Coca Cola League Division One
Season 2004-2005

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Final Table - Season 2004/2005

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May 2005

May 7th
All in all a satisfactory season for the Terriers after their promotion from the Second Division last season.
Town finished 9th in the final table and were just one point (and a few goals) away from clinching a place in the divisional play-offs.
What a shame that the boys in blue and white couldn't start the season they way they finished it - with a club record 8 wins and one draw in the final 9 games of the season.

It was also a very satisfactory season for Huddersfield's leading scorer Pawel Abbott. His 27 goals were of great help to the club. Hopefully this will do his chances of playing for the Polish national side a great deal of good (he has already played for the Polish Under 21's).

Defender Nathan Clarke was named Supporters and Players Player of the Year.

May 7th
Coca Cola League 1
Wrexham 0 - 1 Huddersfield Town
The Terriers ended their season with this win over already relegated Wrexham.
Although the home side dominated much of this game it was David Mirfin's goel that gained all three points for the visitors. He headed home an Ahmed corner in the 43rd minute.

April 2005

April 30th
Coca Cola League 1
Huddersfield Town 4 - 0 Swindon Town
The action in this, Town's final home game of the season, was concentrated into the last moments of the first half and then into the second half, where the Terriers fired home 4 goals.

The teams were evenly matched until the end of the first half when Swindon had two men sent off. First Davi Duke earned a second yellow and was dismissed and then seconds later Rory Fallon followed him off the pitch when his high kick was deemed to be serious foul play by referee Eddie Evans.

After the break Huddersfield dominated play and it was no surprise when Pawel Abbott notched up his 26th goal of the season in the 62nd minute. Booth added a second in the 79th minute, Abbott then scored his second, and Town's third, in the 80th minute before veteran Rob Edwards finshed the rout off with a goal in the 85th minute.....

April 23rd
Coca Cola League 1
Brentford 0 - 1 Huddersfield Town
No report available....

April 16 th
Coca Cola League 1
Huddersfield Town 2 - 2 Colchester United
No report available....

April 9th
Coca Cola League 1
Huddersfield Town 3 - 1 Doncaster Rovers
No report available....

April 2nd
Coca Cola League 1
Peterborough United 1 - 2 Huddersfield Town
No report available....

March 2005

March 29th
Coca Cola League 1
Huddersfield Town 1 - 0 Sheffield Wednesday
Huddersfield's biggest crowd of the season saw the Terriers come away with all three points against local rivals and promotion contenders Sheffield Wednesday.
Town took the lead in the 7th minute when Jonathan Worthington fired home a sweet daisy-cutter from the edge of the area.
The Owls had Alex Bruce sent off in the 43rd minute for dangerous play and Town never looked back.

After the break Huddersfield looked to increase their lead against 10-man Wednesday but Worthington's goal proved to be the decider.
Six points from the tow Easter games saw the home side move up the table to 13th, only 6 points off a play-off place and away from danger of relegation.

March 25th
Coca Cola League 1
Hartlepool United 0 - 1 Huddersfield Town
At last an away win and one that was more smash and grab than anything else. Although United had the lion's share of the game Town took the lead in the 42nd minute with a trademark header.

After the break Hartlepool continued to attack the Terriers goal but found that the woodwork and some fine work from Rachubka kept them out. In the 67th minute Nathan Clarke was sent off but Town held on for all three points.

March 19th
Coca Cola League 1
Huddersfield Town 5 - 3 Stockport County
A late rally in the last 10 minutes saw Huddersfield win this encounter with the League's bottom team.
Feeney opened the scoring in the 2nd minute but Stockport's lead lasted just two minutes when Booth headed home from close range.

After the break Town took the lead when Pawel Abbott chipped the County keeper but Stockport were not to be outdone and equalised in the 57th minute when Feeney scored from the penalty spot.
The visitors then regained the lead through that man Fenney when he scored with a header but Town were not to be outdone and scored three more times in the last ten minutes. First Mirfin scored a cheeky goal with an overhead kick in the 82nd minute before Ahmed scored his debut goal for Huddersfield in the 83rd minute.
Finally Dolan kicked the ball into his own net in the 90th minute to seal the victory for the home team.

