Shaymen boost play-off hopes with narrow win

GOALS FROM Jake Hyde, Tom Bradbury and Jeff King saw FC Halifax Town return to winning ways at The Shay.

Jake McCarthy briefly levelled the game for Weymouth, but the hosts never looked anything other than comfortable and were good value for the win.

With Billy Chadwick missing due to personal reasons, Jamie Allen started after his international duty with Montserrat, and won Town a penalty after 30 seconds latching onto Jeff King’s lofted pass.

Hyde’s penalty was saved by keeper Ethan Ross, but the Town striker converted the rebound for his seventh of the season.

After conceding from two set-pieces against Sutton last time out, it was particularly disappointing to see it happen again as McCarthy nodded in Sean Shields’s free-kick.

Bradbury then produced an excellent header back across goal from a Town corner to restore their lead before a crucial twogoal cushion was established when King fired home left-footed from inside the box.

Loanee Micah Obiero was handed his debut too – and hit the bar with two minutes remaining – as Halifax controlled the game and Weymouth waned.

McCarthy pulled one back in added time with a superb drive and there was a scare moments later when Dallas fired wide.

FC Halifax Town: Johnson, Byrne, Clarke, Bradbury, King (Obiero 70), Maher, Green, Earing (Spence 76), Senior (Williams 64), Allen, Hyde. Unused substitutes: Renshaw, Woods. Weymouth: Ross, Brooks, Revan, Robinson, Wakefield (Thomson 66), McCarthy, Murray (Leslie-Smith 87), Harfield, Mensah, Dallas, Shields. Unused substitutes: Benfield, Ngalo, Fonkeu.

Referee: Paul Marsden.