More home woe for Brighouse

Brighouse Town's dismal home form continued with a 3-1 defeat to Ossett Town yesterday.
By The Newsroom
Published 27th Dec 2017, 10:00 BST
Updated 27th Dec 2017, 10:05 BST

It was an eighth defeat in 12 Evo-Stik NPL Division One North games for Vill Powell’s side at the Yorkshire Payments Stadium this season.

Brighouse had gone into the game on the back of a 1-0 win away to Skelmersdale on Saturday, when Ossett had lost 6-0 at home to Prescot Cables.

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However, Ossett struck first through Jason Yates on 20 minutes.

Gabriel Johnson, who scored Brighouse’s goal at the weekend, hauled the home side level on 57 minutes but the visitors took a grip of the game through Kai Hancock (50) and Isaac Assenso (63).

Both sides had a played dismissed in the last 20 minutes with Hancock first to go, followed by Johnson with three minutes left.

Brighouse host bottom club Goole on Saturday. Goole drew 1-1 at Ossett Albion in a basement battle yesterday.

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