Match Preview

Match Details:
Tuesday 1st August kick off 19.45pm
Cray Valley (PM) v Charlton Athletic U18

The Artic Stadium
Middle Park Avenue, Eltham, SE9 5HP

Admission £5 with children 11-17 £1, U11 free.

Match Preview:
The final week of pre-season is upon us. The Royal Greenwich Derby is next as Cray Valley PM FC welcome a young Charlton Athletic squad to The Artic Stadium on Tuesday evening!

One familiar face we look forward to welcoming back to the Artic Stadium for this match will be one of the Charlton Athletic Academy coaches Kevin James. Kevin of course was first team coach for the Millers for just over 4 years working alongside manager Kevin Watson from December 2017 to January 2022. During this period the club won the SCEFL Premier Division earning promotion to Step 4 for the first time in 2018/19 and of course appeared at Wembley in the FA Vase Final the same season.

Charlton under the stewardship of academy director Steve Avory have run a successful academy for many years that has produced numerous first team players for Charlton, some of whom have gone onto play at the top tier of English football for Premiership clubs and ultimately represent their country. It will be interesting to witness first hand their latest batch of young players, who I am sure will play an attractive brand of football and therefore contribute to an entertaining game.

No clues as yet to the sort of team Steve McKimm will be looking to field. However with competition for places for a starting spot in the opening league game away at Sittingbourne on the 12th August and just one more pre-season game to follow, at home to Dulwich Hamlet on Saturday, clearly whoever plays will be looking to impress.

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