An abysmal result that summed up all of our problems on the pitch this season. The pace of the team was miles off it from minute 1, low tempo and almost a non-existent commitment to try and actually win the game.
Poor mistake from Kai for the 1st goal, followed by horrific back post defending for the 2nd goal. Almost a repeat of the defensive debarkle we saw at St Albans only just a week ago. Shocking that Freddie did not start over Kai today, and quite frankly both of them have no future at the football club full stop. New keeper needed urgently.
The 2nd half was almost as worse as the 1st half. Another poorly defended goal that killed the game off, and then a few massive missed chances at the other end, somehow that did not get converted, but it only proves our attack is simply not good enough at the level. One comical moment was when Shakpoke tripped over the ball 1 on 1 and did not score. Absolutely embarrassing.
£3500 quid lost due to this performance today. Absolutely abysmal. I still think pushing Howard out now would be suicidal, but the club needs to be reset once we have the finances to make it possible.
Just when you think things cant get any worse.
Unless the local council step in with funds, or we get rid of the current directors, do not see much for both Welling and PVR in the foreseeable future.
Something is not right when you see a performance like I witnessed this afternoon
An abysmal result that summed up all of our problems on the pitch this season. The pace of the team was miles off it from minute 1, low tempo and almost a non-existent commitment to try and actually win the game.
Poor mistake from Kai for the 1st goal, followed by horrific back post defending for the 2nd goal. Almost a repeat of the defensive debarkle we saw at St Albans only just a week ago. Shocking that Freddie did not start over Kai today, and quite frankly both of them have no future at the football club full stop. New keeper needed urgently.
The 2nd half was almost as worse as the 1st half. Another poorly defended goal that killed the game off, and then a few massive missed chances at the other end, somehow that did not get converted, but it only proves our attack is simply not good enough at the level. One comical moment was when Shakpoke tripped over the ball 1 on 1 and did not score. Absolutely embarrassing.
£3500 quid lost due to this performance today. Absolutely abysmal. I still think pushing Howard out now would be suicidal, but the club needs to be reset once we have the finances to make it possible.
Depressing, gutless.
How do we get finances/new investment into the club without Howard moving on? I agree the club needs a massive reset
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An abysmal result that summed up all of our problems on the pitch this season. The pace of the team was miles off it from minute 1, low tempo and almost a non-existent commitment to try and actually win the game.
Poor mistake from Kai for the 1st goal, followed by horrific back post defending for the 2nd goal. Almost a repeat of the defensive debarkle we saw at St Albans only just a week ago. Shocking that Freddie did not start over Kai today, and quite frankly both of them have no future at the football club full stop. New keeper needed urgently.
The 2nd half was almost as worse as the 1st half. Another poorly defended goal that killed the game off, and then a few massive missed chances at the other end, somehow that did not get converted, but it only proves our attack is simply not good enough at the level. One comical moment was when Shakpoke tripped over the ball 1 on 1 and did not score. Absolutely embarrassing.
£3500 quid lost due to this performance today. Absolutely abysmal. I still think pushing Howard out now would be suicidal, but the club needs to be reset once we have the finances to make it possible.
Depressing, gutless.
How do we get finances/new investment into the club without Howard moving on? I agree the club needs a massive reset
The problem is Spills is that if Howard leaves now, there is virtually no chance any good investor coming in and pays for the financial shortfall immediately. This is a football club that is losing approximately 7,000 pounds a week, due to many factors that can simply not be covered in this segment alone, however it is almost endless.
Howard has his flaws as well as the people who work around him, but the cold hard truth is that without the ridiculous level of investment he pumps into the club every week, the football club would have gone down under a long time ago. What investor with any good intentions or rationale takes over a football club in total freefall, has awful infrastructure, a small fanbase and that has virtually no self sufficiency in any of its operations.
