A goal in each half from Spencer Harris saw Brighouse Town come back from a goal down in the eighth minute against Bishop Auckland to go on and win 2-1 and move to fifth in the table of 20 clubs in the East Division.
The County Durham side went ahead on the counter-attack after Dean Briggs played Louis Johnson through and the soon-to-be troublesome centre forward took his chance to beat debutant keeper Paul Cooper.
It took Town just even minutes to draw level when, after some pressure and a second consecutive corner, Harris jumped above the defence and headed strongly into the goals to beat Ryan Catterick.
Johnson proved a handful for Town as he put himself about, but the home side kept the score at 1-1 going into the break.
Play was end-to-end in the second half with Town’s Bailey Thompson, Myron Gibbons and Niah Payne showing up well as they went in search of a second goal.
That came in the 71st minute when the visiting keeper and team captain Catterick spilled a header and there to stab the ball home was the experienced Harris who is showing his worth game- on- game.
Town went in search of a third but were denied despite two good efforts by late substitute Ezio De Santis.
Ahead of the game to cover for the injury loss of Kyle Trenerry Town signed Paul Cooper on dual registration from Buxton, who has previously played for the likes of Stoke City, Worksop Town, Ossett Utd and Ashton Utd.
The League game at home to Dunston on September 14 has been called off with the Gateshead-based side still in the Emirates FA Cup. However, the abandoned game at Emley on August Bank Holiday Monday owing to the injury to keeper Trennery has been re-arranged for Tuesday, September 17 (7.45).
Town will have to re-arrange the Dunston game for a Wednesday night within the next 28 days from Saturday week.
On Saturday Town entertain old foes Clitheroe (3pm) from the NPL West Division in the First Round Qualifying of the ISUZU FA Trophy.
Clitheroe, averaging 600 home gates, are currently mid-table in the division having warmed to this forthcoming tie with a 4-2 home win over WythenshaweTown.
Wide player Basile Zottos, who joined Town in the close season, has signed for Rossington Main (step 5), with Ossett United also wanting to sign him. He was in the Doncaster-based side who lost 2-1 to Knaresborough Town last Saturday, with both goals coming from Cameron Bedford who left Town midway through August.
Ossett Utd have in the past 24 hours completed the signing of Zottos.
Town’s U-18 FA Youth Cup away preliminary round tie with Golcar United will take place this Saturday evening (7.00).
