Match Report: Huddersfield Town 1 - 2 Millwall

Mar 9 2009 by Dougie Thomson, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

THE sense of deja-vu is becoming almost sickening for Town.

For the third time in eight days a late goal deprived them of their just reward, with the injury-time strike by Millwall’s James Henry just adding further insult for Lee Clark’s team.

While Town couldn’t claim to have produced of their best against the Lions – the first half display by both sides was abject – they were certainly worthy of a point.

However, they were sucker-punched at the death when a Town attack from a corner broke down and Millwall substitute Scott Barron raced fully 80 yards before delivering the perfect pass for the impressive James Henry to slide the ball home.

Town complained that Henry had been offside, and it certainly was a close call – though assistant referee Amy Rayner was not really in a position to call the decision either way.

To say the game was at times lamentable, the team of officials inspired even less confidence, and it was testimony to the two teams that they did not let their frustrations get the better of them.

The opening period was itself just plain frustrating as neither side really managed to get a grip of proceedings.

Town did make Lions keeper David Forde scramble to save on a couple of occasions, most notably from a Lukas Jutkiewicz effort, while Millwall went closest to scoring when a Henry cross was met by Town defender Chris Lucketti who was relieved to see his header come back off his own bar to safety.