Howard has oversaw probably the worst ever period in the football club's existence, awful recruitment, awful managerial appointments etc etc, but there is no beating about the bush. Howard's money is quite literally the only thing that will stop this football club as it stands going into liquidation, and I know most welling fans would rather see the club afloat than that.
Unless we have some grand investor with a credible and trustworthy reputation coming in who could cover this shortfall (which is virtually impossible), then why try and push out the bloke who quite literally is keeping us out of the precipice of financial catastrophe.
People keep forgetting that we have also not had a home game for a month, and won't have one until the week after next. This has caused a simply staggering £30,000 pound shortfall in that time, and Howard has bailed the club out of his pocket once again to cover it, because otherwise we would be having HMRC knocking at our door like in 2010, which nearly ended the football club.
Until we have a reliable investor coming in who would cover the shortfall and give us a long term vision, then pushing Howard out would be the end of the club. No other way around it.
People can have views on Howard's ownership but bottom line is, Welling isn't an attractive investment...small fan base, a lot of money needed and going nowhere fast let's be honest.
Today from the players was inexcusable, not one player on the pitch looked interested from the minute a ball was kicked...even the captain Paxman has given up.
I've just watched Stringers interview and he was spot on, loads of work to do and people won't wanna hear this but a mass clearout is needed asap...don't moan about loan signings or a high turnover in the next few weeks as it's badly needed.
Not surprised Rod mentioned the attitude of individuals was abysmal, can see it on the pitch.
An abysmal result that summed up all of our problems on the pitch this season. The pace of the team was miles off it from minute 1, low tempo and almost a non-existent commitment to try and actually win the game.
Poor mistake from Kai for the 1st goal, followed by horrific back post defending for the 2nd goal. Almost a repeat of the defensive debarkle we saw at St Albans only just a week ago. Shocking that Freddie did not start over Kai today, and quite frankly both of them have no future at the football club full stop. New keeper needed urgently.
The 2nd half was almost as worse as the 1st half. Another poorly defended goal that killed the game off, and then a few massive missed chances at the other end, somehow that did not get converted, but it only proves our attack is simply not good enough at the level. One comical moment was when Shakpoke tripped over the ball 1 on 1 and did not score. Absolutely embarrassing.
£3500 quid lost due to this performance today. Absolutely abysmal. I still think pushing Howard out now would be suicidal, but the club needs to be reset once we have the finances to make it possible.
Depressing, gutless.
How do we get finances/new investment into the club without Howard moving on? I agree the club needs a massive reset
The problem is Spills is that if Howard leaves now, there is virtually no chance any good investor coming in and pays for the financial shortfall immediately. This is a football club that is losing approximately 7,000 pounds a week, due to many factors that can simply not be covered in this segment alone, however it is almost endless.
Howard has his flaws as well as the people who work around him, but the cold hard truth is that without the ridiculous level of investment he pumps into the club every week, the football club would have gone down under a long time ago. What investor with any good intentions or rationale takes over a football club in total freefall, has awful infrastructure, a small fanbase and that has virtually no self sufficiency in any of its operations.
Howard has oversaw probably the worst ever period in the football club's existence, awful recruitment, awful managerial appointments etc etc, but there is no beating about the bush. Howard's money is quite literally the only thing that will stop this football club as it stands going into liquidation, and I know most welling fans would rather see the club afloat than that.
Unless we have some grand investor with a credible and trustworthy reputation coming in who could cover this shortfall (which is virtually impossible), then why try and push out the bloke who quite literally is keeping us out of the precipice of financial catastrophe.
People keep forgetting that we have also not had a home game for a month, and won't have one until the week after next. This has caused a simply staggering £30,000 pound shortfall in that time, and Howard has bailed the club out of his pocket once again to cover it, because otherwise we would be having HMRC knocking at our door like in 2010, which nearly ended the football club.
Until we have a reliable investor coming in who would cover the shortfall and give us a long term vision, then pushing Howard out would be the end of the club. No other way around it.
