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fomblog: Charlton Athletic (H)
Published by fan_of_mulligan on October 29, 2009
I got all my belongings together (Phone, Season Ticket, Money and My Coat) before leaving my house at 1.30 and getting a lift down to Priestfield Stadium which turned out to be a good decision because as we drove across the A2 and past the roundabout where the Big Tesco’s is I saw a replacement bus service with a sign with South Eastern Services on the front which suggests that trains were not running as usual. (And had I got the train I am sure the replacement bus service would have been packed)
I got out the car outside Woodlands Cemetery and made my way towards Priestfield, not my usual route for a home match and it was spitting but thankfully the weather held out and the heavens didn’t open. (I tend to go via train for home matches)
I was outside Priestfield around 1.50 and went into the Club Shop to buy my Match Day Programme and as I brought my programme I was told that the club shop had over double the amount of match day programme’s available for this match simply because the demand was their and that we were expecting a big attendance for this match – I asked if The Playoff DVD was in yet and as usual got the same response and it is just a case of being persistent and hoping that by asking I will eventually get a copy of that DVD.
I made my way through the Turnstiles and straight away brought my tickets for the 50/50 match day lottery and queued up to buy my bottle of Coca Cola and yes they do still take the lids off, good thing I took one spare with me just in-case.
I stood on the steps and as a box of clappers were being handed out at first I didn’t want one but as the box came round again I thought why not and took one for myself, seeing as their being handed out it be rude not to accept a freebie though I wasn’t going to be using the rattle throughout the match – I got speaking with Seb and Cameron and both lads had football training but there is no matches because of half term, I asked both if their sides would play in similar conditions to what Gillingham were playing in on Saturday and the response I got was a YES and it would have to be a lot worse before the ref considers calling the game off.
I gave my two sense worth of how the Brighton and MK Dons matches went and showed the lads what the grounds look like as I took a picture on my camera phone and I mentioned how poor we were at Brighton and how much better we were at MK Dons and also how the seats were padded and those seats wouldn’t look out of place in a office – I also said how Jason Puncheon made the difference and that little bit of quality is what separated the two sides.
Their dad said to me how he was at Priestfield Stadium when we played Maidstone in The FA Cup in the 1980’s and how Priestfield was very different back then to what it is now, I asked what was the media coverage like back then for a Gills – Maidstone match and was it bigger then the coverage this week for the Gills – Charlton game – The response I got back was that the media coverage back then was very different and couldn’t remember what sort of coverage IF ANY Gillingham got for the Maidstone match.
By that point Markinkent gave me a tap on the shoulder and he made his way to his seat which is 4-5 rows above me so we know where MarkinKent sits now – all the best Gills supporters sit in Block G.
I got talking with Porkpie100 and we mentioned how it be great if Gills 365 could send a team out onto the pitch and maybe play a match that could raise some funds for the Gillingham Ladies Team – we joked that we be hard pressed to play 5 minutes let along the entire match but some sort of get together would be nice just so that you get to see everyone face to face and also put the face to the username.
Because the floor was completely soaked I put my match day programme in Porkipie100’s bag so that my programme remained dry and I made sure I remember to ask for it before full time – I also spoke about the quiz night and how the team I was on “Two Steps Forward, Four Steps Back” won the quiz night, it does seem ridiculous that GISC have to have run quiz nights just to barely manage to run the Reliance Coach and the issue between Kings Ferry and Reliance does seem petty considering that supporters are going to the same game.
The match against Charlton Athletic was Simon Royce’s 100 appearance for Gillingham and think just how many times Royce has saved us over the past few seasons, true Royce has had his bad moments but then if he didn’t Simon would be playing at a much higher level, also Royce has had matches where he has kept us in games or won us matches by himself, Simon has been a fantastic servant for us over the past few seasons and been a decent professional which is more then we can say for other experienced players we have had at the club in the past.
Eventually we heard the team sheet over the PA System and the team was announced as follows……
Royce, Fuller, Gowling, Fry, Nutter, Lewis, Bentley, Oli, Weston, Barcham, Jackson SUBS: Julian, Maher, Payne, Yussuff, Rooney, Miller, Palmer.
So no Pugh and Cumbers in the 18 man squad and Mark Stimson has to rate both lads otherwise he wouldn’t have given either player a contract in the first place, no Garry Richards which means we have no defensive cover on the bench and we were trying to work out if Bentley and Lewis would sit in-front of the back four with Oli, Weston and Barcham as the attacking midfield trio or if we would play two lines of 4 with Weston behind Jackson.
