Cracking day over at Park View Road yesterday. The sun was out and a healthy gate saw the Wings see off their fourth-placed play-off rivals with something to spare.
With two matches left to play (away at lowly East Thurrock on Monday and at home to Hampton & Richmond next Saturday), the Wings have qualified for the play-offs but are battling to have home advantage in those games by finishing second. Woking are currently second but they were beaten yesterday and the gap is now only two points. The way Welling are playing at the moment, I wouldn't put it past them to finish runners-up to promoted Torquay United.
It took Welling only a minute to open the scoring yesterday when the tall Danny Mills got up high to a long ball and managed to get a touch which flicked it on for the scampering Bradley Goldberg who made a yard for himself with a twist and turn before firing home.
Backed by a decent following of several hundred, the Clarets settled into the game and played some tidy football from back to front but they looked short of quality upfront. Welling sat back a bit and were content to play on the break and they got their reward before half-time when Brendan Kiernan chased another through ball. He broke free on goal and was bundled over just in the area. It was a clear penalty and the only question was would the visitors be reduced to ten men. We were close to the linesman and as the ref raced over to consult we told him that the offender had to go. He agreed with us and Chelmsford were down to ten men a minute later. Goldberg was made to wait for the penalty and the Chelmsford keeper stood big in front of him trying to intimidate the diminutive Goldberg but it didn't work. When he was ready Bradley knocked it in for the two-goal cushion. Mills should have added a third before half-time when he got head and shoulders above everyone to meet a McCallum corner but his powerful downward header beat everyone and the back-post.
I expected Welling to at least double their lead against the ten men but Chelmsford stood up well and, to their credit, continued to try and play football but the front two couldn't find any space or manage to hold onto the ball. Welling have been very well-drilled defensively this season. They deploy a drift defence which sits a little deeper and which falls back very quickly to pick-up through balls and which engages quickly to support the covering midfield if anyone makes a break. The mantra when in possession is only one or two touches to enable them to launch the ball back upfield. It's not always pretty but it is effective.
Welling might have had another goal but they were content to contain Chelmsford in the second-half and continue to play on the break which they did very competently. Next Saturday's home game may have a little more at stake if the Wings can seal second-place.
With two matches left to play (away at lowly East Thurrock on Monday and at home to Hampton & Richmond next Saturday), the Wings have qualified for the play-offs but are battling to have home advantage in those games by finishing second. Woking are currently second but they were beaten yesterday and the gap is now only two points. The way Welling are playing at the moment, I wouldn't put it past them to finish runners-up to promoted Torquay United.
It took Welling only a minute to open the scoring yesterday when the tall Danny Mills got up high to a long ball and managed to get a touch which flicked it on for the scampering Bradley Goldberg who made a yard for himself with a twist and turn before firing home.
Backed by a decent following of several hundred, the Clarets settled into the game and played some tidy football from back to front but they looked short of quality upfront. Welling sat back a bit and were content to play on the break and they got their reward before half-time when Brendan Kiernan chased another through ball. He broke free on goal and was bundled over just in the area. It was a clear penalty and the only question was would the visitors be reduced to ten men. We were close to the linesman and as the ref raced over to consult we told him that the offender had to go. He agreed with us and Chelmsford were down to ten men a minute later. Goldberg was made to wait for the penalty and the Chelmsford keeper stood big in front of him trying to intimidate the diminutive Goldberg but it didn't work. When he was ready Bradley knocked it in for the two-goal cushion. Mills should have added a third before half-time when he got head and shoulders above everyone to meet a McCallum corner but his powerful downward header beat everyone and the back-post.
I expected Welling to at least double their lead against the ten men but Chelmsford stood up well and, to their credit, continued to try and play football but the front two couldn't find any space or manage to hold onto the ball. Welling have been very well-drilled defensively this season. They deploy a drift defence which sits a little deeper and which falls back very quickly to pick-up through balls and which engages quickly to support the covering midfield if anyone makes a break. The mantra when in possession is only one or two touches to enable them to launch the ball back upfield. It's not always pretty but it is effective.
Welling might have had another goal but they were content to contain Chelmsford in the second-half and continue to play on the break which they did very competently. Next Saturday's home game may have a little more at stake if the Wings can seal second-place.
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