Picture special: Three Bridges' night to remember at the Amex as they lift the Sussex Senior Cup

A campaign that had already yielded the Isthmian League South East title has ended with Bridges winning the Sussex Senior Cup for the first time in their history.

They did it the hard way – overcoming two National South sides, Horsham and Worthing, on their way to the final then outwitting Brighton and Hove Albion’s under-21s to secure the silverware.

The well-contested final finished 1-1 and Jamie Crellin’s men kept their nerve to produce a perfect penalty shooutout, scoring all five of theirs before keeper Sam Roberts saved Brighton’s fifth kick to clinch a 5-4 win and get the celebrations started.

Read here Steve Bone’s report on how the match unfolded, see the Bridges player ratings here by Matt Pole, the Brighton player marks here by Will Hugall – and check out the Crawley Observer Facebook page for some great video footage from the win, taken by Mark Dunford.

But on this page and those linked, see some top-class photos by Eva Gilbert and Kyle Hemsley. Don’t miss next week’s (May 20) Crawley Observer for more coverage.