Brighouse exit county cup

Brighouse Town were beaten 2-0 at home for the second time in three days last night.
Brighouse Town v Farsley
  
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Their latest setback came against division-higher Farsley Celtic in the West Riding County FA Senior Cup and followed an Evo-Stik NPL defeat to Trafford on Saturday, .

Celtic have a sprinkling of former Brighouse Town players and two of them had mixed fortunes.

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Midfielder Ben Atkinson got the crucial second goal on 72 minutes, shortly after another familiar face to Brighouse supporters, James Pollard, had been dismissed for a second bookable offence.

It had been a stalemate for an hour, with Town giving an improved performance, before Adam Porritt made the breakthrough for the visitors.

Town return to league action at Radcliffe Borough on Saturday.