Match Report
| Huddersfield Town | Huddersfield Town |  |  | Preston North End | Preston North End | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lee Hibbs | L. Hibbs |  | 44 | G |  |  | 1 | | G | 50 | | Harvey Barmby | H. Barmby | ||||||||
| Simon King | S. King | | 53 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 54 | | Leon Jess | L. Jess | |||||||||
| Simon Venus | S. Venus | | 47 | D | | 3 | | D | 42 | | Stanley Goldberg | S. Goldberg | |||||||||
| Del Smithe | D. Smithe | | 46 | D | | 4 | | D | 37 | | Jonathan Barrett | J. Barrett | |||||||||
| Paolo Clegg | P. Clegg | | 38 | D | | 5 | | M | 47 | | Ledley Bloomer | L. Bloomer | |||||||||
| Steve Carrick | S. Carrick | | 64 | M | | 6 | | | M | 40 | | Paolo Lofthouse | P. Lofthouse | ||||||||
| Tim Greening | T. Greening | | 55 | M | | 7 | | M | 39 | | Les Evans | L. Evans | |||||||||
| Dean Riza | D. Riza | | 50 | M | | 8 | | M | 38 | | Ashley Mccann | A. Mccann | |||||||||
| Wes Simonsen | W. Simonsen | | 39 | M | | 9 | | A | 50 | | Des Lloyd | D. Lloyd | |||||||||
| Robert Christie | R. Christie | | 41 | A | | 10 | | A | 45 | | Ledley Brown | L. Brown | |||||||||
| Chris Griffin | C. Griffin | | 39 | A | | 11 | | A | 45 | | Gilles Jobson | G. Jobson | |||||||||
| Bill Chadwick | B. Chadwick | | 39 | G | | 12 | | G | 44 | | Peter Rowett | P. Rowett | |||||||||
| Jermaine Forbes | J. Forbes | | 39 | A | | 13 | | A | 42 | | Gavin King | G. King | |||||||||
| Peter Summerbell | P. Summerbell | | 38 | M | | 14 | | G | 42 | | Terry Bower | T. Bower | |||||||||
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Match Report
The air is damp with a fine drizzle here at John Smiths Stadium where Huddersfield Town play host to Preston North End. A crowd of 2,695 fill this 3,000 capacity stadium.
The pitch is in poor condition.
Huddersfield Town are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Preston North End appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.
Today's match is refereed by Richard Johnson.
The pitch is in poor condition.
Huddersfield Town are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Preston North End appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.
Today's match is refereed by Richard Johnson.
0.00
0-0Preston North End get the match underway!
3.22
0-0Simon Venus flicks a high pass forward. Tim Greening collects the pass. Tim Greening brings the ball forward. Tim Greening threads a neat, attacking ball through to Chris Griffin. Chris Griffin side-steps and rifles a shot at goal. The ball rattles the crossbar bouncing back into play. The loose ball is cleared by the defence.
10.25
From the throw-in, Dean Riza picks out Wes Simonsen. Wes Simonsen flicks a high pass forward. Chris Griffin collects the pass. Chris Griffin sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it misses the target by a large margin!
15.53
Les Evans knocks the ball forward to Gilles Jobson. Gilles Jobson shoots from 20 yards but it whistles just wide of the post!
18.44
0-0Del Smithe chips the ball to his team mate, Dean Riza. Dean Riza darts forward. Dean Riza runs straight at the defence! Some clumsy but lucky footwork from Dean Riza provides some space. He scuffs the ball at goal but Harvey Barmby reads it well. Nice save!
24.23
0-0Del Smithe clumsily knocks into Des Lloyd. Del Smithe is shown the yellow card! Des Lloyd carries on, but is struggling a bit.
27.57
0-0Jonathan Barrett catches Steve Carrick on the ankles. Jonathan Barrett is shown the yellow card! Steve Carrick runs off the knock.
36.12
0-0Steve Carrick flicks the ball to his team mate, Robert Christie. Robert Christie controls the ball well and immediately threads the ball forward, putting Chris Griffin through on goal. Jonathan Barrett hacks Chris Griffin from behind! Chris Griffin appeals for a penalty! No!! Unbelievable!!
