FOOTBALL ROUND-UP: BRIGG & BARNETBY SIDES IN CUP ACTION

Having recently won the Lincolnshire Senior Trophy, Brigg Town Football Club is in the hunt for more silverware.
The club's Development team beat Grantham Town Academy 2-0 at the EC Surfacing Stadium (Hawthorns) yesterday afternoon in their Balcan Lighting Supplies Lincolnshire League Supplementary Cup quarter-final and will now meet Wyberton in Brigg on Wednesday night in a semi-final (kicking off at 7.45pm).
In the EC Surfacing Scunthorpe & District League yesterday, Barnetby United won 6-1 at Manor Park in Division One. Tom Watson hit a hat-trick, Brendan O’Callaghan scored twice and there was an own goal. Use this link for match report and action pictures...
Barnetby United Reserves, in their final Division Two outing of the 2021/2022 season, drew 3-3 with Ashby Bowl at the railway village's Silver Street venue. Barnetby's goals came from Ross Amner (2) and Greg Brackenbury.
In midweek, Barnetby lost 2-1 to Scotter in the final of the Johnsons Transport Hospital Cup, hosted by the Appleby-Frodingham club in Scunthorpe.


RAILWAYMEN FALL AT FINAL HURDLE

Barnetby lost by the odd goal in three to Scotter United in the final of the Hospital Cup at Brumby Hall on Thursday evening, writes LEE FIELDEN.
Following a nervy start they were indebted to goalkeeper Dale Coy (pictured) who managed to keep Scotter to only a solitary strike in the first half.
The half-time score could easily have been 3-0 or 4-0 to Scotter, such was their dominance.
Following the restart, Barnetby began to come into the game, though they had to be wary of Scotter on the break.
Jake Parker was lost to injury and Popple was replaced by Gunn as Barnetby went 4-4-2 and threw captain Joe Scott up front alongside leading marksman O’Callaghan.
With 10 minutes to go this move paid dividends as firstly O’Callaghan and then Scott flicked the ball on and it found its way to Liam Davies who coolly placed it over the advancing Lawson to level the tie.
It's an old footballing adage that you are at your most vulnerable just having scored, and this proved to be the case.
Straight from the restart, Scotter broke clear and made it 2-1 with an exquisite finish... in off the far post.
Barnetby piled pressure on the Scotter back line which stood firm and they held on to deservedly lift the cup.

Brigg Town's first team having lost to Harrogate Railway in their Division One promotion play-off semi-final on April 16, Harrogate were beaten by North Ferriby in yesterday's decider. So Ferriby accompany champions Hallam into the Toolstation Northern Counties East Premier for 2022/2023.