Brighouse Town completed a double in the past seven days with victories in pre-season friendlies at Frickley Athletic and Wombwell Town.
They came from 2-1 down against former NPL club Frickley to win 4-2 and from 1-0 down at half-time at Wombwell to win 2-1.
At the former colliery town of Frickley near Doncaster, Cameron Bedford put them ahead in the 17th minute from a Curtis Peters corner which had been flicked on by Cole Wildin and Bedford finished in the bottom left corner. Frickley then score two in two minutes, the first from a penalty after a foul by centre-back Spencer Harris and the second from an inswinging corner.
Myron Gibbons then scored in the 70th minute after a ball over the top from Matty Nebard found Darius Smith and he crossed for Gibbons to sweep home.
Town’s third came from Jack Normanton in the 83rd minute after Clark Greaves, the former Stocksbridge and Barton defender was played in behind the defence for Normanton to tap into an empty net.
Gibbons bagged his brace in the 89th minute after a Danny Edwards half volley was parried by the keeper into the path of Gibbons who then tapped into the net.
Town’s goals at Wombwell came from Normanton with the equaliser and then Greaves bagged the winner.
On Tuesday evening Town were playing a hastily arranged friendly at Huddersfield club Hepworth ahead of this Saturday’s first and last pre-season friendly at home to north Sheffield club Stocksbridge Park Steels (1pm).
The fixtures for the Pitching-In Northern Premier League East Division season were released last Thursday evening and will see Town’s first game of the 2024-25 season away to Cleethorpes Town on Saturday, August 10, who have been heavily recruiting in the close season.
Their first home league game is on Wednesday, August 14 at home to another seaside town in Bridlington Town (7.45).
On August Bank Holiday Monday they will be locked in a derby game at with Emley (3.0) who will then return to the Heffernan Utilities Stadium on Boxing Day. Town’s opponents on New Year’s Day will be another new club to the division in Garforth Town and on Easter Monday Town will entertain them.
Town’s additional floodlights and the whole range across the newly extended pitch passed their Lux test with a 9.30pm inspection last Wednesday evening and groundsman Wally Hemingway is pleased with the way the turf on the extended pitch has settled down.
