Saturday football finally returned to the Brigg area yesterday (Saturday, April 10) following lockdown, with three of our local sides in action within the EC Surfacing Scunthorpe & District League.
In Division One, Barnetby United went down 1-0 when hosting The Butchers Arms at the village's Silver Street ground. Action pictures are featured here, together wtih a match report (below) from Barnetby's Lee Fielden.
In Division Two, Briggensians went down 3-0 on their visit to Scotter United Reserves, while Barnetby United Reserves secured a 4-2 win at Crowle Colts Development - courtesy of goals from Dawid Kotwica, Shaun Clark, Ryan Thompson and Steve McCarron.
Another round of games involving local sides is coming up this Saturday (April 17) to be previewed by Brigg Blog later in the week.
MATCH REPORT: BUTCHERS KEEP BARNETBY AT ARMS LENGTH
A Cole Page goal midway through the first half was enough to settle a close affair at Silver Street as football returned, writes Lee Fielden.
He took advantage as Barnetby gave away the ball in midfield to cut in from the left and fire past Dale Coy for what would ultimately prove the winning goal.
From the first whistle the men from Winterton were the sharper but it was not all one way traffic as chances were created at both ends.
The Railwaymen changed formation at half-time and a stinging volley from man of the match Liam Jordan was tipped over by
Matt Key in the Butchers goal, while at the other end Coy pulled off a stunning one-handed save to keep his side in the game.
As the clock ran down frustration boiled over and O’Callaghan saw red for an off the ball incident and try as they might Barnetby could not breach the Butchers back line which held firm.
