A Terrier's Tale.....

Huddersfield Town 0-1 Blackpool

My husband summed it up perfectly. "...so you mean to say, that in three cup competitions this season you've been at home every time and lost the lot. You would've thought that they would have managed at least one win, or even a draw - grief...". An unwanted cup hat-trick was completed on a soggy day in front of an extremely low crowd (considering that Blackpool brought over a thousand with them) of 6,500.

With Jacko sticking with the 4-1-4-1 formation I never expected it to be a high scoring affair (I told my work mate that it had 0-0 written all over it), and it would seem chances were few and far between. Towns best moment came when the Blackpool keeper cleared his lines straight to the feet of Nathan Clarke on the half-way line, who hit it towards the goal, only to see it bounce off the bar, and Fletch was unable to tuck in the rebound.

The only goal arrived in the second half, when a dubious reffing decision (a seemingly innocuous hand ball by Nathan Clarke) awarded Blackpool a penalty. Up stepped Wes Hoolihan, who cheekily stuttered in his run-up, completely fooling Matty Glennon, sending him the wrong way. (I think that those sort of stop-start penalties should be outlawed, it's cheating in my opinion, and I would say that even it was Town who took penalties that way as well).

A disappointing afternoon, I finished work at 5pm ("...just as well..." my work colleague remarked, "...you're not much use to me like this..." (chin on the floor, moping about, the usual)), and drowned my sorrows with a few beers. Mind you, at least Crewe lost as well, so I didn't have their supporters gloating at me - but as it was Bradford who beat them, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry!!!

Oh, and one more thing, I'm glad Jacko didn't have the cheek to say "...at least we can now concentrate on the league..."!!!!!!!!!!

Jacko on Huddersfield v Blackpool (audio)