Wednesday, August 31, 2022

BRIGG AREA WILL HAVE SIX SIDES IN THE SUNDAY FOOTBALL LEAGUE


A new team from the Brigg area will soon be kicking off in the Scunthorpe & District Sunday Football League.
Wrawby Millers have been admitted to the well-established competition for the 2022/23 season.
They will competing in Division Three alongside Recoveries FC, who will again be using the Hibaldstow ground.
These teams will be going head to head in Wrawby on September 25.
Ahead of that, the Millers will be at Crosby FC on September 11.
Half the teams competing in Division Two this season will be from our area.
They are: Black Bull, based at Brigg's Wrawby Street pub & sports bar, playing home games at the town's Recreation Ground; Broughton Working Men's, relegated from the top flight, using Broughton Recreation Ground, off Scawby Road; Barnetby United (Sunday), playing at the village's Silver Street venue; and Hibaldstow FC.
There's an early local derby ahead on September 11 when Barnetby will host Hibaldstow.
Our area will not be represented in Division One this season.
League games for teams in the three sections will be supplemented by cup competitions.
The initial home league game for Black Bull will be on October 9 when they welcome Ashby Mill Road to Brigg Recreation Ground. The Bull's last home game is expected to be on March 12.

PICTURED: Black Bull FC in action at Brigg Rec towards the end of last season (images courtesy of Lee Fielden, Barnetby).