March 12th
Coca Cola League 1
Chesterfield 2 - 0 Huddersfield Town
Another away defeat - the seventh in succession! Another day of poor discipline leading to two sendings off. Another step down the League table, now just 8 points away from a relegation place. Enough said?

March 5th
Coca Cola League 1
Bradford City 2 - 0 Huddersfield Town
Town lost at Bradford for the first time in 11 years as they completed the double over their local rivals.

Two goals either side of half time were to prove decisive, the first coming in the 44th minute when Cooke slipped home a Bridge-Wilkinson cross and then a Windass gola in the 54th minute sealed the 3 points for the Valley Parade club.

February 2005

February 26th
Coca Cola League 1
Huddersfield Town 2 - 1 Oldham Athletic
Despite taking the lead early in this game the Huddersfield faithful were still left holding their breath as Oldham staged a second half comeback.
Prolific striker Pawel Abbott added to his 19 goals of the season when he scored two goals in the first half.
His first goal in the 4th minute came after a defender had miscued his clearance and Pawel chipped a lovely ball over the keeper and in to the back of the net.
The second goal on 29 minutes was scored from close range after Delroy Facey took the ball into the Oldham penalty box and then crossed to give Abbott an easy tap-in.
The Terriers continued to pressure the visitors' goal but to no avail.

After the break Oldham took the initiative as Town looked to sit back on their two goal advantage. However Branston pulled a goal back in the 75th minute, giving the Terriers some anxious moments before the final whistle went.

February 26th
Huddersfield Town announced the signing of Delroy Facey on a month's loan from Hull City. Facey was born in Huddersfield and played for the Terriers until his transfer to Bolton

February 22nd
Coca Cola League 1
Tranmere Rovers 3 - 0 Huddersfield Town
Two goals in the first 25 minutes were enough to knock the stuffing out of a Town team that showed a reluctance to cash in on excellent approach work.

Tranmere took the lead in the 16th minute when Dadi scored and then they doubled the score when Hume fired home a Sharps cross. Thereafter there was little goalmouth excitement until Roberts slottedf home in second half injury time.

February 19th
Coca Cola League 1
Huddersfield Town 1 - 0 Blackpool
Town started off the stronger of the two teams and went into the lead in the second minute when Luke Beckett hit his sixth goal in as many games. Blackpool then went on to control the game but the youngsters of injury-hit Huddersfield held out against the onslaught.

After the break Blackpool continued to press the home team and things looked bleak when Brandon was sent off in the 57th minute and then McAliskey fluffed a penalty kick awarded to the Terriers. However Town held on to their slim advantage and managed to win all three valuable points.

February 12th
Coca Cola League 1
Milton Keynes Dons 2 - 1 Huddersfield Town
No report available....

February 5th
Coca Cola League 1
Huddersfield Town 1 - 1 Luton Town
Top of the table Luton took the lead in the 34th minute when Brkovic tapped the ball home from close range despite the majority of the crowd thinking he and one of his fellow players were offside.

After the break the Terriers turned on the heat and Luton were forced into defending their lead. This almost paid off until deep into injury time when Luke Beckett lobbed the keeper to give Town a share of the points.

January 2005

January 29th
Coca Cola League 1
Walsall 4 - 3 Huddersfield Town
This was a game which Huddersfield Town were guilty of snatching defeat away from the jaws of victory.
Andy Booth put the Terriers in front as early as the 7th minute with a crisp shot. On loan striker Luke Beckett then scrambled the ball home in the 11th minute. Walsall then hit back when player/manager Paul Merson struck the target in the 16th minute. Huddersfield, not to be undone then stretched their lead back to two goals when Beckett struck again in the 33rd minute. At this stage Town had their 3-man strike force to thank for givng them a clear lead. Unfortunately the visitors defence couldn't match the sterling work that the strikers had lead the way with and leaked another goal in first half injury time with a great volley from teenager Matt Fryatt.

