Bridges Final Game Of The Season

A fairly nondescript end to the season for these two sides. Already relegated Phoenix certainly showed spirit throughout the game, whilst Bridges looked a bit jaded after taking just three points from their final five games after previously looking on track for a possible play off place.

But Bridges can be proud of their season overall. After flirting with the bottom four up until the end of 2024 following a frustrating time playing ‘home’ games fifty miles away on Chatham’s ground whilst waiting for their own 3G pitch to be completed, Bridges began a decent trajectory upwards and they can be proud of their final position of eighth.

Their two best chances of an end to end first half saw Josh Hallard’s header cleared off the line and Noel Fisher just delaying his shot too long, whilst Greg Luer was just wide towards the end of the half.

Dominic Morgan Griffiths had one effort saved at the near post, but it was a clumsy challenge two minutes after the break that led to a penalty comfortably converted by JAMARIE BRISSETT to give Phoenix the lead.

The normally clinical Reece Hallard shot horribly wide from a Hayden Velvick cross, whilst Tyler Anderson finished poorly at the other end after breaking clear.

But Bridges gained a draw after 69 minutes when SAM BULL bundled the ball home from Reece Hallard’s corner kick. And Luer almost won it for the home side late on but was just over once more.

Bridges Man of the Match – Hayden Velvick.

			Home				Away				Total
			P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
	C	Ramsgate	21	19	1	1	21	16	3	2	42	35	4	3	127	38	+89	109
	2	Sittingbourne	21	18	3	0	21	13	5	3	42	31	8	3	117	29	+88	101
	3	Burgess Hill Town	21	16	3	2	21	11	6	4	42	27	9	6	87	42	+45	90
	4	Margate	21	10	9	2	21	15	3	3	42	25	12	5	89	50	+39	87
	5	Merstham	21	11	7	3	21	11	5	5	42	22	12	8	92	62	+30	78
	6	Beckenham Town	21	11	5	5	21	11	3	7	42	22	8	12	89	65	+24	74
	7	Deal Town	21	12	1	8	21	9	1	11	42	21	2	19	92	81	+11	65
	8	Three Bridges	21	9	4	8	21	10	3	8	42	19	7	16	79	76	+3	64
	9	Sevenoaks Town	21	9	7	5	21	8	4	9	42	17	11	14	81	81	0	62
	10	Sheppey United	21	12	3	6	21	6	4	11	42	18	7	17	69	65	+4	61
	11	Ashford United	21	9	4	8	21	7	4	10	42	16	8	18	75	78	-3	56
	12	AFC Croydon Athletic	21	10	6	5	21	4	7	10	42	14	13	15	63	62	+1	55
	13	Broadbridge Heath	21	5	5	11	21	10	5	6	42	15	10	17	68	73	-5	55
	14	Erith Town	21	9	5	7	21	5	6	10	42	14	11	17	72	64	+8	53
	15	Eastbourne Town	21	7	5	9	21	8	3	10	42	15	8	19	56	66	-10	53
	16	Herne Bay	21	8	4	9	21	4	5	12	42	12	9	21	62	79	-17	45
	17	East Grinstead Town	21	6	0	15	21	7	5	9	42	13	5	24	49	91	-42	44
	18	Littlehampton Town	21	7	3	11	21	5	4	12	42	12	7	23	66	87	-21	43
	R	Phoenix Sports	21	7	3	11	21	3	3	15	42	10	6	26	41	86	-45	36
	R	Steyning Town Community	21	3	3	15	21	4	2	15	42	7	5	30	54	102	-48	26
	R	Hythe Town	21	5	2	14	21	1	2	18	42	6	4	32	39	109	-70	22
	R	Lancing	21	5	2	14	21	1	2	18	42	6	4	32	37	118	-81	22