National League sides are now allowed to play on synthetic pitches. Sutton United are a club who have taken advantage of the new ruling, and they now play on a plastic pitch.
On Tuesday evening, the U’s conceded a late goal, that gave 10 man Braintree a 2-1 win.
The match had plenty of interest for Charlton fans though. In goal for Sutton was Ross Worner, still only 26-years-old.
Worner was Rob Elliot’s understudy in the 2010/11season, and made nine league appearances, two as a substitute.
Enigmatic striker, Chris Dickson is now 31-years-old. He made 7 league starts for the Addicks, and appeared a further 21 times from the bench, but failed to score.
The third of Sutton’s ex-Charlton trio is former skipper, Nicky Bailey.
Bailey had an amazing strike rate for a midfielder, netting 25 goals in 89 league games. But he will always be remembered for the penalty shoot-out miss in the Play-Off semi-final with Swindon.
Bailey left The Valley for Middlesbrough, before moving on to Millwall and Barnet.
The dynamic midfielder is still only 32, but has suffered more than his fair share of injuries in recent times.
He has played ten times for Sutton this season, and if he can regain match sharpness, and avoid injury, he could attract interest from EFL clubs in January.
I am indebted to regular reader Jerry Longhurst for supplying much of the material used in this article.
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