Three Bridges 1st vs East Grinstead Town

Hardly the best advert for the Isthmian League, but East Grinstead shaded it and deserved their three points overall. The margin might well have been higher had they not seen three efforts cleared off the line by a stubborn home defence in a twenty second spell ten minutes before half time, but both teams were guilty of wasting what few genuine chances came their way.

Reece Hallard shot just wide and Connor Tighe saw a volley comfortably held by Luke Glover in the opening exchanges, and then it was a similar pattern with Jabari Christmas firing just over for the visitors and Harvey Woollard being just wide with a fierce drive.

The only goal of the game came after 21 minutes when a low cross from the left was deftly touched home by the impressive CHRISTMAS, and Finlay Lovatt wasted a chance to double the lead soon after.

Finlay Westen, in the Grinstead goal, had not been seriously tested until midway through the second half when he pushed away a cracking drive by Kevin Rivera, but yet another goal-line clearance saved Bridges from conceding again in the closing stages.

The game, which had hardly been fraught with animosity, had an inauspicious finale when both Alex Andrade Filipe and Luke Glover were shown straight red cards for their parts in an unexpected brawl as the referee brought a halt to proceedings.

			Home				Away				Total
			P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
	1	Beckenham Town	6	4	1	1	8	6	1	1	14	10	2	2	37	19	+18	32
	2	Ramsgate	5	4	1	0	4	4	0	0	9	8	1	0	24	6	+18	25
	3	Sheppey United	5	4	0	1	6	4	1	1	11	8	1	2	25	12	+13	25
	4	Margate	6	3	3	0	6	4	1	1	12	7	4	1	23	11	+12	25
	5	Sittingbourne	5	5	0	0	5	2	2	1	10	7	2	1	32	11	+21	23
	6	Burgess Hill Town	6	5	0	1	5	2	2	1	11	7	2	2	23	16	+7	23
	7	Erith Town	7	4	1	2	6	2	2	2	13	6	3	4	23	16	+7	21
	8	Merstham	6	2	3	1	6	3	1	2	12	5	4	3	23	19	+4	19
	9	Deal Town	6	3	0	3	5	2	0	3	11	5	0	6	25	25	0	15
	10	Sevenoaks Town	7	2	3	2	4	2	0	2	11	4	3	4	19	23	-4	15
	11	AFC Croydon Athletic	6	2	3	1	5	1	2	2	11	3	5	3	19	18	+1	14
	12	East Grinstead Town	5	1	0	4	6	3	2	1	11	4	2	5	15	17	-2	14
	13	Herne Bay	4	2	0	2	5	2	1	2	9	4	1	4	15	19	-4	13
	14	Eastbourne Town	5	1	1	3	6	3	0	3	11	4	1	6	15	23	-8	13
	15	Broadbridge Heath	4	1	0	3	5	3	0	2	9	4	0	5	12	17	-5	12
	16	Ashford United	3	1	1	1	5	2	1	2	8	3	2	3	14	18	-4	11
	17	Three Bridges	5	0	1	4	5	2	2	1	10	2	3	5	16	17	-1	9
	18	Hythe Town	6	3	0	3	6	0	0	6	12	3	0	9	10	31	-21	9
	19	Littlehampton Town	4	1	1	2	5	1	1	3	9	2	2	5	17	20	-3	8
	20	Steyning Town Community	6	1	0	5	5	1	0	4	11	2	0	9	11	22	-11	6
	21	Lancing	6	1	0	5	5	0	1	4	11	1	1	9	8	20	-12	4
	22	Phoenix Sports	6	0	1	5	6	0	0	6	12	0	1	11	5	31	-26	1