An excellent first half display by Town gave us our second consecutive home win, despite the blustery conditions. Jacko chose a 4-4-2 formation, with Luke Beckett returning to join Andy Booth up front, Jon Worthington returned from injury and Joe Skarz replaced Danny Adams.
Town took a deserved lead in the 31st minute when Luke Beckett touched in from a Martin McIntosh header. That lead was doubled just before half time when Cheltenham were unable to clear from defence, the ball landed with Andy Booth and he rifled an excellent shot past the keeper.
Town had other chances in the second half (Chris Brandon hit the bar), and Cheltenham almost had a goal of their own, but were denied by some excellent defending by David Mirfin.
Sean Jarvis's tactic of reducing ticket prices didn't work particularly either as we still didn't manage to attract 10,000 supporters (maybe the weather put people off.... or maybe not)!
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Was working in a shop a stones throw from Crewe Alex's ground yesterday, which is also near the railway station. The temptation at just before 12 o'clock to grab my coat and make a dash for the train was immense (particularly as I had little or no help from 2 work-to-rule cashiers ("...I aint starting/staying one second before/after 10/5 o'clock, I don't get paid for that..." (regardless of how busy the shop was at that time, and despite the fact I had arrived 40 minutes before I was being paid so I could set the shop up).
I'm not getting carried away though - yes its three points, but we are going to have get 3 more points, and 3 more points again and again if our season isn't to be finished already.
Jacko on Huddersfield v Cheltenham (written)
Jacko on Huddersfield v Cheltenham (Audio)
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Well it looks like Danny Adams (definately) and Martin McIntosh (more than likely) are on their way out. I have said in the past that I thought that Adams could be finished (two red cards not helping his cause). It seems that Jacko has got players lined up to come in next week - well, "...next week or the week after..." he says. A few new signings could be just what is needed to freshen things up.
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