Bridges Lose at Merstham

Bridges’ run of six successive wins came to a halt on a cold Tuesday evening, and yet they had been the better side for most of the first half and led 2-1 at the interval.

But they had to hit back after conceding in the very first minute when Emmanuel Robe for one got the better of Josh Hallard on the left and provided the perfect cross for KORREY HENRY to head home the first of a well earned hat trick on the night.

Bridges looked set to level after twenty minutes when Kevin Rivera did well to lay the ball off for Reece Hallard, chose shot was goalbound until a defender cleared off the line.

Bridges were dominating without really testing former keeper James Shaw, but just as half time loomed, HAYDEN VELVICK spun onto a loose ball and drove home. And there was still time for Noel Leighton to set up HARVEY WOOLLARD to calmly sidefoot home for an unexpected interval lead.

Merstham came out looking sharper after the break and in HENRY they had the game’s most dangerous player. Ha forced Finn Holter to an early save before latching on to a low cross from the right on 55 minutes for the equaliser.

Three minutes later he set up Finlay Johnson for what looked a sure goal until somehow it hit the post, but HENRY himself was not to be denied as he took a through ball in his stride to hit a 77^th minute winner.

Bridges meanwhile were left to rue an offside decision against Laighton after Shaw had spilled Josh Hallard’s brilliantly struck free kick. But all good things come to an end, and Bridges must quickly get back to winning ways.

Bridges Man of the Match – Sam Bul

			Home				Away				Total
			P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
	1	Ramsgate	14	13	1	0	13	11	1	1	27	24	2	1	83	22	+61	74
	2	Sittingbourne	14	14	0	0	13	8	4	1	27	22	4	1	87	18	+69	70
	3	Burgess Hill Town	13	11	0	2	13	8	4	1	26	19	4	3	57	29	+28	61
	4	Margate	13	4	8	1	14	12	1	1	27	16	9	2	51	27	+24	57
	5	Sheppey United	15	10	1	4	13	4	4	5	28	14	5	9	51	43	+8	47
	6	Merstham	12	5	5	2	15	7	4	4	27	12	9	6	52	43	+9	45
	7	Beckenham Town	10	5	3	2	14	8	2	4	24	13	5	6	52	39	+13	44
	8	Deal Town	15	8	1	6	14	5	0	9	29	13	1	15	61	61	0	40
	9	Three Bridges	13	5	1	7	14	7	2	5	27	12	3	12	51	52	-1	39
	10	Sevenoaks Town	15	6	5	4	13	5	1	7	28	11	6	11	51	57	-6	39
	11	Erith Town	13	6	3	4	13	4	4	5	26	10	7	9	46	32	+14	37
	12	Ashford United	14	5	3	6	15	6	1	8	29	11	4	14	49	55	-6	37
	13	Eastbourne Town	15	5	4	6	13	5	2	6	28	10	6	12	45	48	-3	36
	14	Broadbridge Heath	14	3	2	9	13	7	2	4	27	10	4	13	45	47	-2	34
	15	AFC Croydon Athletic	15	5	5	5	12	2	6	4	27	7	11	9	43	47	-4	32
	16	East Grinstead Town	10	3	0	7	14	6	4	4	24	9	4	11	36	45	-9	31
	17	Herne Bay	14	6	2	6	13	2	2	9	27	8	4	15	34	57	-23	28
	18	Lancing	15	5	1	9	14	1	2	11	29	6	3	20	33	71	-38	21
	19	Littlehampton Town	12	2	2	8	15	2	4	9	27	4	6	17	42	64	-22	18
	20	Phoenix Sports	14	4	2	8	13	1	1	11	27	5	3	19	26	64	-38	18
	21	Steyning Town Community	14	2	3	9	14	2	1	11	28	4	4	20	31	65	-34	16
	22	Hythe Town	13	4	1	8	12	0	1	11	25	4	2	19	22	62	-40	14

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