Brighouse Town made it four games unbeaten in the league at Hallam last Saturday with a 4-1 victory.
The Sheffield hill top club were unbeaten in their last three but there was only one side going to win this with the way Town set off and up the notorious slope and against the brisk north westerly wind.
Town were on the scoresheet after 17 minutes when Nathan Curtis headed home from a Youssef Chentouf cross and four minutes later Romario Dunne steered the ball home from 15 yards out after home keeper and skipper Hugo Warhurst slipped trying to retrieve a pass back.
Hallam were just heaving the ball down the pitch and centre-backs Harvey Booth and Chris Cordova-Soanes were dealing with everything and keeper Michael Acquah wasn’t troubled.
Derry Robson and George Grumley were superb in midfield.
On 33minutes Dunne hit the crossbar with a snorter from 20 yards out
Just into added on time the home side were given a lifeline from a questionable free kick and Janni Lipka headed in.
Within five minutes of coming on Jason Davis made it 3-1 to Town and the rout was completed in the 72nd minute when Jordan Barnett fired in off the inside of a post.
Assistant player-coach Danny Frost commented after the game that things are coming together and that the side had played Hallam off the park on their own midden.
On Saturday, Town entertain seventh-placed Pontefract Colls 3pm) which will see several former Town players return to the Heffernan Utilities Stadium including Danny Edwards who left the club for Knaresborough Town in late September and has now made the move to Pontefract Cols.
Last Thursday Town were represented by their U-17 players guided by manager Andy Houlihan, and assisted by Mark Ellis, for their first round West Riding County FA Cup tie away to Silsden.
With only 48 hours to the Hallam game, it was decided the U-17s would take on the match and what a good fist of it they made.
Against a first team squad they only just lost 2-0 and were cheered and applauded off the pitch. Silsden’s East Division game on the coming Saturday was off with opponents Dunston playing Hebburn in the FA Trophy on the weekend, while Town did have a fixture away at Hallam and insufficient time between the two fixtures to prepare properly.
BRIGHOUSe
TOWN AFC