A look around the ground and the corners of the Rainham End were full as was the Gordon Road Stand, Charlton had filled up the away end so 10,000 is the bare minimal we can expect to be inside The Priestfield for today’s match.
Will was sat behind me and I know he plays Sunday football as well and I asked him if he was playing football tomorrow and Will’s answer was yes, I mentioned that Seb and Cameron were not playing but Will plays in The Kent League and not The Medway City Boy’s League and in The Kent League they play all year round in any playing condition.
Behind me sit Will, Harry, their dad (Ian) and their grand-dad and all four are season ticket holders and every home match their there at the ground supporting the Gills, everything mentioned is constructive and it is a delight to sit among brilliant supporters for every home game – as I mentioned above there are a decent bunch of supporters in Block G, you get the occasional idiot who likes to curse and use every four letter word but in general we got a great bunch of fans where I sit which just makes for better viewing because I have heard of supporters who have moved to different parts of the ground just because someone is ruining their experience of watching a football match.
One person who I thought would have been at the Charlton game is Nick Collins who brings his two lads with him and normally we would have seen him at 2-3 matches by now – either Nick is sitting in a different part of the ground or is unable to get to as many matches as he would of liked, Nick Collins for those who don’t know works at Sky Sports News and has been to a few Gillingham matches over the past few seasons.
Two positives with one really good one was seeing Simon King walking on the pitch and least Kingy is off crutches and he can begin the next step of recovery and hopefully King is back to first team action by late December because I think that is how long it take for King to get back to full fitness, Mark McCammon on the sidelines is another positive and hopefully Cammo is close to first team action himself.
Charlton was going to be tough and to be honest I take a draw now but I am greedy and want all three points so here’s hoping that Gillingham can keep up their superb home form.
ANYWAY ONTO THE MATCH……
Straight from the off you could tell that this was no usual league game at The Priestfield as the atmosphere once we kicked off had just raised a notch and this local derby already had one winner as KRBS had two teams on the same pitch with their sponsor and they will be thrilled that they will have this much exposure.
Straight from kick off and Curtis Weston was fouled after just 15 seconds and perhaps a sign of things to come, Just a few minutes later and we can be thankful that match referee Jon Moss failed to spot the challenge on Izale McLeod because Stuart Lewis clearly fouled McLeod in our penalty area and that was clearly a stone wall penalty turned down and maybe we will ride our luck in this match.
It was pretty much end to end as Charlton had claims for a penalty and to be fair they had more then a decent shout for that one while at the other end Rob Elliott was tested by Barcham’s low drive which forced Elliott into a decent save.
Barry Fuller clearly was up for this one as he put in 1-2 snapping challenges before going in hard with a slide tackle that wasn’t for the faint hearted and other referee’s might have booked Fuller for that challenge but clearly this particular ref was going to take into consideration that this was no ordinary league fixture.
Charlton were just as physical as we were and Matthew Fry was floored in the early stages and in-turn Barry Fuller sent Nick Bailey to the deck and you could tell that the game had raised a notch and the tempers were at boiling point, This is where you need a strong referee and to his credit Jon Ross resisted the temptation to start flashing yellow cards left right and centre and just kept authority and just had strong words to say to players and no doubt telling 1-2 to calm down or that he had given them a warning.
Our next attack almost saw The Gills take the lead as Mark Bentley’s effort from the edge of the box saw Rob Elliott get a very strong arm behind the ball and he turned the ball round for a corner and we were on top of things and made Charlton look average and on their current showing you couldn’t see why Charlton were second in League One but we could clearly see that Charlton have some physical presence, no doubt this means Charlton can bully teams off the park.
With Mark McCammon not in the side Ian behind me wondered when Mark will return but he is still out with a hamstring injury and you wonder if Cammo is a square peg in a round hole for us partly because of how we want to play, the frustrating thing is that McCammon was just getting into his stride before his injury then he pulls up, with another year left on his contract you cannot see teams wanting to sign Mark McCammon unless of course he was available on a free meaning that we had to pay Mark off.
Deon Burton is the first player booked in this heated and tightly contested derby and mostly it is to do with back chatting and descent and it is one of those stupid yellow cards that canbe easierly avoided if a player just remains stum and gets on with the game.
