Bridges Handsome Win

A welcome win for Bridges, although it was Sheppey who saw an effort cleared off the line early in the game. Both sides competed well without creating any decent chances after that before Bridges took a 30th minute lead.

Michael Wilson and Curtis Gayler did well on the right before the latter slipped the perfect through ball to NOEL LEIGHTON, who held off a challenge before turning inside and driving the ball beyond the reach of Aiden Prall.

Prall showed his prowess ten minutes later with a brilliant tip over to frustrate Kieron Pamment, who had struck a beauty from thirty yards. But the half ended with Sam Gale coming close with a free kick from the left.

Pamment showed his excellence seven minutes into the second half when he breezed down the left and delivered the perfect low cross for LEIGHTON to smash home his and Bridges’ second. But Sheppey weren’t ready to submit easily and three minutes later a Bradley Schafer corner was met by WARREN HUGHES MFULA. And the visitors almost added a similar goal, and only a combination of Leo Anderson’s punched clearance and the vigilance of the referee, who spotted a Sheppey infringement, saved Bridges.

It was Assistant Referee Oliver Westgate who then aided the home side when he spotted a handling offence in the Sheppey goal area, and BRANNON O’NEILL dispatched the 78th minute penalty.

The icing on the cake came three minutes into the five added when Gayler laid off the ball to WILSON, who celebrated a rare goal for him with a clinical finish.

Bridges Man of the Match – Noel Leighton.

			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	14	4	5	5	28	14	7	7	48	28	+20	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	Cray Valley PM	15	8	3	4	13	5	4	4	28	13	7	8	48	29	+19	46
	8	Chichester City	15	10	3	2	13	2	7	4	28	12	10	6	43	32	+11	46
	9	Hythe Town	15	8	6	1	13	5	0	8	28	13	6	9	32	28	+4	45
	10	Sheppey United	14	4	5	5	15	8	2	5	29	12	7	10	49	46	+3	43
	11	Littlehampton Town	13	5	3	5	15	5	3	7	28	10	6	12	37	42	-5	36
	12	Three Bridges	15	9	3	3	12	0	4	8	27	9	7	11	43	44	-1	34
	13	East Grinstead Town	14	7	1	6	14	3	3	8	28	10	4	14	29	42	-13	34
	14	Burgess Hill Town	12	3	3	6	16	5	5	6	28	8	8	12	40	42	-2	32
	15	Lancing	14	7	2	5	15	2	3	10	29	9	5	15	37	51	-14	32
	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