FA Trophy win 'big for the confidence' says Three Bridges boss
Three Bridges boss Jamie Crellin is looking forward hitting the reset button after his side made history in the FA Trophy.
Dominant Bridges beat Biggleswade 3-1 in the FA Trophy on Friday night and reached the first round proper of the competition for the first time in the club’s history.
It was a morale-boosting win for Crellin’s men following their tough start to their Isthmian Premier season.
They are currently second from bottom with just one win in nine league games. Struggling will be a new feeling for most of this squad after their incredible season last year where they won the Isthmian South East title and the Sussex Senior Cup.
"We're low on confidence as a group a little bit and that's normal because we've lost a lot of football games this year (0:45) and we didn't last season,” said Crellin. “It's a new experience for a lot of them this season. So this win is big for the confidence, it's big for the morale and we needed that tonight. I'm really proud of the performance, really proud of the application.”
He added: “We can kind of hit a reset button a little bit now because we've got a week off with no game Saturday. That gives us a chance to get some bodies back through the door, some players fit and try and get the wheels moving again.”
One thing Crellin was disappointed in the Biggleswade game was Josh Hallard’s red card after two bookings. “I think that's silly, if I'm being honest, really silly. I think a 3-1 up, he knows he's on a booking and he just makes a silly tackle,” he said. “But he's young and he's learning and he's got to learn from that because we don't get hurt from it tonight but we get hurt from it in the next game because he can't play. It's a learning curve for him.”
Crellin also believed his side should have scored more goals. He said: “There were some good goals but if I'm being honest, we probably haven't worked the goalie enough tonight. For a lot of possession we had, we probably haven't worked him enough. But some nice goals, some good finishes and through to the next round.”
Bridges are next in action in the Sussex Senior Cup when they face Worthing – who they beat in the semi-finals of the same competition last season – on Tuesday, October 6.