So in other words keep him sweet just to have a club in the short term but he is a **** owner?
Issues are in plain sight and it's taken a 3-0 loss I'm the trophy against Brentwood for people to see what's been evident for last few years:
Dof planned for this season, leaves shortly after manager appointed
Pie in the sky ground plans...again
Skippy a coach, then an agent, then does the recruitment
Martin appointed seems a stretch as a first gig. Sacked returns to playing albeit as a coach.
Feeney kept in role despite behaviour toward fans and poor results - he has links to Goldberg.
Owner originally shared some ownership with dolke who is related to Goldberg.
We had an academy. Sure there will be politics not known but they've formed their own club and uprooted.
How many managers? They can't all be bad
Paul whitehead showed with the right push you can attract gates lots of free youth tickets granted but need to start somwhere - why did he go?
X3 or so seasons of recruiting a side which no longer resembles that squad by game week 10
An operational board in place - what does it do, what has it achieved
-- Edited by Jimmy on Sunday 26th of October 2025 08:38:21 AM
The thing is Jimmy, we all know why Howard became owner of the football club in the first place. This was not some takeover by some messiah figure who had been watching Welling Utd for several decades and acted in sympathy to the football club, no this was a calculated business move by Howard to bag a property redevelopment, which would have been beneficial to not only football club but himself as well.
Howard by his own admission has very little knowledge about football. He is a nice bloke when you meet him, but his football knowledge is so lacking that Winchester and others have essentially been calling the shots around him for years. I have been told by people that Howard didn't even write the Supporters statement he made in March this year, but instead signed his name off as his work when it almost certainly was not.
The danger with Howard handing so much decentralised control across the club however, is that it has led to a rapid sporting downtick under his ownership. I will give you an example, Kai told me down at the Hashtag game that it was Winchester who had called him up and asked him to join the football club. It was supposed to be a smart bargain buy for a short term period, but has instead turned into an absolute shocker, Kai making mistake after mistake with little confidence at all.
The football club has drifed for years with very little actual plan to sort any of the deep-lying issues out. Apparently we want to build PVR up by ourselves stage by stage, but yet we have no definitive timeline to actually complete any of it. The most worrying thing however, is that some Welling fans could see through this before the season even started, Jamie Cowley predicted we would go down this season and we are on track to do at the moment.
Again, until the funds are readily available to begin a transition away from Howard's ownership, then pushing him out now would be a disaster, but my God is the football club in desperate need of fresh ideas and impetus, otherwise we could well be in park football by the end of the decade.
The fact is there is nothing in it for any potential investor. What is there to invest in? Welling doesnt own the ground or the buildings. Basically Welling Utd are 20 or so players. Some footballs. Some football kits and some training equipment. Nothing else.
None of the facilities have improved since I started watching 25 years ago. PVR is a ****hole. No amount of volunteer days or maintenance will make it any better. Depressing sad awful times. God help us next Saturday!
bottom line is we need results on the pitch, fans can forget a new owner with the current state of play.
I'm not surprised at Rod's interview where he mentioned the attitude is abysmal, some clearly don't wanna be here and think they're too good...it was all over their body language yesterday including players on the bench.
Welling just need to get players in quickly who will put a shift in, not stroll around huffing and puffing doing what they want
Issues are in plain sight and it's taken a 3-0 loss I'm the trophy against Brentwood for people to see what's been evident for last few years:
Dof planned for this season, leaves shortly after manager appointed
Pie in the sky ground plans...again
Skippy a coach, then an agent, then does the recruitment
Martin appointed seems a stretch as a first gig. Sacked returns to playing albeit as a coach.
Feeney kept in role despite behaviour toward fans and poor results - he has links to Goldberg.
Owner originally shared some ownership with dolke who is related to Goldberg.
We had an academy. Sure there will be politics not known but they've formed their own club and uprooted.
How many managers? They can't all be bad
Paul whitehead showed with the right push you can attract gates lots of free youth tickets granted but need to start somwhere - why did he go?
