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 left St Neots Town in August 2018, taking up the position of head of coaching at League Two club Lincoln City.

[4][5] Bridges played for local team Cambridge United, whom he joined at the age of eight, and he progressed through the club's youth system before signing his first professional contract in February 2002.

[2] He broke into the first-team towards the end of the 2001–02 season, making his debut as a substitute in a 1–0 defeat to Huddersfield Town at the Abbey Stadium on 16 March 2002.

[2] Bridges trialled at a number of clubs before the start of the 2004–05 season, including Chesterfield and Northampton Town, without successfully securing a deal.

[14][15] He also spent the majority of the close season in the United States training with two professional American football clubs, before realising it was not financially viable to move to America on a permanent basis.

[4] Bridges struggled to find a club ahead of the 2004–05 season, and took up an offer to play for FK Rīga in Latvia.

[4] After returning to England in November 2004 for rehabilitation at Lilleshall, he began part-time training with Cambridgeshire club Histon in January 2005.

[19] A month later, Bridges joined Histon on a short-term basis, making his debut for the club in March 2005, playing the whole match in a 3–1 home win against Tiverton Town.

[21] He left Histon at the end of the season, and subsequently earned himself a one-year contract to re-join his former employers, Cambridge United, following a successful trial at the club.

[23] He made his second debut for Cambridge in a 1–0 defeat at Forest Green Rovers,[24] and scored in the following two games against both Hereford United and Accrington Stanley.

[30] After Cambridge's 2–0 home defeat to St Albans City in December,[31] Bridges did not feature in the first-team for two months.

[38][39] He was offered a new contract by manager Mark Cooper, which was rejected, as he opted to join his former Kettering team-mates Craig Westcarr and Gary Mills in signing for Stevenage on 13 May 2008.

He eventually made his debut for the Hertfordshire club in a 1–1 draw against Oxford United on 20 December 2008, scoring Stevenage's goal with an "unstoppable drive from outside the area".

[60][61] Bridges made his Kettering Town debut in a 2–0 away win at Lincoln City on 10 September 2011, the club's first away victory of the season.

[68][69] Bridges had one-year remaining on his contract at Kettering, but left in July 2012, calling the season the "worst of his career".

[74] It proved to be his only league goal of the season, in which Chelmsford would once again make the Conference South play-offs, but ultimately fall short.

[72] Shortly after the end of the 2012–13 season, Bridges signed for Isthmian League Premier Division club Bury Town on a free transfer.

[81] On securing the signing of Bridges for the season, manager Gary Setchell stated "I'm probably very, very fortunate I've stumbled across Bridgo when he's got a lot going on outside of football, business wise".

[83] On his retirement, manager Setchell said "David will be missed by a lot of people at the football club but I totally understand his decision to call it a day on his fantastic playing career and pursue his business interests and spend more time with his young family.

[90] Bridges gained experience coaching whilst playing at Kettering Town, taking training sessions in January 2012 in the absence of a first-team manager.

[82] In May 2017, he took up his first coaching-only role when he joined St Neots Town of the Southern League Premier Division as first-team coach.

[91] Bridges left St Neots in order to become head of coaching at League Two club Lincoln City on 13 August 2018.