 Bridges playing for Kettering Town in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Stephen Bridges[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 22 September 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Huntingdon, England[2] | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2002 | Cambridge United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Cambridge United | 45 | (4) |
| 2004 | FK Rīga | 0 | (0) |
| 2005 | Braintree Town | 4 | (0) |
| 2005 | Histon | 11 | (1) |
| 2005–2007 | Cambridge United | 66 | (8) |
| 2007–2008 | Kettering Town | 23 | (11) |
| 2008–2011 | Stevenage | 62 | (7) |
| 2011–2012 | Kettering Town | 35 | (3) |
| 2012–2013 | Chelmsford City | 28 | (1) |
| 2013 | Bury Town | 0 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Brackley Town | 15 | (2) |
| 2014–2016 | King's Lynn Town | 75 | (8) |
| 2017–2018 | St Neots Town | 22 | (3) |
| Total | 386 | (48) | |
| International career | |||
| 2006 | England C | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:11, 14 August 2018 (UTC) | |||
David Stephen Bridges (born 22 September 1982) is an English former professional footballer. He played as a midfielder.
Bridges started his career with local club Cambridge United, progressing through the club's youth system and eventually breaking into the first-team in 2001. He spent three seasons at Cambridge, before being released at the end of the 2003–04 season after failing to agree terms on a new contract. Bridges had a brief spell in Latvia playing for FK Rīga, before returning to England to play four games for Braintree Town in January 2005. He joined Histon in March 2005, playing for the club until the end of the season. He left Histon at the end of the season, and subsequently earned himself a one-year contract to rejoin Cambridge United in July 2005. He played regularly for the club for two seasons, but was released again in 2007.
Bridges then joined Kettering Town ahead of the 2007–08 season, helping the club achieve promotion from the Conference North to the Conference Premier in his first season at the club. At the end of the season he rejected a contract offer from Kettering and joined Stevenage on a free transfer. In his first season at the Hertfordshire club, he helped the team to FA Trophy success, as well as helping the club earn promotion to the Football League for the first time in the club's history the following season. He was also part of the squad that helped Stevenage earn back-to-back promotions during the 2010–11 season. Ahead of the 2011–12 season, Bridges re-joined Conference Premier club Kettering Town. He left the club after one season, and spent a year at Chelmsford City, before signing for Bury Town in May 2013. He had a brief spell at Brackley Town, before spending two seasons combining playing and coaching at King's Lynn Town.
He initially announced his retirement from playing in May 2016 and joined St Neots Town as first-team coach a year later, where he began playing again for the 2017–18 season. He left St Neots Town in August 2018, taking up the position of head of coaching at League Two club Lincoln City. Bridges also earned one cap for the England C team.
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