Brigg Town Football Club climbed to second in the table following a welcome first team win yesterday (Saturday, November 6).
Town triumphed 4-2 when hosting South Yorkshire side Swallownest at the EC Surfacing Stadium (Hawthorns).
Scott Phillips managed a hat-trick for the Zebras, who also benefited from an own goal.
Swallownest took the lead midway through the first half and it was 1-1 at half-time
The crowd for this ToolStation Northern Counties East Division One fixture was 216 - comfortably the biggest gate of the day in Division One where eight other fixtures were played.
Brigg are three points behind leaders North Ferriby - both teams having played 16 of their 40 scheduled league games.
Securing promotion back to the Premier is the main aim for the Zebras in the 2021/22 season.
The picture seen top left above - courtesy of Brigg supporter Simon Fisher - shows the players prior to kick-off - Brigg being in the black and white strip.
Brigg Town Development and Briggensians both exited the Lincolnshire Junior Cup yesterday, following home ties.
At Brigg Recreation Ground, Briggensians went down 7-1 to Fulbeck United - Jamie Ryder netting for our local side.
With the Hawthorns being used by the first team, Brigg Town Development's match against Scotter United was switched to Scawby, where the visitors from West Lindsey won 2-1.
Barnetby United won 8-0 away to Manor Park in a Johnsons Transport Hospital Cup Group B game. Brendan O’Callaghan scored five times, Joe Scott twice and Harry Finnis was also on target. The match report below and action pictures seen here come courtesy of Lee Fielden (Barnetby in black & white).
In EC Surfacing Scunthorpe & District Division Two, Barnetby United Reserves lost 2-1 at home to to New Holland Villa at Silver Street - Terry Carolan netting for Barnetby in an encounter between local railway villages.
Briggensians Reserves did not have a fixture in Division Three yesterday.
2 OUT OF 2 IN HOSPITAL CUP FOR BARNETBY
The Railwaymen made it back-to-back wins in Group B of the Hospital Cup with an 8-0 win away at Manor Park, writes Lee Fielden..
Joe Scott made it 1-0 on 17 minutes with a header from a corner after missed chances galore that could have seen the game out of sight.
Manor Park battled away though and it wasn’t until the 39th minute their defence was breached again. O’Callaghan chased a lost cause into the corner before forcing his way into the box and finishing right footed.
A minute later and Liam Jordan clipped a ball into O’Callaghan 18 yards out; he chested, then hit a volley in off the underside of the bar to make it 3-0.
O’Callaghan then completed a 4-minute hat-trick when Harry Finnis fed him through to make it 4-0.
Finnis himself made it 5-0 on 47 minutes from a tight angle following great work down the left.
Substitute Chris Bradley’s bursting run into the box on 74 minutes saw him brought down, and O’Callaghan rolled home the penalty for his 4th of the day.
O’Callaghan’s corner on 87 minutes was met by skipper Joe Scott’s trusted head for his 8th of the season to make it 7-0; and when a fabulous right wing centre from Ryan Jordan was swept home by O’Callaghan for his 5th and Barnetby’s 8th, the scoring was finished.