Top-of-the-Table Bridges Sweep Aside Sevenoaks

Three Bridges continued their march at the top of the Isthmian South East League with a dominant 5–0 victory away at Sevenoaks Town, extending their fine run of form at the summit of the table.

A high-flying Bridges side made the trip across the M25 to face a struggling Sevenoaks Town outfit desperate for points, with the two teams starting the day at opposite ends of the league standings. Bridges were almost handed the perfect start when Noel Leighton was brought down inside the penalty area early on. However, Ben Holden — who had previously boasted a 100% record from the spot — dragged his effort wide, giving the hosts a much-needed reprieve.

Undeterred, Bridges continued to dominate possession and probe for an opener. The breakthrough finally arrived in the 36th minute. Reece Hallard raced through one-on-one with Perrin in the Sevenoaks goal, whose initial save looked to have denied Bridges. Harvey Woollard reacted quickest to collect the rebound, dribbled around the goalkeeper and selflessly squared for Hallard, who smashed the ball home past two defenders on the line to make it 1–0.

The lead was doubled just four minutes later when Josh Hallard delivered a pinpoint corner that was met by a powerful header from Hayden Neathey, sending Bridges into the break with a deserved 2–0 advantage.

Sevenoaks emerged from the interval with renewed energy and enjoyed a brief spell of pressure, but without seriously testing Sam Roberts in the Bridges goal. Any hopes of a comeback were extinguished in the 53rd minute when Josh Hallard’s cross was deflected into the path of Leighton, who reacted instinctively to fire home and make it 3–0.

Bridges’ appetite for goals showed no sign of easing. In the 61st minute, a superb interchange between Ade Adeyinka and Leighton released Hayden Velvick, who produced a stunning left-footed strike into the top corner to extend the lead to four.

The scoring was completed in the 70th minute as Adeyinka capped an outstanding midfield display with a composed finish at the back post, following excellent advantage played by the referee, to make it 5–0.

The final whistle confirmed a comprehensive victory for the league leaders, who recorded a third consecutive clean sheet and have now scored 13 goals in their last three matches.

The result means Three Bridges remain top of the Isthmian South East League, sitting on 51 points from 22 matches, four points clear of AFC Whyteleafe in second place, who still have a game in hand.

			Home				Away				Total
			P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
	1	Three Bridges	11	9	1	1	11	7	2	2	22	16	3	3	64	21	+43	51
	2	AFC Whyteleafe	11	9	1	1	10	6	1	3	21	15	2	4	62	21	+41	47
	3	AFC Croydon Athletic	11	7	1	3	11	7	3	1	22	14	4	4	45	26	+19	46
	4	Faversham Town	11	7	2	2	10	5	4	1	21	12	6	3	48	29	+19	42
	5	Sittingbourne	11	8	2	1	11	4	3	4	22	12	5	5	39	24	+15	41
	6	Merstham	11	5	3	3	11	6	2	3	22	11	5	6	42	33	+9	38
	7	Margate	11	7	2	2	11	2	6	3	22	9	8	5	50	39	+11	35
	8	Herne Bay	11	5	3	3	11	5	2	4	22	10	5	7	39	35	+4	35
	9	Sheppey United	11	7	2	2	11	3	2	6	22	10	4	8	41	45	-4	34
	10	Broadbridge Heath	11	8	1	2	10	2	2	6	21	10	3	8	48	35	+13	33
	11	Jersey Bulls	8	4	4	0	11	4	3	4	19	8	7	4	30	22	+8	31
	12	Deal Town	11	6	1	4	10	4	0	6	21	10	1	10	41	39	+2	31
	13	Ashford United	11	3	4	4	10	4	0	6	21	7	4	10	42	40	+2	25
	14	Hastings United	10	3	2	5	11	4	2	5	21	7	4	10	30	33	-3	25
	15	Crowborough Athletic	10	4	2	4	11	3	1	7	21	7	3	11	31	46	-15	24
	16	Eastbourne Town	11	4	3	4	11	3	0	8	22	7	3	12	27	51	-24	24
	17	Hassocks	11	3	3	5	11	2	4	5	22	5	7	10	28	39	-11	22
	18	Erith Town	10	2	3	5	12	2	5	5	22	4	8	10	29	43	-14	20
	19	VCD Athletic	11	3	2	6	11	2	2	7	22	5	4	13	30	49	-19	19
	20	Sevenoaks Town	11	5	0	6	10	1	1	8	21	6	1	14	28	50	-22	19
	21	Beckenham Town	12	3	3	6	10	1	1	8	22	4	4	14	31	53	-22	16
	22	East Grinstead Town	10	0	1	9	11	1	0	10	21	1	1	19	15	67	-52	4