One moment of genuine quality by Charlton as Bailey played this fantastic though ball / cross field pass which was right onto the feet of Izale McLeod (Well I think it was McLeod) and Gowling had to make up the yards, tracked back and made a perfectly timed sliding tackle and it had to be timed to perfect or Gowling was sent off and we won a throw on in our own half, absolutely out-standing by Josh Gowling who just looks to get even better the more he plays, to think we got him on a two year deal for nothing.
Sam Sodje for Charlton had a effort on goal which blazed over the goal and you just wonder if Charlton were having a off day and if we can take our opportunities at our end – One player who deserves a mention at this point is Mark Bentley who time and again was winning the ball on the air and thriving down that right hand side and benno’s persistence was causing Charlton all sorts of problems.
Nutter’s foul gave Frazer Richardson a chance to go for goal and his free kick failed to test Simon Royce and again another Charlton chance and another chance wasted and after the first 20 minutes you have to say that Gillingham have had the better chances though we have got away scott free with Charlton’s penalty appeal.
Then the best chance of the match, Izale McLeod was clearly offside and we were all expecting a offside flag from the linesman on the Gordon Road side but his flag stayed down and McLeod was clean through on goal with just Royce to beat and he completely skied his effort which got a massive cheer from the Gills supporters and what a huge let off, justice rewarded though because the linesman should of flagged for offside in the first place, again another Charlton chance and again they missed and you start to think could it be our day ???
Soon afterwards Josh Gowling and Izale McLeod were both competiting for the ball down the right hand side and Gowling shielded the ball out for a throw on but the momentum took McLeod over the advertisement board and he collided with a elderly disabled supporter and McLeod checked to see if the supporter was OK and everyone near by applauded McLeod because you do get some who bring hatred into their support and they think it is OK when it clearly isn’t.
Soon afterwards paramedics checked on the supporter who felt the force of McLeod’s knock, it might not seem much to those who sat elsewhere but considering the size of McLeod and also how frail the elderly gentleman was it was a knock that could affect the man’s breathing, after a few minutes the elderly gentleman was OK.
Lloyd Sam showed abit of skill and Nutter already committed was defiantly going to be the first Gillingham player going into Jon Ross’s notebook, I don’t think even the most rose tinted Gillingham supporter can say that challenge wasn’t a yellow card even on derby day – three fouls in the next five minutes really raised the tension and got 1-2 clearly rattled.
Another long ball down the right and another Bentley header who was just having the game of his life, someone better offer Mark Bentley a contract extension because if this is Benno at 32-33 then he has a few more seasons left in him, one particular moment saw Bentley slide tackle to keep the ball in and Oli held the ball up and won us a throw on and these two were starting to link up more.
Then another Gillingham chance Oli has the ball in the final third and runs through on goal then stops and you start chanting HIT IT and in the end Oli goes to the floor just abit too easierly for the ref’s liking and the chance is wasted, you either pass or you go for goal and Oli took too long on decision making for that and the chance is wasted, if that was Jackson you knew he would of gone for goal in a simular position.
This was really good by Gillingham and we looked the better side in the early exchanges and I was impressed with our showing so far and we just needed a goal which is what our effort deserves because Charlton were on the back foot.
Oli to his credit works himself into a good position and rather then loses out Oli tracks back and does enough to win us a corner, the resulting corner was swung in brilliantly by Nutter, Bentley at the back post headers the ball across goal and Oli’s over head kick is cleared off the line by Frazer Richardson and we win another corner, Oli’s overhead kick is sort of mis-kicked and a firmer connection on the ball and Rob Elliott would have been hard pressed to keep the ball out, also nice to see someone on the far post as Bentley was their just in-case Nutter’s corner went all the way through.
Lloyd Sam has another effort from distance that fails to trouble the Gillingham defence and that effort failed to test Simon Royce who on his 100 appearance was having little to do.
A lot of effort and endeavour was shown by both sides and Matthew Fry was playing with more confidence and dealt with the occasion really well, sometimes when you get a premiership youngster on loan your never exactly sure if they can handle the pressure of competitive football but Fry has great awareness and like most players who come through at West Ham Fry isn’t bad with the ball at his feet either.
Bentley again won another header and did abit of keepy uppy to keep the ball in play and just showed fantastic desire to win the ball and at this point Bentley was my MOTM because everything Mark did was class and just the simple things can make a big impact.
