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David Bridges
Personal information
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Stevenage Borough
Number 18
Youth career
2000–2001 Cambridge United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Cambridge United 45 (4)
2005 Histon 8 (2)
2005–2007 Cambridge United 66 (8)
2007–2008 Kettering Town 39 (11)
2008– Stevenage Borough 20 (3)
International career‡
2006 England C 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:09, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:09, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

David Bridges (born 22 September, 1982 in Huntingdon) is an English footballer who plays for Stevenage Borough as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, Bridges began his career with local side Cambridge United, progressing through the club's youth system.[2] He broke into the first-team towards the latter stages of the 2001-02 season, making his debut as a substitute in a 1-0 defeat against Huddersfield Town at the Abbey Stadium.[3] He played six further games in the same season,[4] scoring his first goal for the Cambridgeshire outfit in a 2-1 home win against Tranmere Rovers.[5]

Bridges featured regularly in the opening half of the 2002-03 season, playing a total of 25 times and scoring once.[6] However, a persistent ankle injury cut his run in the first-team short, and he did not feature from February onwards.[7] He returned to first-team action in a 1-0 defeat to Wycombe Wanderers in October 2003,[8] and played a further 22 times for the U's throughout the 2003-04 campaign.[9] However, Bridges left Cambridge at the end of the season after failing to agree a contract with manager Hervé Renard.

Bridges trialled at a number of clubs before the start of the 2004-05 season, most notably Chesterfield and Northampton Town, without successfully securing a deal.[10][11] After a short stint in Latvia for FK Riga, Bridges returned to England to join Cambridgeshire side Histon in March 2005.[12] He scored twice for Histon,[13] making eight appearances and helping the club achieve promotion to the Conference South in his two months at the club.[14] He left Histon at the end of the season, and subsequently earned himself a one-year contract to re-join Cambridge United, following a successful trial at the club.[15]

He made his second debut for Cambridge in a 1-0 defeat at Forest Green Rovers,[16] and scored in the following two games against both Hereford United and Accrington Stanley.[17][18] Bridges was a first-team regular throughout the 2005-06 season, and played in 38 matches, scoring seven goals from midfield.[19] Consequently, he won the 'Player of the season' award at Cambridge in the same season, and more importantly earned a contract extension in May 2006.[20] He continued playing regularly under new manager Jimmy Quinn in the 2006-07 season, scoring three times in 30 appearances.[21] However, he was released by Quinn in May 2007 as he re-vamped the entire squad.[22]

Two months later, Bridges joined Conference North side Kettering Town on a one-year deal.[23] He was instrumental for the Northamptonshire club throughout Kettering's 2007-08 league campaign, scoring 11 goals in 39 appearances to help guide Kettering to promotion to the Conference National.[24][25] He was offered a new contract by manager Mark Cooper, which was rejected, as he opted to join Craig Westcarr and Gary Mills at Stevenage Borough.[26][27] However, Bridges suffered a knee injury and missed the first half of the 2008-09 season. He eventually made his debut for the Hertfordshire outfit in a 1-1 draw against Oxford United in December 2008, scoring Stevenage's goal.[28] He played 19 games, scoring six goals before he suffered an injury in another 1-1 draw against Oxford United at Broadhall Way, which ultimately ruled him out for the rest of the season.[29][30]

International career

Bridges was named in the England C team, who represent England at non-League level, in January 2006, for a friendly against Italy, staged at Cambridge's Abbey Stadium, his home ground at the time.[31]

