, came as a major relief.
And Roberts’ winner, thumped in from Scott Arfield’s pass after slick approach work from Damien Johnson and Peltier, had the home fans celebrating a win which five minutes earlier, had seemed implausible.
The inclusion of Roberts and Arfield were among three changes to the side on duty at Oldham Saturday.
Roberts was handed a first start in 12 matches after proving his recovery from a broken arm by making two appearances from the bench.
He replaced hamstring injury victim Anthony Pilkington.
And Arfield came in for Joey Gudjonsson in midfield while Alan Lee replaced Jordan Rhodes up front.
It was the big Irishman’s first start in five after a three-match suspension kept him out of the goalless first meeting at the Abbey Stadium.
Cambridge, the first non-league team to visit the Galpharm since Welling in 2005, brought back captain Paul Carden after he passed a fitness test on a hamstring problem.
Town were soon on the attack, with Peltier firing a free-kick just over after a foul by Dave Partridge on Lee 20 yards out.
Then Graham Carey’s well-struck shot brought a good save from Danny Naisbitt, with Lee’s goalbound shot from the rebound blocked by right-back James Jennings.
Cambridge were employing the same 4-5-1 system which shut Town out in the original tie, but that didn’t stop them venturing forward to give Lee Clark’s side three scares between the 13th and 23rd minute.