So the half time whistle went and though we deserved to be in-front Charlton were having a off day and were clearly rattled by some of the challenges which were not for the faint hearted and not for flair players that’s for sure.
HALF TIME: GILLINGHAM 0 . 0 CHARLTON
I was quite pleased with that and as Simon Royce made his way towards the opposite end of the pitch and towards the home dressing room I gave Royce a round of applause for what he had done in the match so far even though his opposite number Rob Elliott was being severely tested.
One row below me and a few seats across (Not a crossword I promise) I saw a few regular’s who were at The MK Dons match and I mentioned “Not bad that” and how we were helding our own, the response I got was we are doing really well and we look on top of things right now, Both of us were in agreement that we need another striker and I mentioned how we could get someone from West Ham as we got Matthew Fry already while QPR was mentioned as they got a big squad and huge wage bill and may well want some clubs to take a few players off their hands.
Agyemang was mentioned and how we like to see him back at the club again particularly at this level, but with McCammon only showing in spits and spats what he can do and considering how many matches he isn’t available for duo to injury it is clear we need another striker because we cannot keep relying on Simeon Jackson to pop up and score for us all the time (though Simeon has done exceptionally well so far) – the question worth asking was could we win against Charlton ??? well if the first 45 minutes are anything to go by then it isn’t impossible because Charlton are in League One for a reason and at Priestfield, Gillingham can give anyone a game.
By this point MarkInKent came down and spoke with myself and Porkpie100 and gave his view of the match so far and now knows where the two of us sit and we got a few of us in Block G that are on Gills 365 and KFG sat with us for the Norwich match in The Johnstone’s Paint Trophy, then the 50/50 match day lottery numbers were drawn and how I could do with that £800 pound prize, but nope I didn’t win, I said I bet the ticket that is drawn out is the one after the two I brought which is the ticket Porkpie100 has – but no signed shirt or goody bag either.
With this match being a kick racism out of football campaign their were a few youngsters reading out their poems, considering how young these children were their poems were very good and as the young girl was reading her poem the sun just broke through the clouds just to add the scenery to her poem but also it means everyone in the Medway Stand will have to do a one armed salute for the rest of the second half.
Not easy to read your poem in-front of 10,000 people and speaking of the attendance the attendance was announced at 10,304 which is just outstanding for a league fixture and we be hard pressed to beat that all season, we defiantly wouldn’t get attendances anywhere near that in League Two and so far the match was living upto all the build up and sometimes you find that the build up for the match makes derbies like these a non spectacle event but the match between Gillingham and Charlton so far was played at a high tempo and the challenges were flying in – but nothing that suggested any malice between the two sets of players.
Rob Elliott was out for the second half with his fellow Charlton team mates right behind him, Elliott had done exceptionally well between the sticks so far and Charlton can feel indebted to their keeper for keeping Charlton in the match but I guess we can be thankful that Charlton’s forward line had mis-placed their shooting boots because Simon Royce had very little to do in the first half.
SECOND HALF…..
And right from the off and with Gillingham attacking the away end we thought we got off to the perfect start in the second half as Simeon Jackson instinctive effort was turned round the post by Rob Elliot who once again was called upon and again The Charlton keeper stood up firm to the task, After that we had three corner kicks in a row “COME ON GILLS” was what I chanted as we took the second corner, Rob Elliot claimed the resulting corner while another went all the way through and you just wonder if someone should stand on the far post in-case no-one makes a telling connection on the ball, but the first five minutes of the second half showed our intent and we were all over Charlton who were very average at this point and only Rob Elliott was showing any sort of class or quality because without Elliott between the sticks I am sure we would of taken the lead by now.
It wasn’t all Gillingham as Charlton won themselves a free kick in a decent shooting position and Royce was positioning the wall and also moving about and Nicky Bailey’s free kick was superbly struck but well saved by Royce who claimed the ball with both hands, it was at a decent height for Royce but none the less I really hate moments like that and just glad that Charlton didn’t capitalize from the free kick.
Like the first half the second was end to end as Fry played a decent ball to Barcham and Barcham opened himself up to go for the far post but Barcham’s effort was well saved again by Rob Elliott, more power and less placement might have seen Elliott beaten but another decent chance for The Gills.
