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

Brighouse Town manager Grant Black has added three more players in the past week following his capture last week of Knaresborough Town striker Danny Edwards.

Ahead of pre-season training commencing on Saturday morning at the Heffernan Utilities Stadium he has signed experienced goalkeeper Kyle Trenerry who has previously played for Farsley Celtic, Albion Sports, Silsden, Yorkshire Amateur, Campion and Pontefract Collieries. This will now give Town two excellent custodians as Trenerry joins Jamie Hassall who kept goal for two thirds of last season.

The manager has also landed a prime target of his in striker Niah Payne who has played for Peterhead, Spennymoor, Matlock Town, Stafford Rangers and Ossett United.

Also joining the club from Selby Town is another striker or midfielder, namely Roy Fogarty.

According to chairman Chris Lister his manager is now pretty much there, but looking out for an experienced centre-back with last season’s incumbent Jorge Sikora having left for pastures new.

Another player who has left is striker Mo Qasim who has signed for NPL East Division new boys Emley who have been rocked with the departure of Reuben Jerome and Iyrwah Gooden to Bury. Former Brighouse Town, Workington and Ramsbottom United goalscorer Jerome bagged 34 goals in Bury’s NCEL Premier Division title success last term and Gooden bagged 26 goals as well for the Villagers.

Saturday’s training session is expected to draw a good number of supporters keen to see the work that Black and his assistant Mick Norbury have put in over May and June so far in bringing so many new faces and exciting ones at that to the Hove Edge base of the club.

It will be mid-July before the fixtures are out but the first process took place on Sunday when the club sent in their agreement with Emley for the August Bank Holiday Monday and New Year’s Day fixtures.

Town had hoped to also land Bradford Park Avenue for festive fixtures on Boxing Day and Easter Monday but the former Football League club tried for Emley and then went with Pontefract Collieries. Town are now in the hands of the League’s fixture planners and could land new boys Garforth Town, Liversedge or Ossett United for those holiday games.

Town officials have been encouraged by the interest shown from potential sponsors over the past week and will be meeting up with them in due course. Available this season is a company name across the shoulders of the shirt and also on the shorts.

Under 23s coach and committeeman Mark Ellis will represent the club at the NPL  AGM and evening dinner and cabaret evening at the New Hilton in Blackpool on Saturday, June 22.