Brighouse Echo Sport – Town News – By Dave Parker

BRIGHOUSE TOWN lost their second league game of the season so far on Tuesday night at Marske, coming up against a very slick outfit currently chasing leaders Liversedge and still in the FA Cup and FA Trophy.

They went down 4-1 after being taught a lesson in the first half by a side giving them no time on the ball and always finding their teammates with the ball to cut the Town defence to ribbons.

Town did hold out until the 17th minute until a defensive lapse out on the right allowed the ball into the box for Craig Gott to beat Brett Souter, the ball going in off his near post. Town countered with the long ball to their front men of Laurence Sorhaindo, Jack Boyle and Shiraz Khan but they were either beaten in the air or relieved of possession. Adam Wheatley scored the Seasiders’ second goal on 33 minutes and six minutes later Town lost their captain Danny Raachi with a suspected broken ankle, Mohammed Ibrahim replacing him.

James Fairley made it 3-0 to the home side in the 53rd minute before two minutes later Town did get on the scoresheet as Shiraz Khan and Wheatley scrapped for the ball on the line and the home defender took it into the net for the first goal in sixteen hours for Marske to concede at home.

Town were now playing their best football of the night and giving the home side who meet Gateshead on Saturday in the 4th qualifying round of the FA Cup plenty of worries at the back. However they failed to find the target with Sorhaindo squandering a great chance and Boyle after a good free kick, which was returned to him, also just blasting wide ahead of Khan seeing a piledriver blocked.

Town were very unlucky to see a fourth goal go into the net in the 91st minute from Glen Butterworth as the ball provider to him on the edge of the six yard box was well offside!

It was never going to be a cakewalk against a side who beat National League North side Chester 4-0 last week in a FA Cup replay and have been scoring goals aplenty but manager Vill Powell will be wanting 90 minutes of commitment at Shildon on Saturday (3.0). Town lost there on the outskirts of Darlington 2-1 at the death in the FA Cup and had the measure for the most part of the newcomers to the NPL.

They will be without Raachi and fellow seasoned midfielder James Hurtley who missed Tuesday’s game with a recurring hamstring problem.

Midfielder or fullback Josh Grant has returned to the club after a short sojourn at Liversedge and was a second half substitute at Marske for Boyle.

Town are also back in the north east next Tuesday when they pay their first ever visit to Hebburn Town in the city of Newcastle.

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