I’m going. I suspect it will turn out to be along the lines of the Ipswich friendly where you turn up just to watch a match and not expecting too much and the performance just clicks and the opposition is totally outclassed.
Winning is always the most important thing but I find it's always a good bonus when a fringe player steps up and takes their opportunity.
Hoping over the next 3 matches, someone like Aribo will show Robinson that he deserves an opportunity to start in the league.
I’m going. I suspect it will turn out to be along the lines of the Ipswich friendly where you turn up just to watch a match and not expecting too much and the performance just clicks and the opposition is totally outclassed.
Winning is always the most important thing but I find it's always a good bonus when a fringe player steps up and takes their opportunity.
Hoping over the next 3 matches, someone like Aribo will show Robinson that he deserves an opportunity to start in the league.
In place of who ? Nobody at the monent deserves to be dropped .
I really hope we can give the Truro fans a good day out.....it means a hell of a lot to them and I can’t help but feel a bit sorry for them that what might otherwise have been a pretty decent crowd, is affected by our current plight and boycotts. I hope they understand the situation and don’t see it as a slight in any way.
A lot of people haven't been going to FA Cup matches now for years. Noticed something yesterday that surprised me; in 2001 we were getting 26,000 every Premier home game. We played Tottenham at home in the FA Cup and the crowd dipped to 18,097. Even though that was a Wednesday night, it's curious that 8,000 regular Charlton fans didn't want to attend a 4th Round game v Spurs.
I really hope we can give the Truro fans a good day out.....it means a hell of a lot to them and I can’t help but feel a bit sorry for them that what might otherwise have been a pretty decent crowd, is affected by our current plight and boycotts. I hope they understand the situation and don’t see it as a slight in any way.
A lot of people haven't been going to FA Cup matches now for years. Noticed something yesterday that surprised me; in 2001 we were getting 26,000 every Premier home game. We played Tottenham at home in the FA Cup and the crowd dipped to 18,097. Even though that was a Wednesday night, it's curious that 8,000 regular Charlton fans didn't want to attend a 4th Round game v Spurs.
Night games are a different issue anyway because getting to matches and getting home afterwards these days tends to put a dampener on going for a lot of people. Cup matches tend to be inferior to PL games because there is less at stake and managers also tend to rest their best players and weaken the side they put out.
I really hope we can give the Truro fans a good day out.....it means a hell of a lot to them and I can’t help but feel a bit sorry for them that what might otherwise have been a pretty decent crowd, is affected by our current plight and boycotts. I hope they understand the situation and don’t see it as a slight in any way.
Current regime or not, this isn't a glamorous tie for us, and we've never had amazing turnouts for the cup games anyway
This, even with the best owners in the world we would struggle to put 8k in The Valley against Truro.
With the best owners in the world, we wouldn’t be playing Truro at home in the FA Cup......not at least until the 3rd round anyway.
I really hope we can give the Truro fans a good day out.....it means a hell of a lot to them and I can’t help but feel a bit sorry for them that what might otherwise have been a pretty decent crowd, is affected by our current plight and boycotts. I hope they understand the situation and don’t see it as a slight in any way.
A lot of people haven't been going to FA Cup matches now for years. Noticed something yesterday that surprised me; in 2001 we were getting 26,000 every Premier home game. We played Tottenham at home in the FA Cup and the crowd dipped to 18,097. Even though that was a Wednesday night, it's curious that 8,000 regular Charlton fans didn't want to attend a 4th Round game v Spurs.
There was hardly a attendance drop at all for the Spurs cup game. In 2001, the upper north development had not yet taken place and just about every home league match attracted a capacity crowd of 20,043.
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Hoping over the next 3 matches, someone like Aribo will show Robinson that he deserves an opportunity to start in the league.
http://www.cornwalllive.com/sport/football/truro-city-could-charlton-athletics-723821
http://www.trurocityfc.net/news/fa-cup-gaffer-bursting-with-pride-as-we-prepare-fo-2058904.html
The River Allen flows through Truro, and is a tributary to the Truro River.
Coincidentally, Truro City have a player on loan from Plymouth at the moment, whose name is... River Allen.
MAGIC OF THE CUP
We once had a player called Quaggy Ravensbourne.
Btw might not be home for dinner, will give you a ring in a bit and let you know
Pays to be famous, I guess
Goalkeeper
Thomas McHale - He works three-times-a-week making fishing nets
Defenders
Austen Booth - Sports coach at South Devon College
Benjamin Gerring - Window fitter
Alex Hartridge - Professional footballer, on loan from Exeter City
Edward Palmer - Hairdresser at House of Homme, Devon
Connor Riley-Lowe - Occupation unknown, former Exeter City player
Jamie Richards - Sports coach at South Devon College
Midfielders
River Allen - Employee at Princess Yachts, Plymouth
Jordan Copp - Employee at Princess Yachts, Plymouth
Benjamin Harding - Sports coach at South Devon College
Noah Keats - Occupation unknown, Bath University graduate with an Msc in sports management
Aaron Lamont - Builder/painter and decorator
William Palfrey - Makes fishing nets
Fletcher Williams - Carpenter apprentice
Cody Cooke - Lecturer at Exeter University
Attackers
Tyler Harvey - Occupation unknown but was released by Wrexham earlier this year
Andrew Neal - Occupation unknown
Niall Thompson - Sports coach at South Devon College
Stewart Yetton - Occupation unknown, former Weymouth player