Bacup Borough despite going a goal behind came out on top in this hard fought Roses fixture.

Silsden took the lead on twenty five minutes following a throw in down the Bacup Right, the Silsden defender Jake Mceaneaney got himself on the ball and was unopposed driving into the box before firing the ball over for his midfield team mate Timothy Hird another player unopposed did attack the ball against keeper Max Johnson, Hird got enough on the ball to open the scoring.

Although Silsden were working hard pressing Bacup all over the park, this goal seemed to come out of the blue, Bacup almost equalised when Haydn Paul capitalised on a mistake from their defender before firing his effort across their keeper but agonisingly the ball went beyond the far post, there was further pressure put onto the Silsden defence following good work from Cocks and an equal good run by Williams, players were getting their shots off but several Silsden players were standing tall blocking their efforts and Tommy Turner striking the ball into the side netting when an intelligent pull back or drive across goal would have been the correct decision, with this Bacup went in at the half time break one goal behind.

Typical of Bacup in recent games they have upped the tempo in the second half, it was no different in this game, Bacup were utilising the full area of the pitch and with it they were sharp in their movement and passing, so much so that on fifty seven minutes Haydn Paul latched onto a through ball but was taken down by a challenge that thee Silsden bench described as rash, the Referee had no hesitation in pointing to the penalty spot, up stepped Adrian Bellamy who made no mistake with a well taken penalty kick.

On seventy one minutes Arran Walters replaced Haydn Paul and on seventy six minutes Bacup had taken the lead, this time Daniel Cocks played a quality pass for Tommy Turner to get onto, with still plenty to do Turner ran on and with it turned the clock back with composure coupled with an excellent finish.

On eighty one minutes Josh Lynch was brought into the action replacing Matthew Hampson and on eighty five minutes Martin Cosgrave replaced Tommy Turner, despite Silsden throwing men forward in the hope of salvaging something from the game, Bacup defended resolute and with this got the three points from a hard fought game.

Team: Max Johnson, Gareth Wager, Adam Turner, Lee Oldham, Adrian Bellamy, Davey Luker, Matthew Hampson (Josh Lynch), Kingsley Williams, Daniel Cocks, Tommy Turner (Martin Cosgarve) Haydn Paul (Arran Walters)

Subs Not Used: Ed Williams, Mark Taylor

Goals: Adrian Bellamy 57, Tommy Turner 76

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