Bridges Fall Short on the Road Again

The last time these clubs met both clubs were Sussex County League teams and for most of the afternoon this game resembled an old fashioned county league game. Bridges away record before this meeting was 7 losses in 7 away games so it was seen as a great opportunity to pick up their first away points of the season. Three Bridges started brightly and created the first opening after just 2 minutes but failed to threaten the Littlehampton goalkeeper.

Half chances arose for both teams in the first half but neither goalkeepers were called into any meaningful saves. Bridges best chance of the half fell to the captain, Brannon O’Neill whose well struck shot was always rising above the Littlehampton crossbar. Bridges started the second half brightly too with Billy Irving being introduced at half time in place of Dan Ferreria.

However a mistake on 66 minutes in the Bridges defence resulted in Littlehampton’s Luke Donaldson being given some space on the edge of the Bridges box and he duly capitalised by slotting through the legs of Bridges goalkeeper, Leo Anderson, to make it 1-0 to Littlehampton. Normal service resumed for the remainder of the game with neither team creating any real clear cut chances and despite Bridges trying to pile forward in the last 10 minutes, the Littlehampton defence held on to see out the game.

This was definitely not a game for the football purist and with neither goalkeeper being called into any major action throughout the 90 minutes, it was always going to be an error that would decide this game. Worryingly for Bridges, their away record this season is now 8 losses from 8 away games but their home form is nearly polar opposite, winning 6 out of 7 home games.

Bridges Man of The Match : Joe Tennent

			Home				Away				Total
			P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
	1	Ramsgate	8	6	0	2	8	5	2	1	16	11	2	3	33	19	+14	35
	2	Chatham Town	8	8	0	0	7	1	3	3	15	9	3	3	28	16	+12	30
	3	Whitehawk	8	6	1	1	7	2	4	1	15	8	5	2	27	11	+16	29
	4	Cray Valley PM	8	5	2	1	8	3	3	2	16	8	5	3	31	18	+13	29
	5	Ashford United	8	4	4	0	8	4	1	3	16	8	5	3	28	15	+13	29
	6	Beckenham Town	7	5	1	1	8	4	1	3	15	9	2	4	26	21	+5	29
	7	Littlehampton Town	7	3	1	3	9	4	3	2	16	7	4	5	20	16	+4	25
	8	VCD Athletic	9	4	2	3	9	3	1	5	18	7	3	8	27	31	-4	24
	9	Chichester City	8	4	3	1	7	1	4	2	15	5	7	3	19	17	+2	22
	10	Sevenoaks Town	7	3	2	2	8	3	1	4	15	6	3	6	18	16	+2	21
	11	Burgess Hill Town	8	3	1	4	8	3	2	3	16	6	3	7	20	19	+1	21
	12	Sheppey United	8	1	3	4	7	5	0	2	15	6	3	6	21	23	-2	21
	13	East Grinstead Town	8	4	0	4	8	2	2	4	16	6	2	8	20	23	-3	20
	14	Three Bridges	7	6	0	1	8	0	0	8	15	6	0	9	24	27	-3	18
	15	Sittingbourne	8	1	3	4	8	3	2	3	16	4	5	7	18	20	-2	17
	16	Hythe Town	7	2	5	0	7	2	0	5	14	4	5	5	16	18	-2	17
	17	Lancing	8	3	2	3	8	1	2	5	16	4	4	8	18	27	-9	16
	18	Haywards Heath Town	8	3	3	2	8	1	1	6	16	4	4	8	21	33	-12	16
	19	Corinthian	8	1	1	6	8	1	2	5	16	2	3	11	10	27	-17	9
	20	Faversham Town	9	2	1	6	8	0	1	7	17	2	2	13	17	45	-28	8