Bridges battered by Guernsey as Allen scores four

Three Bridges suffered a 4-1 defeat at the hands of rampant promotion hopefuls Guernsey with all the goals being scored by talented topscorer Ross Allen.
By The Newsroom
Published 10th Mar 2014, 10:43 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2018, 06:56 BST
Guernsey topscorer Ross Allen scores one of his four goals against Three Bridges SUS-140903-235208002Guernsey topscorer Ross Allen scores one of his four goals against Three Bridges SUS-140903-235208002
Guernsey topscorer Ross Allen scores one of his four goals against Three Bridges SUS-140903-235208002

He got his first goal after only five minutes when a weak back pass from Charlie Leach only just found goalkeeper Martin Grant whose clearance hit Allen, who tapped the ball into an empty net.

Immediately, Elliott Romain could have equalised, but his chip failed to clear advancing keeper Chris Tardif.

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Bridges played their way back into the game, when after 20 minutes Matt Daniel fought his way through the defence to level the score.

Minutes later, Ross Allen pounced for his second goal, after mis-communication in the defence between Charlie Leach and Marlon Maxwell, left him with a simple tap-in.

Guernsey carried on playing good passing football but that did not stop Elliott Romain having a few decent chances for Three Bridges.

A spectacular very long clearance from the Guernsey goalkeeper was allowed to bounce and fool the defence, which allowed the persistent Allen to complete his hat-trick with a tap-in after 35 minutes.

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Just before half-time, both Tony Garrod and Williams Peauroux had chances for Bridges to narrow the deficit.

Bridges started the second half well, with clear chances falling to Elliot Romain and substitute Tim Rivers but the Guernsey goalkeeper just managed to stop goals being scored.

It only took 10 minutes into the second half, for Allen to score yet again, when he was put clean through to score.

Dominic Heaume thought that he had got on to the score sheet but it was ruled off-side.

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Tim Rivers was up ended in the penalty area by Jamie Dodd and because he was the last defender, received a straight red card.

Williams Peauroux took the penalty with a weak shot which was easily saved by the goalkeeper. A real disappointment to the home team.

Despite Abu Touray, Elliott Roman and Tim Rivers all having chances, ten-man Guernsey still looked the better side.

Bridges: Grant, Djimah (Rivers 45), Leach, Roberts, Maxwell, Touray, Peauroux (Parsons 75), Carney, Romain, Garrod, Daniel. Unused subs: Ajide, Cooke, Golding

Aerotron Man of the Match: Abu Touray

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