What moments still stick out for you from your years supporting Welling. They dont have to be successful ones, just moments you remember good or bad.
For me
The sheer noise and number of fans at Swansea and the singing and atmosphere
Standing at Gillingham and getting a draw.
Seeing Brigden do that dance at Reading first time round at the end of the game
Getting a 0-0 at Stafford after having THREE players sent off and being denied an absolute stonewall penalty in the closing stages.
Handford's free kick against Bath in the FA Cup
Getting slaughtered 6-1 (or 6-0) at Barrow complete abject display after a long journey.
Darlington Cheating at Darlington and stealing a win with a dodgy free kick by their keeper miles from where it was and it was rolling which led to the goal. Robbery.
-- Edited by JgFc on Wednesday 2nd of June 2010 07:05:30 PM
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I cannot match any of yours jgfc ,but beating woking away last season was good especially watching our supporters going crazy from where i was sitting it look superb.
Standing in the stair rods, relentess rain, at Reading's old Elm Park ground watching Trevor Booker hit the Reading post in the last minute. So it was back to PVR for another replay (the third or fourth?) before the days of penalty shoot-outs. Then the heartache of losing that game at pvr 2-1 after Inchy had done the business. We had just run out of players - so many injuries.
Oh, and my other favourite, always to be treasured memory, is thumping Woking away 5-0 (closely followed by our 4-1 home success against Colchester in the Conference after they had given it large).
My happiest memory was at Stalybridge Celtic where we gained a draw to stave off relegation and the Wings were almost supported by the home fans who seemed even happier for us! It was a long, boozy, day and we made a lot of friends at Stalybridge so much so that I reckon we were twinned with Stalybridge.
-- Edited by Exec lounge Bertie on Wednesday 2nd of June 2010 07:51:16 PM
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Requiring a lie down at Marston Road having been the only person in the ground who could see what was going to happen (and making the local paper for it).
Also was it Jocky offering to snog Rowan if we got it back to 4-4 when we were being tonked at Stafford and then reverting to racial steriotype when Stafford scored their fifth by not offering it on a 5-5, if I recall correctly.
The steward getting soaked at Southport when I was the only one left on the terrace and wouldn't go in the stand.
The comedian of a keeper a Southwick who looked like he was going to give them a famous cup defeat of us for 70 minutes, stopping shots with every part of his anatomy including his nuts.
Creditable 0-0 at Cheltenham on their Championship win and not knowing if it meant anything.
Trevor Booker giving John McKenna a perfect right hook and laying him out.
Paul Barron passing me on his bike on the way back from Morecambe like I wasn't moving (and I assure you I was).
Woking 0 Welling 5. Timeless.
Leek 2 Welling 4. Priceless.
Neil Smith. Hopeless!
Oh, and Graham Hobbins (although I accept this is not necessarily a moment).
I haven't got the history of many others on this board but I did enjoy Chris Moore's goal at Huddersfield - 4 nil down but it was still a great moment.
I'm sure i saw lots of great games and good goals at the PVR ground in the 80's but the only one that i vividly remember right now was a game against Gateshead. We were winning the game 3-0 at half time and looked like we would slaughter them, and we ended up losing 4-3 :O I remember something about an FA Cup game against Maidstone in the first round proper unless I'm imagining things.
Welling 3-5 Southport where Welling scored 7 of the 8 goals, Perkins subbed after 20mins, and Glen Knight smashing a clearance into the back of John Farley's head and nearly knocking him out.
I must say that watching Welling beat Weymouth 7-1 last season was great fun and good value for money. Even Bakare scored :D
And of course the season before that we won the KSC final 6-1, which was the most goals I'd seen Welling score in a game up till that point, and the only time I'd gone to see us win a trophy. The Whitstable fans were alright to.
I also want to give an honourable mention to the half pounders with cheese and bacon sold near the clubhouse, and whatshisname and his wife that cook them :D
-- Edited by Dogme on Thursday 3rd of June 2010 10:58:50 AM
the Kedwell goal vs Dorchester in 4th qualifier of cup a few years back
the Wimbledon game last year
and on negative side - the 3-2 Woking FA Trophy game a few years back and my personal worst football moment that was that Whyteleafe fa cup game a couple of years ago
-- Edited by J on Thursday 3rd of June 2010 12:18:19 PM
Queuing to buy tickets for the Blackburn game on an evening well before the event was a high. There was a real buzz outside the ground.
Demolishing Woking this season was superb with unwipable smiles on so many faces in the Sovereigns afterwards.
Several away days have been wonderful, not necessarily for the football.
Lows include a 6-1 home thrashing by Leyton Pennant or Leyton Wingate or something like that.
Going 3 down in 20 minutes at Cambridge United when Gary Cooper went missing.
The all time low for me was in the season when we went down we were 2-0 up at half time against Altrincham only to come out and play the most negative tactics possible and let them come back to draw 2-2. I remember posting at the time that the result would come back to haunt us and it did when we went down on goal difference.
