BRNESC RETURNED TO WINNING WAYS WITH A SIX GOAL SECOND HALF BLITZ TO BLOW OLD HOLTS AWAY AT HOLLIES ROAD ON A BITTERLEY COLD AFTERNOON
THE GAME STARTED 45 MINS LATE DUE TO THE REF SLEEPING IN!!! THE PITCH WAS BUMPY AND THE BALL WAS FLYING IN ALL DIRECTIONS OFF THE UNEVEN SURFACE
ON THE 6 MIN A RUN BY JOE PARLE ENDED WITH THE STING BEING TAKEN OUT OFF HIS SHOT BY A HALF BLOCK AND THE BALL ROLLED THROUGH TO THE KEEPERAT THE OTHER END A SHOT ACROSS THE GOAL BY A OLD HOLTS FORWARD WENT NARROWLY WIDE BRNESC THEN REPLIEED WITH A STRONG RUN DOWN THE RIGHT BY CHRIS FAGAN AND A CROSS JUST TO HIGH FOR PAUL FINNAN CLOSING IN FROM THE LEFT,
AFTER A SCRAPPY FIRST 15 MINS WHEN THEY WERE PUSHED BACK BY OLD HOLTS BRNESC EWERE NOW MORE IN THE GAME AND WERE STARTING TO GET ON TOP,
AND IN THE 22 MIN PAUL FINNAN MISSED A GLORIOUS CHANCE TO OPEN THE SCORING WHEN HEADING OVER FROM 6 YDS OUT FROM A EXCELLENT FREE KICK FROM CHRIS FAGAN,IT THEN TOOK A TREMENDOUS TACKLE FROM PHIL OLIVER ON THE EDGE OF THE BOX TO PREVENT A GOAL SCORING OPPORTUNITY FOR OLD HOLTS
BRNESC THEN PUT TOGETHER A BRILLIANT MOVE WITH SLICK PASSING AND MOVEMENT BETWEEN DANNY ,FINN AND CHRIS FAGAN TO OPEN UP THE OLD HOLTS DEFENCE WITH THE FINAL BALL FROM DANNY JUST TO LONG FOR FINN.
CHRIS FAGAN THEN SPLIT THE OLD HOLTS DEFENCE WITH A PRECISION PASS THROUGH THE MIDDLE PAUL FINNAN RACED ONTO IT AND WAS FOULEDV IN THE BOX BY THE LAST DEFENDER AS HE WAS OFF BALANCE HE TOE POKED THE BALL OAST THE ONRUSHING KEEPER WHO RACED BACK AND HACKED IT OFF THE LINE TO PREVENT A GOAL ,SURELY THE DEFENDER SHOULD HAVE WALKED ,HE WAS LAST MANAND FOULED FINN IN THE BOX? 0 0 HALF TIME
CUE A AMAZING SECOND 45 MINS ,3 MINS AFTER THE RESTART DANNY KEARNEY EMBARKED ON A MAZY DRIBBLE WHICH SPREAD PANIC IN THE OLD HOLTS DEFENCE AND HE SPREADEAGLED THE BACK LINE AS HE CUT IN TO THE PENALTY AREA ALOND THE BYELINE AND PULLED THE BALL BACK TO THE ONRUSHING PAUL FINNAN WHOSE FROCOUS SHOT WAS TIPPED OVER THE BAR BY THE OLD HOLTS KEEPER.
IN THE 48 MIN FINN THEN HAD A HEADER GO FOR A CORNER WHEN IT WAS DEFLECTED WHEN GOAL BOUND.