Another Gillingham chance and with Jackson and Weston trying to get on the end of a loose ball Bentley was running on and hence the anticipation as everyone chanted “SHOOT” – Benno has struck the ball brilliantly only for his effort to be charged down by Richardson and had Richardson not been their I am sure Elliott would have had trouble trying to keep that effort out.
Richardson was then subbed off as Barcham had torn the former Leeds defender all over the place and though Basey came on in his place I think Semedo switched from the opposite flank to deal with Barcham’s pace – Semedo might be quicker then Richardson who clearly was having trouble keeping up with Barcham.
I had a quick glance to our sub bench to see what our options were and with Miller and Palmer on their you think we might just well freshen up the midfield for the final 30 minutes.
Three yellow cards in three minutes as Dennis Oli fouled Sam Sodje and that foul deserved a yellow, Curtis Weston was booked for descent while Christian Daily followed Sodje into the referee’s note book not long afterwards as most of the cards being picked up were for petty incidents rather then mis-timed challenges and Daily’s squad number (35) isn’t far off his age.
Unlike the Sunderland V Liverpool game a week ago no Beach ball was going to interfere with this match as Jon Ross ran over to where the beach ball was and was about to drop kick the beach ball into the away end but the ref choose just to safely pass the ball to a steward which got a loud cheer from both sets of supporters – least we can have abit of a laugh and a joke about it even though Liverpool won’t be seeing the funny side.
A Charlton corner was the closest they came to scoring as Burton’s header right on the line was well gathered by Simon Royce who had to make sure he hung on as their were a lot of bodies in that penalty area and all it takes is someone to stick their foot out and the ball goes into the back of the net.
After that Bentley, Oli and Nutter all had chances but they all found Rob Elliott in inspirational form and we got to get that goal eventually because how on earth we have not scored in this match just beggers belief and Oli was 1 on 1 with Elliott as well.
John Nutter whips in the resulting corner and Bentley was about to get a free header on goal but the ball is nipped away from him at the last moment and you think that we are going to get the bounce of the ball at some point.
Izale McLeod is subbed off for David Mooney and you start to think if Charlton are going to defend in depth and park the bus to earn a point – but Charlton break with David Mooney and Josh Gowling body checks Mooney on the halfway line and Gowling has to do that or Charlton would have hit us on the break and the yellow card to Gowling is the correct decision, at one stage I thought a red card might have come out but again to Jon Ross’s credit he hasn’t tried to flash cards left, right and centre and has controlled this heated derby very well.
Then our best chance of the match so far which starts with John Nutter’s throw on which he gets back from Weston and Nutter goes from dummying a cross to a surging run into the Charlton penalty area and Nutter’s first shot is deflected kindly by Oli and the ball falls kindly back to Nutter who has struck the ball beautifully only for Rob Elliott to make a truly outstanding save, that was 1 . 0 Gillingham as far as I was concerned but this keeper had just pulled off a match winning save and we just couldn’t believe that didn’t riffle into the back of the net.
But despite all the chances and the amount of pressure we put Charlton under it was Charlton who went into the lead in very fortunate circumstances as their was abit of a melee outside our penalty area and as the ball is threaded through to the far right of our penalty are John Nutter has to make contact with the ball to clear it because from my view he had a Charlton player right on his back, sadly Nutter’s clearance goes right into the far corner leaving Royce with no chance at all and though Charlton didn’t deserve it they had taken the lead and the Charlton celebrations seem to have kicked off above us and this angered many people in the Rainham End and more stewards went past us to try and deal with the situation.
I think Will wanted to go home at that point because that goal made him sick to the stomach but there was still time left for us to make a impact and boy didn’t we make a impact, just three minutes later and a throw on deep in Charlton territory was flicked on by Oli towards Bentley and Benno won another header and his flick feel into the path of Simeon Jackson who took his goal superbly, one touch and bang their was the equalizer and queue the most mental celebrations which just took the roof off the ground “YYYEEESSS” was my response and GAME ON NOW and at 1 . 1 this match could go either way, we really deserved that goal and at last Rob Elliott was beaten, chants from the Rainham End could be clearly heard as “WHO ARE YA” was being chanted to The Charlton supporters.
A closer look at Jackson’s equalizer makes the goal look even better as I thought Jacko worked his way into a good position but in-fact Bentley’s header was slightly behind Simeon who flicked the ball with his heel and smashed the ball past Elliott, the skill required to do that is more difficult then you think and while Simeon has a lot to do developing other area’s of his game, scoring goals doesn’t seem to be a problem.
