Bridges Collapse

What a contrast to last season! From being on the brink of promotion, Bridges now face a relegation battle even at this early stage as they lost at home to fellow strugglers Littlehampton.

The visitors should have taken a fourth minute lead when Charlie Pitcher fired over, but a foul by Archie Burnett three minutes later invited a free kick by Josh Short and a close range finish from SCOTT FABER. Burnett forced Taylor Seymour to a save soon after, but Bridges were struggling to deal with a number of dangerous long balls from the Marigolds.

But they were given a lifeline after 31 minutes when Kevin Rivera was fouled in the box and BURNETT saw his penalty seemingly go straight through Seymour.

Twice in three minutes, Bridges cleared off their line before a 41st minute clearance found NORDIBEK BOBOMURODOV, who sent Seymour the wrong way with a less than powerful shot to give Bridges a half time lead they’d hardly warranted.

Yet another goal line clearance early in the second half should have woken up a lethargic home side, but inevitably Town levelled after 70 minutes with a penalty of their own, calmly despatched by skipper JORDAN LAYTON. And just seven minutes later FABER took advantage of more inadequate defending to soar above everyone to head home from Scott Kirkwood’s corner.

Littlehampton could have made it even worse after 84 minutes when another penalty decision went in their favour, but Kirkwood’s effort was saved by the feet of Luke Glover.

Hard to select a Man of the Match for a generally woeful Bridges performance, but Dan Ferreira worked manfully in midfield along with two more of last season’s successful squad, Harvey Woollard and Kevin Rivera. But some of the newcomers have plenty to do to win over the Bridges faithful.

			Home				Away				Total
			P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
	1	Beckenham Town	2	2	0	0	4	3	1	0	6	5	1	0	19	6	+13	16
	2	Ramsgate	3	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	5	5	0	0	15	4	+11	15
	3	Sheppey United	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	4	0	0	12	3	+9	12
	4	Erith Town	3	2	1	0	2	1	0	1	5	3	1	1	10	6	+4	10
	5	Sittingbourne	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	3	0	1	14	5	+9	9
	6	Deal Town	3	1	0	2	3	2	0	1	6	3	0	3	13	12	+1	9
	7	East Grinstead Town	3	1	0	2	3	1	2	0	6	2	2	2	9	9	0	8
	8	Merstham	1	0	0	1	3	2	1	0	4	2	1	1	8	7	+1	7
	9	Sevenoaks Town	4	2	1	1	2	0	0	2	6	2	1	3	10	15	-5	7
	10	Burgess Hill Town	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
	11	Margate	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	4	1	3	0	4	3	+1	6
	12	Eastbourne Town	2	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	4	2	0	2	6	7	-1	6
	13	Broadbridge Heath	1	0	0	1	3	2	0	1	4	2	0	2	5	10	-5	6
	14	Hythe Town	3	2	0	1	3	0	0	3	6	2	0	4	4	13	-9	6
	15	Herne Bay	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
	16	Steyning Town Community	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	3
	17	Littlehampton Town	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	2	6	9	-3	3
	18	AFC Croydon Athletic	3	0	2	1	2	0	0	2	5	0	2	3	5	10	-5	2
	19	Ashford United	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	2	4	0	2	2	6	12	-6	2
	20	Three Bridges	3	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	3	6	10	-4	1
	21	Phoenix Sports	3	0	1	2	3	0	0	3	6	0	1	5	4	14	-10	1
	22	Lancing	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	3	1	5	-4	0