DISAPPOINTING, shocking, appalling - pick your own adjective to describe Bridgwater’s performance against lowly OCs in a game they should have won.

Bridgwater were confident of a victory against opponents they had comfortably despatched earlier in the season.

Albion’s play started rushed and scrappy. The opening try for OCs summed up the way the game was to pan out.

A mix up between Albion’s stand in scrum half Dan Gooding and winger Rich Willis gift the ball to a Culverhaysians forward who was able to trundle in to the try line without a hand laid on him.

OCs were on the scoresheet again; this time after an offside at a ruck gifted them a penalty in front of the posts.

Albion's response was almost immediate - Damian Griffin sliced through a gap to score close to the posts allowing Nick Bradley an easy conversion.

The score should have settled Albion's nerves but they continued to throw the ball around recklessly when a more measured approach was required.

OCs notched another converted score, and to add insult to injury Albion were forced to play the last 10 minutes of the half with 14 men as lock Rob Thompson was binned for wiping out one of the opposition's forwards as they both contested a ball that was rolling over the Albion try line, but no penalty try was awarded and Bridgwater saw off the threat.

The next 40 minutes were spent almost entirely in the home side's half but scores just wouldn't come.

The defence was finally breached with just 4 minutes left when James Brakes crashed over wide out and, despite losing the ball in the tackle as he dived for the line, the referee decided the try was good.

The conversion was wide but Albion still had time to mount another attack from the kick off but the referee blew for full time.

Bridgwater moved up to third as leaders Weston were docked 15 points for fielding ineligible players and Keynsham lost 5 points for a similar infringement.

Bridgwater & Albion United: J Brakes, R Willis M House N Bradley D Lang, D Griffin D Gooding, N Ball, D Norman D Walker D Page-Symonds, R Thompson, J Darley, S Russell, M Northey. Rep H Johnson.