Blackpool 6 Huddersfield Town 3

Last updated : 02 November 2004 By Footymad Previewer

LDV Vans Trophy holders Blackpool went throught to the tird round but only after a tremendous extra-time tussle with the Terriers.

The sides had met in the league on Saturday when the result was 1-1 and Blackpool boss Colin Hendry made 9 changes from that side with Huddersfield's manager Peter Jackson retaining the same team.

The match had little momentum in the early stages and the deadlock was finally broken in the 36th minute when young central defender Phil Doughty came up for a corner and headed his first goal for the Seasiders.

Debutant Paul Warhurst almost made it two a minute later but his audacious curling volley hit the inside of a post and bounced clear.

Huddersfield lifted themselves in the second-half and a 47th minute corner taken by Tony Carss found John McCombe unmarked and he scored with a 10 yard drive.

A minute later his side was down to 10 men when the referee had no option but to dismiss Efetobore Sodje for a blatant elbow in the face on striker Keigan Parker.

However, a magnificent strike from the edge of the box after another Carss corner found the midfielder 25 yards out.

6 minutes later Matthew Blinkhorn equalised for Blackpool with a fine header and the game went into extra-time. Blackpool scored three times in 7 minutes through Parker (98), Jamie Burns (100) and Danny Coid (105).

But Huddersfield weren't finished and substitute Adnan Ahmed pulled one back before Burns had the last laugh scoring his second on the 113th minute.