44.56
Steve Carrick hits a low pass to Robert Christie. Robert Christie finds some space and shoots from distance but he balloons it over the crossbar!
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!
Both teams emerge for the second half. Huddersfield Town appear unchanged since the first half. Preston North End also appear unchanged since the first half.
45.00
The second half starts with Huddersfield Town kicking off!
48.48
Del Smithe flicks a high ball forward to Steve Carrick who takes it down. Steve Carrick threads a neat ball through to Chris Griffin. Chris Griffin whips in a cross ball towards Robert Christie. Robert Christie finds space and glances the ball goalwards with his head but it is miles over!
55.46
0-0Paolo Lofthouse runs deep into the other half of the pitch. Paolo Lofthouse knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Del Smithe.
57.35
Del Smithe flicks a high pass forward. Tim Greening holds off his marker to collect the ball on his thigh. Tim Greening hits a low pass to Robert Christie. Robert Christie finds some space and shoots from distance. Solid save from Harvey Barmby.
60.52
0-0Huddersfield Town have made a substitution with Peter Summerbell replacing Dean Riza .
69.44
Ledley Bloomer knocks the ball forward to Ledley Brown. Ledley Brown knocks in a cross ball towards Gilles Jobson. With a superhuman jump, Gilles Jobson connects with the ball and heads it goalwards but it flies wide!
72.06
With imagination, Del Smithe plays the ball forward to Wes Simonsen. Wes Simonsen runs straight at the opposition's defence. Wes Simonsen tries a spectacular long range effort but it slams into the crowd!
75.20
Simon King clumsily knocks into Les Evans. The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Les Evans carries on, but is struggling a bit.
77.53
0-0Ashley Mccann barges into Tim Greening. Ashley Mccann is given a warning by the referee! Tim Greening runs off the knock.
81.49
Leon Jess clumsily knocks into Robert Christie. The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Robert Christie stretches but gets up unharmed.
83.30
Tim Greening sees space and advances. Tim Greening plays a scrappy one-two with Robert Christie and stumbles forward towards the goal... Some world-class footwork from Tim Greening provides some space. He shoots at goal but it slams into the crowd!
90.00
The referee blows for full-time
Match Statistics
Goals
0
0
Shots on Target
2
0
Shots off Target
6
2
Offsides
1
0
Fouls
2
3
Yellow Cards
2
2
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
70.4%
29.6%
Play Area
26.8%
43.7%
29.6%
Man of the Match
| The man of the match was awarded to Tim Greening of Huddersfield Town |
Match Ratings
| 1. | Lee Hibbs (GK) | 6 | |
| 2. | Simon King (DEF) |  | 5 |
| 3. | Simon Venus (DEF) | 7 | |
| 4. | Del Smithe (DEF) | | 6 |
| 5. | Paolo Clegg (DEF) | 6 | |
| 6. | Steve Carrick (MID) | 7 | |
| 7. | Tim Greening (MID) | 9 | |
| 8. | Dean Riza (MID) | 7 | |
| 9. | Wes Simonsen (MID) | 6 | |
| 10. | Robert Christie (ATT) | 7 | |
| 11. | Chris Griffin (ATT) | 6 | |
| 12. | Bill Chadwick (GK) | 0 | |
| 13. | Jermaine Forbes (ATT) | 0 | |
| 14. | Peter Summerbell (MID) | 6 | |
| 1. | Harvey Barmby (GK) | 7 | |
| 2. | Leon Jess (DEF) | | 5 |
| 3. | Stanley Goldberg (DEF) | 6 | |
| 4. | Jonathan Barrett (DEF) | | 5 |
| 5. | Ledley Bloomer (MID) | 6 | |
| 6. | Paolo Lofthouse (MID) | 7 | |
| 7. | Les Evans (MID) | 6 | |
| 8. | Ashley Mccann (MID) | 5 | |
| 9. | Des Lloyd (ATT) | 6 | |
| 10. | Ledley Brown (ATT) | 6 | |
| 11. | Gilles Jobson (ATT) | 6 | |
| 12. | Peter Rowett (GK) | 0 | |
| 13. | Gavin King (ATT) | 0 | |
| 14. | Terry Bower (GK) | 0 | |