Honours

Stevenage Borough

Career statistics

As of 28 November 2009.
Club Season League[A] FA Cup League Cup Other[B] Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cambridge United
2001–02[4]
7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
2002–03[6]
17 1 3 0 2 0 3 0 25 1
2003–04[9]
21 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 23 2
Total 45 4 4 0 2 0 4 0 55 4
Histon
2004–05[32]
8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2
Total 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2
Cambridge United
2005–06[19]
35 5 2 0 0 0 3 2 40 7
2006–07[21]
31 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 31 3
Total 66 8 2 0 0 0 3 2 71 10
Kettering Town
2007–08[33]
39 11 2 0 0 0 2 0 43 11
Total 39 11 2 0 0 0 2 0 43 11
Stevenage Borough
2008–09[30]
15 3 0 0 0 0 4 3 19 6
2009–10[34]
5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Total 20 3 3 0 0 0 4 3 27 6
Career totals 178 28 11 0 2 0 13 5 204 33

Footnotes

A. ^ The "League" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the Football League, Football Conference and Southern Football League.
B. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals (including those as a substitute) in the FA Trophy and Football League Trophy.

References

  1. ^ "David Bridges profile". ESPN Soccernet. 2009-08-16. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  2. ^ "David Bridges all time playing career". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  3. ^ "Cambridge 0-1 Huddersfield". BBC Sport. 2002-03-16. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  4. ^ a b "Cambridge Utd 2001/2002 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-08-16. Cite error: The named reference "Cambridge Utd 2001/2002 player appearances" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Cambridge 2-1 Tranmere". BBC Sport. 2002-04-13. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  6. ^ a b "Cambridge Utd 2002/2003 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-08-16. Cite error: The named reference "Cambridge Utd 2002/2003 player appearances" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  7. ^ "U's hit by Bridges blow". BBC Sport. 2003-06-19. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  8. ^ "Wycombe 1-0 Cambridge". BBC Sport. 2003-10-14. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  9. ^ a b "Cambridge Utd 2003/2004 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-08-16. Cite error: The named reference "Cambridge Utd 2003/2004 player appearances" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  10. ^ "Chesterfield warn Bridges". BBC Sport. 2004-07-08. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  11. ^ "Cobblers look at trio". BBC Sport. 2004-08-18. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  12. ^ "Neil's goal keeps title hopes alive". Cambridge News. 2005-03-23. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  13. ^ "Now let's go and take title - Fallon". Cambridge News. 2005-04-18. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  14. ^ "Lucky break puts Histon one game and two divisions from the League". Cambridge News. 2005-04-27. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  15. ^ "Boss Newman is building Bridges". Cambridge News. 2005-07-06. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  16. ^ "Forest Green 1-0 Cambridge". BBC Sport. 2005-08-13. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  17. ^ "Cambridge 2-1 Hereford". BBC Sport. 2005-08-16. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  18. ^ "Cambridge 3-1 Accrington". BBC Sport. 2004-08-20. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  19. ^ a b "Cambridge Utd 2005/2006 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-08-16. Cite error: The named reference "Cambridge Utd 2005/2006 player appearances" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  20. ^ "Cambridge United review of the season". BBC Cambridgeshire. 2006-05-09. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  21. ^ a b "Cambridge Utd 2006/2007 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-08-16. Cite error: The named reference "Cambridge Utd 2006/2007 player appearances" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  22. ^ "Castle leaves post at Cambridge". BBC Sport. 2007-05-02. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  23. ^ "David Bridges Playing career". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  24. ^ "Poppies march on at Hyde". Northants Evening Telegraph. 2008-03-16. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  25. ^ "Kettering promoted as champions". BBC Sport. 2008-04-05. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  26. ^ "Stevenage sign defender Anaclet". BBC Sport. 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  27. ^ "New signings confirmed". Stevenage Borough official site. 2008-05-10. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  28. ^ "Oxford 1-1 Stevenage". BBC Sport. 2008-12-20. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  29. ^ "Stevenage 1-1 Oxford". BBC Sport. 2009-03-28. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  30. ^ a b "Stevenage Borough 2008/2009 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-08-16. Cite error: The named reference "Stevenage Borough 2008/2009 player appearances" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  31. ^ "Bridges secures England call-up". BBC Sport. 2006-02-14. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  32. ^ "Histon player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
  33. ^ "Kettering 2007/2008 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
  34. ^ "Stevenage Borough 2009/2010 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
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