Brighouse Town 1-1 Steels

Stocksbridge Park Steels held on to claim a 1-1 draw against Brighouse Town despite being reduced to ten men.

Brighouse had the better of the play for the early part of the first half. They created half chances but the Steels defence remained firm, with a decent volley from Jack Normanton being well blocked. However, while Brighouse had a lot of the ball, they did struggle to create many clear cut chances.

In a change to how the season has gone, Stocksbridge got one chance and then one goal. Tom Charlesworth’s throw-in found Luke Rawson in the box. He had his back to goal but was able to turn and with the snap shot, found the bottom corner to put Stocksbridge ahead.

In the second half, the game would completely change on a bizarre incident. Ross Goodwin and Luke Hogg would run into each other, seemingly because of a push from one of the Brighouse defenders. After Hogg received treatment, he said something that the referee took a disliking to. Hogg was given his second yellow, and his marching orders.

Brighouse threw on some attackers to take advantage of the extra man and after a period of domination, it paid off. A ball was played into the box and Harry Garman went for it. However, Mohamed Qasim got to it first and was able to volley home.

Eventually, Stocksbridge were able to settle down with ten men and certainly made their case to win the game. Charlie Oglesby had a header that was cleared off the line before a few minutes later Jack Watson went clear only for Jamie Hassall to make a key save.

There were two key chances for either side before the end. Joshua Dacre had a strike for the first team when Garman was in no man’s land but Jack Tinker made a brilliant clearance off the line to keep the game level. At the other end, Alex O’Connor tried to curse his former team but didn’t get the curl on his finish right and it went straight at Hassall. Both teams would have to be happy with a point.