BRNESC BAD RUN CONTINUED AS THEYCRASHED 6 2 AT MELLING RD AGAINST HIGH FLYING LIVERPOOLNORTH.
BRNESC OPENED BRIGHTLY PLAYING A 3 5 2 FORMATION AND HAD TWO CHANCES IN THE FIRST 5 MINS AFTYER A TYPICAL RUN BY DAVE WHITNEY HIS CROSS ALONG THE GOALLINE WAS SCRAMBLED AWAY BY THE DEFENCE AND TWO MINS LATWER JOE PARLE WAS TACLED AS HE WAS ABOUT TO PULL THE TRIGGER .BRNRSCS THEN TOOK THE LEAD WHEN RITCHIE CAMPBELL RACED ONTO JOE PARLES CLEVER FLICK AND CALMLY LOBBED THE KEEPER 1 0 TO BRNESC,THE LEAD WAS SHORTLIVED HOWEVER WHEN IN THE 10 MIN JOE ASPINALL LUNGED INTO A TACKLE AND THE FORWARD WENT DOWN THE CONTACT WAS MINIMAL BUT THE REF GAVE THE PEN WHICH WAS CONVERTED TO MAKE IT 1 1 .IT WAS A RASH CHALLENGE AND BRNESC PAYED THE PRICE.BRNESC WERE STUNNED AND NEARLY WENT 2 1 BEHIND WHEN A LIVERPOOL NORTH FORWARD ROUNDED MATTY NAGLE AND HAD A BOBBY ZAMORA MOMENT AND MISSED A OPEN GOAL MATTY NAGLE THEN SAVED WITH HIS FEET AS BRNESC CAME UNDER PRESSURE AND A VOLLEY WENT NARROWLY WIDE FROM THE EDGE OF BRNESCSC BOX.BRNESC THEN REPLIED WITH A EQUALLY FIERCE SHOT JUST OVER THE BAR FROM JOE PARLE
BRNESC THEN HAD A STRONG PENALTY APPEAAL SOMEHOW TURNED DOWN BY THE REFV WHEN THE CENTRE BACK HANDLED IN THE BOX THE REF WAS THE ONLY PERSON WHO COULDNT SEE THE DELIBERATE HANDBALL!!AS SO OFTEN HAPPENS WHEN YOUR STRUGGLING BRNESC THEN ONCE AGAIN GAVE A GOAL AWAY CHEAPLY WHEN JOE ASPINALL MISPLACED A PASS STRAIGHT TO A LIVERPOOL NORTH FORWARD 30 YDS OUT THE BALL WAS PLAYED INTO THE BOX AND AFTER A COULPLE OFF BLOCKS THE BALL ENDED UP IN THE BRNESC NET 2 1
BRNESC RESPONDED WITH A WELL HIT SHOT FROM RITCHIE CAMPBELL ,FROM A PAUL FINNAN FLICK WHICH BROUGHT A FINE SAVE FROM THE KEEPER.ON THGE 30 MIN MARK BRNESC WENT 3 1 DOWN WITH ANOTHER SELF INFLICTED WOUND WHEN JAY HULME ATTEMPTED ACROBATIC CLEARANCE WENT STRAIGHT TO A FORWARD WHO RANINTO THE BOX AND SCORED.BRNESC SHOULD HAVE SCORED WHEN BARRY MCMILLANS FREEKICK WAS GLANCED WIDE AT THE BACK POST BY PAUL FINNAN WHEN HE LOOKED CERTAIN TO SCORE.BRNESC ONCE AGAIN PRESSED THE SELF DESTRUCT BUTTON WHEN CHRIS BELLS MIS HIT FREEKICK WENT STRAIGHT TO A LIVERPOOL NORTH PLAYER WHO PLAYED YHE BALL BACK INTO THE BOX TO ENABLE THEM TO GO 4 1 UP,BARRY MCMILLAN THEN FED RITCHIE CAMPBELL WHO NARROWLY PUT IT OVER THE BARBRNESC WERE RESPONDING BUT THE CONTROL AND CONFIDENCE OF THE OPENIBG 15 MINS WAS EVAPORATING RAPIDLYJOE PARLE THEN LIFTED SPIRITS WITH A FEROCIOUS VOLLEY WHISH WAS TOUCHED BY THE KEEPER ONTO THE BAR AND THEN INTO THE NET TO MAKE IT 4 2 AT HALF TIME
BRNESC STARTED STRONGLY AND JOE PARLES TWISTING RUN TOOK HIM TO THE EDGE OF THE BOX AND HIS PASS TO DAVE WHITNEY ENDED WITH HIS SHOY BEING BLOCKED ON THE LINE.PAUL FINNAN WAS PLAYED INTO THE BOX BUT DELAYED HIS STRIKEB TO GET TYHE BALL ON HIS LEFT FOOT AND HIS EFFORT WAS BLOCKED.BRNESC HAD NOT GIVEN UP BUT GAPS WERE APPEARING EVERYWHERE AS THEY PUCHED FORWARD TO GET A GOAL AND A SURGING RUN DOWN THE FLANK BY MICK OBRIEN ENDED WITH A PASS TO RITCHIE CAMPBELL WHO WAS DREGGED TO THE GROUND IN THE ACT OF PUTTING THE BALL IN THE NET THE REF AGAIN TURNING THE VOCIFEROUS APPEALS DOWN,THE SE4COND STONE WALL PENALTY BRNESC SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARDED,
THAT WAS THE STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMELS BACK AND FOR THE REMAINING 20 MINS OF THE GAME THEY WERE RAGGEDAND WERE UNDER CONSTANT PRESSURE AND MORE LAX DEFENDING ENABLED LIVERPOOL NORTH TO SCORE A CLOSE RANGE GOAL TO MAKE IT 5 2 AND A GOAL IN THE LAST MINUTE MADE IT 6 2 AT THE FINAL WHISTLE
BRNESC STARTED WELL AND WERE THE BETTER TEAM FOR 15 MINS BUT ONCE AGAIN GOALS WERE GIVEN AWAY CHEAPLY AND AT VITAL STAGES OF THE GAME PENALTY DECISIONS AT 2 1 AND 4 2 WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARDED COULD HAVE REDUCED THE DEFICIT AND MADE THE SCORELINE ON THE DAY CLOSWER BUT FOR MOST OF THE GAME WE WERE PLAYING CATCH UP ITS GOING TO BE A LONG HARD WINTER!!1
