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BRIDGE BUILDS UP HERO STATUS

By Andy Mitchell

PRESSURE? What pressure?
Walking towards more than 22,000 hopeful Southend United fans with the memory of last season’s Wembley heartbreak fresh in his mind, hometown hero Jack Bridge’s heart skipped a few beats on his way starting Sunday’s FA Trophy final shootout.
Not that it showed when he stepped up. Cool as you like, straight down the middle, roof of the net. Lift off.
“Ralphy (Nathan Ralph) said we were shooting at that end and we were going first,” Bridge told The NLP.
“From then it was a really long wait but I have...

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