Charlton Athletic Trust (Lewisham College) took on Welling United’s academy side at their Well Hall ground on the 7th October, winning 2-0 away from home. Charlton were without three senior players (Folkes, Golding and Ismail) all trialing for the England Colleges side.
The game kicked off dead on 2 o’clock with the rain pouring down hard, Charlton looked fired up for the game and ready to answer the critics of their poor performance the week before. Right from the whistle, Charlton closed down their opponents and this pressure led to several opportunities to go ahead early on in the game. It wasn’t until the twentieth minute, however, that Ishmael Henry played a through ball to Hayden Ankle which he took around the keeper and slotted into the open goal.
In the second half Welling kicked off and were again immediately put under the cosh by Charlton. Marvin Taylor gained some significant possession and released Ankle, who fed Zak Colaluca to shoot first time. The ball was cleared from the line by a Welling defender, but only fell into the path of Ankle, who calmly slotted home in the bottom left hand corner for the second time.
As the game went on Charlton continued to push for more goals, and were unlucky to have two disallowed – both for off side by a very young linesmen. The second of these would have given Ankle his hatrick, however the scoreline remained at 2-0 to Charlton till the final whistle - a fair result for a more committed and organised performance than the previous week.
Report by Mat Hunter
MOTM: Hadyn Ankle
Wednesday 14 October 2009
First team SPARQ tests at Sparrow's Lane
A tough series of fitness tests included 200m sprint, vertical jumps, yo-yo and arrowheads
Top three rankings for the first team squad, tested at Sparrows Lane in October
1. Ellis Jones, defender, 86.45
2. Marvin Francis, midfielder, 74.43
3. Joseph Stephenson, defender, 73.88
Thursday 8 October 2009
Charlton Athletic Trust 0 - 2 Cambridge United
Dan Thomas’ Charlton Athletic Trust side suffered a surprising setback to their Conference Youth league campaign at the Sparrows Lane ground on the 30th September, losing 2-0 to Cambridge United.
From the kick–off, Cambridge looked more determined and aggressive than Charlton. While they played some nice passing triangles, dominated the midfield and closed down fast, we were slow to start, lacking in concentration and competitiveness.
Cambridge’s opener came early in the first half. The opposition were allowed to shoot unopposed from the edge of the box and the keeper got down low to the ball but only parried it straight into the opposition’s number 8 who tapped in to an empty goal
In the second half we came out the stronger side after a rousing motivational speech from coach Thomas, in particular demanding more from the midfield. We went into challenges better, winning more of the first and second balls; we passed the ball around fluently and the centre forwards held the ball up well.
As a result we started to develop opportunities to score; Folkes beat Cambridge’s centre backs only to shoot straight at the keeper, and Ismail had a long range effort from a corner denied.
Despite getting back into the game and pressurising Cambridge heavily throughout the second half; Charlton threw the game away with another sloppy mistake, and Cambridge’s second goal effectively finished the match off. It came from a free kick, played down the line – we were caught napping and failed to pick up their movement, the ball was simply passed round the wall, crossed and tapped in.
This was a disappointing result after last week’s strong performance against Romford. Charlton will have to work on their focus and competitiveness if they want to do well in this league.
By Ayodele Olaniyan
MOTM: None named
From the kick–off, Cambridge looked more determined and aggressive than Charlton. While they played some nice passing triangles, dominated the midfield and closed down fast, we were slow to start, lacking in concentration and competitiveness.
Cambridge’s opener came early in the first half. The opposition were allowed to shoot unopposed from the edge of the box and the keeper got down low to the ball but only parried it straight into the opposition’s number 8 who tapped in to an empty goal
In the second half we came out the stronger side after a rousing motivational speech from coach Thomas, in particular demanding more from the midfield. We went into challenges better, winning more of the first and second balls; we passed the ball around fluently and the centre forwards held the ball up well.
As a result we started to develop opportunities to score; Folkes beat Cambridge’s centre backs only to shoot straight at the keeper, and Ismail had a long range effort from a corner denied.
Despite getting back into the game and pressurising Cambridge heavily throughout the second half; Charlton threw the game away with another sloppy mistake, and Cambridge’s second goal effectively finished the match off. It came from a free kick, played down the line – we were caught napping and failed to pick up their movement, the ball was simply passed round the wall, crossed and tapped in.
This was a disappointing result after last week’s strong performance against Romford. Charlton will have to work on their focus and competitiveness if they want to do well in this league.
By Ayodele Olaniyan
MOTM: None named
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