[Lord Snooty]

February 25:

Two years ago, on this date in 2020, Town won at home in a Tuesday night match against Bristol City. They were in 7th place in the Championship and we were just outside the relegation area in 21st. On the night though, it looked like the table was upside down as we battered them, but only by a score of 2-1, which slightly flattered the Robins.

On loan from Benfica, Chris Willock scored his first goal for us and his first goal at senior level, with a beautiful curling shot from outside the area, just before half time. It was all one way traffic towards the Bristol goal and we extended the lead when another loan star, Emile Smith Rowe (whatever happened to?) played his way into the box and was taken out by a defender, a tackle like one of the Giants would've been proud of. A definite penalty and lo and behold, the ref gave it. Karlan Grant duly dispatched it.

City got a late equaliser, but the brave Terriers held out for an important victory, with Danny Cowley saying afterwards that it was the first time we'd stamped our identity on a match for the full 90 minutes. We need to keep this going and hope there's no unforeseen disruption to the season coming up. 

In 2017, an impressive run of 6 successive league wins came to an end with a draw at Oakwell against Barnsley. The Heffing dream was well and truly on after wins against Ipswich, Brighton and Leeds at home followed by wins on the road at QPR and Rotherham, then a home victory over Reading. And it was looking like another Heffing great win when Michael Hefele scored with a bullet header from a corner in the first half. But Oakwell is a difficult place to go and the Tykes equalised in the second half and we had to settle for the draw.

The result kept us in 3rd, with dirty Leeds moving up to 4th. Could it possibly be an all West Yorkshire Play Off Final? Surely both clubs will make it to the end of season shoot out.