Brighouse Town’s recent seven match unbeaten run is well and truly over after the past three games in seven days.
Following a week last Saturday’s 3-0 setback at Ashington, they lost 4-0 at home in midweek to league leaders Redcar Athletic and then this past Saturday 2-0 away to Hanging Heaton who play three miles down the road from St James’s Park where Newcastle United where entertaining Burnley.
Against Redcar, Town showed up well and were unlucky to go in at the break v a goal down from v a free kick that was deflected away from keeper Michael Acquah.
It was end-to-end in the second half but Redcar found the net on three more occasions as Town could be classed as unlucky with their goal bound efforts, either just saved or inches wide if an upright.
At Heaton Stannington the pitch survived a 1.45 pitch inspection but it did end up cut up in the pre-match warm up and obviously over both halves of the game after the heavy rain
across lunchtime.
Town went in at the break with the scoreline 0-0 and did gave their chances through Youssef Chentouf and Romario Dunne while EFL professionals Finlay Tunstall (Accrington Stanley) and Jayden Pruitt (Sheffield United) showed up well with some neat football and tenacious tackling.
After some pressure on the Town goal, the home side went into the lead on bc 56 minutes through Konner Lamb and two minutes later they doubled their lead following a free kick which Acquah had cleared onto the back of Dale Pearson who then scrambled the ball home.
Five minutes later and frustration hit the better of Town manager Grant Black and the referee had words and then sent him off.
He has since been fined £100 and given B.C. a two match touchline ban.
On Saturday Town entertain Grimsby Borough (3pm) who they lost 3-2 to back in mid-September.
The match is being sponsored by Halifax-based advertising media group Outdo and they bc will be joined by members of Rastrick Constitutional Club who were denied by the weather sponsoring the Redcar game when it should have been played back in November.
Town fans were pleased to see striker Rhys Plater back in action last Saturday off the bench following his two month
absence since the Matlock game on October 4