A PTACTICALLY FULL STRENGTH BRNESC PUT COPPERAS HILL TO THE SWORD WITH A EMPHATIC 6 2 VICTORY AT MELLING RD
BRNESC OPENED STRONGLY AND HAD HILL UNDER ALL KINDS OF PRESSURE AND PAUL FINN PUT A HEADER STRAIGHT INTO THE KEEPERS ARMS FROM WHIT EXCELLENT CROSS ,A CHANCE FINN USUALLY BURIES.ANTON ,SIMMO AND WHIT COMBINED TO GAIN A CORNER AS BRNESC KEPT UP THE PRESSURE,
AFTER 14 MINS OF GROWING PRESSURE BRNESC SCORED,JOE PARLES CORNER WAS FLICKED ON BY FINN TO THE FAR POST WHILST THE DEFENDERS HESITATED PHIL OLIVER POUNCED AND AT THE SECOND ATTEMPT SMASHED THE BALL INTO THE NET 1 0 BRNESC.
BRNESC WERE NOW IN FULL FLOW AND THEIR FREE FLOWING FOOTBALL WAS TO MUCH FOR C HILL TO COPE WITH AND WHIT WAS INCHES AWAY FROM FINNS THROUGH BALL AND 2 0 ,FINN NEARLY FOUND WHIT AGAIN A MOVE STARTED BY ANTON AS BRNESC TURNED THE SCREW
OUT OF THE BLUE C HILL SCORED WHEN DEBUTANT KEEPER MANNO FUMBLED A HIGH BALL WHICH STRUCK THE HILL FORWARD THEN HIT THE POST AND REBOUNDED TO THE FORWARD WHO TAPPED IT INTO THE EMPTY NET
BRNESC SHRUGGED OFF THE SET BACK AND TORE INTO WITH RENEWED VIGOUR AND JOE PARLE MADE IT 2 1 IN THE 25 MIN WHEN PLAYED IN BY FINN HE FOUND SIMMO WHO GOT TO THE BYELINE AND PULLED IT BACK FOR JOE TO STROKE IT INTO THE FAR CORNER ,FINN,WHO WAS HAVING A FINE GAME THEN PLAYED IN SIMMO WHOSE SHOT WAS BLOCKED AND JOE PARLE VOLLEYED OVER THE BAR
BRNESC WERE DOMINATING THE MIDFIELD INSPIRED BY JAY HULME ,WITH HIS MOST AUTHORATIVE DISPLAY OF THE SEASON,JAY THEN PLAYED A BRILLIANT BALL FROM THE RIGHT INTO THE 6 YARD BOX WHERE WHIT HIT THE KEEPERS LEGS WITH THE GOAL AT HIS MERCY.
WHIT MADE AMENDS A MINUTE LATER WITH A TRADE MARK BURST THROUGH THE HILL DEFENCE A LAST DITCH TACKLE SAW THE REBOUND TO THE EDGE OF THE BOX TO JOE PARLE WHO MAMMERED A VOLLEY PAST THE DESPAIRING KEEPER ,WHO GOT A HAND TO THE BALL BUT COULD ONLY HELP IT INTO THE ROOF OF THE NET 3 1 BRNESC
WHIT SOMEHOW PUT THE BALL OVER THE BAR FROM ABOUT AS FOOT OUT WHEN ANTON ,SIMMO AND FINN CARVED OPEN THE DEFENCE AND PUT IT ON THE PLATE FOR WHIT WHAT A MISS!!
JAY THEN WON THE BALL 25 YDS OUT AND SLID A INCH PERFECT BALL INTO THE PATH OF FINN WHO WITH A STROKE OF HIS TRUSTY LEFT FOOT ROLLED THE BALL INTO THE CORNER OF THE NET 4 1 BRNESC HALF TIME
STRAIGHT FROM THE KICK OFF FOR THE SECOND HALF FINN,FED BY SIMMO,WAS INCHES AWAY FROM SCORING HIS SHOT BRUSHING THE POST WITH THE KEEPER STRANDED
2 MINUTES LATER FINN RELEASED WHIT INTO THE BOX WHERE HE WAS PULLED DOWN BY THE KEEPER AS HE WENT PAST HIM PENALTY AND RED CARD FOR THE KEEPER JOE PARLE WITH HIS USUAL APLOMB STROKED THE BALL INTO THE CORNER 5 1 BRNESC
IN THE 55 MIN WHIT CONVERTED FROM CLOSE RANGE AFTER JOE PARLE PLAYED THE BALL ,FROM WIDE TO FINN WHO WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT!! FOUND WHIT WHO ATTONED FOR HIS EARLIER MISSES TO STROKE THE BALL HOME 6 1
THE IMPRESSIVE JAY HULME WAS INJURED BY A LATE TACKLE AND REPLACED BY JAMIE ASPINWALL ON THE HOUR,SIMMO THE HIT THE BAR WITH A FINE SHOT,HILL THEN TOOK ADVANTAGE OF SOME SLACK PLAY TO MAKE IT 6 2
THE GAME ENTERD A STRANGE PHASE AS HILL WITH ONLY 10 MEN PLAYED BETTER AND TOOK THE GAME TO A TIRING BRNESC AND THE DEFENCE HAD TO BE STRONG AND ALERT TO PREVENT HILL SOMEHOW GETTING BACK INTO THE GAME
BRNESC STILL CREATED CHANCES AND JOE PARLES TWISTING RUN THROUGH THE HEART OF THE HILL DEFENCE WAS STOPPED BY A DESPERATE TACKLE AS A GOAL SEEMED CERTAIN,SIMMO THEN FED JOE ASP WHO WAS NARROWLY WIDE WITH HIS SHOT
AT THE END 6 2 TO BRNESC WHO WERE WORTHY WINNERS AND A RETURN TO FORM AFTER 2 IFFY PERFORMANCES ,FITNESS IS STILL A WORRY,GAMES ARE OFTEN WON OR LOST N THE LAST 20 MINS WE HAVE TO BE ABLE YO COM;PETE WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH. M O M WAS CDIFFICULT ,LOADS OF CANDIDATES BUT JOE PARLES OVERALL PERFORMANCE AND HIS 3 GOALS GETS THE AWARD THIS WEEK.
