17yrs ago today we sold Bridges to Leeds.

[Littlerobbieh]

Brilliant footballer who would have played for England had it not been for injuries. What's everyone's favourite memories about his time here ? I can imagine retiring Steve Bruce will be high on most people's lists.

 

[hank williams]

Brilliant footballer who would have played for England had it not been for injuries. What's everyone's favourite memories about his time here ? I can imagine retiring Steve Bruce will be high on most people's lists.

Scoring that beauty v Everton away ( league cup ? )

 

[Fetch Fletch]

Played five a side at Belmont comp that day, was gutted. If not for that injury he could have had a class career.

 

[hank williams]

Played five a side at Belmont comp that day, was gutted. If not for that injury he could have had a class career.

His two goals on his debut v Huddersfield

Scoring at Southend in the fog

How that game went ahead I'll never kna

 

[Fetch Fletch]

His two goals on his debut v Huddersfield

Scoring at Southend in the fog

How that game went ahead I'll never kna

Remember when he came back? I was buzzing

 

[Sebastien]

Scoring that beauty v Everton away ( league cup ? )

What a night that was. You'd never know we were a division below, we were superb.

Mind, I remember watching John Oster for them thinking "he looks a canny prospect"

 

[hank williams]

What a night that was. You'd never know we were a division below, we were superb.

Mind, I remember watching John Oster for them thinking "he looks a canny prospect"

I never ever thought that about oster

 

[BRMC]

Huddersfield game for me.

I still can't believe Dichio often played ahead of him

 

[Lord Potts]

Played five a side at Belmont comp that day, was gutted. If not for that injury he could have had a class career.

He was out for two seasons with that injury and sadly he never got back to the form he had. A cruel blow and just shows that as a footballer even if you have a gift it can all come to a studden halt.

 

[Cosmopolitan]

His two goals on his debut v Huddersfield

Scoring at Southend in the fog

How that game went ahead I'll never kna

That wasn't his debut but very good all the same. Made his debut as a sub be Port Vale. His first goal was the Southend game in the fog.

 

[AndrewP]

That wasn't his debut but very good all the same. Made his debut as a sub be Port Vale. His first goal was the Southend game in the fog.

Did he hit the cross bar on his debut? I think I remember that happening.

 

[steve30000]

Remember when he came back? I was buzzing

Considering the players we had at the time, it was a fantastic signing

 

[PhilSAFC]

17 years

 

[Wise Man Says]

His two goals on his debut v Huddersfield

Scoring at Southend in the fog

How that game went ahead I'll never kna

Sorry to be pedantic Hank, but I'm sure his debut was a 0-0 at home to Port Vale.

 

[Deleted member 23273]

Huddersfield game for me.

I still can't believe Dichio often played ahead of him

This.

 

[Littlerobbieh]

Sorry to be pedantic Hank, but I'm sure his debut was a 0-0 at home to Port Vale.

It was, he got MOM. I've got an unopened bottle of bells whisky in the house that he received after the game.

 

[Henry Hocklediver]

Huddersfield game for me.

I still can't believe Dichio often played ahead of him

Huddersfield game for me too.

Took my little boy, Ross, to that game when he was only three. He got fed up and I had to leave early with him. When I left it was SAFC 1 Huddersfield 2. As I made my way back to the car there were two great roars. Final score SAFC 3 Huddersfield 2. Two late goals by substitute Michael Bridges.

Ross is now 24 and a season ticket holder. Although he remembers nothing about it he so pleased I took him to Roker as not many of his mates have been to Roker. Also took him to the opening game at SOL (with his younger brother who was only 1 at the time)

 

[Cosmopolitan]

Did he hit the cross bar on his debut? I think I remember that happening.

Had a curling shot that just went over aye.

 

[safc78]

Huddersfield game for me.

I still can't believe Dichio often played ahead of him

If Quinn was out Dichio got his shirt, Phillips had to be out for Bridges to get a start

The game he retired Steve Bruce was canny.

4-2 iirc

 

[1more]

Brilliant footballer who would have played for England had it not been for injuries. What's everyone's favourite memories about his time here ? I can imagine retiring Steve Bruce will be high on most people's lists.

I remember the back end of the 99 season when he couldn't get in the starting eleven, every time he came off the bench he put an exhibition of skill on.