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Player File - Subject:
 CHARLIE PENNY





 First club as a supporter?  Chelsea


 How did you come to be at RPV
 and how are you finding it here?
 Gaffer (Josh Gallagher) contacted
 me last season but I was already
 sorted at the time. Played against
 him numerous times and was
 lucky enough not to be on the end
 of a Gallagher special!! I'm really
 enjoying my time so far, the man-
 agement, players, staff and com-
 mittee are all very welcoming.
       player in your position? What        aware most of the team is chip-
 You seem to have fitted in well -   makes them special?  ping in with goals which takes a
 what's the secret to finding your   Erling Haaland at the moment   little bit of the pressure off.
 feet at a new club? Did you know   is hands down the best in the
 any of the squad before coming   world. Always looking to stretch   What one improvement would
 here? Getting along, having a   the play, clever runs and being   you like to see at RPV? The
 laugh, togetherness and a win-  the six yard box to score the sim-  driveway is no good for my smart
 ning mentality brings this team   ple ones!  car :)
 together. I only knew Jake Gal-
 lagher when joining, apart from   What do you do with your free   You spent some time at Millwall
 that no one else.    What's your take on that? Agree   time when your'e not training/  and Woking - both teams with
 and disagree at the same time.   playing? Golf, golf and more   decent pedigree. How do you
 The FA Cup run saw some drama   You can't beat a cup run in a   golf, I absolutely love it!                         find playing in the CCL com-
 - what did you learn about the   competition like the FA Cup, but   pares? It's hard to say as when
 club and players from that? That   realistically I didn't think we   We're down a few players in   I was at was at these clubs I was
 the attitude shown in both games   would win it!! The main focus   front of goal. You're an experi-  young, but I would generally
 was of a 'never say die'.              would always be the league, so   enced striker with a few goals   say that they were all seasoned
 taking the cup run away aids   under your belt, is there more   players that know the game in-
 Clubs always console themselves   this as all the attention is on the   pressure on you now? There is a   side out, whereas lower down the
 when they exit a cup run, that   league.  little bit more pressure on myself  leagues it's younger.
 they can 'focus on the league'.   Who's the top international   now as a striker, but as we are



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