After the break both sides attacked with gusto but whereas the Walsall defence held firm in the face of the Town attacks the same cannot be said of the Terriers defence. In the 50th minute Efe Sodje was guilty of handling the ball in the penalty area and young Fryatt kept his cool to score Walsalls equalizer. Then in the 74th minute Fryatt completed his hat-trick and won the points for the home team when he converted a Merson pass.

January 22nd
Coca Cola League 1
Huddersfield Town 3 - 2 Bournemouth
Huddersfield started the game on the ascendency and were awarded a penalty in the 6th minute when Andy Booth had his shirt pulled in the area. Pawel Abbott made no mistake with the spot kick to score his 19th goal of the season.
In the 38th minute on-loan striker Luke Beckett (from Sheffield United) was set up by Worthington to score his first goal for the club on his home debut.

The Cherries were not to be outdone though and in the 45th minute James Hayter headed home to reduce the deficit to one goal. However in stoppage time the Terriers icreased their lead to two goals when Luke Beckett scored his second goal, converting an Andy Booth pass from 10 yards.

After the break Bournemouth rallied and made life difficult for the home side. Then in the 62nd minute Hayter scored his second goal of the day, beating the offside trap and firing the ball past Rachubka, to bring the Cherries back into the game and Town had to defend valiantly for the remainder of the game.
Town managed to hang on and claim the three points, only their third victory in 16 games.

January 15th
Coca Cola League 1
Barnsley 4 - 2 Huddersfield Town
No report available....

January 8th
Coca Cola League 1
Huddersfield Town 1 - 1 Torquay United
No report available....

January 3rd
Coca Cola League 1
Huddersfield Town 2 - 2 Bristol City
This was a case of the Terriers losing two points as opposed to Bristol gaining a point.
Town started off brightly enough and took the lead in the 18th minute when Dinning tried to clear the ball and only succeeded in scoring an own goal when the ball hit Fortune and landed in the goal.

After the break Huddersfield went further ahead when a poor back header was converted by Pawel Abbott, a lovely lob over the advancing goalkeeper.

Bristol rose to the challenge and in the 71st minute Lita beat Paul Rachubka, beating him with a shot set up by Dinning. Then calamity struck when Nathan Clarke headed into his own net in the 90th minute. Town tried to rally in the last few seconds of the game with Chris Brandon hit the post but it was to be of no avail and the points were shared.

January 1st
Coca Cola League 1
Hull City 2 - 1 Huddersfield Town
A local derby on New Years Day failed to live up to expectations and the Terriers lost to the odd goal despite scoring first.
The game started off with both sides showing that they meant business but it wasn't until the 40th minute before a goal was scored when Brandon converted a McAliskey cross. Their lead only lasted for 2 minutes when Elliott scored a nicely worked goal through the legs of Rachubka.

Four minutes after the game restarted for the second half Hull scored what proved to be the decisive goal when substitute Wibraham headed home an Angus cross for his first goal of the season.

December 2004

December 28th
Coca Cola League 1
Bournemouth 2 - 2 Huddersfield Town
Despite Bournemouth's higher position in the league table Town fought hard to come away with a valuable point.
Bournemouth took the lead in the 17th minute when Rachubka made a save only to see the ball fall to Spicer who shot home. Town were not to be subdued however and in the 38th minute McAliskey latched on to a Holdsworth cross and fired the ball home to level the scores.

After the break Spicer got his second of the game in the 51st minute when he volleyed the ball past a despairing Rachubka.
Town were not about to concede the game and in 60th minute Mirfin headed the ball home to score his first goal of the season.

December 26th
Coca Cola League 1
Huddersfield Town 2 - 1 Port Vale
All the goals were scored in the first half as Town completed the double over Port Vale.
The Terriers scored two early goals with Danny Schofield blasting home in the 4th minute and Pawel Abbott notching his third goal in 4 games when he latched on to a back heel from Brandon and curled the ball home.
Vale managed to snatch a goal back in the 38th minute when Edwarsds was soundly beaten by Birchall and his cross was headed home by Eldershaw.

