The club's second FA Cup entry, in 1882–83, saw it drawn to play the Royal Engineers, who, although a shadow of their former selves, still easily won 3–1, despite the Bridge taking a wind-assisted early lead.

[2] The club claimed a successful season in 1884–85, winning 13 of its 22 matches,[3] including two ties in the London Senior Cup for the only time,[4] and reaching the final of the second Essex Senior Cup.

[5] In the semi-final the club beat Colchester (Town) at Brentwood by the same scoreline,[6] but lost to the Old Foresters in the final at Chelmsford 7–0, in a match that only lasted 75 minutes as the referee called for time after half-an-hour in the second half; by the time he had been persuaded to bring the teams back for the last 15 minutes, many of the Bridge players had already left.

[8] The club was still active at the start of the 1886–87 season, being represented at the Essex County Football Association half-yearly meeting[9] and entering the Essex Senior Cup that season,[10] but the last record of a match for the club is a friendly with Chigwell School in March 1887.

The club originally used the White Hart in Woodford Bridge as its headquarters,[13] and by 1884 it had a private ground known variously as Glengate or Glenhall, in Snakes Lane, near the Railway Arms.