Broadbridge Heath 3 - 0 Three Bridges FC

Heath welcomed local rivals Three Bridges FC to the Bodymould stadium on a perfect evening for football, Heath were still without Ashley Mutongerwa who is away, the only change from Saturday's draw against East Grinstead was Jamie Chesworth coming in for Gideon Achempong in an otherwise unchanged Squad.
The reverse fixture between the two sides saw a 4-2 thriller going in favour of today's visitors who have been flying this season and are up in 5th place

Heath started brightly and it only took a few minutes before a raking pass from Penfold set Doughty away down the right hand side and the pacey winger beat his man before smashing his shot into the side netting. Both sides were forcing corners and set pieces without any real threats on goal until the 18th minute when a surging run by Lemon found Aubrey and his effort flashed across the face of the Bridges goal and out for a goal kick.
Heath looked up for the battle and on 24 minutes they thought they had the lead when Sim headed in from an Evans corner but a foul had been given on Jasper Sheik in the Bridges goal.
On 40 minutes a flowing move by Heath ended with a shot from Evans which Sheik saved well down to his right but Heath only had to wait a couple of minutes before they were in front, a free kick from Chesworth caused mayhem in the Bridges 6 yard box and a touch from either Bromage or the Bridges defender sent the ball past Sheik to give Heath a deserved lead into Half time. 1-0
Seven minutes into the restart it was another free kick causing problems for Bridges, the ball coming back off the cross bar for Sim to score but once again it was disallowed for a foul on the keeper, a minute later a Doughty strike was well saved by Sheik and Aubrey's follow up went over the bar.
Heath had to wait until the 83rd minute to wrap up the game when excellent play by Aubrey beating 2 or 3 Bridges defenders then setting up Doughty for Heath's 2nd of the game and his 4th in three games.
With Bridges now committing more forward and chasing the game it was Heath who nearly scored again when a Lemon through ball found Doughty and his run and shot was excellently saved by Sheik again.
In the last few minutes Heath got the third when a Louis Evans free kick was forced in by Sim to give Heath a 3-0 win and the 3 points they deserved.

MOM; Ben Aubrey

Simmo said afterwards: That was probably one of our best performances this season, every player won their individual battles, after Saturday's disappointment we came out fired up and with it being a local derby and us having 5-6 ex-Bridges players it seemed to give us the edge against a good side who are having a fantastic season. We now need to take that into the rest of our games this season and push on from here.

Team: Hadfield, Chesworth (Acheampong 81), Sim, Bromage, Brackpool, Penfold, Evans, Lemon (Lindsey 85), Waddingham (Buchanan 56), Aubrey, Doughty.