Three Bridges 1st vs Broadbridge Heath fc

On what was a lovely afternoon at Jubilee Park, Three Bridges hosted a local derby against Broadbridge Heath. Bridges looked to continue their good spell across this winter while “The Bears” were desperate to make amends after the 5-1 loss at home on Tuesday night against the Isthmian South-East leaders, Ramsgate.

Three Bridges started off the game as the better side with Hayden Velvick in particular posing threats on the right wing but struggled to create any clear-cut chances and the visitors grew into the game as the half went on. A largely uneventful half was about to come to an end when a rash challenge by Elliot Hanslow on Eugene Moteane resulted in a penalty for Broadbridge Heath. Even though young Bridges keeper Will Tillman guessed correctly where the penalty will be placed, Broadbridge Heath’s captain Byron Napper made no mistake from the spot and the visitors took the lead in the 3^rd minute of additional time of the 1^st half.

Jamie Crellin looked to freshen up things at half time by giving a debut to the new signing Noel Fisher. Bridges started off better the 2^nd half with a series of attacks but once again lacked the finishing touch. Most of Bridges best work came from Noel Fisher, the ex-Lancing player showing his skills and flair with every opportunity. In the 61^st minute Reece Hallard was brought down inside the box but the referee waved play on. Despite Bridges knocking on the door constantly, Broadbridge Heath’s gameplan worked to perfection and they never really looked in danger of conceding until the 94^th minute when a Reece Hallard corner was met by Noel Leighton’s header at the edge of 6-yard box, but Alfie Hadfield made a superb save to deny him and take the 3 points back to Broadbridge Heath.

A forgettable match for the neutrals ended up in wild celebrations from the visitors who claimed the local bragging rights and secured a 1-0 win.

For Three Bridges follows another local derby next Saturday, when they will make the short trip to East Grinstead.

Man of the Match Hayden Velvick

			Home				Away				Total
			P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
	1	Ramsgate	16	15	1	0	15	13	1	1	31	28	2	1	95	25	+70	86
	2	Sittingbourne	16	15	1	0	14	9	4	1	30	24	5	1	92	19	+73	77
	3	Burgess Hill Town	16	12	2	2	14	9	4	1	30	21	6	3	63	31	+32	69
	4	Margate	15	6	8	1	16	12	1	3	31	18	9	4	57	33	+24	63
	5	Merstham	13	6	5	2	16	7	5	4	29	13	10	6	55	45	+10	49
	6	Beckenham Town	11	6	3	2	15	8	3	4	26	14	6	6	61	39	+22	48
	7	Sheppey United	16	10	1	5	16	4	4	8	32	14	5	13	55	52	+3	47
	8	Three Bridges	15	6	1	8	15	8	2	5	30	14	3	13	58	54	+4	45
	9	Broadbridge Heath	16	3	3	10	16	9	3	4	32	12	6	14	51	55	-4	42
	10	Erith Town	14	6	4	4	14	5	4	5	28	11	8	9	51	35	+16	41
	11	Eastbourne Town	16	5	5	6	15	6	3	6	31	11	8	12	47	49	-2	41
	12	Ashford United	16	6	3	7	16	6	2	8	32	12	5	15	54	58	-4	41
	13	Sevenoaks Town	16	6	6	4	15	5	2	8	31	11	8	12	55	65	-10	41
	14	Deal Town	16	8	1	7	15	5	0	10	31	13	1	17	62	67	-5	40
	15	AFC Croydon Athletic	16	6	5	5	14	2	6	6	30	8	11	11	44	50	-6	35
	16	East Grinstead Town	12	4	0	8	15	6	4	5	27	10	4	13	39	49	-10	34
	17	Herne Bay	16	6	3	7	14	2	3	9	30	8	6	16	36	60	-24	30
	18	Littlehampton Town	13	3	2	8	16	3	4	9	29	6	6	17	47	65	-18	24
	19	Phoenix Sports	15	4	2	9	15	2	1	12	30	6	3	21	29	71	-42	21
	20	Lancing	16	5	1	10	16	1	2	13	32	6	3	23	33	85	-52	21
	21	Steyning Town Community	16	2	3	11	15	3	1	11	31	5	4	22	33	70	-37	19
	22	Hythe Town	15	5	1	9	14	0	2	12	29	5	3	21	26	66	-40	18