BRNESC ENDED THEIR CAMPAIGN WITH A 4 3 HOME WIN AGAINST 5 TH IN THE TABLE EDGE HILL COMING FROM BEHIND TWICE TO CLINCH VICTORY WITH A LATE WINNER FROM PAUL FINNAN.
LIAM ODONOVAN REPLACED THE INJURED CHRIS BELL AND GRAHAM SIMSON CAME IN FOR THE UNAVAILABLE JOE PARLE AS BRNESC PLAYED THEIR LAST GAME OF THE 2011/12 SEASON LOOKING FOR A WIN
THE OPENING EXCHANGES WERE SCRAPPY AND BRNESC WERE CAUGHT OUT IN THE 5 TH MINUTE WHWN A LONG BALL DOWN THE MIDDLE OPENED THEM UP ,THE DEFENCE WAS TO SQUARE MATTY FATALLY HESITATED AND WHEN HE CAME FOR THE BALL THE FORWARD BEAT HIM TO IT ROUNDED HIM ANSD SCORED IN A EMPTY NET 1 0 EDGE HILL. IT WAS A POOR GOAL THE BALL WAS TELEGRAPHED AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DEALT WITH.
BRNESC ATTEMPTED TO STRIKE BACK BUT JOE STEPHENS HEADER FROM MICK OBRIENS CORNER WAS HEADED WIDW A BETTER TOUCH WOULD HAVE SEEN BRNESC DRAW LEVEL,
THE KEEPER THEN GATHERED FINNS LOOPING HEADER ,FROM MICK OBRIENS CROSS,UNDER THE BAR
BRNESC WERE NOT PLAYING WELL TO MANY PASSES GOING ASTRAY ,MARKING NOT TIGHT ENOUGH TEAM WORK AT A MINIMUM ALL THIS MEANT EDGE HILL WERE LOOKING INCREASINGLY MORE COMFORTABLE AS THE GAME PROGRESSED.
A TREMENDOUS BALL INTO THR HEART OF EDGE HILLS DEFENCE,BY SIMMO,FOUNR WHIT BUT HE HEADED WIDE IF HE HAD TAKEN IT ON HIS CHEST HE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN ON GOAL WITH THE KEEPER TO BEAT.
OUT OF THE BLUE BRNESC DREW LEVEL LIAM ODONOVANS FREE KICK FLICKED ON BY FINN TO WHIT ON THE PENALTY SPOT AND HIS FEROCIOUS VOLLEY LEFT THE KEEPER HELPLESS 1 1 10 MINS PLAYED
BRNESC TOOK HEART FROM THE GOAL AND AT LEAST WERE FINDING THEIR MEN A WEE BIT BETTER BUT THEY WERE NOWHERE AS GOOD AS THEIR RECENT FORM IN THE PRECEDING GAMES.
FINN WAS JUST WIDE FROM A QUALITY FREE KICK FROM PHIL OLIVER HIS HEADER INCHES PAST THE FAR POST
AT THE OTHER END BRNESC LOOKED NERVOUS AND THE DEFENCE WAS NOT AS SECURE AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN AND THEIR WERE A FEW SCARY MOMENTS AS THE BALL WAS SCRAMBLED AND HACKED AWAY.
AS THE BREAK LOOMED BRNESC TOOK THE LEAD A MOVE INVOLVING MICK O ,JOE ASP AND FINN ENDED WITH WHIT ROUNDING THE KEEPER AND ROLLING THE BALL INTO THE EMPTY NET 2 1 BRNESC
WITH OUT PLAYING WELL BRNESC WERE AND WENT IN AT THE BREAK WITH CONFIDENCE RIDING HIGH
BRNESC STARTED BRISKLY AND FROM THE RESTART THEY GAINED ATHROW WHICH WAS LAID INTO MICK OS PATH BY FINN BUT THE SHOT WAS NARROWLY WIDE.
