Bridges at Hythe

A late goal earned Bridges a precious point on a bumpy pitch that did neither side any favours, although Hythe will wonder how they didn’t manage to make it 25 points from their last nine games. The home side currently sit at the top of the form table, but like the visitors they found it tough to play much attractive football on such imperfect playing conditions.

Hythe certainly had the better of the first half with a series of corners and long throws, but it was Bridges who came nearest to opening the scoring on the half hour when Gianni Ashley managed to squeeze the ball through to Kieron Pamment, who was denied by the post.

Leo Anderson made three excellent saves to deny Shad Ngandu, Johan Caney-Bryan and Marvin Hamilton, but Steve Phillips also had to be alert to save at the feet of Curtis Gayler.

Bridges started the second half looking more positive, so it was ironic that Hythe went ahead after 51 minutes when Frannie Collin’s corner was met at the near post by the head of LIAM SMITH.

But Hythe failed to move on from there and were frustrated by a resolute Bridges back line. There were half chances at both ends before Billy Irving put the ball into the danger area after 88 minutes. The ball cannoned around the goalmouth before CAMRON LAWSON drove it goalwards only for it to hit three Hythe defenders being one of their attempted clearances went past Phillips for an equaliser that stunned home and away supporters alike.

And there was almost a dramatic winner when Irving’s cracking 30 yard volley went just the wrong side of the post. But that was probably asking a little too much in a game that won’t stay long in the memory.

Bridges Man of the Match – Joe Tennent.

		Home				Away				Total
			P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
	1	Ramsgate	15	10	3	2	14	7	4	3	29	17	7	5	54	34	+20	58
	2	Chatham Town	15	12	3	0	13	4	3	6	28	16	6	6	46	28	+18	54
	3	Beckenham Town	14	9	3	2	15	7	1	7	29	16	4	9	47	37	+10	52
	4	Whitehawk	14	10	2	2	13	4	5	4	27	14	7	6	47	24	+23	49
	5	Ashford United	15	7	6	2	14	6	2	6	29	13	8	8	48	34	+14	47
	6	Sevenoaks Town	14	8	3	3	14	6	2	6	28	14	5	9	44	32	+12	47
	7	Hythe Town	15	8	6	1	13	5	0	8	28	13	6	9	32	28	+4	45
	8	Cray Valley PM	15	8	3	4	12	4	4	4	27	12	7	8	45	29	+16	43
	9	Chichester City	14	9	3	2	13	2	7	4	27	11	10	6	39	31	+8	43
	10	Sheppey United	14	4	5	5	14	8	2	4	28	12	7	9	48	42	+6	43
	11	Littlehampton Town	13	5	3	5	15	5	3	7	28	10	6	12	37	42	-5	36
	12	East Grinstead Town	13	7	1	5	14	3	3	8	27	10	4	13	29	39	-10	34
	13	Burgess Hill Town	12	3	3	6	16	5	5	6	28	8	8	12	40	42	-2	32
	14	Lancing	14	7	2	5	15	2	3	10	29	9	5	15	37	51	-14	32
	15	Three Bridges	14	8	3	3	12	0	4	8	26	8	7	11	39	43	-4	31
	16	VCD Athletic	15	4	4	7	14	4	3	7	29	8	7	14	35	52	-17	31
	17	Sittingbourne	13	3	4	6	15	4	5	6	28	7	9	12	31	34	-3	30
	18	Haywards Heath Town	14	4	6	4	14	3	2	9	28	7	8	13	36	57	-21	29
	19	Corinthian	13	2	2	9	15	2	5	8	28	4	7	17	22	43	-21	19
	20	Faversham Town	14	3	2	9	15	1	4	10	29	4	6	19	31	65	-34	18