Looks like an excellent point away for Welling tonight, 1-1 at in-form 4th placed Hampton and Richmond. Welling won the corner count 15-2 according to stats
Welling should have been home and hosed after that first 45. Just a split second of jittery play gave them an equaliser. Problem with corners is that they need to be worked on/practiced. When you only have two mornings (sometimes one) for training sessions, these have correctly fallen down Wellings priority list. But yes, a lot of corners with unfortunately, no end product. Second half pretty even. Lovely ground Hampton. £17 for an adult + under 18 was good value. Might buy a house over there. Maybe a detached riverfront property……
I saw Hampton beat Dartford in the autumn, Proper non league ground that, and you can drink while watching too which is a bonus. Near Bushy Park too (which pips Danson I'm afraid )
Yeovil (top) away and won Braintree (3rd) at home and drew Hampton (4th) away and drew Worthing (5th) home and won St Albans (7th) away and drew
Incredible run really given where they were. if they can get something at Chippenham this weekend and then beat rock bottom Dover at home then they won't be far off survival.
If anyone is in the area on Saturday....we are also doing a collection for the son of one of our players who has Cerebal Palsy,so your support would be welcome.
Anyone at Bromley today? My fellow Cork Addick had a flight booked when we were supposed to be playing Wigan. So he & his son are off to Bromley v York instead.
Crowds not surprisingly down at Dartford. Able to get served in time for a pre match pint, instead of the usual long queues...
Did take up the £5 offer
Already 1-0 down. Hard to believe the aim was promotion this season.
Grim. The Hemel flag did make me smile though, having worked there many years ago and knowing their dialing code.
I worked in Hemel for about four years. A special place for special people. The impaired mobility capital of Britain. When I went for my third and final interview, I asked the CFO (from Maidenhead) what Hemel was like. He paused for a moment, put his fingertips together on the desk and said 'The people in Hemel, they're not like you and me'. How right he was.
Anyone at Bromley today? My fellow Cork Addick had a flight booked when we were supposed to be playing Wigan. So he & his son are off to Bromley v York instead.
My mates and I went to Bromley Vs York today - and we chatted to your mate briefly in the bar at Bromley
Bromley’s ground - especially the big bar at one end - certainly much improved from when played there (yes I did, albeit a pitch hire) nigh on 20 odd years ago
But my word - what an appalling game of football I watched - dreadful
Been let off the hook though by Dartford and Hemel drawing 1-1, Eastbourne drawing and both Taunton and Truro losing to injury time goals.
Welling really need to beat Dover next Friday though to give themselves even more breathing space.
Welling still playing. Keep up. Btw Liverpool are out of the fa cup.
They'd just gone 4-1 down in the 88th minute when i posted. Probably weren't going to turn that around.
One of those games that made good betting. Pitch is on quite a slope and there was a strong wind blowing down it. Welling had both advantages in the first half. Following Tuesday nights game where they had 15 corners, and wasted them all, today they had a handful and scored from their first. Unfortunately Welling couldn’t improve on that, and with both the wind and gradient favouring them, should have gone on to increase their lead. Half time arrived and Chippenham are marked up at 11/1 with B365. That was too good an offer. Chippenham’s equaliser was a screamer from the edge of the box. The second a cross that the wind catches and sails into the top corner. After that Welling are chasing the game, and in pops the third. With the game being delayed 15 mins due to late arrival of the away team, that was the excuse I needed to get away for my 5:30 train.
Just got in after getting plenty of fresh air and TNT 3 are about to show a National League South match between Worthing v Bath City.
The amazing story of George Dowell, the Ex Player who after a terrible car crash which left him disabled ploughed 800k Compensation into Worthing and has improved the club in so many ways.
You Dartford, Welling, and others supporters in this division will be aware of George Dowell MBE.
Such an amazing story and rise from the Isthmian Prem for Worthing. Taken a few players into the EFL from there too like Kwame Poku, David Ajiboye (both at Peterborough now), Fin Stevens (Brentford but on loan at Oxford this season) , Omar Bugiel (AFC Wimbledon now). I was involved there for a good 6 seasons doing a lot of their photography and some you might have remembered me posting a couple of years back when Charlton came down in the FA Youth Cup with the likes of Miles , Nathan Asiimwe , Daniel Kanu, Zach Mitchell, Tyreece Campbell and James Beadle in the side and they brought a shirt in memory of my dad who coached Worthing's U18s.
