Match Officials:
Referee: Joe Wise
Assistant: Ray Parmenter & Anthony Abbs


HONOURS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
1996-98
Asian League Champions three years & Asian League Cup Winners two years in succession
1997
League Bangla set up now known as the BFA Summer League
1998
Appeared in the famous Nike advert at Hackney Marshes
Toured Bangladesh, playing against the under 16 and 19 National sides
1999
Entered the London Intermediate League
2000
Hosted Bangladesh professional club, Dhaka Mohammedan SC on their UK tour – Sporting Bengal lost 3-2
2001
Hosted Bangladesh professional club, Dhaka Abohani Limited on their UK tour – Sporting Bengal won 2-1
Sporting Bengal represent Bangladesh in UK Inner City World Cup and become Champions
UK Bangladeshi Football Champions
2002
UK Asian Football Champions – held at Ibrox Stadium
2002-03
Toured Bangladesh, losing 2-1 to National Team
2003
UK Asian Football Champions – held at Celtic Park
Granted senior status by the London Football Association
2003-04
Elected to the Semi-professional Kent Senior League (Step 5)
2004
Accepted into the FA Vase and FA Cup competitions
2005
Sporting Bengal, one of two Asian teams to play in the FA Cup at the time
2009
UK Asian Football Champions
2011-12
Entered the Essex Senior Football League (Finished 11th in League and 3rd Round Proper of the FA Vase)
2013-14
Essex Senior League Cup Runners Up
2015-16
Ex Dagenham & Redbridge FC footballer, Anwar Uddin, appointed Sporting Bengal Utd manager
2016-17
Imrul Gazi appointed as Manager after Anwar Uddin leaves for other work commitments.
FA Cup history made as club progress through to the First Round Qualifying.
2021
Appeared in a music video of popular British Bangladeshi music artist, Nish (@MusicByNish)
2021-22
Shipon Miah appointed as manager. Steve Clark appointed as manager in December 2021
2022-23
Equalled the club record run in the FA Vase after reaching the Third Round Proper, losing to Deal Town on penalties
Thurlow Nunn League First Division South – Playoff Winners and promotion back to the Essex Senior League (Step 5)
2023-24
Broke multiple club records at Step 5 level including highest league position, most points, most wins and most goals.
Essex Senior League Premier Division – Playoff Winners and promotion to the Isthmian League (Step 4)

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The season so far:
Since being relegated from the Isthmian League North last season, The Bengal Tigers have struggled a bit this season but are starting to pick up under the leadership of ex-Bridge coach, James Wakeling and are currently 16th in the table, with 24 points from 25 matches and a 24%-win ratio. From their 25 matches, they have 6 wins, 6 draws and 13 defeats. Their record on the road is 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats, meaning that 19 of their 24 points have been earned away from home! Wins have been at Romford, Athletic Newham, Frenford, a major shock with a win at league leaders Little Oakley and a 5-2 victory at Basildon United last time out.
Season progress has seen SBU peak at 11th place in weeks 1, 5 and 9-11 before gradually falling away and hitting their lowest position of 18th by game 17, and they have remained there ever since until winning at Basildon and moving up to 16th at game 25.

Form Guide:
Their form is not too bad, and they are currently 10th in the form table (The Bridge are currently 7th) with 9 points from their last six games, which are:

Opponents	Venue	Competition	Res	Score	Comment
Basildon United	Away	Essex Senior League Premier	W	5 - 2
Litte Oakley	Away	Essex Senior League Premier	W	2 - 1
Buckhurst Hill	Home	Essex Senior League Premier	L	1 - 3
West Essex	Away	Essex Senior League Premier	L	1 - 2
Athletic Newham	Home	Errington Challenge Cup 2	D	0 - 0	Athletic Newham won 3-2 on pens
Frenford	Away	Essex Senior League Premier	W	1 - 0

Last time out:
Their last match in the ESL was at Basildon United on Tuesday night, and they were 5-2 winners. Jack Wilson had put The Bees in front after half an hour, and Jadon Yamoah made it 2-0 seven minutes later. The Bengal Tigers levelled it before half-time, though, with goals from Daniel Rudolph McCullock and the in-form Makai Johnsin Reid. A good second half saw late goals from Daniel Fuller (82’), Leonardo Carvalho Pedro (85’) and Elton Gjonbala with a 91st-minute penalty, with Harry Baker receiving a red card for The Bees, also in the 91st minute.

