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The visitors got the game underway attacking the Castle End in the first half, but it was Tamworth with the first attack and a long throw from Tonks gave the visitors an idea of what to expect.
A foul on Tshikuna then set Finn up with a freekick on the right on 4 which forced Maxwell to punch it clear and Singh had to drop to smother a low effort from the left on 6.
Tonks cleared a dangerous cross from Ward on 7 and Pearson’s long range strike took a deflection for a corner on the left which went short and out to Iorpenda who curled his shot wide of the far post.
A handball in the build up by Iorpenda went unpunished on 10 as Turton went through but blazed his effort over the Castle End.
Another Tonks throw came on 13 and it was flicked on as Tshikuna tumbled under pressure, but there was no penalty awarded.
Radulovic slid in at the far post to try and turn home a low cross from the left on 14 but was too far away to make it count, and Ward jumped to get his head onto, and flicked a cross from the right past the far post on 15.
Creaney found himself permanently marked by at least one Terrier forcing The Lambs to look for other ways but when forwards and a long kick from Singh on 20 did find Creaney it was shepherded out by the visiting defence.
Finn forced the Huddersfield defence to play it short and into trouble but Maxwell and captain Leeds managed to clear their lines.
Tonks launched a throw into the area on 23 and it was headed behind for Tamworth’s first corner, on the left which Milnes planted onto Creaney’s head at the far post, but it rose over the target.
Tshikuna threaded an intelligent pass through for Finn to run onto on 25 but he was muscled out of it by Leeds and as play continued Fairlamb battled hard to get the ball out of midfield and took a knock, meaning a quick stoppage to allow him to recover.
Tshikuna then had to be quick to get his shot away from the left channel on 27, and watched as it curled agonisingly the wrong way past the far post.
Tonks was unable to prevent a Terrier’s corner by the clubhouse on 31 which came to nothing, and on 35 Ward had no time to make a quick snapshot from the left of the box which didn’t trouble Singh.
The Lambs defence put their bodies on the line to prevent a couple of powerful low shots in a crowd of players from getting through the back line, and from the burst forwards Creaney found himself with the ball at his feet in the box but the sheer pace of the move found him unable to keep his feet and Huddersfield cleared.
Tonks launched another throw from the right on 40 which Maxwell plucked out of the air while at the other end Ward flicked on a cross into the area but it skipped out past the far post untouched.
Tonks repeated his throw on 44 and it caused Maxwell to touch the goalbound ball into his own net and lift the roof on The Lamb (1-0, 44 mins)
And after 1 minute added time, The Lamb erupted once again when the half time whistle blew.

HT 1-0

After Huddersfield had made a change, The Lambs restarted the game and went on the attack with McGlinchey attacking down the left. He went down under a challenge but there was no shout for a penalty.
Browne was upended by Marshall on 47 to pick up the first booking of the game and League One side pushed The Lambs to try and get a quick way back in but the stubborn defence were not to be broken.
Tonks throw on 56 eventaually fell to Creaney, twice but his shots were blocked, and then Cullinane-Liburd followed up but he saw his deflected over for a corner on the right, but a high boot halted play and the Lambs defender was booked for kicking the ball away.
Tonks then picked up a yellow card for a trip as Town advanced over the halfway line, but nothing came of the deadball in fact Tshikuna helped to build play which ended with a Hollis striking wide from distance.
Huddersfield forced a right sided corner on the hour and Tonks headed it away for another and it was headed on by Lonwijk and fumbled by Singh but thankfully cleared by Milnes as it went goalward.
A foul on the right hand channel / edge of the Lambs box on 65 gave Pearson a deadball chance which caused problems and Iorpenda blazed high from distance.
After a double substitution, Huddersfield thought they may have equalised on 68 but the ball was adjudged to have crossed the byline before it was pulled back and finished from close range.
Singh needed treatment on 68 giving both sides a chance to get refreshed and the visitors reignited their attack mode and Cullinane-Liburd was forced to put the ball out of reach of Singh and concede a corner with an unorthodox backward lob with Radulovic on his back on 71.
Tonks was set to send another throw into the danger area on 74 but Finn needed treatment so had to leave the field before it could be taken and was replaced by Enoru on 76.
Pearson wa forced to hook the ball away from his own keeper on 77 with McGinchey breathing down his heels and from Tonks throw, McGlinchey saw his close range strike blocked by Maxwell.
When a chance presented itself to Marshall on the left channel with 10 to go he swiped at it and curled it into the Meadow Street terrace, and Radulovic flashed a header which took a touch for a corner, and Singh took it under pressure.
McGlinchey was forced to put the ball behind for a right sided corner on 86 and again Singh took it cleanly, as he did when a punt forwards was shepherded back by Hollis on 87.
Enoru forced Lonwijk to head behind for a right sided flagkick which Creaney powered a foot over the bar on 88 as seven minutes added time was shown.
As the inevitable visitors pressure grew, Wiles flashed a shot from the right of the box past the left hand upright on 92, and Marshall was found just offside in the area when in a good position.
Singh smothered a flowing Terriers move with a low stop in front of Ladapo on 94 and Creaney was eventually booked for a trip which the referee had allowed to play on.
Huddersfield pushed hard in the final minute and a chance fell to Ladapo after repeated shots were blocked and cleared but he lashed at it and it flew over the bar and the final whistle blew to unleash absolute scenes of cup celebration around The Lamb not seen for some time.

TEAMS

Tamworth
Singh, Tonks, Finn (Enoru 75), Milnes (c.) (Wallace 83), Creaney, Fairlamb, Cullinane-Liburd, McGlinchey, Tshikuna (Fletcher 98), Hollis, Browne
Subs: Digie, Wreh, Williams, Willets, Phillips, Okafor
YC: Cullinane-Liburd 57, Tonks 58, Creaney 94

Huddersfield Town
Maxwell, Pearson, Wiles, Radulovic (Ladapo 83), Headley (Miller 66), Kasumu, Turton, Lonwijk, Ward (Marshall HT), Iorpenda (Kane 66), Leeds (c.)
Subs: Chapman, Ruffels, Koroma, Spencer, Ashia
YC: Marshall 47

Referee: Mr. Ben Speedie
Assistant: Mr. Harley Hetherington, Mr. Abbas Khan
4th Official: Mr. Scott Jackson

Att: 3543

Emirates Man of the Match: Tom Tonks

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