Bamber Bridge 3-2 Mickleover Sports

The game was Brig's first since Joey Collins left his role as manager in midweek, Neil Crowe and Stuart Barton taking temporary charge.

The hosts raced into a sixth minute lead, after Chris Marlow was fouled around 30 yards out.

Booth stepped up and sent the subsequent free kick into the top right corner on his right foot.

But Mickleover equalised just four minutes later, when an unlucky deflection in midfield looped over Brig's defence and landed in the path of veteran Lee Hughes, who placed the ball past Lloyd Rigby.

James Dean almost gave Brig the lead when Matty Thomson's cross found him free in the box, but 'keeper Otuyo Mohammed made an excellent diving save to deny him.

Then on 26 minutes, Mickleover captain Greg Young powerfully headed home a corner to put the visitors in front.

Brig then began a spell of sustained pressure, Matt Lawlor heading narrowly over the bar from a Chris Marlow cross.

They then equalised on the stroke of half time, Waddecar cutting in from the left before firing the ball into the bottom left corner past the outstretched glove of Mohammed.

That gave Brig the momentum going into the second, and Mohammed was called into action on 57 minutes to push behind Dean's goalbound effort.

From the resultant corner, the 'keeper was unable to hold a whipped cross in and Pablo Mills had to be on hand to acrobatically clear the ball off the line.

Brig were not to be denied from the following corner, however, Waddecar getting to the ball first at the near post and heading the ball into the net on 61 minutes.

Dean's audacious volley with his back to goal then hit the top of the net, before Thomson hit an effort wide of the post.

With three minutes of time added on, Mickleover began to put pressure on the Brig goal but Crowe and Barton's men repelled them to record an impressive victory - their fourth in a row at the Sir Tom Finney Stadium.