Brid 0 Skelmersdale 4 (h)

Another game and by all accounts, another good display that doesn’t do the scoreline justice.

I couldn’t attend due to some very pressing, personal matters. It is at times like this that you realise that football is just an enjoyment factor and that there are other things (or people) that are hugely more important for whom we all take for granted from time to time.

As cryptic as that is, I won’t elaborate much more, after all this is a football forum.

I did get to the Scarborough v Hall Road Rangers game at Queensgate last week to see a few of our old favourites play for HR, messrs Thacker Palmer and Barnwell. The visitors started brightly with Palmer lobbing the boro keeper for an early goal. There was an impressive 386 or so for the game, but for the most of the 1st half were well mooted by the lack of spirit with in the home team. Boro did equalise just after half time if my poor memory serves me right. After Palmers goal, I felt the the old Brid guard pretty much died with their contribution to the game. Having those three in an attacking force for a team at this level, HRR should be pissing this league, but they seemed very ineffectual.

Boro came out with a worthy  3-1 win, probably having a serious bollocking at half time by their boss, Brian France, did the trick, for the second game running.

I hope the casino night in the clubhouse was a success, also a belated 50th birthday greeting to Turnstile man for last week, well done fella.

Brid 1 Wakefield 3 (h) & Brid 0 Westella and Willerby 0 (aet) Brid lose 3-1 on penalties

Brid were at home last Tuesday, but due to family needs I wasn’t able to get to see the game. To be fair, I wasn’t even aware of Tuesdays events, not through lack of interest, but having to make constant treks to Scarborough Hospital, but thankfully all is better in that area.

Today, with domestic issues improving, I was able to make the trip to Queensgate to watch Scarborough take on Rainworth Miners Welfare. A really bad day at the office for Boro as they went down 3-1 to the visitors, leaking two very soft goals in the opening 25 minutes. Rainworth were a real handful in the first half, breaking quickly and putting Boro under plenty of pressure. Boro did have a screamer of a free kick in the first half that came off the woodwork. 2nd half Boro were totally devoid of anything; confidence, enthusiasm, organisation, skill factor etc. Boro did get a lucky consolation late on, but that was just a reward for their efforts towards the end of the game. A tidy crowd of 460sh were probably as peed off as the players were at the result.

Brid took part in Hull against Westella and Willerb in the quarter finals of the East Riding FA cup, after extra time the game went to penalties (Brid ironically missed one in the first half) – and went onto lose 3-1 on pens.