Two games in and the start of the season hasn’t been a bright one for the HD6 side as two defeats against Clitheroe and Marske United leave Vill Powell’s side hanging around the bottom of the table with the latter result coming last weekend but it’s something that returning forward Eli Hey is looking to put behind him as we prepare for the visit of Runcorn Linnets on Monday night.
“I think we need to take last week’s defeat on the chin as it wasn’t good enough from the whole team from start to finish and it’s now up to us to put it right on Monday night under the lights at The Yorkshire Payments Stadium. It’ll be another tough game like every game is in the league as they will be very organised and a hard working side but we know that if we match the work rate and play like we know we can then we can get a good result out of the game. The mood in the camp is fine, we know we’ve not had a good start to the season but it’s still very early days and we’re confident we can get us to where we need to be. It seems like a long wait till Monday with us not having a game on Saturday so it’ll give us a few extra day’s rest so that we are ready for the game against Runcorn on Monday.”
Eli returned to the club in the summer after spending time in our Academy set-up before leaving to develop himself in the senior game which is something he adapted to very well. After scoring 32 goals for Pontefract Collieries in the 2018/19 season, an injury saw him have 6 months on the sideline and after playing for Eccleshill and Colne before signing for Brighouse, Eli believes he is getting back to the fitness which saw him have a free scoring season for the Colls.
“I’ve really enjoyed my time back at the club. We’ve got a good group of lads and it’s a very good changing room to be in. I obviously have been wanting to play more than I have been but it’s up to me to take my chance when I get it. I’m not back to my best performance wise but I’m sure that will come with games but the fitness side I feel like I’m back to my best and for the first time I feel I can get back to where I was and even better! One thing that will help me for sure is having the fans back in the ground as they give you a lift when they are cheering you on so it will give me that extra 5% to spur on and perform well as we know they’ve paid good money to watch us perform. The first few friendlies where we didn’t have fans felt like training matches so it’s a massive boost to see them back and we hope to see a lot of them down on Monday night!”
The game kicks off at 7:45pm with admission priced at £9 for Adults and £5 for concessions. If you can’t make it to the game, jump on Mixlr and listen to Brighouse Town Radio from 7:30pm with Dave Foy and Cameron McAlpin.