After having a drink as I used most of my voice celebrating that goal we started discussing who should come on with Miller on for Oli with Miller playing behind Jackson being the general view or Palmer on to give us some options out wide – either way we felt Oli was the player to come off, as far as MOTM talk was concerned if Bentley wasn’t man of the match then we like to know who was because we couldn’t see anyone out their who done better then Benno.
Could we do it, could we score a late late winner and really take the roof of the Rainham End, we thought Stuart Lewis did as his driven effort beat Rob Elliott but also beat the post as well but we kept going and you felt that their was still 1-2 big big chances left in this match.
Porkipie100 gave me my match day programme which had remained dry thank to his bag and I am glad I didn’t leave my programme on the floor which would have been soaked and as we entered stoppage time Oli came off for Yussuff while Wagstaff replaced Lloyd Sam – with Charlton getting closer to our penalty area I shouted “AWAY” as nerves kick in at this point and we deserved something from the game and thankfully Gowling headered the ball clear and Josh would have been MOTM had Bentley not put in a fantastic display himself.
We had a chance ourselves as everyone though that Burton’s challenge on Lewis would in-fact earn Gillingham a penalty but we had afree kick right on the edge of the box and wouldn’t it be ironic if Nutter scores the O.G would then score the winner and with Nutter, Weston and Lewis all queuing up to hit this we had plenty of players who can score from range, Nutter rolled the ball to Lewis who struck the ball sweetly just that it was off target.
Their was still time for one final chance as Youga was about to get on the end of a Charlton cross but Simon Royce bravely got to the ball first and got two strong fists behind the ball and you felt that was it.
And after a huge punt down field by Rob Elliott and after 4-5 minutes of stoppage time we had earned a point and perhaps Gillingham canbe hard done by not to have all three, I felt very proud of our performance but slightly disappointed not to have won the match but I am sure if we were offered the point at 3PM then we would of taken the point at 5PM and that is precisely what we had got.
FULL TIME: GILLINGHAM 1 . 1 CHARLTON ATHLETIC
I waited inside the ground because I felt their would be repercussions of what had gone on inside the ground and I had no intention of getting involved with all of that and I checked to make sure I had everything and spoke with MarkInKent and said how I take the point before kick off before speaking with the steward I know about the game.
I made my way outside Priestfield Stadium and as I made my way down and over Gillingham Railway Crossing I gave Stewart a ring and told him about the game and the attendance and he also brought me my birthday present in advance (Which is FIFA 2010), I mentioned how Simeon Jackson scored and how we could feel slightly disappointed not to have won the game.
So I walked past the railway crossing and started making my way to my Uncle’s house and as I reached a old close down pub I walked past the junior school that I remember being called Hilly Fields when I was younger and I walked down the public park all the way to my Uncle’s house, as I walked down the path someone asked me what the score was and I said that the score was 1 . 1.
So I made my way to my Unce’s house where my Dad was before getting a lift to George’s Plaice where I brought a Large Portion of Chips and Two Cans of Coca Cola for myself and One Large Portion of Chips, a Fish Cake and a Double Cheeseburger for mum and dad – I spoke to the owner who I tend to see regularly after home matches and gave my view of the Charlton match and also asked what was The Chelsea score as he supports Chelsea, except that Chelsea had a evening kick off and had the match had just started.
I got back home just after 5.45 and got to tuck into a decent dinner and all in can feel delighted with the performance but slightly disappointed that our performance didn’t get three points we deserved, but at least we gave Charlton a battle and their were some challenges in that match that Charlton didn’t particularly like.
Overall a point is a good result and I am sure we would of taken that before kick off.
MOTM – Mark Bentley – No-one else other then Bentley deserved to be MOTM, Benno won every single header or aerial challenge and got stuck in on the deck, Mark was persistant and gave Charlton a tough time as Bentley’s work rate meant he had a slight edge over The Charlton left back who was not expecting Benno to be getting stuck in as much as he did.
Benno played his part in Simeon Jackson’s equalizer and perhaps could of scored himself, great performance by Bentley who showed Mark Stimson why he should be played in midfield on a regular basis.
Josh Gowling also deserves a mention for the way he played and how he put in some crucial and often match winning interceptions and Gowling has shown himself to be a bargain and to think we got Josh on a two year deal for nothing as well.
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