Monday Night football returns to Charlton when Bridon Ropes host SC Thamesmead in the Southern Counties East Football League Division One. 

When the fixtures were released originally, this match was scheduled to be played in Thamesmead but with the ground in Bayliss Avenue having been used on Friday and Saturday, the powers that be didn’t want three games played there in four says so the two teams agreed with the league to reverse the fixtures.

At present, the Ropes are in the bottom three with four points from six matches having won once, drawn once and lost four. Their guests are fifth in the table with ten points from their six games from three victories, one draw and two defeats.

On Friday, the Acre lost three-nil at home to step five Tooting and Mitcham United in the FA Vase. The two teams were evenly matched in the first half, however, midway through the second period the visitors went ahead and they never looked back winning three-nil. 

It was a free weekend for Bridon Ropes and their last match was at Halls AFC one week earlier where they lost three-two with all five goals coming in the first half. They twice went behind, but twice levelled through Theo Hatford and Abdulai Turay before conceding the decider in stoppage time.

In the meetings between Bridon Ropes and SC Thamesmead last season, the honours were shared at the Masher Brothers Community Stadium in August. Ian Kemp put the visitors ahead but Chris Mochine-Wood levelled before half time. The Acre went ahead in the second period through Jack Harper but Samuel Sarpong restored parity with thirteen minutes remaining. Their next meeting was also in Thamesmead in the Kent Invitational Charity Cup and the hosts won three-nil through goals by Wale Odedoyin, Henry Awokere and Chris Emmanuel Loko.

When they met at the Meridian Sports and Social Club in April it was the Ropes who prevailed in another thriller. Yedidja Kossi put the hosts ahead in the fourth minute and Jordan Samuel made it two-nil ten minutes later. Kai Lambert pulled one back in first half stoppage time and George Dennis levelled with a penalty midway through the second period. Anselme Daho scored

the winner against their ten men guests with just under fifteen minutes remaining.