In front of another 200+ crowd, Sittingbourne slipped to defeat against a very well organised Welling United side who just about deserved the win at the end of the day.
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Welling ahead at the break and despite playing in just their first pre-season game of the campaign, they looked far more impressive than Maidstone United had done on Tuesday when Sittingbourne won 4-1. The Wings were ahead at the break after a clever chip from Anointed Chukwi as he was played in behind the defence leaving keeper Harley Earle exposed – the striker coolly clipping the ball over the advancing keeper!
The home side went close early on when a shot crashed back out off a post before Welling’s trialist wearing number eleven looped a header onto the roof of the net! Chukwi then put the visitors ahead and then the home side had a late chance when defender Charma Torsiello had a shot blocked in the Wings box with the keeper committed but an even first half ended with the visitors narrowly in front ahead of the masses of half-time substitutions expected.
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They duly came which led to the second period being just as close with the Brickies arguably edging the chances.
Ayman El-Mogharbel thought he had won a penalty when seemingly brought down only for the referee to award a corner! Mitchell May was then pulled back by a defender when he raced clear – the defender getting “only” a yellow card! Ayman then prodded a through ball for Eman Robe, but he could not get hold of the shot and the ball went through to the keeper.
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Welling was then to seal the win late on with two strikes in a couple of minutes as the Brickies went in search of an equaliser with two very swift breaks that were swept in beyond the despairing dives of unlucky keeper Claudio Boakye – the second swept home by Martell Taylor-Crossdale and the third side footed home by a trialist.
Sittingbourne did get on the scoresheet late on as the Welling keeper fingertipped a Codey Cosgrave drive over and from the resulting corner young Hadley Tossell headed home Aymans corner.
Images courtesy of Dave Budden