Welling v Charlton

[mikefleet]

1-1 last night against a full out premiership side and Welling were leading till 8 minutes from time, just look at the team, at the bottom of the match report, nearly all old Fleet players:

 

http://www.charlton-athletic.co.uk/newsview.ink?nid=22392

[Stu M]

I see a mention of Ben White... not our rather lacklustre ex-midfielder to swell their ex-Fleet ranks, along with Che who signed yesterday..?

[DarrenGNFC]

They got an attendance of 3,500...will we get anything like that?

[Matt (GNFC)]

Does anyone else think that we have a weak set of pre-season friendlies? To only get 2 home friendlies isnt going to boost the coffers. The one that interests me the most is the Colchester friendly as we're at least pitching ourselves against a team we can benchmark ourselves against even though they're in a higher league. Folkestone, Lymington, Waltham Forest, Hastings are all very uninspiring mediocre opposition.

[John Pearce]

No doubt when they turn-up at Stonebridge Road, most of the Charlton players will be either reserves or bit-part first teamers.........as is usual whenever a Premiership/League side visits Northfleet.

[Jimmy]

Also a Hockey, could be our former PASE captain Lee.

[Stu M]

Without knowing the ins and outs of getting pre-season friendlies, it's difficult to judge... but ours are generally disappointing, and the crowds even more so as a result. Obviously, Welling have some kind of deal with Charlton over groundshare issues and so maybe stipulate whether a strong squad is fielded, but they've also pulled in some fairly attractive pre-seasons over the past few years. The last decent side I recall coming to Northfleet was an Arsenal XI in 1990 that included David O'Leary and Eddie McGoldrick (heh heh, what a 'star'!), but even that wasn't what you'd call a strong side.

[DarrenGNFC]

About 5 or 6 years ago didn't Spurs play a side that included Ian Walker and Ruel Fox?

[jc]

Quote:

Stu M said: along with Che who signed yesterday

In other ex-Fleet player movements, Mark Munday's joined Ramsgate from Folkestone - so it seems we won't be facing him tomorrow, sadly.

[Jimmy]

Tagging onto other ex Fleet players, although this one played in a very loose sense of the word, Jamie Coyle has signed for Dulwich.