BRNESC THEN TOOK THE LEAD WHEN FROM ANOTHER EXCELLENT CORNER FROM CHRIS FAGAN THE BALL WAS HEADED IN BY KEVIN WISHART WITH THE KEEPER HELPLESS 1 0 BRNESC
5 MINS LATER JOE PARLES RUN INTO THE BOX WAS ENDED WHEN HE WAS BUNDLED OVER BY THE DEFENDER HE HIMSELF UP AND EMPHATICALLY BURIED THE BALL INTO THE FAR CORNER 2 0 BRNESC
BRNESC WERE NOW IN FULL FLIGHT AND WHEN KEVIN WISHARTS HEADER WAS PARRIED BY THE KEEPER, CHRIS BELL CHASED THE BALL CONTROLLED IT AND PLAYED THE BALL ACROSS THE BOX TO THE FAR POST WHERE PAUL FINNAN BURIED HIS SHOT ACROSS THE KEEPER IN TO THE FAR CORNER OF THE NET 3 0 BRNESC
BRNESC WERE LIKE A RASH ALL OVER OLD HOLTS WITH THE 2 WIDE MEN TORMENTING THE DEFENCE CHRIS FAGAN UP AND DOWN BOTH FLANKS ATTACKING AND DEFENDING ,HIS FREEKICKS AND CROSSES SPREADING PANIC IN THE OLD HOLTS REARGUARD .AND JOE PARLE WITH HIS MAZY RUNS AND CLOSE CONTROL ,HIS FIRST GAME FOR A NUMBER OF WEEKS,WAS A CONSTANT MENACE TO OLD HOLTS FROM THE DEFENCE TO THE FRONT BRNESC WERE IN FULL CONTROL AND WELL IN COMMAND OF THE GAME,
BRNESC NEARLY MADE IT 4 0 WHEN ANOTHER QUALITY CORNER FROM CHRIS FAGAN WAS SCAMBLED CLEAR BY THE HARD PRESSED DEFENCE.
MATTY NAGLES KICK FROM HANDS WAS FLICKED ON BY FINN FOR DANNY TO RACE ONTO AND THE KEEPER PARRIED THE BALL AROUND THE POST FOR A CORNER FROM THE RESULTING CORNER DANNY KEARNEY FLICKED THE BALL TO THE BACK POSTWHERE PAUL FINNAN FORCED IT OVER THE LINE ,INJURING HIMSELF IN THE PROCESS 4 0 BRNESC
PAUL FINNAN WAS THEN REPLACED BY REG OKINEAS BRNESC SHUFFLED THE PACK ,OLD HOLTS WERE THEN AWARDED A HARSH PENALTY AND WHEN THE PENALTY TAKER HIT THE BAR WITH HIS EFFORT AND THE HEADED THE REBOUND INTO THE NET IT WAS RIGHTLY DISALLOWED ,THE SAME PLAYERTOUCHING THE BALL TWICEFROM A DEAD BALL WITHOUT ANOTHER PLAYER TOUCHING IT IS AGAINST THE RULES.
JOE PARLE THEN SPEAD ONTO A BALL FROM KEVIN WISHART OUTPACED THE DEFENDER BUT WAS DENIED A SECOND GOAL BY A FINE SAVE FROM THE KEEPER ,THAT WAS JOES LAST CONTRIBUTION AND ANTON McDONNELL REPLACED HIM WITH 10 MINS LEFT.
BRNESC NEARLY SORED AGAIN WHEN KEVIN WISHART FED CHRIS FAGAN WHOSE SUPERB CROSS WAS SAVED BY THE KEEPER FROM SUB REG OKINES HEADER GRAEME SIMPSON THEN REPLACED ANDY WALSH AS ALL BRNESC SUBE WERE NOW ON THE PITCH SUCH WAS THEIR DOMINANCE.
DANNY KEARNEY AND REG OKINE THEN COMBINED AND IT TOOK ANOTHER SPRAWLING SAVE FROM THE OLD HOLTS KEEPER TO PREVENT BRNESCS FIFTH GOAL.
IT DULY ARRIVED A MINUTE LATER WHEN MATTY NAGLES KICK WAS FLICKED ON BY JOE ASPINALL FOR REGGIE TO RACE ONTO AND SLOT PAST THE HELPLESS KEEPER 5 0 BRNESC
WITH 5 MINS TO GO BRNES GOT THEIR HALF DOZEN WHEN ANTON McDONNELL SPED ONTO A LONG BALL ROUNDED THE KEEPER AND FROM A TIGHT ANGLE BLASTED THE BALL INTO THE FAR CORNER 6 0 TO BRNESC
IT HAD BEEN A EXHILARATING SECOND HALF AS BRNESC SWEPT OLD HOLTS AWAY AND FROM BACK TO FRONT EVERYONE PLAYED WELL, THE BEST FOR WEEKS AND IT BODES WELL FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON ,IF WE WORK HARD AND ALL DO OUR JOBS THE RESULTS WILL COME,
MOM THEIR WERE MANY CANDIDATES BUT I HAVE GONE FOR CHRIS FAGAN ,HIS BEST DISPLAY SO FAR ,ATTACKING AND EQUALLY IMPORTANT DEFENDING HIS DEAD BALLS AND CROSSES WERE DEVESTATING AND OLD HOLTS COULD NOT COPE WITH THEM HE WAS ONE OF MANY FINE PERFORMANCES .WELL DONE CHRIS.
