Yorkshire Trophy semi-finalists confirmed

Brighouse Town, Golcar United, Liversedge and Penistone Church will compete on Wednesday for the two places in the Yorkshire Trophy Final. Brighouse will host Liversedge while Golcar will welcome Penistone. ‘Sedge booked their slot after coming from behind to beat Nostell Miners Welfare 2-1 at Clayborn. Mitch Dunne and Ollie Fearon scored for ‘Sedge. Golcar  read more→

Brighouse capture defender Nebard

Full-back Matty Nebard has joined Vill Powell’s Brighouse Town. Nebard spent the aborted 2020/21 campaign playing for the Pontefract Collieries under the management of former Rotherham United midfielder Andy Monkhouse. His move to Brighouse reunites him with John Francis who previously managed him at Albion Sports. Brighouse’s side for the 2021/21 season is certainly taking  read more→

Brighouse snap up one and retain two

Brighouse Town manager Vill Powell has made early inroads into his summer squad building plans with the recruitment of one new face and the retention of two players. Midfielder Elliott Harrison has joined from NPL Division One North West rivals Ossett United. The former FC Halifax Town youngster has also played for Ossett Albion and  read more→

Yorkshire Trophy start date moved

Brighouse Town still hope the Yorkshire Trophy tournament will go ahead and they have moved the start-date to May. But a substantial number of clubs – Ossett United, Eccleshill United, Silsden, Thackley, Steeton, Garforth Town and Emley – have dropped out due to the uncertainty over spectators. The original plan was to start the tournament  read more→

Twelve team tournament planned

Brighouse Town have revealed plans for a 12 team tournament in April and May, subject to spectators being allowed to attend. Brighouse, Golcar United, Emley AFC, Ossett United, Penistone Church, Thackley AFC, Steeton, Silsden, Liversedge, Garforth Town, Campion and Eccleshill United are the clubs listed as the ones taking part. The tournament has been pencilled  read more→

Souter signs two-year Brighouse deal

Hemsworth Miners Welfare goalkeeper Brett Souter has joined Brighouse Town on a two-year deal. The move sees the former Ossett United stopper step back up to the Northern Premier League. He is very experienced in the league as prior to his spell with Ossett, he was Ossett Albion’s number one for several years under Richard  read more→

Thomas returns to Brighouse

Brighouse Town have brought St Kitts & Nevis International Zeph Thomas back to the club. Thomas last played for Brighouse as a substitute in the 2019 NPL First Division East play-off final victory over Pontefract Collieries – which although Vill Powell’s men won, they weren’t promoted due to the very controversial rules related to restructuring.  read more→

Last gasp goal rescues point for Brighouse

Thanks to David Foy for this report NPL Division One North West Brighouse Town 2-2 Workington Brighouse earnt themselves a well deserved draw as Javelle Clarke poked home with the last kick of the game at the Yorkshire Payments Stadium.  The Orange Army opened the scoring in the twelfth minute thanks to an unstoppable volley  read more→

Taylor to face old club after Brighouse reinstated into Trophy

Buxton goalkeeper Tom Taylor is to face his old club Brighouse Town in the FA Trophy on Saturday after Kendal Town were removed from the competition. Kendal won 1-0 at Brighouse recently to progress into the third qualifying round. The reasons are unclear, but Kendal have been expelled from the Trophy. It is somewhat some  read more→

Boyle fires Brighouse to first win, while Frickley win by four

Northern Premier League Round-Up Jack Boyle’s first half double propelled Brighouse Town to their first Division One North West win of the campaign and to 2-0 victory over Pontefract Collieries. A ball over the top was eventually laid on a plate for the opener from Boyle in the ninth minute. The second arrived close to  read more→