The Bridge v Sporting Bengal United – last meeting:
The last encounter between the two teams was in the ESL Premier on Saturday, 8th November 2025, at the Mile End Stadium. Watched by a crowd of just 26, The Bridge stormed to a 3-0 win, with Kennedy Feyi opening the scoring (33’) before Timi Joseph scored an own goal just after half-time (51’). Anthony Murray-Bruce was sent to the sin bin on 62 minutes and completed an individually miserable day when he was sent off in the 75th minute. In the interim, Leonardo Carvaliho-Pedro had made it 3-0 (69’) on a good away day to the East End for The Bridge.

The last five seasons

League	Season	Position	Top goalscorer
Isthmian League North	2024/25	21/21	Joe Gregory 13
Essex Senior League	2023/24	5/20	Shermandin Artmeladze 19
Eastern Counties League Div 1 South	2022/23	4/19	Shermandin Artmeladze 22
Essex Senior League	2021/22	21/21	Gianfranco Mici 4
Essex Senior League	2020/21	ABAND	N/A

The Squad:

No.	Player	Appearances
1	Timi Joseph	26
2	Evander Lopes	20
3	Yousuf Hoque	17
4	Samir Hussain	16
5	Brandy Makuendi	15
6	Jasan Pauline	15
7	Jaiden Odle	14
8	Michael Osei-Saahene	14
9	Ryan Herval	13
10	Noah Adejokun	12
11	Harrison Georgiou	11
12	Jack Osborn	11
13	Harold Adu Poku	10
14	Kieran James	10
15	Lauran Luke	9
16	Anthony Murray-Bruce	9
17	Tanvir Ahmed	8
18	Darnell Fuller	8
19	Charne Lemba	8
20	Zayshaun Asamoah	6
21	Shomari Barnwell	6
22	Nicholas David Ejakita	6
23	Andre Embalo	6
24	Bilal Hussain	6
25	Damilola Olusesi	6
26	Arshak Sargsyan	6
27	Reece Simpson	6
28	Roy Stevens	6
29	Laurence Whymark	6
30	Steven Bohan	5
31	Patrick Clarke	5
32	Rodney Dame	5
33	Josh Duah	5
34	Elton Gjonbala	5
35	Makai Johnsin Reid	5
36	Lenny Jones	5
37	Abdulai Sarr	5
38	Ivan Imaseun	4
39	Joshua Jackson	4
40	Saikoufijan Jatta	4
41	Jonathan Packer	4
42	Leonardo Carvalho Pedro	4
43	Ishaq Ameen	3
44	David Danso	3
45	Kayne James	3
46	David Komolafe	3
47	Daniel Rudolph McCullock	3
48	Alex Strugucean	3
49	Freddy Tandon	3
50	Jack Young	3
51	Furlonge Anthony	2
52	Isaac Currie	2
53	Ashique Rahman	2
54	Saqib Syed	2
55	Samson Uwandu	2
56	Ilyas Ahmed	1
57	Emre B	1
58	Mackenzie Drew	1
59	Perry Dunn	1
60	Reda El Ghaibouz	1
61	Craig Ferguson	1
62	Charlie Georgiou	1
63	Oliver Johnson	1
64	Mohammed Khan	1
65	Opeoluwa Mosuro	1
66	Bennett Ofori	1
67	Jakim Parillon-Antoine	1
68	Santiago Pulido Diaz	1
69	Omario Rosen	1
70	Junayd Subhi	1
71	Zaydan Uddin	1
72	Ubayd Ullah	1
73	David Vaughan	1

Hotshots:

No.	Player	Goals	Appearances	Ratio
1	Noah Adejokun	9	12	1.333333333
2	Kieran James	5	10	2
3	Evander Lopes	5	20	4
4	Darnell Fuller	4	8	2
5	Harrison Georgiou	3	11	3.666666667
6	Makai Johnsin Reid	3	5	1.666666667
7	Zayshaun Asamoah	2	6	3
8	Andre Embalo	2	6	3
9	Yousuf Hoque	2	17	8.5
10	Brandy Makuendi	2	15	7.5
11	Ilyas Ahmed	1	1	1
12	Leonardo Carvalho Pedro	2	4	2
13	Elton Gjonbala	1	5	5
14	Timi Joseph	1	26	26
15	Daniel Rudolph McCullock	1	3	3

Watch Out For:
Noah Adejokun is the highest-placed SBU scorer in the ESL goalscorers table with 8 goals, however, he has not played since September so I presume he has moved on or is long-term injured. Scorers in the last six games have been Makai Johnsin Reid with 3, Darnell Fuller and Leonardo Carvalho Pedro with 2each and Evander Lopes and Elton Gjonbala with a penalty each.

For the purposes of this piece, I have assumed that Leonardo Pedro and Leonardo Carvalho Pedro are one and the same and apologies if not! He was even very confusing when he played for The Bridge earlier this season with multiple spellings etc.