X3 or so seasons of recruiting a side which no longer resembles that squad by game week 10
An operational board in place - what does it do, what has it achieved
-- Edited by Jimmy on Sunday 26th of October 2025 08:38:21 AM
The thing is Jimmy, we all know why Howard became owner of the football club in the first place. This was not some takeover by some messiah figure who had been watching Welling Utd for several decades and acted in sympathy to the football club, no this was a calculated business move by Howard to bag a property redevelopment, which would have been beneficial to not only football club but himself as well.
Howard by his own admission has very little knowledge about football. He is a nice bloke when you meet him, but his football knowledge is so lacking that Winchester and others have essentially been calling the shots around him for years. I have been told by people that Howard didn't even write the Supporters statement he made in March this year, but instead signed his name off as his work when it almost certainly was not.
The danger with Howard handing so much decentralised control across the club however, is that it has led to a rapid sporting downtick under his ownership. I will give you an example, Kai told me down at the Hashtag game that it was Winchester who had called him up and asked him to join the football club. It was supposed to be a smart bargain buy for a short term period, but has instead turned into an absolute shocker, Kai making mistake after mistake with little confidence at all.
The football club has drifed for years with very little actual plan to sort any of the deep-lying issues out. Apparently we want to build PVR up by ourselves stage by stage, but yet we have no definitive timeline to actually complete any of it. The most worrying thing however, is that some Welling fans could see through this before the season even started, Jamie Cowley predicted we would go down this season and we are on track to do at the moment.
Again, until the funds are readily available to begin a transition away from Howard's ownership, then pushing him out now would be a disaster, but my God is the football club in desperate need of fresh ideas and impetus, otherwise we could well be in park football by the end of the decade.
So again in short he isn't right for us but you want to keep him sweet in the short term.
Didnt we also have a high level womens FA person on board, who we was hoping would bring in some much needed revenue?
Regarding the funky monkey & northern contingent
I just dont get how someone can rock up, offer the world, yet fall hook line and sinker for it, without entering into contract of some descript.
If I turn up at the next home game, promise you a 4G pitch, wallop it in the upstairs bar for a few games, am I taken seriously?
Due diligence and contractual awareness are something I would expect from someone who is acting as a company director.
Didnt we also have a high level womens FA person on board, who we was hoping would bring in some much needed revenue? Regarding the funky monkey & northern contingent I just dont get how someone can rock up, offer the world, yet fall hook line and sinker for it, without entering into contract of some descript. If I turn up at the next home game, promise you a 4G pitch, wallop it in the upstairs bar for a few games, am I taken seriously? Due diligence and contractual awareness are something I would expect from someone who is acting as a company director.
The only avenue I see is that we do an AFC Wimbledon, Aldershot, Sheffield Weds, Bury etc - honestly, its like a slow death at the moment. If you asked me would I have more connection to this current rabble, or a new team rising from the ashes with fan ownership/control, even if they were starting back on a park.....I'd pick the latter every time. Everything I loved about Welling has gone. When I first went in 87/88 it was love at first sight - players that had grown with the club and played hundreds of games. Owners that had pulled off a minor miracle watching a 25 year climb from being a park's team to an established Conference outfit punching above their weight. I loved the smell of the place, the club's identity, the players, the owners, the people who worked inside the club, the different little fan groups. I got hooked, made lots of new friends, used to chat to club legends like Tudor in the pub afterwards - I honestly feel sad for those that weren't around in those times. Back in those days we'd be battling Wycombe, Barnet, Darlington, Macclesfield - used to love the trips to those places
Now its just about dead - the only thing that's the same is the ground, and that's not a compliment its a tragedy. When Maidstone went under (before their rebirth) we were literally the second club in Kent behind Gillingham. Now look at us. Not only have Bromley (my old local team who struggled back then to even maintain themselves in the Isthmian Prem) usurped us and some, Maidstone are back above us (no shame there) but we are now firmally looking up at Ebbsfleet, Dover, Tonbridge Angels, Folkestone, Chatham, Cray, Dartford, Ramsgate, Cray Valley. Its soul destroying. How long before you can add VCD, Beckenham, Bearsted, Herne Bay, Margate, Sittingbourne etc to that list
Honestly Howard just pack it in mate. Stop throwing good money after bad - let it die, let the hardcore collective form something new. The current model at PVR will never ever work. In all the years I've been going Bexley Council have never given a toss about the club. The place is a ****hole, and the team is disappearing through the divisions. Surely its better to start from the bottom and work your way up in hope - just like the lads of 1963 did? Watching this painful death with no end in sight isn't good for anyone - owner, manager (whoever it is this month), players (ditto), and certainly not fans
Starting again from scratch is a non starter. Perhaps the club could have gone into administration 15 years ago and gone down a couple of league and come back. But in that time much of the debt has disappeared.
