Disastrous second-half display sees 10-man visitors ship five at Bromley
FC HALIFAX Town boss Pete Wild said it was men against boys after his side were thumped 5-0 at Bromley.
The Shaymen collapsed after a goalless first-half, conceding five without reply and also had Jerome Binnom-Williams sentoff for two yellow cards.
“First-half I thought we contained them well, and we went into the break exactly where we wanted to be,” Wild said.
“And then second-half, you work all week on their threat, which is set-pieces and secondphase set-pieces, and we don’t deal with it, and you get what you deserve. They scored again quite quickly after (their first) which didn’t help. And the red card didn’t help.
“The second-half was clearly not good enough. We saw a display from lads who were second best, they looked like men against boys second-half, and they were by far the better side and deserved the three points.”
Reeco Hackett-Fairchild’s dipping left-footed strike pinged off the crossbar a few minutes before half-time in an otherwise forgettable first 45.
But the floodgates opened when Adam Mekki found the bottom corner when the ball fell to him on the edge of the box.
Then from another Bromley corner, Hackett-Fairchild headed in at the far post.
Bromley’s goals got worse from a Town point of view, with Chris Bush left unmarked to nod in a free-kick from the right in line with the near post.
The Shaymen’s afternoon went from bad to worse as Binnom-Williams was sent-off before a cross was directed into Josh Rees’ path, leaving him with the simplest of tap-ins.
Joe Kizzi then rounded-off the scoring when he bundled the ball in at the far post from a corner.
Bromley: Huddart, Kizzi, Holland, Bush, Wood, Klass, Rees (Henry 84), Hackett, Mekki (Edmonds-Green 71), Coulson, Cheek (Clifton 75).
Subs not used: Najia, Dunne.
Scorers: Mekki (52), Hackett (59), Bush (65), Rees (73), Kizzi (90).
Shots on target: 8; Shots off target: 6
Corners: 5
Halifax: Johnson, Duckworth, Clarke, Staunton, Binnom-Williams, Nolan, Cooper, Maher (Southwell 69), McAlinden (J King 69), Allen (Hanson 76), Sho-Silva. Subs not used: Appleyard, Earing.
Shots on target: 1; Shots off target: 5
Corners: 1
Attendance: 2,215 (165 away)
Referee: Savvas Yianni
Town man of the match: Michael Duckworth