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Re: Pyramid Patrol 2021/22
« Reply #15 on: Tue 24 Aug 2021 21:47 »
Brighouse Town have a record of exiting every cup competition at the earliest possible opportunity - on occasions to (even) lower-ranked sides. Last year they excelled, by forcing extra time, before losing to Runcorn Town. This year, there was to be no extra time and they only went down to Shildon through a goal five minutes into added time. The upside was that the scheduled league match was able to go ahead on

Monday 23rd August 2021
NPL East
Brighouse Town   2   v   2   Sheffield
Jack Hall (Sheffield); James Gallagher, Luca Caggiano.

It is some time since JCFC has had a chance to watch Mr Hall in action once more and it would not have been easy to recognise him, as both physically and in style he seemed to have changed.

Sheffield got off to the best of starts, going ahead in the second minute, and looking fast and sharp. Gradualoly, though, Brighouse fought their way back into the game and Sheffield began to rely on long balls for attackers to chase. THe home keeper made his views known too freely on 25 minutes and received a very firm word from Mr Hall.

The second half was one of consistent Brighouse dominance (not a phrase one can often use) but on 70 minutes a Sheffield attacker found himself in possession in the uncharted territory of the Brighouse half. A defender gave chase into the penalty area, putting in a tackle as the home keeper arrived to clatter them both. Mr Hall had got himself into an ideal position and awarded the penalty. The view from the stand was that it was given against the keeper, and as such was correct, though needless to say the keeper was not of that opinion. The kick was taken, the keeper parried but another attacker was first to the rebound to double Sheffield's lead. This situation lasted just over a minute before the hard-working Brighouse striker bundled the ball into the net following a free-kick. Sheffield were desperate to hang on to what they had and began to break up play through a succession of petty fouls. JCFC and Mr Hall decided simultaneously that there had been enough of this and the next offender received a warning that served as a more general message. It was a Brighouse defender, though, who correctly received the game's first yellow for a foul, with Sheffield receiving one of their own on 88 minutes. The board went up to show 4 minutes to be added. With just seconds left, Sheffield made a substitution - and suffered when Brighouse scrambled an equaliser in the additional time. The draw was the least the home side deserved on the balance of the play.

It was good to have the company of a knowledgeable ex-referee friend once again after so long. His comments on Mr Hall were:
Quarter-time: "The referee's very calm."
Half-time: "The referee's been pretty good - He's got most things right."
Towards the end: "He's done well. It's not been a hard match, but if I were assessing him I'd be very pleased."
There was no comment at the end, what with rejoicing at the late equaliser and needing to claim his raffle prize - a bottle of wine from Halifax Pest Control. Château Warfarin, anyone?

For JCFC, who knows less about these things, but has greatly enjoyed Mr Hall's work in the past, it was a more understated form of control, but it was very effective, with the necessary change of tone at just the right moment. It is almost tempting to head to Liversedge this coming Saturday.
« Last Edit: Tue 24 Aug 2021 21:51 by JCFC »
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