EBL F.C. 0 Bridge Timber F.C. 3 Holders Bridge eased through a tricky tie against a stubborn EBL team, EBL could have been 1 up in the first 2 mins after a goalmouth scramble but a Lee Evans last ditch tackle kept the score 0-0. on 12 mins Kev Ward had a good chance for Bridge after good work by Thomas Whalley but his shot was well held by the EBL keeper. Timber then made their pressure tell after good work by Gary Jacques and Lee Evans engineered the cross for Thomas Whalley to ghost in and flick the ball home with a neat header for 1-0.With the game finely balanced Sanderson for EBL could have levelled but his shot never troubled Stringer in the Timber goal.Bridge gained the upper hand early in the 2nd half after Kev Ward was fouled just outside the EBL box, skippwer Ste Coady put the ball down and found the corner to make it 2-0. Paul Wilson brought a good save from the keeper after gettin around Jay Maddocks before the introduction of Lewis Buckley took Bridge through after his defence splitting pass left Kev Ward one on one,, Ward doing ther step over to leave the keeper on the floor and calmly took the ball round to tap home to give Bridge a deserved win. Bridge now meet Reo's F.C. in the final on the 18th May ,, Lee evans was Bridge Timbers man of the match with a faultless performance at the heart of Timbers defence.
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