It was a quiet return for Bridge. He was not greatly tested defensively and made just a couple of runs forward, but it was an important step completed in his ahead-of-schedule return to fitness.
In addition to Bridge there were full games given to two midfield members of this season’s first team squad, Jiri Jarošik and Lassana Diarra, the summer signing from Le Havre.
Diarra, anchoring the midfield, proved to be the most prominent Chelsea player on the pitch with a display that included two fiercely hit left-foot shots (both blocked), a booking for dissent, and near the end, the best Chelsea pass of the game. That was a beautifully weighted ball that sent Philip Younghusband in behind the defence but the young Chelsea forward couldn’t capitalise.
Chelsea’s first opening of the game came early and fell Jarošik’s way but he blasted Morais’ low cross high over the bar. The former Czech international was also part of a sweeping move on 20 minutes, started at the back by Pettigrew and also involving Jonas Elmer. Phil Younghusband was unlucky not to apply the finishing touch on the volley when the ball came over from the left.
Soon after, Younghusband’s tidy play set up a shooting chance for Mancienne who had advanced to just outside the area but he fired wide.
It had taken half-hour to create those three attacks, the game proving a low-key start to the reserve season.
Just past the 30 minute mark Chelsea went behind. A mistake by Elmer allowed Spurs right-back Phil Ifil to run at and drift inside Pettigrew before smacking a powerful shot past Pidgeley.
Coach Mick McGiven waited five minutes into the second-half to shuffle his pack in an attempt to inject more life.
The introduction of Joe Tillen and Anthony Grant coincided with a switch to a 4-2-3-1 shape, Jarosik taking up a more advanced position behind lone striker Younghusband but clear openings failed to materialise. Finding a sharper cutting edge will be one of the early challenges for this season’s reserve squad.
As the game entered its final 20 minutes, Spurs doubled the lead with another quality strike. Barnard rolled Pettigrew, advanced and slipped a pass sideways to Jackson who thundered the ball into the bottom corner.
The closing stages saw Chelsea attempting to fight back with Jarošik and substitute James Simmonds up front. The final incident was a booking for Pettigrew for a little kick out at the scorer of the visitors’ second goal.
Chelsea:
Lenny Pidgeley; Dean Smith, Michael Mancienne, Adrian Pettigrew, Wayne Bridge; Jiri Jarošik, Lassana Diarra, Danny Hollands (c) (Anthony Grant 50); Filipe Morais (James Simmonds 71), Philip Younghusband, Jonas Elmer (Joe Tillen 50).
Tottenham: 
Robert Burch; Phil Ifil, Charlie Lee, Goran Bunjevcevic, Marcel McKie; Michael Brown (Kieran McKenna 45), Jamie O'Hara, Johnnie Jackson; Aaron Lennon, Lee Barnard, Emil Hallfredsson (Charlie Daniels 69).