Bridges win Local Derby

Bridges ground out victory away to local rivals East Grinstead, who have an impressive record against Jamie Crellin’s team over the years. But the visitors will be disappointed that they didn’t win by a more handsome scoreline, chances being spurned whilst home keeper Matte Pierson had a brilliant outing for his side.

Will Tillman was first to be called into action however with a good save to deny Matt Daniel, but then it became a series of near misses and splendid saves with Noel Leighton, Hayden Neathey and Hayden Velvick all finding it hard to believe they hadn’t scored.

The breakthrough came after 57 minutes when a Reece Hallard corner was met by a powerful header by LEIGHTON, but Bridges just couldn’t find another. Noel Fisher and Velvick brought out more saves by Pierson and Velvick was also just wide. But the homesters then staged a few decent attacking moves of their own and the likes of Hayden Neathey and Sam Bull in the heart of Bridges’ defence had to be at their best to keep chances to a minimum.

The sticky uneven pitch had steadily got worse and the tireless Bryan Villavicencio suddenly pulled up with what looked to be a hamstring injury as the game edged towards its close. But there was still time for Bridges to test Pierson one more time as Elliott Hanslow set up Hallard, who could hardly believe his eyes as the home keeper made yet another excellent block.

Bridges Man of the Match – Hayden Neathey

			Home				Away				Total
			P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
	1	Ramsgate	16	15	1	0	16	13	2	1	32	28	3	1	95	25	+70	87
	2	Sittingbourne	16	15	1	0	14	9	4	1	30	24	5	1	92	19	+73	77
	3	Burgess Hill Town	17	12	3	2	14	9	4	1	31	21	7	3	63	31	+32	70
	4	Margate	15	6	8	1	17	13	1	3	32	19	9	4	61	35	+26	66
	5	Merstham	13	6	5	2	17	8	5	4	30	14	10	6	58	45	+13	52
	6	Beckenham Town	11	6	3	2	16	9	3	4	27	15	6	6	63	40	+23	51
	7	Three Bridges	15	6	1	8	16	9	2	5	31	15	3	13	59	54	+5	48
	8	Sheppey United	17	10	2	5	16	4	4	8	33	14	6	13	55	52	+3	48
	9	Sevenoaks Town	17	7	6	4	15	5	2	8	32	12	8	12	59	68	-9	44
	10	Broadbridge Heath	17	3	4	10	16	9	3	4	33	12	7	14	54	58	-4	43
	11	Erith Town	14	6	4	4	15	5	5	5	29	11	9	9	54	38	+16	42
	12	Eastbourne Town	17	5	5	7	15	6	3	6	32	11	8	13	49	53	-4	41
	13	Ashford United	16	6	3	7	17	6	2	9	33	12	5	16	55	60	-5	41
	14	Deal Town	16	8	1	7	15	5	0	10	31	13	1	17	62	67	-5	40
	15	AFC Croydon Athletic	17	7	5	5	14	2	6	6	31	9	11	11	46	51	-5	38
	16	East Grinstead Town	13	4	0	9	15	6	4	5	28	10	4	14	39	50	-11	34
	17	Herne Bay	16	6	3	7	15	2	4	9	31	8	7	16	36	60	-24	31
	18	Littlehampton Town	15	4	2	9	16	3	4	9	31	7	6	18	53	67	-14	27
	19	Hythe Town	15	5	1	9	16	1	2	13	31	6	3	22	28	72	-44	21
	20	Phoenix Sports	16	4	2	10	15	2	1	12	31	6	3	22	29	74	-45	21
	21	Lancing	17	5	1	11	16	1	2	13	33	6	3	24	34	87	-53	21
	22	Steyning Town Community	16	2	3	11	16	3	1	12	32	5	4	23	36	74	-38	19