F A Cup Qualifying fixture at Park View Road yesterday. The visitors from Rotherhithe are currently playing in the Southern Counties East League but they handled the step-up well yesterday and earned themselves a replay at St. Paul's Stadium on Tuesday evening.
On a bright and mostly sunny afternoon, the Wings laboured to create the chance they needed to win this game. Stefan Payne and Ade Azeez were ultimately shacked by two fine centre-half performances from the visitors. Welling enjoyed the lion-share of possession and looked fairly comfortable at the back but Fisher still managed to create a couple of chances that could have seen them nick it.
The eighty or so Fisher fans who made the journey over Shooters Hill will be confident of going one better in the replay but it may suit the Wings to play on the counter. A Cup run could be a well-deserved money-spinner for Welling, so I hope they can progress. There were just shy of 700 at the game and the Wings will be hoping to break 1000 on Saturday when high-flying Havant and Waterlooville visit.
Meanwhile, at Fleetwood, Charlton managed another point courtesy of a second-half Myles Leaburn finish after a dire opening forty-five minutes when we went one down and looked beaten. Switching to 4-3-3 and bringing Leaburn on for Stockley changed things in the second-half as the home side tired visibly. Corey Blackett-Taylor saw an effort hit the cross-bar and Jesurun Rak-Sakyi might have done better with a couple of chances that came his way.
The diehards who made the trip yesterday face another next Saturday when we head to Barnsley who won 3-0 at Cambridge United yesterday. We will need to be much better than yesterday and compete for both halves if we are to get anything there.
Tuesday - as I said, with Fisher having to press a bit more at home, Welling took their opportunities to win the tie 3-0 and will now head to Weymouth in the next round.
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