Clark and Hoyle thank Huddersfield Town faithful

Dec 22 2008 by Dougie Thomson, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

BOTH Lee Clark and the man who appointed him thanked Town’s vocal fans as the new boss enjoyed a winning start to his Galpharm career.

A crowd of 13,070, only 214 of them supporting the visitors, saw goals from Nathan Clarke (70 minutes) and Gary Roberts (77) seal a 2-0 home victory over Hereford.

It was Town’s sixth success in seven League I matches and kept them 10th in the table, just five points adrift of the play-off places.

“The crowd were superb,” said Clark, who along with new assistant Terry McDermott, first-team coach Derek Fazackerley and performance coach Steve Black, was given a rousing pre-match reception.

“We need to make the Galpharm a fortress, and the fans can definitely be our 12th man. It was a great turn-out for the Saturday before Christmas and the backing was brilliant from start to finish. I’d like to thank every one of them.”