22nd July - Woking (H)

How many come to a Gillingham game here? Very fee and it costs more in staffing than we would make.

We have had pre-season friendlies with Gillingham in the past and they sent their U23s and a handful of supporters. When Maidstone came, it was a competitive league game, they had just won the league, it was a Bank Holiday, and it was party time for their supporters. It's completely different.

Johnny Hartley wrote:

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I saw that Gillingham are the only Kent team in the top 4 divisions, and Welling is virtually Kent, so in a roundabout way are one of our local teams.

As they are in the higher leagues I assume they have a decent fan base, so I assume they have travelling fans who would come to watch us play them at our ground, so it could be more of a money maker for us to host them than a team who doesn't bring many fans to our ground, or us playing an away game where I assume we don't make much money. Maidstone brought a lot to us, and Gillingham are bigger than Maidstone.

There aren't that many higher comparatively local teams than us that could give us a really useful pre-season work out, and Gillingham are one of them. But of course, we could keep playing nice comfortable pre-season friendlies against Beckenham Town, as unlike taking on a big challenge like Gillingham that will really prepare us for the challenges of the season ahead, and really test the trialists and show before we potentially sign them what they are like in difficult situations, and against really tough opposition, won't it.

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 Certainly nailed the travelling fans bit

Odin73 wrote:

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Will Cray Wanderers have moved to new ground , I saw one report they were hoping 23/24 season

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 Cant see it myself unless they have a team of 100 builders working 24 hours a day. Passed the new ground yesterday and nothing seems to be happening. At last years psf chatting to their fans who said delay was down to not getting steel thanks to Ukraine war.

Hayes and Yeading away 25th July 7.45 p.m.

No absolutely zero chancethey literally havent even started building it yet.

Ex Chelsea, Jody Morris mate and of course ex- Welling Hanlon I am assuming. From memory he did alright for us, Rutherford era if I recall right ? 

Milton007 wrote:

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Ex Chelsea, Jody Morris mate and of course ex- Welling Hanlon I am assuming. From memory he did alright for us, Rutherford era if I recall right ? 

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 2 spells in the late 90s, he went off to either Peterbrough or Rushden and diamonds then came back on loan. Was my favourite player at the time he played for us, 

Dulwich Hamlet at home on 18th July 19.45 k.o.

Danson Mark wrote:

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Squarevanmanthesecond wrote:

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From Kentish Football site away to Holmsdale next Saturday 24th at 2pm. This must be under 23 team as at Charles Darwin School. 

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 I think that the U23s are playing at Holmesdale next season, so it makes sense that they are meeting in a friendly.

 

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 Yes I got told that the other day. Seems our Academy is so successful (well done them) they are having to use more sites. Shame as I got to chat to a few of them when out with the boss in Kidbrooke.

According to Footballwebpages we are away to Brentwood Town on 22nd July. Brentwood are also showing us as being their visitors that day. I am guessing this must be an under 23 fixture as Woking are still showing their visit to us that Saturday.