County show promotion credentials with win at Huddersfield

Huddersfield Town 1 - 2 Stockport County

Stockport became the first side to win away to Huddersfield this season in League One as they claimed a victory with 10 men.

Author | Alan White

Stadium | Accu Stadium

View from the away end

Both sides had their moments in the first half, but the stalemate remained until the dying seconds of the half, when Joe Low pulled Brad Hills' shirt inside the box.

Former Terrier Oliver Norwood stepped up to take the resultant penalty and send Lee Nicholls the wrong way.

Stockport were reduced to 10 men soon after the restart, with Tyler Onyango earning two yellow cards in five minutes.

But even with that advantage, Huddersfield failed to give Stockport anything substantial to worry about, and if anything the visitors looked more likely to score on the counter-attack.

Many Huddersfield fans weren't happy with their performance

That is exactly what happened after Jack Diamond got the better of two challenges and then sent away Odin Bailey to charge into the box and fire into the top corner.

Bojan Radulovic headed home a corner in added time to set up a tense finale, but it proved a mere consolation for Huddersfield.

Best fan reaction

Mark Lee, a Stockport fan, was in the away end. He told us: “We played some excellent football, but for a long while it seemed their recent tendency to struggle in front of goal would once again prove their undoing. However, we got the win. What a win!”

Paul, another fan, added: “Great win and performance against a side that could well be challenging for promotion with us by the end of the season. I’m hoping we can build on this now. I wasn’t happy with the performance during the Reading match, but I am delighted with how we got over the line here.”