After starting with a home game against a newly promoted side Welling commence their travels at a club relegated from the football league last season.
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Torquay Utd v Welling Utd Preview
Written by Mark Doig
Tuesday, 12 August 2014 07:30
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Tuesday, 12 August 2014 07:30
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Charlton Athletic v Colchester Utd Preview
Written by Chris Thompson
Tuesday, 12 August 2014 07:00
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Tuesday, 12 August 2014 07:00
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Fans will get their first chance to watch a match at the revamped Valley on Tuesday evening when Colchester visit South London, though only the lower tiers of the North and West stands will be available to home fans.
Bob Peeters had his squad training on the pitch on Monday. The pitch has been totally renovated over the summer after the problems of recent seasons.
Facilities and the sun bleached seats have also been upgraded. The Valley Review has been redesigned during the summer break and one feature will be the return of the laminate cover.
Charlton have a tough August and Colchester will be the first of three games the Addicks will play at The Valley in the next week.
With important league games against Wigan and Derby coming up, Peeters is likely to field a mainly second string team against Colchester.
Nick Pope will probably be behind a back four of Loic Nego, Joe Gomez, Michael Morrison and Morgan Fox.
Franck Moussa and Callum Harriott were not considered fit enough to start at Brentford but could get a run out in this match. Lawrie Wilson, and possibly Yoni Buyens, could join them in midfield.
Simon Church and Joe Pigott may be the front pairing. Charlton could start with this line-up:
Pope; Nego, Gomez, Morrison, Fox; Wilson, Buyens, Moussa, Harriott; Church, Pigott.
Subs: Henderson, Wiggins, Ben Haim, Cousins, Gudmunsson, Munns, Vetokele.
Charles Breakspear from Surrey will be the referee.
Peeters will be aware of his team’s indifferent record in this competition and will expect whatever team he puts out, to be capable of progressing to the next round.
Delort transfer saga continues
Written by Chris Thompson
Monday, 11 August 2014 22:30
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Monday, 11 August 2014 22:30
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The Andy Delort saga continues to trundle on and the Addicks are reported to have agreed a fee of around £850,000 for Clermont winger, Yannis Salibur.
There have been less substantial rumours linking Charlton with moves for Bristol City’s Sam Baldock and Portsmouth duo, Adam Webster and Jed Wallace.
Possibly more plausible are stories suggesting that Costa Rican playmaker, Celso Borges, and former Wolves striker, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake have attracted interest from The Valley.
Borges is contracted to Stockholm outfit, AIK, until the end of 2015. The attacking midfielder was a regular in Costa Rica’s World Cup team in Brazil and has netted 14 times for his country.
He would be an excellent signing for the Addicks and add much needed creativity from central midfield.
Ebanks-Blake has had more than his fair share of injuries of recent times, but at his best, he is a real handful at Championship level.
Still only 28-years-old, the Cambridge born striker once scored a hat-trick at The Valley for Manchester United in the Premier Reserve League play-off final.
He failed to breakthrough into United’s first team and moved to Plymouth in 2006 and scored 21 goals in 66 league games for the Pilgrims.
Ebanks-Blake moved to Wolves at the beginning of 2008 and added another 61 goals to his tally in 177 games for the Molineux side.
Released last summer, Mick McCarthy snapped him up for Ipswich but he made just one start in the Championship for the Tractor Boys, plus another eight appearances from the bench.
Ipswich released him at the end of June, he is currently a free agent but has been working on his fitness during the summer break. There will be concerns over his injury record but if Ebanks-Blake can get back to anything like his best, he would be a real asset at this level.