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It's metamorphosis into the Crown and Greyhound hasn't changed it that much, believe me.
 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/wo...azil-consisted-31-hour-flight-four-stops.html

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The last time England embarked on a World Cup in Brazil, they prepared with three days at Dulwich Hamlet and took a 31-hour flight with four refuelling stops, while their most famous player was sent elsewhere on a goodwill mission."

I would have thought that the lush Tuscan sun of Champion Hill would have been more than adequate preparation for Brazilian climes :confused:
 
Kinda wonder what the point is in playing Charlton really. The main advantage of having big name sides come down to play us, is to draw the crowds in, but if their first team is playing just down the road on exactly the same day, then only Dulwich supporters are going to turn up to our fixture. We might get few more through the gate, but not what we'd probably get if if they were playing on a different day. It'll just be a normal friendly except against a load of 19yo professionals.

Gutted that Daly has gone. Thought he would be Erhun's natural successor in the number 10 role. He might not have had the pace of Erhun, but he certainly had the vision and passing ability. He wasn't a striker either, he was an attacking midfielder, so 12 goals from someone who was playing out of position is not that bad a return. A shame in my opinion.
 
Yeah, it's Charlton tradition to send a strong team to Welling, which is normally the first pre-season friendly. Am sure the teams that have played Dulwich in friendlies before have been youth team players - looks like that'll be the same again this year.
 
Kinda wonder what the point is in playing Charlton really. The main advantage of having big name sides come down to play us, is to draw the crowds in, but if their first team is playing just down the road on exactly the same day, then only Dulwich supporters are going to turn up to our fixture. We might get few more through the gate, but not what we'd probably get if if they were playing on a different day. It'll just be a normal friendly except against a load of 19yo professionals.

Gutted that Daly has gone. Thought he would be Erhun's natural successor in the number 10 role. He might not have had the pace of Erhun, but he certainly had the vision and passing ability. He wasn't a striker either, he was an attacking midfielder, so 12 goals from someone who was playing out of position is not that bad a return. A shame in my opinion.

This. Seems odd to organise to play Charlton on that day of all days. I can see the logic in us playing development-level teams in friendlies as far as building up contacts and stretching our players against young, fit, ambitious pros, but it's not exactly a proper money-spinner, is it?

Whyteleafe is the best fixture so far. A local away that odds are we wouldn't have got next season, although watch us draw them in the Trophy or League Cup now I've said that.
 
Presumably there's a limit to how picky we can be though. Obviously you'd prefer a big team to send their first team but if the reserves on a certain day are what's available and the name might get a few through the gate then you might as well take it.
 
With Palace now in the Premier League I wouldn't expect their 1st team to be playing a team as low as us, I don't think you will find many PL sides sending 1st teams to Clubs at our level.

Welling would have been a good friendly to have, not played them for a while!
 
Latest from Gavin was that Erhun was mulling over three offers, so I imagine we'll have to wait till it's a done deal before any friendly against Luton is arranged.
 
With Palace now in the Premier League I wouldn't expect their 1st team to be playing a team as low as us, I don't think you will find many PL sides sending 1st teams to Clubs at our level.

Hm Palace did sign Kwesi Appiah directly from Margate, so traffic between the two leagues isn't uncommon (although not very regular, admittedly). Only youth teamers would really head the other way.
 
Hm Palace did sign Kwesi Appiah directly from Margate, so traffic between the two leagues isn't uncommon (although not very regular, admittedly). Only youth teamers would really head the other way.

Yes and they also signed Quade Taylor and Michael Chambers from us too in the last few years, neither of which made there 1st team!

I was just saying that no PL team is likely to send a 1st team to a Club at our level for a friendly!
 
Tbh, Palace don't need to send their first team to us for that to be a lucrative fixture. The name alone will get people through the gate. More to the point though, they aren't playing up the road on the same bloody day and thus taking the entirety of their fan base to a different ground! And Palace always send a few fringe players down too. In fact last season they sent down a South African international, a DR Congo international, a Welsh international, a ROI international, Dwight Gayle and a former French Under-21 international. Always enjoy Palace coming to play us actually.

Charlton on the other hand made a frankly insulting offer for Danny Carr when he was still with us (wanted to sign him, without giving us a fee) and now this Welling fixture clash thing. It would almost be better for us to play an average Conference South/Conference team, because while their fanbase may not be as big as Charlton's, at least they'd be more likely to turn up, instead of all going down the road to Welling where the first team were playing.
 
Good. Hope they got their jobs back and are paid properly. They will be building a brick wall to protect us from the deadly water.

The EDF nimbies are complaining it's a different outfit and are very slow. I hope they suspend the works before kick off and at the end on match days, I doubt they'll close it all together on a Saturday or Tuesday night but it'll still leave a lot of surface water which isn't too clever in the winter months.
 
Yes and they also signed Quade Taylor and Michael Chambers from us too in the last few years, neither of which made there 1st team!

I was just saying that no PL team is likely to send a 1st team to a Club at our level for a friendly!
They were a Premier League club last year and we pulled a crod of 1,600.
 
Charlton on the other hand made a frankly insulting offer for Danny Carr when he was still with us (wanted to sign him, without giving us a fee) and now this Welling fixture clash thing. It would almost be better for us to play an average Conference South/Conference team, because while their fanbase may not be as big as Charlton's, at least they'd be more likely to turn up, instead of all going down the road to Welling where the first team were playing.
From a commercial viewpoint we'd be better off playing Bromley or Sutton, but hopefully the team Charlton send will fit Gavin's requirements for the sort of opposition he wants his team to face.
 
Good. Hope they got their jobs back and are paid properly. They will be building a brick wall to protect us from the deadly water.

The EDF nimbies are complaining it's a different outfit and are very slow. I hope they suspend the works before kick off and at the end on match days, I doubt they'll close it all together on a Saturday or Tuesday night but it'll still leave a lot of surface water which isn't too clever in the winter months.
If it's going to be in the same place that's far from ideal, and there are still going to be issues with slow moving vehicles passing right across the entrance/exit gates which personally I don't feel is really acceptable, but as long as the club makes some money from it (which clearly wasn't the case under the previous regime) fair enough. I find the spray unpleasant, although it's more a matter of principle really. If you're running a business that relies on pulling paying customers through the doors that's not something you want right next to the main entrance, and the whole operation obscures the view of the entrace. (Have a look at the reconfigured main entrance and rear Pavilion wall at the Oval cricket ground to see what a difference it makes to create a striking visual impression to visitors.) But of course football clubs have always regarded their fans as a captive audience who are unlikely to be deterred by things like that. I don't suppose there's much chance of the car wash closing at 2pm on matchdays, as Saturday afternoon is problably their most lucrative session of the week.
 
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