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
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