BRNESC LOST THEIR OPENING GAME TO COPPERAS HILL AT MELLING RD AFTER A BRIGHT FIRST HALF.
BRNESC STARTED BRIGHTLY WITH BRISK ATTACKING FOOTBALL TO FEET AS THEY TOOK THE GAME TO HILL FROM THE START.IN THE 5 MIN A FINE SWEEPING MOVE INV OVING FOOSSER .YATESY ENDEDWITH FOSSER BEING BROUGHT DOWN IN THE BOX BY A DESPERATE DEFENDER PENALTY!! JOE PARLE CONVERTED WITH HIS USUAL APLOMB WITH A VSTROKED BALL INTO THEBOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER 1 0 BRNESC
BRNESC WERE STRETCHING THE HILL REARGUARD WITH SOME SCINTILLATING FOOTBALL AND WERE UNLUCKY NOT TO SCORE WHEN WANE COLDICUTT FED JOE PARLE WHO PLAYED IN FOSSER INTO THE BOX A LUNGING BLOCK PREVENTED A BRNESC GOAL.FROM THR CORNER KYLEE SHOT NARROWLY OVER FROM 25YDS.
OUT OF THE BLUE WITH THEIR FIRST ATTEMPT ON GOAL AND ONLY THEIR 2ND ATTACK HILL MADE IT 1 1 .BRANDON AND JOE PARLE WERE BEATEN ON THE RIGHT AND FROM 20YDS THE HILL PLAYERS SHOT TOOK A DEFLECTION OF KYLE TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM THE BRNESC KEEPER TO NESTLE I THE FAR CORNER 1 1THE REVERSAL GALVINISED BRNESC AND THEY TORE INTO THE HILL REARGUARD WITH RENEWED VIGOUR.ON 38MINS PETER GROVES MADE A BARNSTORMING RUN DOWN THE LEFT WENT PAST 3 PLAYERS PLAYED A 1 2 WITH FOSSER AND SHOT NARROWLY OVER THE BAR FROM 18 YDS.PETER THEN FORCED A FINE SAVE FROM THE HILL KEEPER AFTER GOOD INTERPLAY BETWEEN JOE P AND YATESY AND WAYNE ENDED WITH WAYNES CROSS REACHING PETR ON THE EDGE OF THE BOX.
FOSSER THEN BROKE INTO THE BOX AND WAS BROUGHT DOWN PENALTY!! FOSSER THEN DECIDED TO TAKE THR PENALTY AND THE KEEPER SAVED IT.WHY JOE P DIDNT TAKE THE PEN AFTER SCORING FROM THE SPOT EARLY IN THE GAME WAS MYSTIFYING AS IT TURNED OUT THIS DECISION WOULD HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE RESULT.AS IS ALWAYS THE CASE IN THESE SITUATIONS HILL SCORED ,THEY GAINED A DISPUTED FREE KICK ON THE EDGE OF THE BOX AND THE RESULTING SHOT TOOK A DEFLECTION OF THE END OF THE WALL TO TAKE THE BALL AWAY FROM THE KEEPER,WHO WOULD HAVE SAVED IT TO MAKE IT 2 1 HIIL AT HALF TIME.
ROBBIE BODELL CAME ON FOR BRANDON AT THE START OF THE SECOND HALF AS BRNESC ATTACKED FROM THE KICKOFF AND FOSSER HAD A SHOT CLEARED OF THE LINE WITH THE KEEPER BEATEN THE BALL REBOUNDED TO KYLE WHO WAS JUST WIDE WITH HIS EFFORT PETER THEN SHOT NARROWLY OVER THE BAR AS THE PRESSURE GREW ON HILL.JOE P THEN HAD S FEROCIOUS EFFORT PUSHED AROUND THE POST BY THE HILL KEEPER.
BRNESC CONTINUED TO TAKE THE GAME TO HILL BUT AS THE HALF WENT ON THEY STARTED TO PLAY LONGER BALLS WHICH WERE MEAT AND DRINK FOR THE MUCH BIGGER HILL OUTFIT,HILL WERE MORE IN THE GAME AND WERE ATTEMPTIG TO MAKE THEIR HEIGHT ADVANTAGGE TELL WITH A SUCCESSION OF LONG BALLS INTO THE BRNESC BOX ON THE WHOLE THE BRNESC REARGUARD DEALT WELL WITH THE AERIAL BOMBARDMENT.
BRNESC WERE BECOMING DESPERATE TO LEVEL THE SCORES AND THEIR FOOTBALL WAS NOT OF THE CALIBRE OF THEIR FIRST HALF DISPLAY BUT THEY STILL PRESSED FOR THE GOAL TO BRING THE SCORES LEVEL.YATESY ,WHO HAD A FINE GAME SHUDDERED THE BAR FRO 25 YDS WITH THE HILL CUTODIAN A HELPLESS SPECTATOR .FOSSER THE SHOT NARROWLY WIDE FROM 25 YDS, YAYESY THEN SHOT NARROWLY WIDE FROM 25YDS WITH THE KEEPER WELL BEATEN.
AT THE ENE IT WAS 2 1 TO HILL, BRNESC SHOULD HAVE WON THEY HAD MORE OF THE GAME .MORE SHOTS PLAYED THE BETTER FOOTBALL IF THEY HAD SCORED THE 2 PEN IT COULD WELL HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT RESULT/HILL SCOREDWITH THEIR ONLY2 SHOTS ON TARGET ALL GAME AND BOTH TOOK DEFLECTIONS!! SOME TIMES IT JUST ISNT YOUR DAY!!!