The one thing the Hobbins always got right was leaving footballing matters to the manager. This seems to have not been the case this season although clearly not for all transfers as Lee Martin played with many and no doubt gave his mates decent contracts.
Rod Stringer has inherited this mess and now has a tough set of fixtures to negotiate as he goes about trying to get us a competitive team. We need to get behind him. I would say our chances of staying up are no better than 50/50. At the moment the league table doesn't lie- we are one of the worse 4 teams in the league.
If we do go down why should that be the end of the club? The Isthmian South East is a very competitive league as Vcd, Erith, Beckenham and Hastings are finding it this season. They are all at risk of relegation. Sittingbourne and Faversham at the top are both good sides who would likely beat us at the moment.
Perhaps Howard could put together a plan for ground redevelopment including a plastic pitch with new changing rooms and a new bar/cafe open 7 days a week on the road end. This could be funded from grants and perhaps a shares sell off including a supporters trust?
-- Edited by Chris on Monday 27th of October 2025 12:17:08 PM
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Starting again from scratch is a non starter. Perhaps the club could have gone into administration 15 years ago and gone down a couple of league and come back. But in that time much of the debt has disappeared.
The one thing the Hobbins always got right was leaving footballing matters to the manager. This seems to have not been the case this season although clearly not for all transfers as Lee Martin played with many and no doubt gave his mates decent contracts.
Rod Stringer has inherited this mess and now has a tough set of fixtures to negotiate as he goes about trying to get us a competitive team. We need to get behind him. I would say our chances of staying up are no better than 50/50. At the moment the league table doesn't lie- we are one of the worse 4 teams in the league.
If we do go down why should that be the end of the club? The Isthmian South East is a very competitive league as Vcd, Erith, Beckenham and Hastings are finding it this season. They are all at risk of relegation. Sittingbourne and Faversham at the top are both good sides who would likely beat us at the moment.
Perhaps Howard could put together a plan for ground redevelopment including a plastic pitch with new changing rooms and a new bar/cafe open 7 days a week on the road end. This could be funded from grants and perhaps a shares sell off including a supporters trust?
-- Edited by Chris on Monday 27th of October 2025 12:17:08 PM
Well said mate, far too many people over reacting! starting again at park football is lunacy! like Howard or not, let's all be realistic the club isn't an attractive purchase is it? who else will come in and pump money in at a loss? no one with a brain that's for sure
We got it badly wrong with Lee Martin and a majority of these signings, we have to get behind Rod whilst staying in the league then try to build for next season. Football is swings and round abouts
for clarity i'm not defending the board or owner i'm just stating the obvious that starting at park football or wanting a saudi to turn up and buy Welling united isn't happening
Got to agree with Chris about Faversham Town. As I needed to be home by 4 last Saturday and they had 1 p.m. kick off I popped along the A2/M2. Excellent team effort against Jersey Bulls. According to some of their fans they are exceeding expectations in the league. I have also seen a few other teams play in the SE Division including Whyteleafe, East Grinstead and Crowborough. I am afraid after listening to Nigel and Gavin on the way home last Saturday even East Grinstead who languish at the foot of the table with one win and ten losses would easily beat us.
