Match Officials:
Referee: Dan Boulden
Assistant: Jordan Harris & Anthony Abbs

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HONOURS AND RECORDS

Honours
• Essex Olympian League
• Division One Champions 1988–89
• Division Two Champions 2006–07
• Division Three Champions 2015–16
• Senior Cup winners 1983–84
• Senior Challenge Cup winners 1974–75 (shared), 1982–83, 1984–85, 1989–90 (shared)
• Essex Premier Cup
• Winners 2002–03
• Essex Intermediate Cup
• Winners 1988–89
• Danny King Memorial Cup
• Winners 2001–02, 2002–03
• Eastern Counties Thurlow Nunn League
First Division South Champions 2023-24

Records
• Best FA Cup performance: Preliminary round, 2024–25
• Best FA Vase performance: Fourth round, 2025–26

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The last five seasons

League	Season	Position	Top goalscorer
Essex Senior League	2024/25	16/20	Max Jobson 12
Eastern Counties League Division 1 South	2023/24	1/22	Rhys Fatt 22
Eastern Counties League Division 1 South	2022/23	6/19	Ben Foord 14
Eastern Counties League Division 1 South	2021/22	3/20	Ben Foord 19
Eastern Counties League Division 1 South	2020/21	ABAND	N/A

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The season so far:
It’s not been a bad second season in the ESL Prem for The Fleet, who are currently 9th in the ESL table, with 50 points from 31 matches and a 45%-win ratio. They are ten points off a play-off place, so, like The Bridge, are likely to finish middle to upper-middle in the final table. From their 31 matches, they have 14 wins, 8 draws and 9 defeats. Their record on the road is not bad at all, with 6 wins and 4 draws, so they should be a decent test for The Bridge on Non-League Day.

Season progress has seen The Fleet peak at 6th place, and the lowest position has been 12th. They have generally occupied 8th, 9th and 10th position, so a solid mid-table team.

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Form Guide:
Form is OK, and they currently sit 7th in the form guide table (The Bridge are now 8th) with 3 wins in the last six, although they have drawn one and lost two of the last three.
Last six matches:

Opponents	Venue	Competition	Res	Score
Halstead Town	Home	Essex Senior League Premier	L	1 - 3
West Essex	Home	Essex Senior League Premier	D	1 - 1
Great Wakering Rovers	Home	Essex Senior League Premier	L	0 - 2
Sporting Bengal United	Away	Essex Senior League Premier	W	2 - 0
White Ensign	Away	Essex Senior League Premier	W	2 - 1
Hackney Wick	Home	Essex Senior League Premier	W	5 - 0

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Last time out:
Their last match in the ESL was a 3-1 home defeat on Tuesday night against Halstead Town. Kane Gilbert gave the visitors a 1-0 lead after 13 minutes, before Fleet captain Aaron Russell equalised (39’). Robbie Bennet scored for Halstead right on half-time (45+1’), and George Smith made the points safe for the visitors in the 68th minute.

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The Bridge v Benfleet – last meeting:
The last encounter between the two teams was in the Peter Butcher Memorial Trophy quarter-final on Tuesday, 20th January 2026, at Woodside Park. The Bridge took the lead when Jack Mochalski scored after 32 minutes, just after Benfleet’s Billy Carter was sent off in the 28th. Taylor Lawrence scored a ‘worldie’ in the 89th minute to take the game to penalties, and The Bridge won an epic shoot-out 8-7, with Nathan Saunders the only player to miss.

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The Squad:
Players listed below have appeared for Benfleet in the last six matches.

No.	Player	Appearances	Sub Appearances	Goals
1	Billy Purdy	6		1
2	Taylor Lawrence	6		3
3	Matthew Stevens Brown	6
4	Aaron Russell	6		3
5	Jake Godfrey	5
6	Florent Gislette	5
7	Mason Shave	5	1	1
8	Cameron Harris	5
9	Andrew Adegbite	5	1	2
10	Billy Shulver	5	1
11	Jacob Wiggins	4	2	1
12	Nathan Saunders	3	1
13	Samuel Jobbins	2	3
14	Aaron Akoman	1	5
15	Callum Legg	1	3
16	Josh Wakefield	1
17	Riley Prendergast		2
18	Gianni Frankis		1
19	Lee Scott		1
20	Sonny Hartman		1
21	Michael Fitzgibbon		3
22	Jack Frost		5

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Hotshots:
Benfleet goalscorers 2025/26

No.	Player	Goals
1	Max Jobson	11
2	Taylor Lawrence	9
3	Aaron Russell	8
4	Jake Godfrey	6
5	Mason Shave	5
6	Aaron Akoman	4
7	Sonny Hartman	4
8	Nathan Saunders	4
9	Toby Dickinson	3
10	Jacob Wiggins	3
11	Andrew Adegbite	2
12	Billy Carter	2
13	Gianni Frankis	2
14	Cameron Harris	1
15	Jayden Oshitola	1
16	Tommy Pinkerton	1
17	Billy Purdy	1
18	Billy Shulver	1
19	Matthew Stevens-Brown	1

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Watch Out For:
Max Jobson leads the way in the goal-scoring ranks for The Fleet with 11 goals, although the last of those was on the 7th of February against Frenford, which was the last match he played in, so he probably won’t be in the Benfleet line-up.

Taylor Lawrence and Aaron Russell both have 9 goals and have featured in the last six matches, and both have scored three in the last six, with Taylor’s all coming from the penalty spot. Keep an eye on those two, especially if The Fleet get a penalty! Also watch out for ex-Bridge captain Jacob Wiggins, who has also featured in all six of those last six games.

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