Young Bridges Claim Local Bragging Rights

Three Bridges finally got a win against a resilient East Grinstead Town in the Isthmian South East Division on a gloriously sunny Saturday afternoon in East Grinstead. The sun beating down on the perfectly manicured pitch set things up for a good game of football between these two football rivalries. Bridges began the day sitting at the top of the league table with East Grinstead being at the opposite end with no points from their opening 4 games.

The game started very brightly for Three Bridges and the ever-lively Kevin Rivera forced Matte Pierson into an early save after just 14 seconds! This would prove to be the pattern for the remainder of the first half with Bridges creating several openings in the first half but just not being able to find a way to get the ball into the East Grinstead net.

Nine minutes into he second half, CAM LAWSON found himself with space inside the box and opened the scoring with his fourth goal of the season. The chances continued to come thick and fast for Bridges with Ethon Archer, Noel Leighton and Cam Lawson all coming close to extending the lead. In previous seasons, Bridges would not have closed this game but this season is proving different. There is a real excitement when Bridges go forward and they did manage to extend their lead on 86 minutes when KEVIN RIVERA beat Matthew Weaire in a race and kept his composure to slot pass the East Grinstead keeper to the delight of the travelling Three Bridges contingent.

Five minutes into the seven added on minutes at the end of the game, Mattew Weaire made amends by grabbing a consolation header from an East Grinstead corner but the revitalised Three Bridges team comfortably saw out the game to record their first win over East Grinstead for a long time.

Bridges remain at the top of the league table after 5 league games but they have played one game more than most of the teams around them so manager, Jamie Crellin, is certainly not allowing anyone to get carried away. However, as pre-season favourites to finish rock bottom of the league, this young Bridges side are certainly turning some heads so far this season with their performances.

			Home				Away				Total
			P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
	1	Three Bridges	3	1	2	0	2	2	0	0	5	3	2	0	13	9	+4	11
	2	Chichester City	2	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	4	3	1	0	11	0	+11	10
	3	Cray Valley PM	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	3	2	1	0	12	6	+6	7
	4	Sittingbourne	2	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	4	2	1	1	8	5	+3	7
	5	Sevenoaks Town	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	2	0	1	9	5	+4	6
	6	Ramsgate	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	6
	7	Hythe Town	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
	8	Ashford United	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	6
	9	Sheppey United	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	8	4	+4	5
	10	Broadbridge Heath	2	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	4	1	2	1	8	7	+1	5
	11	Herne Bay	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
	12	Burgess Hill Town	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1	4
	13	Littlehampton Town	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	1	1	3	6	-3	4
	14	Phoenix Sports	2	0	1	1	3	1	0	2	5	1	1	3	9	18	-9	4
	15	Erith & Belvedere	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	2	2	3	-1	3
	16	Lancing	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	2	1	4	-3	3
	17	Beckenham Town	2	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	4	1	0	3	4	8	-4	3
	18	Horndean	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	3	0	2	1	3	6	-3	2
	19	Merstham	2	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	4	0	1	3	3	7	-4	1
	20	East Grinstead Town	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	4	3	12	-9	0