Stones 2 Welling 1

[roystyboy]

Oct 25, 2014 18:18:10 GMT toonarmy said:

Had the privilege of watching the 1st half in the library end and the 2nd half in the Town end, which was absolutely fantastic, the noise and the singing was immense during the 2nd half of the game, I did shed a tear at the end of the game when the town end sang que sera sera, a favourite song of my younger sister who passed away recently, I love you all and thank you for igniting my love of football again after months of grief......COYS

Toon it was good to see you again and hope that we will be seeing you again soon.So sorry for your loss.Also thanks for the kiss at the end of a cracking game of football

[roystyboy]

That was a cracking game of football with the correct result.We never really looked in danger every player from 1 to 11 were totally committed today and got what they deserved a place in the next round.The crowd played their part today well done everyone and well done to the Welling fans who accepted they had been beaten by the better side

[farawaystone]

We are number 66 in the draw on Monday:

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29755644

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What a day! First 'real' football game at the Gallagher for months. It's got almost routine recently - turn up, play well, win game - I was starting to get blasé.

But today I had no idea how the day would turn out, even after the early goal. We played well, but it was obvious Welling were from a higher league, especially in the second half, when their better fitness began to tell. It was a classic cup game - the 'better' side overwhelmed by the 110% performance from the 'underdogs' and a sheer determination to win. I got pretty choked up as the players applauded us as they walked off. Not felt like that at a football game for a long time...

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The chips were shite though.

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Who was filming the game today - anyone know?

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Well done to all today. Not been for a while due to family commitments but was eagily following today's proceedings on twitter constantly refreshing. Hoping to go to Priestfield for the 1st round derby match though. ;-)

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Oct 25, 2014 20:10:48 GMT @johndaubneyslegs said:

What a day! First 'real' football game at the Gallagher for months. It's got almost routine recently - turn up, play well, win game - I was starting to get blasé.

But today I had no idea how the day would turn out, even after the early goal. We played well, but it was obvious Welling were from a higher league, especially in the second half, when their better fitness began to tell. It was a classic cup game - the 'better' side overwhelmed by the 110% performance from the 'underdogs' and a sheer determination to win. I got pretty choked up as the players applauded us as they walked off. Not felt like that at a football game for a long time...

Now maths is my real game, JDL, and I hate that 110% comment.

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So many things wet so right on Saturday. Pretty much our entire team looked very comfortable against higher league opposition, many looked more than just comfortable too with Flisher and Mills looking every bit as good as they do against Ryman teams. Jack Parkinson grabbed this one by the horns, some great tackling, great passing, a great header and he definitely got into the heads of the Welling players without letting himself get distracted by the psychology of the game. I'm a big fan of Alex Brown and I liked the confidence Jay showed in his ability to bring him on when we were only a goal away from it all going tits up.

Just a great day really and we've still got the 1st Round to look forward to!

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Oct 27, 2014 10:08:19 GMT @captainmosh said:

So many things wet so right on Saturday. Pretty much our entire team looked very comfortable against higher league opposition, many looked more than just comfortable too with Flisher and Mills looking every bit as good as they do against Ryman teams. Jack Parkinson grabbed this one by the horns, some great tackling, great passing, a great header and he definitely got into the heads of the Welling players without letting himself get distracted by the psychology of the game. I'm a big fan of Alex Brown and I liked the confidence Jay showed in his ability to bring him on when we were only a goal away from it all going tits up.

Just a great day really and we've still got the 1st Round to look forward to!

...and the cherry on the cake is the financial benefit of this cup run;
I think that's £27.5k of prize money won from the 4 ties (3k + 4.5k + 7.5k + 12.5k)
Plus half the gate money from the 4 ties  - the aggregate gate from the 3 home games was over 5000, plus another 450 at Biggleswade - so at say an average of £7 (?) a ticket, that ought to be another £20k, plus profits in the Spitfire

I know there are costs to putting these games on, but possibly as much as £50k of revenue earned from just 4 games

BTW, 2226 on Saturday? - there were 1970 at the Leiston game the week before, would say that it looked and felt like a lot more than an extra 250 in the ground v Welling

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Oct 27, 2014 11:10:51 GMT pwe said:

Just to be pedantic it's 40% (for both clubs) 20% FA

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They had to say it was 2226 as it was over capacity as it was more like 2400 as they were 2332 tickets on sale.

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Oct 27, 2014 11:13:14 GMT @heathside said:

Oct 27, 2014 11:10:51 GMT pwe said:

Just to be pedantic it's 40% (for both clubs) 20% FA

Good shout, thanks for that
- and having seen you and Mr Bechervaise standing side by side on the gantry on Saturday, I now know you are not one and same person

[johnstones]

I was under the impression that in the qualifying rounds where non league teams were playing each other that the FA did not take a cut.