ROMULUS 3 BRIGG TOWN FC 0 - EVO-STIK LEAGUE DIVISION ONE SOUTH

MATCH REPORT BY BOB TAYLOR

Brigg Town were without Paul Ashton, George Zuerner and Josh Nichol for their trip to Romulus FC in Sutton Coldfield. There was a violent storm shortly before the kick- off on the all-weather surface, which still proved to be difficult to adjust for the extra bounce. Following a quiet opening from the kick off, Brigg was quickly having to chase the game when the home team scored in their first attack after just five minutes of play. The goal came from a left wing free kick played into the penalty area by Scott Meer, which was partially cleared but fell nicely into the path of THEO ROBINSON to strike a low shot from twenty yards through the crowded goal area into the corner of the net.
With the wind advantage in their favour, the home team put the Brigg defenders under pressure and almost scored a second when Tyrone Amory got ahead of Ollie Fisher but was denied by Jake Turner’s diving save. Brigg gradually got more into the contest and went close to levelling the score from a free kick played to Danny Buttle and crossed into the goal area for Michael Jacklin to meet the ball with a shot at goal pushed against the cross bar by ‘keeper Lewis Exall. The score line remained the same up to the half-time break.
Brigg started the second half with more possession and looking capable of getting something from the game until the home team scored the second goal after fifty-five minutes. A Brigg attack down the left wing broke down and Lee Smith broke free from mid field to send the ball towards his own left wing, which the defenders failed to cut out leaving TYRONE AMORY the opportunity to strike a sweet low shot into the far corner of the net. With Elliot Broughton on for the injured Kieran Mc Caffrey from half time, Brigg continued to push forward but inevitably left spaces at the back for the home team to exploit. A free kick from Anthony Bowsley was played across the face of the Romulus goal without any finishing touch. Jordan Thewliss was brought down outside the penalty area by Liam Francis’ high challenge but Liam Dickens fired the free kick into the defensive wall and the ball was cleared out of the area. Another long free kick from Scott Matthews was just too deep across the goal area and out of play.  Jake Turner then produced a great diving save to deny a left wing shot from Tyrone Amory and then Scot Hellewell took up a forward role as Brigg continued to try to reduce the arrears.  In the last minute of the game, Romulus scored a third goal from a quick counter attack when the ball was again played down their left wing into free space and crossed into the penalty area for substitute JAMES REID to slam it into the back of the net from ten yards out.
Brigg Town:  Turner, Fisher, Matthews, Bowsley, Hellewell, Jacklin, McCaffrey, Dickens, Thewliss, Peers, Buttle; substitute -  Broughton (46) for McCaffrey.
Attendance:  71.
Brigg next face Frickley Athletic on Tuesday night - a re-arranged Cup match after last week’s abandoned game - and follow this up with a home fixture against Market Drayton Town on Saturday afternoon at The Hawthorns.