Bridges beat League leaders

Table topping Ramsgate were brought down to earth by a resolute and determined Bridges side, who are living the dream at home despite the nightmare away performances.

Only five points have been dropped from ten games at home, but the first half of this match was fairly even but with neither keeper being over exerted. But it was Bridges who gained the advantage after nineteen minutes when Brannon O’Neill’s corner was met by CURTIS GAYLER, whose fierce shot went past keeper Josh Bexon with the aid of a deflection.

O’Neill did make one goal line clearance, but the half ended with a great run by Kieron Pamment that ended with him shooting just the wrong side of the goal.

Noel Leighton was just wide from a Gayler cross before he then forced Bexon to a good low save, and the feeling was that these missed opportunities might prove fatal, especially when Tijan Jadama found himself free for a close range header. Fortunately for Bridges, the header was tame and easily held by Leo Anderson, just reward for his performance along with his splendid back four.

This 75th minute miss proved invaluable just two minutes later when Pamment produced some magical touches on the left before laying the ball neatly into the path of LEIGHTON, who wasted no time in netting.

A couple of bookings for time wasting were something of a disappointment, but this was an excellent result for the home side overall.

Bridges Man of the Match – Tadley Bromage.

			Home				Away				Total
			P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
	1	Chatham Town	12	12	0	0	10	3	3	4	22	15	3	4	42	22	+20	48
	2	Ramsgate	12	8	2	2	11	6	2	3	23	14	4	5	41	25	+16	46
	3	Beckenham Town	10	8	1	1	12	6	1	5	22	14	2	6	39	29	+10	44
	4	Cray Valley PM	11	7	3	1	10	4	3	3	21	11	6	4	39	19	+20	39
	5	Sheppey United	12	4	3	5	11	7	1	3	23	11	4	8	40	34	+6	37
	6	Whitehawk	10	7	1	2	11	3	4	4	21	10	5	6	35	21	+14	35
	7	Ashford United	12	6	4	2	11	4	1	6	23	10	5	8	39	29	+10	35
	8	Littlehampton Town	10	5	2	3	12	5	3	4	22	10	5	7	33	27	+6	35
	9	Sevenoaks Town	11	7	2	2	10	3	1	6	21	10	3	8	31	24	+7	33
	10	VCD Athletic	12	4	2	6	11	4	2	5	23	8	4	11	30	42	-12	28
	11	Haywards Heath Town	11	4	5	2	12	3	1	8	23	7	6	10	34	46	-12	27
	12	Chichester City	10	5	3	2	10	1	5	4	20	6	8	6	26	26	0	26
	13	Hythe Town	10	4	5	1	10	3	0	7	20	7	5	8	19	22	-3	26
	14	Lancing	12	6	2	4	11	1	3	7	23	7	5	11	32	43	-11	26
	15	Three Bridges	10	8	1	1	8	0	0	8	18	8	1	9	29	29	0	25
	16	Burgess Hill Town	9	3	2	4	12	3	4	5	21	6	6	9	28	31	-3	24
	17	East Grinstead Town	9	5	0	4	11	2	2	7	20	7	2	11	24	31	-7	23
	18	Sittingbourne	10	1	3	6	12	4	3	5	22	5	6	11	22	31	-9	21
	19	Corinthian	11	2	2	7	11	2	3	6	22	4	5	13	19	35	-16	17
	20	Faversham Town	12	2	1	9	10	0	2	8	22	2	3	17	20	56	-36	9