Got my five stand tickets ages ago and can't wait for the game.  I really do hope that the weather holds out and we get a good crowd down.  The more that attend, the more the club can benefit - that passes down the line to Jamie and the playing staff - hopefully.  We need bums on seats and feet on terraces, not only for this game, but for the whole season.

Our dedicated players/staff are going to be up for it this season, so let's get behind the team and prove we are the best.

COYW

Normal place mate and I'll see you in the bar    We'll need extra time to sort out my new Raspberry 

Any newrs of line-ups, updates at all?

0-0 at half time apparently from my guy at the ground

Faz at full back....Pires in the middle

Crowd...could be 2000

Thats all I have at the moment

Mx

Charlton winning 1-0

2-0

Awful game. As more triallists came on for us we got worse and shorter! Interesting way for the management team to treat the flagship pre season friendly. You would expect that against Erith Town or Thamesmead, but not against Charlton!

Don't agree that the first half was awful.  Thought it was quite entertaining and we matched Charlton when we had the bulk of our first team squad on the pitch.  Agree that things went downhill when the triallists came on, clearly playing against League One players was a bit too much for some of them.  I thought Loui had another superb game at right back, shame we really need him to play on the wing.

I think the crowd was announced as 2313.  If so that's good news and a reward to those who worked hard publicising the game at Danson last week.

 

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I think the crowd was announced as 2313.  If so that's good news and a reward to those who worked hard publicising the game at Danson last week.

 

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 This was the best thing about the game today. A lot of people turned up and Welling United made a lot of money from ticket sales, merchandise, booze etc. Agreed about the people that worked hard at the Danson festival

Also agree with Danson Mark about the tannoys. They couldn't compete with the noise of over 2000 people. I don't think i understood a single announcement until someone was substituted near the end of the game and most of the crowd were quiet.

Couple of Pictures. Firstly the Gaffer being interviewed on Sky Sports and secondly the Winner of Footballs Next Star Ben Greenhalgh back "home" in a Welling Shirt

As a primarily Charlton fan / wings follower, actually a bit disappointed it wasn't a bigger gate as i know how crucial it is to Welling.

Thought Welling looked tidy and decent throughout, the gap between Conf South and the Football League seems to be narrowing every year. Thought the last young goalie to come on looked well out of his depth, and impacted on the score. Greenhaugh come out at left mid, not left back.

It was great seeing the young kids taking pens at half time, and a real shame that the cheerleaders didn't get any music to work off. Saying the tannoy couldn't compete with the crowd is ridiculous, as it was a very silent 2,000.

Also the blokes bogs behind the main stand were locked, which shouldn't be happening.

From all Charlton fans, good luck to Welling this season and hope come next May you get what you really deserved last season.

On a seperate note it was good to see a new tea hut behind the new stand, and in the Wings colours. A great effort and thanks to those who put this in place.

Will it do hot food in the close seaon or is this a bottle bar type arrangment?

Dogme wrote:

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Saying the tannoy couldn't compete with the crowd is ridiculous, as it was a very silent 2,000.

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 Not ridiculous at all. No one standing at either end of the ground could hear the announcements until near the end of the match. I'm sure those sitting down heard things fine.

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 I asked Barrie for a team sheet for my match report but he told me there would not be one due to the number of players involved an that I would have to listen to tannoy announcements.

Hmmm!

The goals were just on SSN, as well as brief interviews with Chris Powell and Barrie Hobbins

I was sitting a bit nearer to the tannoys than you Dave and I couldn't hear very well either. I think Matthew was suffering a bit too which probably didn't help. Bad cold or hay fever.

The first half was good and we held our own. Inevitably in the 2nd half when we brought the trialists on and they put out their stronger side things went downhill.

Of the trialists, I thought the 18 did very well. No idea what his name was.

I thought Jordan had a stormer yesterday. We will see how good the trailists are when we play the likes of Margate etc in the coming weeks. Very pleasing first half display dont read anyhting into 2nd half as it was more or less a trialist team.

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Think that was the lad released from Cardif City. Tannoy was very poor we could do with new speakers and a couple of wireless ones in the new stand. Gary had to come round shouting to try and find some youngsters grandfather. Not ideal. Thats without being unable to hear any line ups and subs. The tannoy/speakers are terrible really and need replacing ASAP. If a situation kicked off it would be bedlam.

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 Found out today that the tannoy system is new, installed this past week !!! also no longer uses cd player but is linked up to an ipod. 

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And who decides what music is played?

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 Irrelevant if you cannot hear it.

its a bit 70s pre match aint it.

Aint no stopping us now for run out tune would be good again, mix and match for pre match would be good, some oldies, some chart and some latest. Also different music each game not same few songs.

If thats a new system then it needs a more powerful amp or better speakers or the club have been turned over.