Huddersfield Town fall six points behind in automatic promotion race

HUDDERSFIELD Town fell six points behind Sheffield United in the race for automatic promotion in npower League One after the Blades beat Scunthorpe United 2-1 on Wednesday night.

Town are fourth in the table, a point behind Sheffield Wednesday with a game in hand, while they trail United by six points with 14 matches left to play.

Promotion rivals Sheffield Wednesday sacked manager Gary Megson on Wednesday evening on former Town boss Lee Clark is one man being tipped to take over at Hillsborough.