Bridges’ Ten Men Just Beaten

Bridges, celebrating the first game on their new 3G pitch with a crowd of over 300, found themselves on the wrong end of a result as visitors Burgess Hill proved tough opponents, particularly in a first half in which Bridges were reduced to ten men!

The loss of the ball in midfield after 17 minutes led to a close range finish by JOSEPH OVERY, who then added a second six minutes later when he was left completely unmarked on the left side of the pitch.

Bridges tried to respond with Kevin Rivera setting up Hayden Velvick, whose decent effort was well saved by Slav Huk in the Hillians goal. But Bridges were hardly helped after 34 minutes when Hayden Neathey, one of three new signings in the Bridges squad, received a straight red card for a late challenge that effectively halted a goal scoring opportunity. But the expected onslaught failed to materialise as Burgess Hill seemed satisfied with the scoreline and were thwarted by Luke Glover whenever they did make it past the home defence.

A raft of changed by both sides upset the rhythm of the game, but praise has to go to Bridges for not only keeping the visitors at bay but even coming up with the goal of the game in the first minute of added time when a corner fell to BILLY IRVING, who rifled an unstoppable volley into the far top corner of the net.

Bridges Man of the Match – Josh Hallard.

			Home				Away				Total
			P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
	1	Sittingbourne	12	12	0	0	10	7	2	1	22	19	2	1	70	15	+55	59
	2	Ramsgate	11	10	1	0	10	8	1	1	21	18	2	1	61	20	+41	56
	3	Margate	10	4	6	0	12	10	1	1	22	14	7	1	42	19	+23	49
	4	Beckenham Town	10	5	3	2	13	8	2	3	23	13	5	5	52	34	+18	44
	5	Burgess Hill Town	11	9	0	2	8	4	3	1	19	13	3	3	40	22	+18	42
	6	Deal Town	13	7	1	5	11	5	0	6	24	12	1	11	53	48	+5	37
	7	Sheppey United	11	7	0	4	11	4	3	4	22	11	3	8	38	33	+5	36
	8	Ashford United	11	5	2	4	12	6	1	5	23	11	3	9	42	41	+1	36
	9	Merstham	10	4	5	1	11	5	2	4	21	9	7	5	42	35	+7	34
	10	Erith Town	10	6	2	2	11	3	4	4	21	9	6	6	39	26	+13	33
	11	Broadbridge Heath	10	3	1	6	11	6	2	3	21	9	3	9	36	34	+2	30
	12	Eastbourne Town	12	4	2	6	10	4	1	5	22	8	3	11	34	40	-6	27
	13	Sevenoaks Town	12	4	5	3	10	3	1	6	22	7	6	9	40	49	-9	27
	14	East Grinstead Town	10	3	0	7	11	4	4	3	21	7	4	10	29	40	-11	25
	15	AFC Croydon Athletic	11	4	4	3	10	1	5	4	21	5	9	7	35	36	-1	24
	16	Herne Bay	11	5	1	5	11	2	2	7	22	7	3	12	29	49	-20	24
	17	Three Bridges	8	1	1	6	11	5	2	4	19	6	3	10	33	36	-3	21
	18	Littlehampton Town	10	2	2	6	12	2	3	7	22	4	5	13	38	51	-13	17
	19	Lancing	12	3	1	8	10	1	2	7	22	4	3	15	22	48	-26	15
	20	Phoenix Sports	12	3	2	7	11	1	0	10	23	4	2	17	22	56	-34	14
	21	Hythe Town	11	4	1	6	11	0	1	10	22	4	2	16	19	55	-36	14
	22	Steyning Town Community	11	1	3	7	12	1	1	10	23	2	4	17	23	52	-29	10