Ii was at Badgers yesterday, Enfield brought a fair few, was certainly "cosy" and nigh on impossible to segregate. Still, plenty of time to sort it before the replay
If we can’t beat CVPM at The Valley it will be the worst result in our history. I hope we put out a strong team but even with a fair smattering of youngsters we should still run out easy winners.
Pleased for them though and for once I’ll be there so hope it’s a decent turn out. However with three consecutive home Saturday games some will definitely give it a miss. Hope the Club run the usual Valley Express routes.
It would be near impossible for Cray Valley to have hosted the tie, romantic though that would've been. Had they been the home team I am pretty sure they would have accepted it being played at the Valley, them being the nominal home team. Common sense, and good fellowship from Charlton would have made it possible. I still feel it has some magic of the cup features to make it a TV game. When I went to see them yesterday a couple of their guys said they would love it to be Charlton, one bloke said it would be the Lisbie link that would make it special. They were a friendly bunch, but amazingly just after half time some Enfield Town fans had a scuffle of some sorts in the area opposite the main 100 seater stand, and led to the ref pausing the game. WTF? I have no idea. Young Lisbie (wide tricky runner type) equalised twice down the slope, a vital one just before half time, Lisbie on a hat trick was chopped early in the second half and had to be subbed, but Cray scored a nice third goal. Then the bloke who had chopped Lisbie decided to chop his replacement (another wide tricky runner type) and got a second yellow and was off. Kevin Lisbie was certainly there, and all in all it was very enjoyable and constantly interesting, the standard of football is mostly competent and honest. A genuine local derby!
Didn’t think clubs were allowed to switch grounds.
It's been done several times down the years. Not sure if it's still allowed today mind.
I was born in Sidcup but lived in Cray since I was 5. Not normally interested in this type of game but CV originate from the mill near The Bull pub in St Paul’s Cray, I’ve drank in the mills Bar/social club in the 80’s after the mill had closed.
Probably go to this to try to help them with their payout. Would be good if the club give them 100% rather than 50%. They can’t can’t surely have many regulars. I hope our fans get behind this one and we smash them by 6 or 7.
I was born in Sidcup but lived in Cray since I was 5. Not normally interested in this type of game but CV originate from the mill near The Bull pub in St Paul’s Cray, I’ve drank in the mills Bar/social club in the 80’s after the mill had closed.
Probably go to this to try to help them with their payout. Would be good if the club give them 100% rather than 50%. They can’t can’t surely have many regulars. I hope our fans get behind this one and we smash them by 6 or 7.
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Pleased for them though and for once I’ll be there so hope it’s a decent turn out. However with three consecutive home Saturday games some will definitely give it a miss. Hope the Club run the usual Valley Express routes.
Bromley v Blackpool
Chesterfield v Portsmouth
Mansfield v Wrexham (because it's Wrexham)
Then i'm struggling. Maybe Hereford v Gillingham or Crewe v Derby.
Nothing else really stands out.
Picking out non league at home to league clubs, in terms of TV "attractiveness"
Chesterfield v Portsmouth
Bromley v Blackpool
Kidderminster Harriers v Fleetwood Town
Hereford v Gillingham
Ebbsfleet United or Slough Town v Grimsby Town
Could come into play if there’s a replay.
A local Derby in 2023
Pray tell…
(Us of course)
Also not counting playing West Ham and Palace as the "home" side
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