By all accounts, the performance against Welling on Tuesday was very good notwithstanding the fact that Welling fielded a number of academy players. Whitstable continued their impressive recent performances with a good draw away at Burgess Hill. They scored both the goals. Unfortunately, only one went in the home team's net. The first was an impressive own goal from Ashley 'Butch' Ulph, scoring with a looped shot over Shaun Smith (now installed, for the moment, at least, as Whitstable's No.1....

I was late for the game. About half an hour in. It was nice (but also very sad) to see the Choirmaster there. RIP little Lee.

By the time of my arrival, Faversham had already scored from a penalty. Fewell was the guilty party, but opinion seemed divided on whether it should have been a penalty. Yet, for the remainder of the first half, most of the action seemed to be in the Faversham final third, and at times, Whitstable played some half decent football.

The second half was another story apa...

These two teams had met in pre-season when Whitstable also emerged victorious with a 1-0 win. However, this game promised something different as Croydon made 8 changes from that which had earlier lost. Alas, the wholesale changes did little beyond confuse the visitors who seemed lost at sea at times and made up for it by getting physical and arguing with the ref. 

Whitstable won the encounter convincingly and the scoreline could have been much greater had Whitstable put away their chances. ...