It’s the festive season and that means drinking and having fun, so it’s a short match preview of the two festive season games involving The Bridge. There are two games over the holiday period, at Benfleet and at home to Buckhurst Hill.
Here’s a quick look at the form guide:

No.	Last 6 Matches	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
1	Buckhurst Hill	6	5	1	0	21	5	16	16
2	Great Wakering Rovers	6	4	2	0	15	6	9	14
3	Ilford	6	4	2	0	13	5	8	14
4	Saffron Walden Town	6	4	0	2	16	7	9	12
5	Harwich & Parkeston	6	4	0	2	12	10	2	12
6	Little Oakley	6	4	0	2	11	9	2	12
7	Soul Tower Hamlets	6	4	0	2	12	13	-1	12
8	Benfleet	6	3	2	1	13	9	4	11
9	Barking	6	3	1	2	14	7	7	10
10	Woodford Town	6	3	0	3	14	12	2	9
11	Hullbridge Sports	6	3	0	3	11	12	-1	9
12	Basildon United	6	3	0	3	8	12	-4	9
13	White Ensign	6	2	1	3	9	9	0	7
14	Athletic Newham	6	2	1	3	9	12	-3	7
15	Hackney Wick	6	2	0	4	7	14	-7	6
16	Halstead Town	6	1	2	3	9	13	-4	5
17	Romford	6	0	4	2	8	11	-3	4
18	Frenford	6	1	1	4	6	12	-6	4
19	Sporting Bengal United	6	0	1	5	7	17	-10	1
20	West Essex	6	0	0	6	4	19	-15	0

As you can see, Buckhurst Hill top the form guide and Benfleet are 8th, so The Bridge are in for a couple of tough matches but Hullbridge are currently on an upward spiral as well so we’re in for a couple of competitive matches, I think.
League position-wise the teams are:
Benfleet 9th
Buckhurst Hill 10th
Hullbridge Sports 15th
• Benfleet are undefeated at home and Buckhurst Hill have won four on the road.
• The Bridge have now won 1 and drawn 1 at home and have 6 away wins.
As for Goalscorers, Benfleet’s Max Jobson is 9th in the ESL top 20 with 9 goals. Highest placed Buckhurst Hill scorer is Callum Maltese in 29th with 6 goals. Ellis Devereux is 13th with 8 goals for The Bridge and Romford.
Can we make it five in a row and then, if we do, can we make it six?
Put that drink down and head to Benfleet and Lower Road to find out!