After the break the game ebbed and flowed but Huddersfield hung on to their advantage and emerged as victors at the end.

December 18th
Coca Cola League 1
Huddersfield Town 0 - 1 Bradford City
No report available....

December 11th
Coca Cola League 1
Oldham Athletic 2 - 1 Huddersfield Town
An entertaining match by these two local rivals left Oldham with three points and Town pointless, an undeserved loss.
Oldham took the lead as early as the 4th minute when Haining headed home a corner from Kilkenny. The Terriers fought back with typical tenacity and were level within two minutes when Pawel Abbott headed home his 14th league goal of the season from an Edwards cross.
Town then had a goal disallowed and in the 38th minute Betsy resored the Latics lead with a shot that proved to be the deciding goal.

Town did try to get back on level terms in the second half but Oldham's defence held firm, particularly Pogliacomi in their goal who made several good saves.

December 8th
Coca Cola League 1
Swindon Town 1 - 3 Huddersfield Town
The Terriers were the better of the two teams in the first half and went into the break two goals up on Swindon thanks to Pawel Abbott in the 19th minute, a neat strike from inside the box, and a fortunate goal for Chris Brandon who capitalised on a mistake by a defender to fire the ball home.

In the second half Huddersfield continued to have the better of the play but failed to take advantage of the situation when Heywood was sent off for the home team. Then in the 87th minute Town were reduced to 10 men when Fowler was sent off for serious foul play. To add insult to injury Swindon scored through Smith in the 89th minute.

November 2004

November 27th
Coca Cola League 1
Huddersfield Town 1 - 2 Wrexham
No report available....

November 20th
Coca Cola League 1
Colchester United 0 - 0 Huddersfield Town
No report available....

November 13th
FA Cup - First Round
Stockport County 3 - 1 Huddersfield Town
Yet again the Terriers were knocked out of the FA Cup in the first round. Tis time it was a fist half blitz of goals that knocked Town down and out. Ashley Williams scored in the 8th minute then Warren Feeney grabbed a brace on 19 and 45 minutes. All of the County goals were, significantly, earned from set pieces.

Town did manage to grab a consolation goal at the end of the second half through Abbott - his 13th of the season - but it was scant consolation for the visiting supporters.

November 7th
Coca Cola League 1
Huddersfield Town 1 - 1 Brentford
Both sides had chances to take control of the game but were denied by either the woodwork or poor finishing. Pawel Abbott crashed a shot against the crossbar after some fine ball control in the 17th minute. At the other end Burton had a goal ruled out for offside and Salako failed to beat Rachubka when put clean through.

After the break Brentford showed early promise and in the 62nd minute took the lead when Sodje scrambled the ball home from a Salako corner.
The Terriers were stung into a reply and in the 71st minute Abbott fired home a Danny Schofield centre. This was how the game remained as both sides earned a point.

November 2nd
LDV Vans Trophy - Third Round
Blackpool 6 - 3 Huddersfield Town
No report available....

October 2004

October 30th
Coca Cola League 1
Blackpool 1 - 1 Huddersfield Town
The Terriers were the better team in the first half and went into the break one up when Andy Booth headed home from a Chris Brandon corner. Not a bad way to for Booth to celebrate his 250th game for Huddersfield.

After the break Blackpool showed greater determination and equalised when Murphy headed home in the 51st minute. Thereafter the Seasiders continued to ask questions of the Town defence but the visitors hung on for an away point.

October 23rd
Coca Cola League 1
Huddersfield Town 3 - 1 MK Dons
No report available....

October 19th
Coca Cola League 1
Huddersfield Town 1 - 3 Tranmere Rovers
No report available

October 16th
Coca Cola League 1
Luton Town 1 - 2 Huddersfield Town
No report available

October 9th
Coca Cola League 1
Torquay United 2 - 1 Huddersfield Town
No report available

October 2nd
Coca Cola League 1
Huddersfield Town 3 - 1 Walsall
No report available

September 2004

September 28th
LDV Vans Trophy - Second Round
Huddersfield Town 3 - 0 Morecambe
Huddersfield made hard work of beating the non-league team of Morecambe and also were handicapped by the sending off of Schofield, who was adjudged to have committed a professional foul in the 51st minute.

