Bridges Losing Streak Continues

Bridges, having only lost twice up to Christmas, have now finished on the losing side in six of their last seven games, but at least they showed plenty of competitive spirit in a game where both their manager and centre forward were shown red cards.

Both sides had debutants in goal, Beau Hudd having to hold onto a Billy Irving header in just the second minute and Nathan Bryson making a good low save a minute later to deny Zachariah Dainkeh Junior.

Noel Leighton received his first yellow card for dissent and shot wide after bludgeoning his way through soon after. He managed to get his head to a superb Ibrahim Jalloh cross but couldn’t get enough purchase to trouble Hudd.

The half ended with two controversial decisions, neither in the visitors’ favour, as first Kevin Rivera was clinically halted by Connor Wilkins, who despite being the last Sheppey man, was only shown a yellow card. And opinions were divided when Bryan Villavicencio slipped a lovely ball through to Nabeel Ghannam, who went over in the box as Hudd challenged. Bridges boss Jamie Crellin felt it was a clear penalty and was shown first a yellow and then a red for arguing with the referee.

A long range effort by Dainkeh went just wide before Leighton then was shown a second yellow for voicing his displeasure at another decision, and when Richard Hamill hit the bar almost immediately, Bridges fans might have expected an onslaught.

But Bridges defended well and also had plenty of attacks of their own, Jalloh seeing an effort held whilst another good run by Rivera from Harvey Woollard’s splendid pass finished with him running out of room as he was forced wide.

The crucial goal came from a very good passing move by Sheppey after 75 minutes with JACOB LAMBERT claiming the final touch, and it could have been worse in added time when Bryson saved Brannon O’Neill’s blushes with a timely block. Jalloh then had another firm shot held by Hudd to somewhat atone for the 6-0 loss his side suffered at Bridges earlier in the season.

Bridges Man of the Match – Callum Donaghey.

			Home				Away				Total
			P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
	1	Ramsgate	12	11	1	0	12	8	2	2	24	19	3	2	68	22	+46	60
	2	Cray Valley PM	12	6	6	0	10	10	0	0	22	16	6	0	54	17	+37	54
	3	Sittingbourne	12	8	1	3	11	6	5	0	23	14	6	3	54	20	+34	48
	4	Lancing	13	7	1	5	11	7	1	3	24	14	2	8	43	35	+8	44
	5	Sheppey United	13	7	3	3	12	4	4	4	25	11	7	7	48	35	+13	40
	6	Herne Bay	12	5	4	3	12	6	3	3	24	11	7	6	47	36	+11	40
	7	Chichester City	13	5	1	7	12	6	3	3	25	11	4	10	48	34	+14	37
	8	Three Bridges	11	7	2	2	12	4	2	6	23	11	4	8	58	47	+11	37
	9	Burgess Hill Town	11	5	3	3	12	3	5	4	23	8	8	7	38	37	+1	32
	10	Ashford United	13	7	0	6	11	3	2	6	24	10	2	12	36	45	-9	32
	11	Sevenoaks Town	12	4	5	3	11	4	1	6	23	8	6	9	38	36	+2	30
	12	Hythe Town	8	3	4	1	10	5	1	4	18	8	5	5	32	22	+10	29
	13	Broadbridge Heath	12	3	5	4	11	3	2	6	23	6	7	10	36	37	-1	25
	14	Horndean	9	5	0	4	12	2	4	6	21	7	4	10	32	39	-7	25
	15	East Grinstead Town	10	2	3	5	13	5	0	8	23	7	3	13	31	52	-21	24
	16	Littlehampton Town	11	4	1	6	12	3	2	7	23	7	3	13	29	50	-21	24
	17	Merstham	12	5	1	6	12	0	4	8	24	5	5	14	35	54	-19	20
	18	Phoenix Sports	12	3	2	7	13	2	2	9	25	5	4	16	29	67	-38	19
	19	Erith & Belvedere	12	3	1	8	12	1	3	8	24	4	4	16	12	53	-41	16
	20	Beckenham Town	12	2	3	7	11	1	1	9	23	3	4	16	28	58	-30	13