Chelmsford v hornchurch yesterday, good game and hornchurch had Myles Weston
I’ve watched Dartford play there a few times vs Chelmsford - bloody awful place to watch football
Froze my backside off, and get a lousy view. Hopefully we get promoted to the league and get a proper stadium! Hornchurch has a running track round it as well, but only four lanes, so it got roundly mocked at the reverse fixture this season which was quite amusing
The weird ‘terracing’ behind each goal is, well, weird (assuming it’s still there)
Yeah the "roll on, roll off" or RORO is still there. Not a great set up, but the atmosphere is sometimes fun
In the East Riding County League, AFC Eastfields trounced Pocklington Town 10-0. It's an unusual scoreline, for sure, but not unique. However, each one of Eastfield's ten outfield players scored.
Good win for the Darts against top of the league (at kick off) Billericay 4-0 in front of over 1,600, Darts move up to 3rd whilst Billericay fall to 4th, Darts now 1point behind Dover and Cray Valley top 3 all played 27 games.
Revitalised Welling side won 1-4 at WSM yesterday. 4 loan signings from Eastbourne completely changed the team. Very impressive, after going a goal down after two mins.
Revitalised Welling side won 1-4 at WSM yesterday. 4 loan signings from Eastbourne completely changed the team. Very impressive, after going a goal down after two mins.
Is there some kind of connection there, as 4 loans from 1 club seems unusual?
I'm also pretty surprised that Eastbourne (or anyone at that level) has a squad that strong they can afford to loan out 4 players to a club in the same division. Are they the Chelsea of the NL South?
Revitalised Welling side won 1-4 at WSM yesterday. 4 loan signings from Eastbourne completely changed the team. Very impressive, after going a goal down after two mins.
Is there some kind of connection there, as 4 loans from 1 club seems unusual?
I'm also pretty surprised that Eastbourne (or anyone at that level) has a squad that strong they can afford to loan out 4 players to a club in the same division. Are they the Chelsea of the NL South?
Owner has invested heavily at Eastbourne, think they're FT now too. Had a lot of squad changes in the summer but am surprised they've got the depth to do this.
Revitalised Welling side won 1-4 at WSM yesterday. 4 loan signings from Eastbourne completely changed the team. Very impressive, after going a goal down after two mins.
Is there some kind of connection there, as 4 loans from 1 club seems unusual?
I'm also pretty surprised that Eastbourne (or anyone at that level) has a squad that strong they can afford to loan out 4 players to a club in the same division. Are they the Chelsea of the NL South?
Only two of the four are on loan (Jayden Davis and Dan Quick) The other two are permanent moves (James Alabi and Finn Ballard-McBride)
Forgot to mention, think Alabi may have been out of contract. Yes, Eastbourne have wealth and are full time. You could see the difference in fitness from the full time players
I was at Hornchurch on Saturday, did a quick interview with the gaffer. Afterwards he said I should interview this old bloke sitting at his table. "He's managed 700 league games!" another guy said. This bloke looked a bit sheepish and quietly said it was more like 300, but he had managed in the Championship. "He was at Charlton for a while!"
I was now obviously very interested, but in the heat of the moment I couldn't for the life of me figure out who it was. I drew a total blank. I had to ask outright, "Sorry mate, what's your name?"
"Steve Gritt!" he said. I was so shocked and embarrassed to not recognise him, although in my defence I haven't seen his face in 20+ years and he's not getting any younger. I told him I was a Charlton supporter and watched most of his Addicks career, and he seemed to like that. More than Lennie or Parkinson when I spoke to them that's for sure. I told him Lennie was bemused when I ran up to him and said hello, he wasn't surprised by this.
I begged him to talk to me on camera but he wasn't having it. He was nice enough though and I told him seeing him was the highlight of my day. Also, he stayed well clear when there was a fracas with all the coaches at half time!
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4 loan signings from Eastbourne completely changed the team.
Very impressive, after going a goal down after two mins.
I'm also pretty surprised that Eastbourne (or anyone at that level) has a squad that strong they can afford to loan out 4 players to a club in the same division. Are they the Chelsea of the NL South?
Owner has invested heavily at Eastbourne, think they're FT now too. Had a lot of squad changes in the summer but am surprised they've got the depth to do this.
The other two are permanent moves (James Alabi and Finn Ballard-McBride)
Yes, Eastbourne have wealth and are full time.
You could see the difference in fitness from the full time players
I was now obviously very interested, but in the heat of the moment I couldn't for the life of me figure out who it was. I drew a total blank. I had to ask outright, "Sorry mate, what's your name?"
"Steve Gritt!" he said. I was so shocked and embarrassed to not recognise him, although in my defence I haven't seen his face in 20+ years and he's not getting any younger. I told him I was a Charlton supporter and watched most of his Addicks career, and he seemed to like that. More than Lennie or Parkinson when I spoke to them that's for sure. I told him Lennie was bemused when I ran up to him and said hello, he wasn't surprised by this.
I begged him to talk to me on camera but he wasn't having it. He was nice enough though and I told him seeing him was the highlight of my day. Also, he stayed well clear when there was a fracas with all the coaches at half time!