Ater a non-eventful first half Town took the lead after the break when Mirfin headed home a Fowler free kick in the 47th minute.
Four minutes later Schofield was shown a red card and the Terriers were down to 10 men.
Then in the 84th minute Town were awarded a penalty after Nat Brown was brought down in the penalty area. Mendes took the penalty which was saved by Morecambe keeper Sollitt saved but the referee adjudged that Sollitt had moved before the kick was taken so Mendes retook the penalty, this time making sure that he scored.
Finally Town made sure of their place in the next round of the cup when Fowler scored, in injury time, from a set piece after McAliskey was fouled on the edge of the area.

September 25th
Coca Cola League 1
Bristol City 3 - 3 Huddersfield Town
This was a game where Town threw away what looked like a well earned three points and had to settle for just the one.

Bristol City took the lead early on in the game when Murray headed home a Hill cross, leaving Clarke clutching at thin air as he tried to gather.
Town countered well and managed to hit the woodwork in the 19th minute, courtesy of a Danny Schofield effort on goal. Schofield carried on the hard work and finally found the net in the 28th minute when he converted an Abbott cross.
Then in the 35th minute Town took the lead when Abbott latched on to Nat Brown pass and fired home from 12 yards.

After the break Bristol started the second half well, putting pressure on the Terriers defence. However Huddersfield increased their lead in the 60th minute when a shot by Abbott was parried by the Bristol keeper and Chris Brandon took advantage by firing home into an empty net.
All seemed to be going well for Town but in the 82nd minute Bristol were awarded a penalty after Brown fouled Lita. It was Lita himself who took the spot kick to close the difference between the two teams.
Finally, to add insult to injury, a speculative shot from Bristol's Wilkshire was deflected by Mirfin into his own goal giving Bristol a share of the points.

September 18th
Coca Cola League 1
Huddersfield Town 0 - 2 Barnsley
Huddersfield made two vital mistakes in the first half to hand this game over to Barnsley in this local derby.
In the 10th minute Efe Sodje was beaten by Conlon in a challenge and the Barsly man coolly slotted the ball home.
Then in the 21st minute poor communication between Mirfin and Gray resulted in the latter heading back towards the Town keeper but the ball looped over his head and ended up in the back of the net.

After the break the Terriers made more of a fight of the match but poor finishing meant that Barnsley took all three points back to South Yorkshire.
To add insult to injury Efe Sodge was shown a red card in the last minute.

September 11th
Coca Cola League 1
Port Vale 0 - 3 Huddersfield Town
Another emphatic victory againt a team who had yet to lose at home ensured that the Terriers climbed to fifth place in the league table.

The first half of this contest was pretty tame with both sides having half chances but failing to bury them. After the break Town started to press Vale back and in the 62nd minute when Brandon back-heeled the ball into the path of Abbott who made no mistake with his shot.
5 minutes later and Town were two goals to the good as Abbott latched on to a mistimed clearance from the Port Vale defence and raced through to slot the ball past Goodlad.
Abbott then scored his third goal of the game when he cooly slotted the ball home form a Brandon cross in the 85th minute. This effectively wrapped up the points for Huddersfield.

September 5th
Coca Cola League 1
Huddersfield Town 4 - 0 Hull City
Huddersfield returned to winning ways when they demolished Hull City at the Galpharm Stadium in front of the biggest crowd of the season so far.
Abbott started the scoring as early as the 7th minute when he converted a Holdsworth cross. Then after 19 minutes veteran midfielder Rob Edwards let rip a magnificent volley from the edge of the area to double the Terriers lead.

After the break Hull started to show signs of life but the visitng fans hopes were dashed when Chris Brandon scored his debut goal for Town.
Hull were awarded a penalty kick in the 82nd minute but Ian Gray saved Allsopps attempt at goal.
Finally Andy Booth completed the rout when he fired home in the 87th minute.

