Welling Utd Vets v Charlton Athletic Former Players Association. Thursday 30th April k.o 7.45.
As many will know Dereck Brown suffered a broken leg in the inaugural Graham Hobbins Legends Memorial Trophy match back in October. Dereck, who made 112 Conference appearances for the Wings, is making a slow but hopefully full recovery and will be WSU's guest on the night. Please support his benefit match and enjoy watching the Wings legends take on Charlton's Former Players once again.
Confirmed Welling legends include: Copes Ruthers John Farley Lew Watts Tony Dolby Tony Reynolds Gary Abbott Terry Robbins Ricky Bennett Jo Francis
Admission; Adults £7, Concessions £4, Children accompanied by a paying adult - £1
-- Edited by bruno on Monday 30th of March 2009 10:11:24 AM
-- Edited by bruno on Thursday 2nd of April 2009 08:31:50 PM
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"The worst thing you can do is make a committment and not meet it and I understand that." Barrie Hobbins 14 August 2010
The Charlton Athletic Former Players Association squad is
Lee Hayward Michael Paye Mark Penfold Richard Wilson Colin Walsh Paul LInger Peter Garland Paul Gorman Garry Nelson Tony Booth Dave Ridgeon Mark Robson Mark Kinsella Andy Jones Steve Gritt Leroy Ambrose Peter Shaw John Humphrey Simon Webster
The latest news on Dereck is that 5 months later he is only now nearing a return to work following the injury he sustained which led to the abandonment of this Vets fixture back in October. Dereck's injury was sustained taking part in a fund raising event organised by the WSU and not being able to work has had a significant impact on him financially hence all parties agreeing that the match would be a benefit match for him when it was played.
There will be a raffle at the game and the prizes will include a signed Welling shirt and a signed Charlton Shirt
If the match is half as entertaining as the one which had to be abandoned nobody will walk away disappointed so lets all try and turn out for the match, buy a few raffle tickets and have a great night. What better way is there of repaying Dereck for his commitment to the Club.
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"The worst thing you can do is make a committment and not meet it and I understand that." Barrie Hobbins 14 August 2010
Might pencil this is as every penny that Del Boy gets will be well deserved not only for is past service as Player/Coach but for his support of the WSU fund raising match where he got injured.
James if you do a DVD i will pledge to cover the match admission and DVD price for it so you can take your costs and donate the rest to Del Boy.
Maybe a few others would like a dvd of the game with excess money going to Del? Might get him a few more quid IF james isnt overwise engaged.
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It's a great idea but I just don't have the time any more to produce DVDs. That's why I stopped doing them for the First Team, just lack of time.
Unlike a lot of other clubs who have one person filming, one person updating the website, one producing DVDs, interviews etc, etc they can spread the load but as I do everything myself so trying to fit a project like this in would be hard.
I do plan to film the Kent Senior Cup Final but only to provide the highlights as usual and not a DVD.
I could film the Dereck Brown game and just upload free highlights but that's not really the aim of this match.
Sorry for not being able to do this but instead I urge you to attend :)
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