Championship

IRVINE LATE SHOW TOPPLES TERRIERS

by
The LeaguePaper Team
2 April 2017

By Steven Chicken

JACK IN THE BOX: Burton Albion’s Jackson Irvine celebrates his dramatic winner with Marvin Sordell
PICTURES: Action Images

NIGEL CLOUGH insists Burton are not out of the woods yet but could not hide his elation after a dramatic victory over high-flying Huddersfield.
Burton were under heavy pressure throughout, but the tenman Terriers’ continual push forward to try to keep pace with the top two allowed Burton to score a dramatic last-ditch winner through Jackson Irvine on the break.
The result lifts Burton four points clear of the danger zone with seven ga...

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