At the John Smith’s Stadium, the drink of choice was Worthington’s best - final word on Huddersfield Town's four-goal drubbing of Sheffield Wednesday

THE venue may have been the John Smith’s Stadium, but the drink of choice was Worthington’s best.
Leon Wobschall
By Leon Wobschall
Published 4th Feb 2024, 17:00 BST
Updated 4th Feb 2024, 20:15 BST

Huddersfield Town have not had anything to toast this season and Saturday was a glorious interlude and the glasses clinked.

Jonathan Worthington, the lad from the Spen Valley, had a day for the ages. North Kirklees was happy and so was south, east and west.

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His pre-match theory that Sheffield Wednesday, who were in action less than 72 hours earlier, would eventually falter if his players maintained their intensity was on the money and how.

Huddersfield Town v Sheffield Wednesday. Town's Matty Pearson scores the opening goal. Picture Jonathan GawthorpeHuddersfield Town v Sheffield Wednesday. Town's Matty Pearson scores the opening goal. Picture Jonathan Gawthorpe
Huddersfield Town v Sheffield Wednesday. Town's Matty Pearson scores the opening goal. Picture Jonathan Gawthorpe

Quite how Wednesday get over this particular episode is anybody’s guess, with news of QPR’s victory at Blackburn Rovers applying the salt.

The Owls have scored seven goals in 15 away fixtures this season and conceded 30 at an average of two per game. Not good. Only going one way is the phrase.

The annoying thing from a Wednesday perspective is that after 67 minutes, midway through the second half, the game was there for them, potentially. They went to pieces inexplicably and Huddersfield make hay while the sun shone.