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Agree would rather not see a from the ashes club and not sure with a relatively small fanbase it would be viable. I don't think Howard wants what he is getting for return in terms of the actual football but think Chris makes a valid point - leave the footballing side of things to people who know what they are doing.
Starting again from scratch is a non starter. Perhaps the club could have gone into administration 15 years ago and gone down a couple of league and come back. But in that time much of the debt has disappeared.
The one thing the Hobbins always got right was leaving footballing matters to the manager. This seems to have not been the case this season although clearly not for all transfers as Lee Martin played with many and no doubt gave his mates decent contracts.
Rod Stringer has inherited this mess and now has a tough set of fixtures to negotiate as he goes about trying to get us a competitive team. We need to get behind him. I would say our chances of staying up are no better than 50/50. At the moment the league table doesn't lie- we are one of the worse 4 teams in the league.
If we do go down why should that be the end of the club? The Isthmian South East is a very competitive league as Vcd, Erith, Beckenham and Hastings are finding it this season. They are all at risk of relegation. Sittingbourne and Faversham at the top are both good sides who would likely beat us at the moment.
Perhaps Howard could put together a plan for ground redevelopment including a plastic pitch with new changing rooms and a new bar/cafe open 7 days a week on the road end. This could be funded from grants and perhaps a shares sell off including a supporters trust?
-- Edited by Chris on Monday 27th of October 2025 12:17:08 PM
This is well-put from Chris, and I think the ground redevelopment plan you have put there would be a good idea in theory, however I am unsure if the football club has the exact plans for it. Realistically, I can't see how we don't eventually get the 3G pitch placed down eventually, considering how vital it will be for the future finances of the football club. Howard said in the WUSA meeting in late August that we should be expecting a 3G laid by the summer of 2027 if we are given enough grants by certain footballing bodies, because there is absolutely zero chance we could fund in via our own revenue without incurring massive debt which Howard would certainly not want.
The ground itself will see a few minor upgrades in the next year or so, which will include the changing rooms on the main stand (east stand), after it had to be abandoned from the summer of 2022 onwards due to poor maintenance. Erith and Belvedere have been massively helpful lending us their changing rooms for the past 3 and a half years when we have had none, but that is unsustainable considering we have no control in using them if they decide to cut cords with that agreement, and we need to modernise and build our own to have a proper future for the football club. We really have to get out of this habit fast of thinking a few dozen unqualified volunteers can suddenly make PVR look like an immaculate grand home of Welling United every summer. Yes, it is a good community exercise in bringing people together for a good cause during the summer, but painting a few railings or stairs does not suddenly change the reality that the ground is in total need of redevelopment.
I also agree that there is too much interference at senior level in the football club, and it does need to be sorted out because it is a total mess. The fact Winchester was and maybe still is in charge of the recruitment going on at the football club is simply ridiculous to me. Granted, he does do work around the ground such as cutting the pitch etc, but as a football agent, it makes so little sense for him to be doing all of these roles simultaneously. We need a proper plan when signing players and managers, not a desperate gambit for a few weeks before chopping and changing almost as fast as they joined. Lee Martin really was a shocking appointment, and I am baffled at how he was chosen over Ryan Maxwell considering he had a much better CV and pedigree at managing at non league level. My only assumption would be it was a cheap option, but it clearly was doomed from pre-season to the game at Hashtag, which finally ended the misery.
Apparently Matt and the Board are supposed to be releasing some crucial announcements in the next few weeks that will secure the long-term future of the football club, but how many people have genuine belief and excitement anymore when it comes to this PR. Most Welling fans have been grinded down to the point in the last decade where many just seen this as papering over the cracks. I do wonder if many Welling fans have almost fully lost trust in Howard and the other Board members now. There were many people on Saturday on X tellling Howard to sell the football club and end the misery, and even if we begun winning, have many fans simply lost all faith in the way the ownership has conducted themselves in the last 3 years or so.
