Due to absences caused by injury and other commitments, further depleted by the need to shore up gaps in the First and Second teams, Chard went into this game with 10 players, including a centre back nursing a shoulder injury and a midfielder with a heavy cold. The team was indebted to Trevor Goss for agreeing to don the keeper's pads with regular goalie Nick Turner on duty for the Seconds. With Bridgwater including two forwards more usually found in their 3rd team and having the luxury of a couple of substitutes, it was always going to be a challenging fixture.

Having conceded an early goal, Chard defended doggedly and successfully until the stroke of half time when, from a speculative pass into the D, one of the Bridgwater forwards diverted the ball just wide of Goss' despairing dive, it trickling over the goal line for a scrappy and fortuitous second. In between those goals, Chard's young and largely inexperienced forward line enjoyed a spell of sustained pressure on the home D, Nathan Bradshaw particularly unlucky not to put away at least one of the chances created by his runs in behind the defence.

Chard had an even greater share of attacking play in the second half, Seb Hillier and Monty Gibson on each flank seeing plenty of possession and showing great composure against far more experienced defenders, with excellent midfield support from Alan Cheffey, Gary Wheaton and another promising youngster George Gilmour-White. With no reward for their brave enterprise, Chard were gradually worn down by the contribution of the home side's 3rd team forwards and rotation of substitutes. Bridgwater's third goal came courtesy of a deflection off Nigel Parris's stick which sent the ball away from Goss' dive and two further goals late on against tiring defenders put a gloss on the scoreline which was tough on Chard's competitive endeavour.

Team: T Goss, N Parris, S Mahoney, K Wheaton, A Cheffey, G Wheaton(c), G Gilmour-White, N Bradshaw, S Hillier, M Gibson.