Connor Brunt scored Ossett Albion’s goal. Picture: Adam Hirst
Ossett Albion were beaten 3-1 at Bamber Bridge in the Evo Stik Division One South.
Bamber Bridge were made to wait for the breakthrough, which came on 48 minutes when Mahoney converted from the spot after Curtis Thompson had been upended in the box.
In a quiet first half, both sides put out early feelers, as Brig’s Lee Dovey was forced into making a terrific save from Adam Jones and the home side’s centre-backs both rattled the Albion woodwork.
Bamber Bridge had most of the play, but struggled to create chances against a well-organised Ossett side, marshalled by captain Jones.
A tactical change by Bamber Bridge paid dividends straight after the interval, as Luke Richardson brought down Thompson and gave referee James Mainwaring no choice other than to point to the spot.
Mahoney slotted the penalty home with ease, leaving Souter rooted on his goalline.
Albion should have equalised shortly afterwards, Connor Bower finding himself in acres of space but shooting horribly over Dovey’s crossbar.
And just minutes later, Brig made Bower pay. Linney dispossessed Ross Hardaker out wide, teeing up Thompson who fired at Souter’s feet.The rebound fell Linney’s way, and the youth team graduate finished from a yard out to score his first goal for the club.
Vasey then got his reward for an afternoon of hard work, glancing home Alistair Waddecar’s cross with a quarter of an hour left on the clock.
Linney could have made it four shortly afterwards, but blazed his shot just over the bar.
The last ten minutes were played at a pedestrian pace, the three points already secured, but there was still time for Ossett to add a consolation, which they did in the first minute of injury time.
Bower played in Brunt who fired low and hard past Dovey to score for the second week in succession.
Ossett Albion: Souter; Dawson (Paraskeva 68’), Paylor, Harrison, Hardaker; Reece (Matthews 56’), Jones, Sharry (Grech-Brookbank 64’), Richardson; Bower, Brunt.
Referee: James Mainwaring
Attendance: 265
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