Bridges stone the Crows for big win
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THREE Bridges managed to overcome incredible odds following a two-week lay-off due to the wintry weather.
Manager Paul Faili said it was a massive game, especially with key players missing and the frustration of losing two weeks to the weather.
He said: “It was a case of getting the season started again. No-one wanted to drop out of the top-five.
“We also had four top players out, so this was a really good win. we worked hard.”
Bridges are currently fifth, and although they trail leaders Rye by 14-points, have six games in hand.
They got straight on the front foot from kick-off and showed their intentions.
The hosts started brightly, and were on the front foot early on. And the impressive Elliott Romain could have put them in front from a fourth minute corner, but his shot went wide. For the next ten minutes it was one-way traffic and but for the final ball in the last third of the pitch you forgot there were two teams on the pitch.
Eventually Crowborough got forward and a blistering shot from Mike Culverhouse scraped the bar and went over and out.
Another corner for Bridges saw Charlie Cooke send over a dangerous cross which Abu Touray should have converted but some how sent the ball over the bar.
Dean Carden playing in an unaccustomed left back position tried to play himself out of trouble in the box and lost possession, which allowed Scott Taylor a shot on goal only to be saved by Simon Lehkj on the line.
Bridges gained a free-kick just on the edge of the box which Lee Carney swung in, the ball bobbled around in the box and was cleared out to the edge of the six-yard area to find Andy Howard who shot on the volley and straight into the roof of the net.
Just before the break Romain who was a pain to the Crowborough defence all afternoon found himself one-on-one with the ‘keeper but shot straight into his hands.
The second half saw Crowborough come flying out of the traps and pushed forward on to the Bridges defence.
This soon evaporated when Romain put Bridges two-up after confusion in the box allowed him to score. After this both sides seemed to settle for the result with Howard and Callum Donaghey marshalling the defence with ease.
Substitute goalkeeper Robert Woodward replaced Donaghey at centre back.
The final piece of action saw Romain go on a solo run from the centre circle and his pace took him past the defence and slot home wide of the keeper.
l Bridges faced Rye last night in the Sussex RUR Cup semi-final.
BRIDGES: Lehkj, Cooke, Carden, Howard, Donaghey (Woodward), Faber, George, Carney, Romain, Rivers (Maxwell), Touray (Moore). Unused sub: Buchan
AEROTRON MAN OF THE MATCH:
Elliott Romain
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