BRNESC WERE STUNNED IN THE 48TH MIN WHEN A BALL TO THE BACK POST ELUDED ALL EXCEPT THE EDGE HILL FORWARD WHO GATHERED THE BALL TURNED INSIDE ANTON AND SLID IT UNDER MATTY TO MAKE IT 2 2
BRNESC RESPONDED WHEN JOE ASP LAID IN WHIT BUT THE PASS WAS JUST TO HEAVY AND THE KEEPER GATHERED AT HIS FEET
THE NERVOUSNESS AT THE BACK WAS ILLUSTRATED WHEN PHIL OLIVER ATTEMTED CLEARANCE ENDED GOING OVER THE BAR FOR A CORNER WITH MATTY LOOKING ON,
BRNESC WERE PLAYING A LITTLE BETTER AND TWIVE WITHIN A MINUTE THEY WERE NEARLY IN ON GOAL BUT THE PASSES WERE JUST A SHADE TO LONG.
IT WAS NOT A GREAT GAME BUT IT WAS END TO END BOTH TEAMS GOING FOT THE WIN
BRNESCS ACHILLES HEEL ,FROM DEAD BALLS AND LONG THROWS SHOWED ITSELF AGAIN WHEN A CORNER WAS MISHEADED AND THE BALL FELL TO A UNMARKED PLAYER 6 YARDS OUT WHO TOE POKED THE BALL HOME 3 2 EDGE HILL 75 MINS GONE
IT WAS A DEVESTATING BLOW BUT TO BRNESCS CREDIT THEY ROLLED UP THEIR SLEEVES AND GOT ON WTH IT
WITHUN 5 MINS BRNESC DREW LEVEL ONCE AGAIN WHEN JOE STEPHENS PLAYED IN ANTON PAST A SQURE LOOKING DEFENCE ANTON TOOK THR BALL PAST THE LAST MAN AND RAN 40 YARDS TOWARDS THE GOAL DEFENDERS DESPERATELY CHASINF HIM AS HE ENTERED THE BOX THEKEEPER SPED OFF HIS LINE BUT ANTON KEPT HIS NERVE AND SWEPT THE BALL INTO THE CORNER OF THE NET TO MAKE IT 3 3 WITH 10 MINS LEFT
ANTON NEARLY UNDONE ALL HIS GOOD WORK WHEN HE HAD A SYLVAN DITIN MOMENT PLAYING THE BALL BACK TO MATTY NOT NOTICING THE PLAYER WHO APPEARED FROM BEHIND MARRY GATHERED THE BALL AND RACED INTO THE BOX MATTY MAKING A TREMENDOUS DOUBLE SAVE TO SPARE ANTONS BLUSHES
MATTY WAS AT IT AGAIN A MINUTE LATER TURNING A FREE KICK ROUND THE POST .
FINN WENT CLOSE TO WINNING IT FOR BRNESC WHEN HIS GOALBOUND VOLLEY WAS CHARGED DOWN IN THE BOX
HE CAME UP WITH THE GOODS WITH 3 MINS LEFT WHEN PLAYED IN BY MICK O JUST INSIDE THE BOX HE TOOK IT ROUND THE KEEPER AT THE SECOND ATTEMPT AND KEEPING HIS FEET SWEPT THE BALL INTO THE NET FOR HIS 21 OF THE SEASON BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY BRNESCS FOURTH TO CLINCH THE GAME 4 3
BRNESC HAD ONCE AGAIN PUT A TOP SIX SIDE TO THE SWORD AND DONE IT WITHOUT PLAYING ALL THAT WELL BUT THEIR SPIRIT AND WILL TO WIN CARRIED THEM THROUGH TO THE THREE POINTS
MOM WAS HARD BRNESC BACK FIVE IN RECENT WEEKS HAVE BEEN STRONG AND RESOLUTE BUT TODAY THEY LOOKED NERVOUS AND RHE GOALS CONCEDED COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED ,THE MIDFIELD WERE HIT AND MISS IMPROVRD SECOND HALF BUT STILL BRELOW THEIR BEST SO ITS DOWN TO THE FRONT TWO FIIN DELIVERED ONCE AGAIN 21 FOR THE SEASON AND THE MATCH WINNER TOO BUT HE WAS JUST SHADED BY WHIT TODAY FULL OFF RUNNUNG AS NORM HE TORMENTED THE EDGE HILL REARGUARD ALL GAME AND SCORED TWO GOALS TOO BOOT SO HE JUST EDGES HIT .WEEL DONE WHIT
