Whitehawk vs Three Bridges 1st Match Report
After a relatively quiet first half, this game exploded in the 63rd minute when a foul by Jamie Splatt on Bryan Villavicencio ended in a mass brawl which saw Splatt, Joe Stone and Noel Leighton all shown red cards after the referee consulted his two assistants.
Alex Laing, playing against one of his many former clubs, drove over for Whitehawk early on and looked their most dangerous player in the first twenty minutes. It needed a great challenge by Stone as a low cross by Splatt came in, but Bridges responded with Curtis Gayler’s free kick being met by Leighton, whose header was just wide.
But after twenty minutes a poor ball by home keeper Nathan Stroomberg-Clarke gave NOEL LEIGHTON the perfect opening to score what somehow proved to be the only goal of the game!
Mitch Bromage tipped over a good effort from Splatt and Tegan Freeman was wide from the resulting corner. But Hawks, with Laing leading the way, left the field at half time complaining that they should have had a penalty.
A cross by Gayler saw Dan Perry come close at the near post before Leighton headed wide, and after 56 minutes Callum Chesworth broke away only to see his shot cannon off the crossbar. The sendings off gave Whitehawk momentary optimism and Bromage had to make a good block to deny Leon Redwood.
Gayler had a free kick just about parried by Stroomberg-Clarke, but it was Bridges defence who earned most of the plaudits by now. Both Ryan Brackpool and James Young were immense in the heart of the back line, whilst Bromage made a string of excellent saves.
Another silly sending off for Alex Malins meant both sides only had nine men, but it got even worse for the visitors when Villavicencio also received a red card as he lost his footing and caught Redwood on the half way line.
Bromage made two more great saves to deny Henry Muggeridge, who also hit the bar, and Mohammed Kamara, but with virtually the last kick of the game Gayler wasted a chance to double the score when he blazed over the bar from thirty yards after the keeper was caught out of his goal!
Bridges Man of the Match – Mitch Bromage.
TerraPura Ground (Whitehawk)
Three Bridges
| Game Statistics | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 2 | Red cards | 2 |
| 0 | Corner Kick | 0 |
| 0 | Saves | 0 |
| 0 | Shots on Goal | 0 |
| 0 | Shots | 0 |
| OFF |
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2 |
| F |
|
0 |
| SH |
|
0 |
| 2 |
|
OFF |
| 0 |
|
F |
| 0 |
|
SH |
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