Tuesday, April 28, 2009

FIREMEN RISE TO CHALLENGE

There was shock of sorts during week eight of the Back’o’TheNet Brigg Five a-Side Football League as strugglers Brigg Fire Brigade stole a point from leaders The Aces in a thrilling 3-3 draw.
Danny Wraith strengthened his grip on the Golden Boot award with another two goals taking his seasons tally to a whopping 16, Matthew Harrison added to this but the Fire Brigade showed steely determination - and goals from Francis, Barnett and Chris doubled the Brigade’s points total for the season.
With Brigg Alliance unable to compete due to other football commitments, the Fire Brigade had to endure another 24 minutes – this time against The Marras, but on this occasion tiredness took its toll as The Marras ran out comfortable 4-1 winners with a fine hat-trick from Gibbons and a sixth of the season for Phil Cole. Tom Francis hit Brigade’s consolation goal.
Grumpy Old Men’s charge up the table continued to gather pace as they impressively beat Benchwarmers 6-2. Kevin Turner and Darren Jordan managed a brace a piece and there were also goals from Steve Raynor and a fifth of the season for Stuart Tindall. Marley Davis scored twice for Benchwarmers, registering his third and fourth goals of the season.
Finally, Hardly Athletic rediscovered that winning feeling as they scraped a 1-0 victory against Dynamo Chicken Kiev. In a tense affair, a solitary strike from Fielding was enough to condemn Chicken to their sixth defeat of the season and keep Hardly sitting in mid table.
Surely now they will be looking for Darren Britcliffe to rediscover his amazing early season form in front of goal.

APRIL 22 SCORES

BENCHWARMERS 2 v 6 GRUMPY OLD MEN
THE ACES 3 v 3 BRIGG FIRE BRIGADE
THE MARRAS 4 v 1 BRIGG FIRE BRIGADE
HARDLY ATHLETIC 1 v 0 DYNAMO CHICKEN KIEV

TOMORROW'S FIXTURES

GRUMPY OLD MEN v THE MARRAS 18.30
BRIGG ALLIANCE v BRIGG FIRE BRIGADE 19.00
DYNAMO CHICKEN KIEV v BENCHWARMERS 19.30
HARDLY ATHLETIC v THE ACES 20.00

HOT SHOTS

DANNY WRAITH THE ACES 16
JAMIE RODGERS BRIGG ALLIANCE 10
CHRIS RIDLEY THE ACES 8
DARREN BRITCLIFFE HARDLY ATHLETIC 7
KEV GOODSON THE ACES 6
ANDREW MORRIS THE MARRAS 6
BEN STOTHARD BRIGG ALLIANCE 6
PHIL COLE THE MARRAS 6


HOW THEY STAND

THE ACES 9 7 1 1 45 15 +30 22
BRIGG ALLIANCE 8 6 1 1 44 17 +27 19
THE MARRAS 8 5 2 1 26 13 +13 17
GRUMPY OLD MEN 9 3 3 3 20 27 -7 12
HARDLY ATHLETIC 9 2 5 2 17 19 -2 11
BENCHWARMERS 8 2 3 3 16 25 -9 9
DYNAMO CHICKEN 9 1 1 6 16 47 -31 4
BRIGG FIRE BRIGADE 10 0 2 8 23 44 -21 2

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