Cray Wanderers FC vs Three Bridges

Toothless Bridges Beaten at Cray Wanderers

Three Bridges suffered a 2-0 defeat away to Cray Wanderers in the Isthmian Premier Division on Tuesday evening, despite making a positive start to the contest.

Bridges enjoyed the better of the opening 30 minutes without managing to seriously trouble the Cray goalkeeper. However, the hosts began to threaten towards the end of the first half, with Josh Hallard producing an outstanding goal-line clearance before Sam Roberts made an excellent save to deny John Ufuah.

The breakthrough came in the 41st minute when Sammie McLeod played Ufuah through on goal, with the forward making no mistake from 12 yards to put Cray ahead.

Roberts was called upon again shortly afterwards, producing another crucial save, before Ufuah somehow missed an open goal from six yards out. Despite that let-off, Bridges went into the interval trailing 1-0.

Cray doubled their advantage in the 59th minute following a corner, with Bayl Spencer-Adams finding space at the far post to convert.

Bridges struggled to find a response, failing to create any meaningful attacking opportunities as the hosts saw out the remainder of the contest. Cray also looked the fresher side despite having played 120 minutes in their FA Cup tie just 48 hours earlier.

One of the few positives for Bridges was the introduction of three Under-18 players, with Lewie Ritter, Oscar Nsobya and Noah Whitehouse all making their league debuts from the bench.

Three Bridges now face another away trip on Saturday as they travel to Welling United, before returning to action next Tuesday evening with a visit to Dartford.

Three Bridges line-up: Roberts, Irving, Neathey (C), Malone, J. Hallard, Adeyinka, Villavicencio, Ferreira, Velvick, Przybylo, Bennett.

Substitutions: Ritter for Adeyinka (68′), Nsobya for Neathey (90′), Whitehouse for Przybylo (90′).

Next Fixtures

Welling United (Away) – Saturday 15:00

Dartford (Away) – Tuesday 19:45