And so we start another season in League One on Saturday. Of course it's not where any of us want to be, but strangely it seems there is a lot more optimism around the 2010/11 season than there was last year.

The loss of Bailey, Burton, Richardson and Sam from the starting XI is of course a blow and combined with the departures of Shelvey, Mooney and Randolph leaves our squad desperately threadbare.

RodneyCharltonTrotta looks in greater detail at why its more difficult nowadays following your club away from home.

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"Your support is f****** s**t", "Your ground's too big for you" and even the introspective "Where were you when we were s**t?" are some of the familiar songs belted out at grounds up and down the country every weekend without any sense of irony or self awareness.

The soap opera that is Charlton Athletic threw up another episode this week to rival all the joy of an Eastenders' Christmas Special, with the decision taken to cut short the season of our most talented youngster, Jonjo Shelvey, in favour of an immediate cash injection.

Not for the first time in recent years, the decision leaves supporters asking more questions than it provides answers, particular on whether it was a decision enforced from the boardroom, or created by the indifference of the manager.

On 9 June 1905, a group of boys held a meeting in South East London and proudly agreed to form a football club.

We know this, because we were there.

We stood there, in August 1921, proudly watching that club play its first ever Football League fixture. We were there for every subsequent relegation and promotion.

Ahead of our home game with Oldham a fortnight ago, Latics fan Dave Butterworth gave us the lowdown on the Latics.

Dave, two out of two and a top of the table clash. Has the strong start to the season come as a surprise to Oldham fans ?

Before the start of pre-season the answer would have been a definite ‘yes', given that we haven't changed the squad that failed miserably last season.

WSS looks ahead to Saturday's trip to Devon

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Although my predictions of new signings before the Huddersfield game proved incorrect, we are likely to see at least one of Parky's hat-trick of signings in some capacity when we venture down to Oggy Land.

Exeter are yet to win this season in the league although they are still undefeated at home with a couple of draws against Bristol Rovers and Colchester so it's not going to be an easy game.