Bridges Win Away

An away win in the League, something that Bridges managed just once last season, and a deserved one after a less than auspicious start.
Beckenham’s first decent attack after eight minutes brought them a goal as three defenders were found wanting as EMMANUEL OLOYEDE brought down a cross and drove the perfect shot past a helpless Leo Anderson.
Anthony Adesite was causing all sorts of problems for the visitors in these early stages, but Bridges dug in and began to make some decent inroads into the home defence. Tresor Difika threaded a fine ball through for lively debutant Ethan Archer  to fire just over, and five minutes before the interval the outstanding Harvey Woollard made a hefty challenge against Adesite and sent Kevin Rivera away. Despite being forced a little wide, Rivera ended by setting up CAMRON LAWSON for a neat equaliser.
George Goodwin headed just wide and Jargal Enkh rattled the crossbar as the half ended, but at the other end Rivera was blocked twice, Noel Leighton was just offside as Brannon O’Neill provided an audacious chip, whilst a Lawson shot produced a solid appeal for a penalty.
Anderson made a couple of timely saves as the hosts threatened again, Adesite and Oloyede inevitably being involved, whilst Leighton shot just wide after a good run. But, after 67 minutes, it was Bridges who stole ahead with Difika finding Sam Packham, who interacted with LAWSON before the latter drove into space and hit a lovely curling shot beyond keeper Nick Blue.
Sadly, the excellent Packham was hurt in the build up and had to be replaced, but Bridges continued to dominate with Blue brilliantly tipping over a rasping effort from Leighton before pushing away another good drive by Conner Collcutt.
A rather ruthless performance by Bridges with plenty of good attacking moments brought a well deserved three points on the road.