No fewer than six different goal scorers propelled Brighouse Town to a 7-2 win over Bramhope and the top of the West Yorkshire Division One table.

It was Bramhope who took the lead first on 25 minutes however, with the hosts grabbing an equaliser eight minutes later through Louie Simmons’ first of the season.

The sides went in level at the break and Town manager Luke Haigh was, following on from the disappointing 1-1 draw at Boroughbridge, once more underwhelmed by his side’s performance.

He said: “I wasn’t happy with the first half at all. We didn’t move the ball quickly enough and at times we were too slow and laboured in our play.”

Town boss Luke Haigh with player of the match Tom Brook.

placeholder image — Town boss Luke Haigh with player of the match Tom Brook.

Six second-half strikes gave Haigh the response he wanted with towering centre-back Mike O’Brien putting Brighouse ahead a minute after the break, Oliver Castle got the first of his two on 53 and top scorer Michael Carter netted his eighth of the campaign two minutes after.

Ibrahim Hassan scored his first of the season on 73 minutes for 5-1 and player of the match Tom Brook added the sixth five minutes from time. Oliver Castle doubled his match total and Brighouse’s seventh on 89 minutes, but there was still enough time for the visitors to score a consolation.

Haigh said: “I’m not entirely happy with the goals we conceded and there are things we need to learn from and improve on. We’ll take the positives, address the negatives and move on.

“Credit to the lads, though, because we responded well after half time. We came out with a different intensity, moved the ball quicker and scored some quick-fire goals to put the game to bed against a tiring Bramhope side.

“Our focus now turns to another big home game this weekend against Bradford Park Avenue.”

Brighouse are sitting pretty at the top with six wins, a draw, and two defeats from their opening nine fixtures, scoring 26 goals in the process.