Anyone at Bromley today? My fellow Cork Addick had a flight booked when we were supposed to be playing Wigan. So he & his son are off to Bromley v York instead.
My mates and I went to Bromley Vs York today - and we chatted to your mate briefly in the bar at Bromley
Bromley’s ground - especially the big bar at one end - certainly much improved from when played there (yes I did, albeit a pitch hire) nigh on 20 odd years ago
But my word - what an appalling game of football I watched - dreadful
Nice one Flashy!
I saw his video, it’s certainly improved since I was last there.
Anyone at Bromley today? My fellow Cork Addick had a flight booked when we were supposed to be playing Wigan. So he & his son are off to Bromley v York instead.
My mates and I went to Bromley Vs York today - and we chatted to your mate briefly in the bar at Bromley
Bromley’s ground - especially the big bar at one end - certainly much improved from when played there (yes I did, albeit a pitch hire) nigh on 20 odd years ago
But my word - what an appalling game of football I watched - dreadful
Nice to see Dipo get one, and a well taken one at that (ex Welling forward).
Starting tomorrow night, Truro have to play 12 games in 26 days.
The good news for them is that 10 of them are at home. The bad news is that 'home' is a 400 mile round-trip at Gloucester City.
It will be interesting to see how many players they use for these games, the distance involved and the strain of playing so many games in a short space of time.
You have to feel very sorry for the supporters as well. The attendances will take a hammering.
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Yeovil (top) away and won
Braintree (3rd) at home and drew
Hampton (4th) away and drew
Worthing (5th) home and won
St Albans (7th) away and drew
Incredible run really given where they were. if they can get something at Chippenham this weekend and then beat rock bottom Dover at home then they won't be far off survival.
And tomorrow is just £5 for PL and EFL season ticket holders
For anyone down this way today. 2nd v 1st in the league. Expecting a crowd of over 1,000. Standing and drinking on the terraces.
What's not to like!
My fellow Cork Addick had a flight booked when we were supposed to be playing Wigan. So he & his son are off to Bromley v York instead.
Did take up the £5 offer
Been let off the hook though by Dartford and Hemel drawing 1-1, Eastbourne drawing and both Taunton and Truro losing to injury time goals.
Welling really need to beat Dover next Friday though to give themselves even more breathing space.
When I went for my third and final interview, I asked the CFO (from Maidenhead) what Hemel was like. He paused for a moment, put his fingertips together on the desk and said 'The people in Hemel, they're not like you and me'. How right he was.
Bromley’s ground - especially the big bar at one end - certainly much improved from when played there (yes I did, albeit a pitch hire) nigh on 20 odd years ago
But my word - what an appalling game of football I watched - dreadful
Pitch is on quite a slope and there was a strong wind blowing down it.
Welling had both advantages in the first half.
Following Tuesday nights game where they had 15 corners, and wasted them all, today they had a handful and scored from their first. Unfortunately Welling couldn’t improve on that, and with both the wind and gradient favouring them, should have gone on to increase their lead.
Half time arrived and Chippenham are marked up at 11/1 with B365. That was too good an offer.
Chippenham’s equaliser was a screamer from the edge of the box. The second a cross that the wind catches and sails into the top corner. After that Welling are chasing the game, and in pops the third.
With the game being delayed 15 mins due to late arrival of the away team, that was the excuse I needed to get away for my 5:30 train.
The amazing story of George Dowell, the Ex Player who after a terrible car crash which left him disabled ploughed 800k Compensation into Worthing and has improved the club in so many ways.
You Dartford, Welling, and others supporters in this division will be aware of George Dowell MBE.
Just saw the 4 Deal goals:
Now just 3 points behind Glebe with 7 games in hand in the Southern Counties east football league Premier division!
I always call it the Kent league as other than Fisher all the teams I believe are in the garden of England county.
Go on then, we have a few interested parties here waiting.
https://x.com/YorkCityFC/status/1772239511940223229?s=20
The good news for them is that 10 of them are at home. The bad news is that 'home' is a 400 mile round-trip at Gloucester City.
Massive game tomorrow as Truro play Dartford. I imagine Gloucester's stadium will be very quiet...