August 2004

August 30th
Coca Cola League 1
Doncaster Rovers 2 - 1 Huddersfield Town
The close scoreline fails to show how much Doncaster dominated this local derby. DOncaster pressed the Terriers throughout the first half and went into the break a goal up after Fortune-West scored in the 28th minute.
In the second half Rovers continued to dominate the game and it cam as no surprise when Paul Green increased the lead in the 55th minute.

Town did manage a consolation goal when Worthington ran through and scored in the 83rd minute to give the Rovers fans palpitations as Huddersfield forced some late pressure.

August 28th
Coca Cola League 1
Huddersfield Town 2 - 1 Peterborough United
Town were rewarded for their efforts by their first win in three games at the Galpharm Stadium. The Terriers pressed from the start and took the lead in the 16th minute when McAliskey converted an Edwards cross.
Just before the half time break the Posh were awarded a penalty and equalized via the trusty boot of Woodhouse.

After the break Peterborough hit the woodwork before Abbott laid the ball through for Worthington to fire Huddersfield back into a deserved lead and that was how the game ended.

August 24th
Carling Cup First Round
Leeds United 1 - 0 Huddersfield Town
This was a spirited match between these local rivals and, with a bit more luck, Town could have equalised. NAthan Clarke hit the woodwork in the 14th minute before Leeds took the lead in the 23rd minute. Ricketts headed against the cross bar and Pugh was first to react to the rebound. His first shot was well saved by Ian Gray but there was no stopping his second shot. Town again hit the woodwork when Abbott headed against the bar in the 29th minute.

After the break the Terriers continued to be the more threatening side but failed to capitalise and were so knocked out of the Carling Cup in the first round.

August 21st
Coca Cola League 1
Sheffield Wednesday 1 - 0 Huddersfield Town
No report available....

August 16th
Coca Cola League 1
Huddersfield Town 0 - 2 Hartlepool United
Town looked the more dangerous of the two sided in the first 20 minutes of the game but the Hartlepool defence were more than a match for the Huddersfield attack.
The visitors then turned the game and began to threaten the Terriers but the game went into the break goalless.

After the half time interval Hartleppol carried on threatening the Town goal and it came as no surprise when Betsy latched on to a cross from Boyd, teed himself up, and then blasted the ball into the net.
90 seconds later the unmarked Tinkler latched on to another cross from Boyd and fired past Senior in the Town goal.
Although manager Peter Jackson tried to claw the game back by making two tactical substitutions it proved to be of no avail as Harltpool comfortably held on for the win.

August 10th
Coca Cola League 1
Huddersfield Town 0 - 0 Chesterfield
Despite both sides having chances to score the points were shared as the game ended in a goalless draw.
Mark Allott had the ballin the net for the visitors in the 83rd minute but he was adjudged to have handled the ball and the goal was diallowed.
Ex-Chesterfield player Chris Brandon had three attempts on goal well saved by the vistors keeper Chris Muggleton.

August 7th
Coca Cola League 1
Stockport County 2 - 3 Huddersfield Town
In a spirited game, played on the opening day of the newly titled Coca Cola League Division One, Town left it late to snatch all three points.
Tony Carss gave Huddersfield the lead at the end of the first half but after the break Stockport managed to snatch two goals through Beckett in the 57th minute and Feeney in the 68th minute.
It wasn't until the 87th minute that the Terriers drew level thanks to a headed goal from Andy Booth. Deep into injury time Pawel Abbott slotted home what proved to be the winning goal after being set up by Booth.

Closed Season 2004

A quiet closed season for the Terriers where transfer activity was minimal to say the least. After the securing of promotion last season Town acquired two new signings in Chris Brandon, a central midfielder, from Chesterfield and Junior Mendes, a striker, from Mansfield.
Players transferred out were Dwayne Mattis and Jon Newby to Bury, Iffy Onuora to Walsall and Tyrone Thompson to Scarborough. Released from the club were Ian Hughes and Paul Scott.

At the start of the season William Hills offered odds of 20-1 that Huddersfield would gain an automatic promotion place, 7-1 that they would reach the play-off's and 13-2 that they would be relegated.