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Welling continue pre-season campaign with victory at Herne Bay
George Evans scored the only goal in Welling United's pre-season friendly at Herne Bay. He timed his run perfectly to get behind the home team's defence before finishing clinically. Earlier on, Ruben Shakpoke had rattled the framework of the Herne Bay goal with a fierce drive however, the hosts also had their chances and both goalkeepers made excellent saves. After the match, Lee Martin gave his thoughts. 'I've always said that pre-season was about getting minutes in the boys legs but this one, with eleven days until the opening fixture, it was about going out and winning. At times I thought we showed what we were capable of doing. It was a bit of a scrappy game really. 'Winning becomes a habit and it's important that we go into it fairly strong and off the back of the Leyton Orient one where we lost a bit of confidence. Today was completely different because we went in with two forwards.' Evans and George Penn, both on loan from Bromley, made their first appearances in Welling colours. 'He (Evans) is superb.' purred Martin. 'He's almost like a throw back. He's full of energy, full of beans. I thought George Penn, as well, dictated the tempo of play. He's got a nasty side as well. He's a clever footballer. 'We've had these pictures painted for a while now. We spoke to the pro clubs and planted the seeds early. We're not just reactive. The Orient game told me everything, and more, but that was already in the pipeline.' Martin was also full of praise for the trialist goalkeeper. 'He's superb. He's not going to be number one, but he is someone who I think has got a great opportunity to come in and play our style of football. I love him. He's a great character. He's come in and travels everywhere with us, he's always keen to listen and learn.' Jack Paxman played the entire ninety minutes, and Greg Cundle the first forty-five, after both had missed Saturday's game with VCD Athletic as a precaution. Martin explained 'Greg Cundle has got a tight calf, James Dyer's away, Gil (Carvalho)'s away, Eric (Wilhelm's) been injured as well so it's an opportunity for the boys to turn up. Scott Simmons has really showcased what he can do today. I thought he was superb. We've got a young squad. They're not going to be ten out of ten every week. We're asking them to develop and that's down to me and my coaching staff. 'It's not perfect. I'm a tough person to please but I'm relatively happy, certainly with the potential business that we are going to do as well. I've read before about this revolving door at Welling. It's not. We've got this two or three year plan where we want to keep eight to ten core boys, who know the club, know the DNA, got the blueprint of what it means to play for us, and the club.' Welling United: Trialist A, Trialist B, Majoyegbe, Simmons, Cundle, Trialist C, Penn, Shakpoke. Paxman, Andrews, Evans. Substitutes: Huk, Sinai, J. Leahy, Trialist D, Ufuah, Trialist E, Wilhelm.
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08-03-2025
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Harvey double keeps Truro City in title hunt
Truro City consolidated third place in National League South after a 3-2 win over 10-man Welling United. Tinners' skipper Connor Riley-Lowe got his side off to the perfect start as he scored after just two Johnson-Fisher and Tyler Harvey almost doubled the lead before Deon Moore levelled against the run of play after 32 minutes. Welling's chances got slimmer when Dave Winfield was sent off for a second booking eight minutes after the interval and Truro top-scorer Harvey headed his side ahead with 20 minutes to made it 3-1 15 minutes later as he blasted home from Andrew Neal's pass before Riccardo Di Trolio's stoppage-time goal set up a nervous Truro held on to extend their unbeaten run to nine matches as they drew level with former leaders Dorking Wanderers and went a point behind new leaders Worthing,
