Bridges Hit Six

A handsome win for Bridges against a side one place above them with the same slim hope of snatching the last available Play Off place of fifth.

The outstanding Kevin Rivera forced the first good save from Mitchell Beeney, but it was Beckenham who stole the lead after fifteen minutes when LOUIE THEOPHANOUS found himself free in the box to tuck the ball past Will Tillman.

Three goals in a ten minute spell soon altered the shape of things to come though, starting with RIVERA out jumping everyone to send a header onto the far post and in after 23 minutes.
Rivera then turned goalmaker with a nice pass into NOEL FISHER, whose drive went through Beeney’s legs. And it was Rivera again who provided a low cross that was turned home by NOEL LEIGHTON.

Beckenham’s hopes of turning the tables again – they’d come from two down to draw in the corresponding home game last month – took a quick dive, as within two minutes of the second half starting, a brilliant cross by new signing Greg Luer was headed home at the far post by LEIGHTON.

But the visitors quickly responded as a cross from the left was met by a crisp finish by ELLIOTT ROMAIN, who started the season at Bridges and was with Steyning until this month.
More good work by Rivera ended with Fisher forcing a good save, but after 58 minutes a clumsy challenge on Fisher ended with the referee pointing to the penalty spot and BEN HOLDEN never looked like he would miss.

An ambitious long range effort by Mudiaga Wanogho needed a good late low save by Tillman, who also denied Theophanous, but the points were Bridges when a superb through ball by Josh Hallard after 72 minutes was turned home from an angle by RIVERA.

Bridges Man of the Match – Kevin Rivera.

			Home				Away				Total
			P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
	1	Ramsgate	18	17	1	0	18	14	2	2	36	31	3	2	110	29	+81	96
	2	Sittingbourne	18	17	1	0	18	11	4	3	36	28	5	3	104	25	+79	89
	3	Burgess Hill Town	18	13	3	2	17	10	5	2	35	23	8	4	71	33	+38	77
	4	Margate	18	7	9	2	18	14	1	3	36	21	10	5	69	41	+28	73
	5	Merstham	17	10	5	2	18	8	5	5	35	18	10	7	75	51	+24	64
	6	Beckenham Town	15	8	5	2	18	9	3	6	33	17	8	8	73	52	+21	59
	7	Three Bridges	18	9	1	8	17	9	3	5	35	18	4	13	73	60	+13	58
	8	Sevenoaks Town	18	8	6	4	17	7	2	8	35	15	8	12	67	68	-1	53
	9	Sheppey United	18	10	2	6	18	4	4	10	36	14	6	16	58	59	-1	48
	10	Ashford United	18	8	3	7	18	6	3	9	36	14	6	16	61	64	-3	48
	11	Erith Town	17	7	5	5	18	5	6	7	35	12	11	12	59	49	+10	47
	12	Deal Town	18	9	1	8	17	6	1	10	35	15	2	18	71	73	-2	47
	13	Broadbridge Heath	18	3	5	10	18	9	5	4	36	12	10	14	57	61	-4	46
	14	East Grinstead Town	16	6	0	10	18	7	5	6	34	13	5	16	44	65	-21	44
	15	AFC Croydon Athletic	18	7	6	5	17	3	7	7	35	10	13	12	51	56	-5	43
	16	Eastbourne Town	18	5	5	8	18	6	3	9	36	11	8	17	49	63	-14	41
	17	Herne Bay	18	6	4	8	17	4	4	9	35	10	8	17	47	65	-18	38
	18	Littlehampton Town	18	5	3	10	18	3	4	11	36	8	7	21	57	79	-22	31
	19	Phoenix Sports	18	5	3	10	17	3	2	12	35	8	5	22	35	78	-43	29
	20	Hythe Town	18	5	2	11	18	1	2	15	36	6	4	26	32	84	-52	22
	21	Lancing	18	5	1	12	18	1	2	15	36	6	3	27	34	97	-63	21
	22	Steyning Town Community	18	2	3	13	18	3	1	14	36	5	4	27	39	84	-45	19