Huddersfield Town boss Martin Drury hails impact of 'brilliant' and 'humble' Ashley Fletcher

Town made a raft of changes from their weekend League One game against Notts County – 10 in total – with a number of first-teamers given the night off.

They included top-scorer and League One player-of-the-month for August nominee Joe Taylor, Dutch duo Derensili Sanches Fernandes and Ilias Bronkhorst, captain Ryan Ledson and key centre-back Radinio Balker.

Ex-Middlesbrough and Barnsley striker Fletcher started from the bench at the Club Doncaster Sports Village and his excellent cameo helped turn the evening in Town’s favour and help give the West Yorkshire outfit a first ever win at this venue since 2007.

The 30-year-old, who entered the fray on 63 minutes when Town were trailing 1-0, proved a major handful for Doncaster’s backline in a final quarter which saw young debutant Jamie Spencer, captain-for-the-night Joe Low and Lasse Sorensen net quick-fire goals to see Town prevail and end a run of five successive defeats in Doncaster.

Fletcher played his part, setting up Sorensen’s goal and while his wait for a maiden goal in Town colours continues following his summer move from Blackpool, Drury was effusive in his praise regarding his contribution following the game.

He said: "I thought he was excellent. I thought he offered real energy.

"I thought the way that he held the ball up, his link play; he was clean, tidy...

"Again, he’s humble. There's another number of senior players who are not involved. They trained (on Tuesday) and then they were not here tonight. Ashley, a 30-year-old was ‘yes, I'm coming. Brilliant. Get me on.’

"He comes on the pitch. And again, I thought he was a credit to himself. I thought he really helped us.”

Town make the League One trip to Mansfield Town this weekend before hitting the road again to Bromley on Saturday week.