Michael Duff’s Huddersfield Town era up and running in enjoyable friendly at AFC Emley
Duff came into the club as head coach in May with the club on their knees following their dismal relegation from the Championship.
Having nearly taken Barnsley up from League One two seasons ago, his task at the John Smith’s Stadium in his first campaign in charge is to go one better with the Terriers.
Duff has made a positive start and that was reflected in the performance of his team on their first action of the new season at AFC Emley’s Fantastic Media Welfare Ground.
Duff handed a debut to Denmark’s Lasse Sorensen, his first signing for the club, who joined from Lincoln City last wee
Jaheim Headley opened the scoring from close range with a left-foot shot before Pat Jones rifled home into the top corner from outside the box.
David Kasumu created his own goal following some strong pressing, rolling the ball home past Emley keeper Deklan Lampton and then former Rotherham United midfielder Ben Wiles scored from outside the area.
Tyreece Simpson added a fifth in 90th minute with a low, left-foot shot into the bottom corner.
Huddersfield face similar run-outs against Guiseley and League Two side Harrogate Town before embarking on their pre-season tour of Austria.
A crowd in excess of 1,600 attended the fixture in what was a proud day for Emley, who were last season crowned the Northern Counties East League Premier Division champions. Emley – who had a goal disallowed early on – will play in Division One East of the Northern Premier League in the forthcoming season.
