View from a (Sandgate) Bridge
Welcome to View from a Sandgate Bridge,my reports,thoughts opinions on everything that is my passion Prestwich Heys AFC in the  North West Counties Premier League. I hope you enjoy it!


Penistone away, a pie, a gatecrashed 40th and thoughts for the season
After last season's frivolity on the train when we played Penistone in the FA Vase with a pit stop in Huddersfield on the way back that...

Glossop away trip and match report
When the pre-season fixtures were announced a few weeks back a trip to Glossop to play Glossop North End certainly got some of Heys away...

COOP PENALTY NETS HEYS EARLY PRE SEASON WIN AT SILSDEN
A 84th minute penalty from Prestwich Heys striker Jack Coop was enough to secure victory in a 2-1 win at North East Counties Premier...

HEYS CUP JOY AS UNDER 18'S WIN TOURNAMENT
Dom Lavrinovic was the hero of the hour scoring the winning penalty in a 4-3 shootout win v AFC Blackpool as Prestwich Heys secured the...

ARE YOU GONNA BELIEVE US? THE HEYS ARE GOING UP!
Are you gonna believe us?, the Heys are going up!, is a song going round my head after yesterday's announcement that after a restructure...

Dwyer strike gives Heys well earned point at Chadderton
A 66th minute strike by James Dwyer was enough to secure the point good enough to take Prestwich Heys into the top four of the North West...

FOUR GAMES, AN EXPENSIVE TAKE AWAY AND A NIGHT WE'LL NEVER FORGET
DAISY HILL Well with what finally looks like another re start for Prestwich Heys in the North West Counties Division one North commencing...

COOP DOUBLE NOT ENOUGH TO SAVE HEYS FROM DEFEAT AT HOLKER
A 27th minute goal from Tom Dawson secured a win for Holker Old Boys and sent Prestwich Heys to a first league defeat of the season in...

FIVE STAR HEYS FLY OUT OF THE BLOCKS AT DAISY HILL IN OPENING DAY CRACKER.
A fifty seventh minute strike by Alfie Belcher was the fifth and final goal in a great 5-2 opening day win away at the New Sirs ground...

PRE SEASON IS DONE... THE WAITING IS OVER 2020-21 SEASON IS ABOUT TO BEGIN AT PRESTWICH HEYS
So with several official match reports done by myself on a pre season that started way back on 1st August, yes you read that right...1st...

SINGLE GOAL SEES SQUIRES GATE EDGE PAST HEYS IN FRIENDLY
By Rick Barrett A fiftieth minute goal from Josh Westwood was enough for North West Counties Premier League Squires Gate to see off...

HEYS PENALTY HEARTBREAK AT PENISTONE IN FA VASE THRILLER
By Rick Barrett Premier league side Penistone's Andy Ring was the hero after scoring the winning penalty in a 5-4 shoot out v Prestwich...

EARLY BIRDS HEYS SEE OFF CHARNOCK RICHARD IN FRIENDLY WIN.
(Official match report) by Rick Barrett An early strike from Heys midfielder Joe Rothwell set Prestwich Heys on course for an impressive...

Heys Edged out in narrow defeat at Elton Vale
A 70th minute strike for Manchester League side Elton Vale was enough to secure victory for the home side in Prestwich Heys latest pre...

Pre season gets underway, FA Cup/Vase and news on our cup final.
In these testing times of Coronavirus it was a strange feeling last Saturday for our first pre season game against our new affiliate club...

Heys Pre-Season announced and a new 'derby'
So its been a busy week with the league confirming that pre season can indeed start from the beginning of August and for us at Heys it...

Heys Still awaiting 2020-21 start date as are all non league clubs
It has been confirmed that the leagues and FA got together on 19th June but still no start date to offer us non league footy fans and...

The boys are back in town and so is Max
So was just about to post about the lads being back in training yesterday and was going to mention that among Christina Openshaw's many...

We'll meet again some sunny day...or could it be winters day?
Waking up this Saturday morning to hear the rain pounding against the window it reminded me of this regular occurrence during the...
























