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Charlton went out of the Carabao Cup at The Valley on Tuesday evening. After a 0-0 draw, the Addicks were eliminated 5-3 on penalties by Forest Green Rovers. The game was poor entertainment for the sparse Valley crowd.

Lee Bowyer made eleven changes to the team that started against Stoke on Saturday.

Sam Field made his debut and showed his class, he never gave the ball away once, and he made some terrific tackles too.

Naby S‎arr came desperately close to opening the scoring just before the half-hour mark, but keeper, Joe Wollacott, blocked the shot with his face.

The best chance of the game fell Charlton’s way‎ midway through the second-half when Naby Sarr – skipper for the night – was brought down in the area.

Unfortunately for the Addicks, Jake Forster-Caskey’s penalty was poor, and Joe Wollacott was able to make a comfortable save.

The penalty shoot-out was staged in front of the small band of travelling supporters in the‎ Jimmy Seed Stand.

Rovers went first and converted all five of their spot-kicks, but after Macauley Bonne and Naby Sarr had netted, Albie Morgan saw his effort saved. Though Deji Oshilaja coolly slotted home the fourth penalty, Rovers scored their fifth and Charlton were out.

In time honoured tradition, the Addicks can now concentrate on the league…..well, until January at least.

Charlton: Amos; Wiredu, Oshilaja, Sarr, Doughty; Field (Ocran 78), Lapslie,Forster-Caskey, Morgan; Aneke (Quitirna 62), Bonne.

Subs (not used):‎ Phillips, Stevenson, Dempsey‎.

Booked:‎ Aneke 56 (foul).‎

Penalties: Bonne (scored), Sarr (scored), Morgan (saved), Oshilaja (scored).‎

Forest Green Rovers: ‎Wollacott; Godwin-Malife, Kitching, McGinley‎; Adams, Allen, Morton, Mills, Bernard; Stevens (McCoulsky 69), Mondial.

Subs (not used): Smith, Winchester, Collins, Dawson, Covil‎.

Booked: Bernard 86 (handball)‎

Penalties: Mills (scored), Grubb (scored), Adams (scored), Morton (scored), McCoulsky (scored)‎

Referee: John Busby‎ (Oxfordshire).

Attn: 2,693 (159 Forest Green).

Following a hard earned but deserved draw at Havant and Waterlooville and a well merited victory over Maidstone United, Welling United crashed at home to Bath City on Saturday and now have a difficult trip to Billericay Town on Tuesday.

It was a tough afternoon for the Wings on Saturday as they crashed three nil at home to Bath. Missing holding midfielder Connor Dymond, they struggled to contain the Romans and were three down by half-time. They introduced Dquame Copeland at the interval and were a little better after the break but by then the damage was done.

One win, one draw and one defeat isn’t a disaster after three tough games for a new management and new squad but the manner of defeat was disappointing prompting Mark Goldberg to say “Those first forty-five minutes were embarrassing and I apologise to the fans for that but at the end of the day it’s a long long way to go and after ten games we’ll know where we are.”

Two players returning from injury in the second half provided some positives. Joshua Oyinsan was lively up front and Gavin McCallum looked energetic despite having missed all of pre-season. Those two, along with Copeland, provide some alternatives for when Goldberg selects his starting line up at Billericay.

Furthermore, Anthony Cook and Reece Prestedge will also be available having missed the first three games through suspension. That gives Goldberg a decision to make should Dymond not be ready to return. “It’s a difficult one now because Dquame has come in and done a job so he’s got to be thought of as a possible starter.” he said.

Hosts Billericay fell to a surprise two-nil defeat at Chippenham Town on Saturday to end their one hundred percent start. However, last season, despite Welling finishing the season in third place, well ahead of the Blues, Billericay recorded the double over the Wings. The home defeat was early in the season and the defeat in Essex was in January.

In that game, the first half was goal-less but Billericay went ahead three minutes after the break through Kieran Cadogan’s low drive. Shortly after, Welling conceded again and the game was over as a contest. The goal-scorer of the second was Adam Coombes who is now back at Welling.

Both teams will be looking for a quick bounce back following their disappointments on Saturday so it should be an enthralling encounter.

Following on from Bromley’s wind effected 3-3 draw at home to Torquay United on Saturday, The Ravens travel to Aldershot Town tonight for their fourth National League game of the season.

Neil Smith’s side have won one and drawn two matches so far and sit in seventh place, while their hosts have one win to their name and two defeats, with only a single goal margin in all three games.

Bromley’s draw with Torquay United at the weekend saw the lead change three times and all of the goals came from set pieces with Jack Holland, Joe Kizzi and Frankie Raymond finding the net for The Ravens.

Neil Smith was disappointed with the second half performance against Torquay as his side let a 2-1 half time lead slip having to be indebted to a Raymond equaliser to rescue a point.

Ahead of the Aldershot encounter, Neil Smith was keen to stress the need for his side to up the ante

“It’ll be a difficult game vs Aldershot but our first focus is to be better than we were against Torquay. We’re unbeaten in three games and after the start we had last season this is an improvement, however there are a few things we’ll need to work on to be right against Aldershot”.

Aldershot received a reprieve from relegation last season following Gateshead’s close season problems and they will be looking to make the most of their good fortune.

When the sides met last season in September The Shots won 3-2, while the game at Hayes Lane ended 2-2 in April.

The home side have former Bromley striker Shamir Mullings playing upfront in a much changed squad from last season.

On Saturday The Shots lost 2-1 at Solihull Moors, a result that left them in fifteenth place.

This should be a close fought entertaining encounter between two sides who have been familiar foes since Aldershot re-formed in the early 90s.

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