BRNESC CRASHED OUT OF THE LIVERPOOL CHALLENGE CUP LOSING TO GARSWOOD 5 3 AFTER EXTRA TIME AT MELLING RD .
A BARE BONES BRNESC TEAM STARTED BRIGHTLY AND AFTER 4 MINS DTEVE HOLLOWAY SHOT NARROWLY WIDE AT THE OTHER END A FREE HEADER FROM GARSWOOD FLASHED PAST THE POST AS PLAY WENT END TO END.AFTER 12 MINS THE ALREADY STRETCHED BRNESC TEAMWERE DEALT ANOTHER BLOW WHEN JAY HULME SUFFERED A NASTY EYE INJURY AND WAS REPLACED BY GRAHAM JOHNSON.WITHIN A MINUTE JAMIE ASPINWALL DROVE OVER THEN BAR FROM JUST INSIDE THE BOX
AFTER 31 MINS BRNESC WENT A GOAL DOWN WHEN A GOOD MOVE FROM GARSWOOD ENDED WITH A SHOT INTO THE CORNER OF THE NET AFTER 2 BRILLIANT CLOSE RANGE SAVES FROM MATTY NAGLE THE REBOUND FROM THE SECOND SAVE WAS SIEZED ON BY THE GARSWOOD FORWARDWHILST THE BRNESC PLAYERS WERE LEFT FLATFOOTED,IT WAS A BITTER BLOW AS BRNESC HAD BEEN PLAYING WELL.
AFTER 42 MINS IT WAS 2 0 WHEN JOE PARLE GAVE THE BALL AWAY BETWEEN THE BOX AND THE HALF WAY LINE AMD IN A FLASH IT WAS IN THE NET A GOAL SYMPTOMATIS OF BRNESCS DISPLAYS THIS SEASON.
BRNESC HAD THE IDEAL START TO THE SECOND HALF WHEN THEY SCIRED IN THE 46 MIN WHEN A GREAT RUN BY DAVE WHITNEY ENDED WITH PAUL FINNANS CROSS BEING HEADED IN BY JOE PARLE TO MAKE ITB 2 1
BRNESC WERE IN FULLCRY AND WERE ATTACKING IN WAVES AND STEVE HOLLOWAY NARROWLY HEADED WIDE AND THEN A SHOT FROM JAMIE ASPINWALL BROUGHT A FINE SAVE FROM THE GARSWOOD KEEPER. MATTY NAGLE MADE A FINE SAVE WITH HIS FEET FROM A COUNTER ATTACK BY GARSWOOD,BRNESC WERE PRESSING HARD FOR THE EQUALISER AND FROM A FINE FREE KICK JOE PARLE HIT THE SIDE NETTING WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN 2 2.AFTER DOMINATING THE FIRST 20 MINS OF THE 2 ND HALF BRNESC CONCEDED A 3 RD GOAL WELL AGAINST THE RUN OF PLAY WHEN A LONG HOOF DOWN THE MIDDLE WAS NOT DEALT WITH IN ANY WAY AND THE BALL BOUNCED BETWEEN 3 DEFENDERS AND WAS TURNED INTO THE NET .A BODY BLOW BUT BRNESC STILL PRESSED AND THEIR PRESSURE FINALLY TOLD IN THE 92 MIN WHEN FROM A MICK OBRIEN CONER DAVE WHITNEY BUNDLED THE BALL OVER THE LINE TO MAKE IT 3 3
THE GAME WENT INTO EXTRA TIME AND WITHIN 2 MINS GARSWOODV MADE IT 4 3 WHEN THE BALL WAS HEADED IN AFTER MATTY NAGLE WAS FOULED THE REF ORIGINALLY GAVE A FREE KICK BUT AFTER CONSULTING THE LINESMAN BIZARRELY GAVE A GOAL!!GARSWOOD WERE NOW IN THE ASCENDANCY BUOYED BY THE GOAL AND BRNESC WERE FINDING IT HARD TO REASSERT THEIR SECOND HALF DOMINANCE AND THE REST OF EXTRA TIME THEY WRRE BEING PICKED OFF BY GARSWOOD OM THE COUNTER ATTACK AND WERE GRATEFUL TO MATTY NAGLE FOR SOME FINE SAVES BUT WITH 2 MINS LEFT HE WAS HELPLESS CAS A VISIBLY TIRING BRNESC WERE STRUNG OUT ALL OVER THE PITCH AS GARSWOOD BROKE AND MADE IT 5 3,
GARSWOODV DESERVED THEIR WIN BUT BRNESC ONCE AGAIN GAVE POOR GOALS AWAY AND WHEN ON TOP THEY WERNOT RUTHLESS ENOUGH IN FRONT OF GOAL ONCE AGAIN THEY SHOT THEMSELVES IN THE FOOT AND IT COULD WELL HAVE BEEN BRNESCS NAME IN THE HAT FOR THE NEXT ROUND IF THESE MISTAKES HAD BEEN ERADICATED AND LESSONS LEARNT FROM OTHER GAMES WHEN WE HAD LOST THROUGH OUR OWN MISTAKES.
