Bridges Eight Points Clear

Bridges moved eight points clear at the top of the table, but they know that there are teams with games in hand trying to keep their Cup aspirations alive whilst amassing League points whenever an opportunity arises.

All Bridges can do of course is keep amassing points and 23 from nine games is a healthy return. Having said that, not a lot happened in a cagey first half, where the visitors had an early caution, lost a player with a recurring ankle injury and had a ‘goal’ ruled out for offside.

IBRAHIM JALLOH was making a nuisance of himself down the left flank for Bridges, but he was cautioned two minutes before half time for a late challenge. This just spurred him on as a minute later he received a pass from Kevin Rivera and strode purposefully before hitting a cracking shot past James Binfield.

Jalloh and Noel Leighton both came close in the early stages of the second half, but ten minutes into the second period a ball in from the left evaded two defenders and left GEORGE GASKIN, who had also been booked moments before scoring, with the perfect opportunity to equalise.

Littlehampton’s joy lasted just two minutes as a Brannon O’Neill free kick from the left was headed home at the far post by JALLOH.

Two of Town’s substitutes, Ollie Starkey and Brad Dolaghan, forced Jasper Sheik to two good saves in as many minutes, but after 83 minutes Leighton had a good effort half saved and JALLOH slid in to force the ball over the line for his hat trick.

Ethon Archer came close twice in the closing moments to adding to the score, but a now deflated Littlehampton had been generally well marshalled by a stubborn home defence in which Billy Irving excelled.

			Home				Away				Total
			P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
	1	Three Bridges	5	3	2	0	4	4	0	0	9	7	2	0	27	14	+13	23
	2	Sittingbourne	4	2	1	1	4	2	2	0	8	4	3	1	19	8	+11	15
	3	Herne Bay	4	2	1	1	5	2	2	1	9	4	3	2	18	14	+4	15
	4	Chichester City	3	2	0	1	4	2	2	0	7	4	2	1	14	2	+12	14
	5	Sevenoaks Town	4	3	1	0	3	1	0	2	7	4	1	2	16	14	+2	13
	6	Ashford United	3	2	0	1	4	2	1	1	7	4	1	2	12	16	-4	13
	7	Ramsgate	2	2	0	0	3	2	0	1	5	4	0	1	14	6	+8	12
	8	Hythe Town	4	2	2	0	3	1	0	2	7	3	2	2	14	10	+4	11
	9	Cray Valley PM	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	4	3	1	0	16	6	+10	10
	10	East Grinstead Town	5	1	1	3	4	2	0	2	9	3	1	5	14	18	-4	10
	11	Burgess Hill Town	3	1	1	1	4	1	2	1	7	2	3	2	11	9	+2	9
	12	Broadbridge Heath	5	0	2	3	4	2	1	1	9	2	3	4	13	16	-3	9
	13	Lancing	4	2	0	2	3	1	0	2	7	3	0	4	8	12	-4	9
	14	Horndean	4	1	0	3	4	1	2	1	8	2	2	4	12	18	-6	8
	15	Littlehampton Town	3	2	1	0	3	0	0	3	6	2	1	3	8	13	-5	7
	16	Erith & Belvedere	4	1	0	3	4	1	1	2	8	2	1	5	5	15	-10	7
	17	Sheppey United	2	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	4	1	2	1	10	7	+3	5
	18	Phoenix Sports	5	0	2	3	5	1	0	4	10	1	2	7	13	30	-17	5
	19	Beckenham Town	5	0	1	4	3	1	0	2	8	1	1	6	10	18	-8	4
	20	Merstham	3	1	0	2	4	0	1	3	7	1	1	5	10	18	-8	4