Brighouse Echo Sport – All the latest news from the Heffernan Utilities Stadium by Dave Parker

Brighouse Town put up a great performance against second in the table Matlock Town with 10 men after the half hour mark and didn’t deserve to lose to a 3-1 scoreline.
The Derbyshire side took a very early lead after just two minutes when George Grumley put Ben Sault’s cross into his own net.
Brighouse settled down well after this but were then rocked as captain Harvey Booth was sent off for what was described as a reckless challenge.  Referee Ryan Coulson was pulling out a yellow card and then was called over by the assistant referee Andrew Pontin who said it was a “red” and Booth walked.
Brighouse upped their game and deservedly got an equaliser in the 45th minute from Sam Pashley who headed in from a Rhys Plater corner.
Grant Black’s charges gave as good as they got and Ethan Bojang had a great chance to put them ahead when he went one -on-one with Matlock keeper Dylan Wharton but he fluffed his lines at the last minute.
Centre forward Romario Dunne was also only inches off scoring when chasing a through ball which Wharton just got to first.
In the 72nd minute former Derby County striker Connor Washington managed to beat Michael Acquah to make it 2-1.
Town’s heads did not go down and they battled to at least rescue a point into injury time. Keeper Acquah came up for a corner and did get his head to the ball but he stayed up for a further assault on the Matlock goal and was caught out.
Cameron Wilson went three-quarters of the pitch and ended up walking the ball in to make it by 3-1 as Acquah chased back.
On Saturday Town travel to Bishop Auckland who are in the bottom three but had a surprise 3-1 away win at Bridlington Town.
Booth will now be out of action for the next three games and will be available for the Tuesday, February 10 re-arranged away game at Blyth Town.
Black feels he is covered for central defenders but could do with a striker after losing Youseff Chentouf to Silsden.
It has since been revealed that Booth could be out for the season with a serious knee injury after scans showed he has a torn cartilage.