Brown pleased with tally
JAMES Brown admits he feared
a final day disaster after his
Hartlepool United side started
the day by conceding two early
goals.
But, with the season seconds
away from closing, the striker's
13th goal of the season earned
a 2-2 draw at Walsall.
Brown's goals and talent put
him in the frame to win the
player of the year award at
tomorrow's presentation
evening, and the Tynesider is
looking forward to a summer
of rest once the event is over.
"We've come back well from
going 2-0 down pretty early in
the game,'' he admitted.
"We scored a late goal, which
a lot of teams have done to us
this season.
"I didn't know what was
happening at 2-0 down, I
thought we were going to get a
hiding, but the lads were great
and we could have won the
game.
"We had enough chances in
the second half but we are
happy with a draw.''
He added: "I'm a bit of a
mixture of being happy and
disappointed with my own
season.
"At the start I played well
and obviously the injury didn't
help halfway through, I think I
missed about 12 games.
"It's something you don't
want, especially when I've been
injured before and missed a lot
of games.
"But I've come back and
scored a couple more goals, so
overall I'm pretty happy.
"I will be taking it very easy
in the summer, putting my legs
up and not looking at football
for a while and I will just
relax.''
He added: "We had nothing
to play for on Saturday, just
pride, and a lot of people would
have thought at 2-0 down we
would have thrown the towel
in.
"But it shows that we still
care because we battled that
well and got a point.
"We have had a bit of stick
pretty much all through the
season, I think. Obviously it
was nice to give the fans a
point on the final day.
"It's been frustrating overall
for us because we know we
have definitely got enough in
the changing room to push up
in the top half and challenge
for things.
"But because of a number of
things it hasn't quite happened
this season.
"Hopefully we can push on
next season and do well - the
platform is there.
"People have got to
remember that we just got
promoted last season.
"We started the season off
well and a lot of people
thought Hartlepool were
capable of promotion.
"Then we lost a few games
and people started getting on
our back. But I'm sure we will
be back next season and do
well.''
9:47am Monday 5th May 2008
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