Rochdale 2, Huddersfield Town 2

Aug 1 2005 By The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

But the second Rochdale goal was a simple punt down field which Nathan Clarke would normally have cleared into row Z.

Instead, he allowed Holt to rob him of possession and, with a clear run to goal, the striker beat Paul Rachubka with a fierce cross shot.

That was four minutes into the second half and restored Rochdale's goal advantage which had been wiped out on 17 minutes by a towering Booth header from Danny Adams' free-kick.

Town were again on level terms quite quickly when, from a 54th-minute raid, Rochdale wingman Tommy Jaczczun clearly pulled back Andy Holdsworth by the shirt in the box.

Referee Michael Ryan had no hesitation and Abbott, who had a penalty saved by Kevin Pressman in the senior friendly at Mansfield, this time made no mistake, firing low and firmly to keeper Matthew Gilks' left.

While Town looked lively with breaks from midfield by Mark Hudson - who fired over on 22 minutes from a flowing move - Abbott and Chris Brandon, and there was lots of hard graft from the skipper, Jon Worthington, they were indebted to two marvellous saves by Rachubka to finish even.