Brighouse Echo Sport – Town News

Dave Parker

THE NEW format from the FA for Trident League clubs continues to throw up new challenges and Brighouse Town along with fellow Step 4 clubs will towards to the business end of the Pitching-In 2021-22 season have to be looking over their shoulders.

Up to four clubs in each of the four divisions will be at risk of relegation. The bottom two clubs will be sent down automatically and replaced by the champions from each of the 16 divisions at Step 5. Then, the 16 runners-up at Step 5 will take part in a one-legged Inter-Step play-off match at a club finishing either third or fourth from bottom in each of the eight divisions at Step 4 to determine whether they remain at Step 5 or are promoted to Step 4.

Where a club finishes first but does not meet the minimum criteria for promotion to the next Step, the club finishing in second shall be promoted with the third-placed club the next eligible to partake in the Step play-off matches.

The clubs promoted to Step 4 will be placed in a feeder pool and allocated to the most geographically appropriate division for the following season.

The Pitching-In Northern Premier League and the FA have said that no players can be officially signed on and also contracted until June 28.

Director of Football and vice-chairman Charlie Tolley is in almost daily contact with his manager Vill Powell as they look to sign players for key positions in the centre of defence, midfield and also a striker or two.

“Its no easy task and quite time consuming for the manager who knows the quality he requires and we won’t be signing players just to make up the numbers,” said Tolley.

We have the main body of last season’s squad already lined up for the signing on date and we just need to add to it. I am sure we will be more clear of where we stand after the 28th.”

Town’s Open Day that was planned for July 4 has been postponed until the lifting of restrictions is hopefully allowed after July 19.

Town’s official printer and sponsor Graham Horsfield of Print-IT, Bailiff Bridge, was involved with the opening Channel 5 programme on Monday night of LIVE: Summer on the farm at Cannon Hall, Barnsley. He was engaged as a member of Barnsley Brass and is, of course, instrumental in following in his late father’s footsteps in running the annual Brighouse Brass Band Championships in the town centre.

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