There are familiar faces on the big screens as the camera pans round the bowl and Gilbert the Gull is out by the pitch. It's like home from home.
Referee is Premiership hotshot Martin Atkinson from the West Riding of Yorkshire. He had the Manchester United v Portsmouth FA Cup tie this year, apparently, but I have no more trivia about him.
Gilbert has embraced the Ebbsfleet pirate mascot. Either that or they just collided...