It is a real shame, because this is a football club that has built a reputation for punching above its weight throughout its history, but sadly the decline especially since 2022 has been so scarring and damaging that we are looking at a very real possibility of being relegated this season for the 2nd successive season. A long way to go of course, but that Trophy exit was so embarrasing that I seriously do wonder what the future holds for Welling United.
Starting again from scratch is a non starter. Perhaps the club could have gone into administration 15 years ago and gone down a couple of league and come back. But in that time much of the debt has disappeared.
The one thing the Hobbins always got right was leaving footballing matters to the manager. This seems to have not been the case this season although clearly not for all transfers as Lee Martin played with many and no doubt gave his mates decent contracts.
Rod Stringer has inherited this mess and now has a tough set of fixtures to negotiate as he goes about trying to get us a competitive team. We need to get behind him. I would say our chances of staying up are no better than 50/50. At the moment the league table doesn't lie- we are one of the worse 4 teams in the league.
If we do go down why should that be the end of the club? The Isthmian South East is a very competitive league as Vcd, Erith, Beckenham and Hastings are finding it this season. They are all at risk of relegation. Sittingbourne and Faversham at the top are both good sides who would likely beat us at the moment.
Perhaps Howard could put together a plan for ground redevelopment including a plastic pitch with new changing rooms and a new bar/cafe open 7 days a week on the road end. This could be funded from grants and perhaps a shares sell off including a supporters trust?
-- Edited by Chris on Monday 27th of October 2025 12:17:08 PM
Apparently Matt and the Board are supposed to be releasing some crucial announcements in the next few weeks that will secure the long-term future of the football club,
I'm well aware of the lease arrangements. However, as they don't pay any rent, they should be helpful towards Welling. They don't need praising for it.
But then again Polo, without Paul and Co giving us access to their changing rooms when the main stand ones fell into total disrepair, then we would have had nowhere to actually change and have team talks before games. I totally and utterly understand the frustration with the rent situation, but then again that is an issue that again goes all the way back to the Hobbins era that can't be resolved realistically for another 25 years.
Erith have also helped us occasionally with catering and segregation for example the Maidstone Good Friday game where they segregated all the Maidstone fans on the west side of the ground for the afternoon preventing any clashes with Welling fans.
It is not ideal by any means, but they have certainly helped us in some aspects since being here.
I love the way people dismiss going back to the start as if what AFC Wimbledon did was a bad thing. Honestly, if you want to carry on watching us tumble through the divisions playing in a stadium that is shameful, then thats a choice. If Howard walked away the club would be bankrupt, go into administration, then what......well, the what is what many clubs have done i.e. start from scratch. Didn't Wimbledon start down in some combined counties league or something?
In the meantime I look forward to the latest batch of "great things going on behind the scenes". Was hearing that line from Goldberg's days along with the promise of a new ground and where did that all end up?
I'm well aware of the lease arrangements. However, as they don't pay any rent, they should be helpful towards Welling. They don't need praising for it.
But then again Polo, without Paul and Co giving us access to their changing rooms when the main stand ones fell into total disrepair, then we would have had nowhere to actually change and have team talks before games. I totally and utterly understand the frustration with the rent situation, but then again that is an issue that again goes all the way back to the Hobbins era that can't be resolved realistically for another 25 years.
Erith have also helped us occasionally with catering and segregation for example the Maidstone Good Friday game where they segregated all the Maidstone fans on the west side of the ground for the afternoon preventing any clashes with Welling fans.
It is not ideal by any means, but they have certainly helped us in some aspects since being here.
I'm sure they weren't reluctant at a few 100 away fans paying for pints in their bar either
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