Ebbsfleet Utd v Gillingham Pre-Season
The following is the article I wrote for the Ebbsfleet United v Gillingham Pre-Season game, which the Gills won 3-2. Today we welcome our near neighbours Gillingham for what is on paper a mouth-watering pre-season friendly. It is certain to be a no-holds barred encounter with both sets of players keen to impress their respective managers. For Ebbsfleet it has been a pretty good pre-season so far. A win at Tonbridge was followed by a narrow loss to Reading and then a great 1-0 home win against Leyton Orient. A number of players have impressed in these pre-season games, and it was good to see new signing Nathan Elder score the winner against the O’s. Talking of new signings, we extend a warm welcome to defender Patrick Ada who has signed for the Fleet from Burton Albion. To date he is developing a useful partnership with our defensive stalwart, and inspirational skipper, Paul Lorraine. If his pre-season form is a sign of what we can ...