BRNESC PLAYING THEIR FIRST GAME SINCE 17 NOVEMBER RCORDED A VITAL WIN AGAINST lUCAS SPORTS TO REGISTER THEIR FIRST WIN AFTER 4 DEFEATS ON THE BOUNCE
BRNESC ONCE AGAIN WERE WITHOUT KEY PLAYERS OF THE CALIBRE OF RITCHIE CAMPBELL,DAVE WHITNEY,PHIL OLIVER ND ROBBIE BODELL iCANT REMEMBER A GAME THIS SEASON WERE WE WERE AT FULL STRENGTH.tHE VASTLY EXPERIENCED TONY McDERMOTT CAME IN FOR PHIL OLIVER ,STU WATT FOR RITCHIE CAMPBELL AND VET GARY GARNER REPLACED DAVID WHITNEY
BRNESC STARTED THE BETTER OF THE TWO TEAM,S AND FORCED LUCAS ONTO THE BACK FOOT,THE FIRST 8 MMINS WERE SCRAPPY AS BOTH SIDES STRUGGLED TO GET THEIR GAME GOING ON A HEAVY PITCH BUT BRNESC WERES THE GETTER TEAM AND TOOK THE LEAD WHEN JAY HULME AND STU WATT COMBINED TO FIND MICK O RACING INTO THE BOX AND HIS FIERCE DRIVE HIT THE BACK OF THE NET BEFORE THE KEEPER COULD REACT 1 0 BRNESC
THE GOAL SETTLED BRNESC S NERVES AND THEY STYARTED TO PLAY SOME BRIGHT ATTACKING FOOTBALL AND A MOVE STARTED BY JOE STEPHENS AND CULMINATING IN A CROSS INTO THE BOX BY JOE PARLE TO STUIE WATT WHOSE GOALBOUND VOLLEY WAS DEFLECTED FOR A CORNER,
BRNESC SHOULD HAVE INCREASED THEIR LEAD WHEN JOE PARLES CORNER WAS CLEARED TO GARY GARNER WHO PLAYED THE BALL BACK TO JOE P HIS INCH PERFEST CROSS WAS HEADED JUST OVER THE BAR BY CHRIS BELL
GARY GARNER WASS JUST WIDE WITH A STRONG SHOT AND STUIE WATT VOLLEYED STRAIGHT AT THE KEEPER AS BRNESC PRESSED FOR THE SECOND GOAL JOHN ROBBOS CHIP WAS FINGERTIPPED OVER THE BAR AS BRNESC WERE CAMPED IN LUCAS'S HALF
MICK O THEN VOLLEYED OVER TGHE BAR FROM YET ANOTHER JOE PARLE .'CROSS ,JAY HULME THEN PLAYED A ONE TWO WITH J OE STEPHENS AND WAS INCHES OVER THE BAR WITH HIS VOLLEY
JOE P THEN BROKE INTO THE BOX FROM STUIE WATTS PASS BUT HIT HIS SHOT STRAIGHT AT THWE KEEPER ,STU THEN HAD HIS SHOT PALMED OVER THE BAR BY THE OVERWORKED LUCAS KEEPER
THE SECOND GOAL FINALLY ARRIVED WHEN IN THE 41 MINUTE JOE STEPHENS BULLETTED A FEROCIOUS HEADER FROM JOE P CORNER PAST THE DESPAIRING LUCAS KEEPER 2 0 BRNESC
LUCAS FIRST SHOT AT BRNESCGOAL CAME IN THE 45 MIN ,IT WAS WIDE,SUCH WAS BRNESCS DOMINANCE 2 0 AT THE HALF IT COULD HAVE BEEN 5 OR 6
LUCAS MISSED A SIITER IN THE 47 MIN THEIR FORWARD MISSING A OPEN GOAL,HOW IMPORTANT THAT MISS WAS TO BE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE REMAINING 43 MINS
MICK O THEN STRUCK A FIERCE FREEKICK WHICH WAS DEFLECTED NARROWLY WIDE FROM THE CORNER STU VOLLEYED OVER.IN A GREAT MOVE DOWN THE LEFT JOE PARLE AND MICK O COMBINED AND MICKS CULING SHOT HIT THE BASE OF THE POST WITH THE KEEPER WELL BEATEN
A CROSS FROM THE RIGHT FROM STUIE SAW SHOTS FROM JOE P AND MICK O BLOCKED IN THE 6 YARD BOX BY THE DESPERATE LUCAS DEFENDERS
WITH 20 MINS TO GO MICK O GOT HIS SECOND AND BRNESC THIRD WHEN FLICKING IN A CROSS FROM JOE PARLE
IT WAS NOTICABLE THAT BRNESC WERE STARTING TO TIRE THE HEAVY CONDITIONS AND NO GAME FOR6 WKS WAS TAKING ITS TOLL AND LUCAS WERE NOW COMING STRONG AND IT TOOK A TREMENDOUS SAVE FROM TONY CANTWELL,TIPPING THE BALL AROUND THE POST TO DENY LUCAS A GOAL BUT HE COULD DO NOTHING ABOUT THEIR GOAL TWO MINS LATER A SHOT INTO THE CORNER AFTER SOME HORRENDOUS DEFENDING BY BRNESC 3 1 TONY MADE AQNOTHER FINE SAVE AS LUCAS PRESSED AND WHEN THE LL WAS PLAYED STRAIGHT TO A LUCAS FORWARD IT WAS 3 2
BRNESC WERE NOW RUNNING ON FUMES AND WERE DEFENDING DESPERATELY TO THREIR ONE GOAL LEAD AT THE END 3 2 BRNESWC
IF THE GAME HAD ANOTHER 10 MINS TO RUN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT RESULT AND THE SITTER LUCAS MISSED AT 2 0 DOWN PROVED TO BE COSTLY FOR THEM BUT OVER THE 90 MINS BRNESC DESERVEDE THEIR VICTORY AND THE THREE POINTS MOM WAS DIFFICULT NUMEROUS CANDIDATES IN THE FIRST HALF BUT THE ALARMING FADE OUT IN THE SECOND HALF COST A COUPLR DEAR BY A FLARED NOSRIL JOE STEPHENS JUST FROM JAY ,JOE P AND MICK O
