Damaged solder pad

[lfk]

To say I'm a newb to soldering would be an understatement.  I'm hoping someone can confirm my suspicions.

 

in short I ripped a wire from a PCB and it took the pad with it.  Looking at the PCB I believe the trace the pad was connected to is shared by 3 other solder points.

 

1. Looking at the picture you can clearly see the missing pad, is the section circled in red all one trace?

2. Can I just then simply solder the wire to one of these other solder points (A, B, C)

[mariushm]

Yes, if it was only a wire soldered to that broken pad you should be fine soldering the wire to any of the other points. 

Though you could also get a razor blade or something  (fiber glass pen for example) to rub the green stuff painted over the copper between A and your broken pad, and solder the wire in that area. 

 

I'd also be concerned about that lead going through the pcb above B and C  points, is there solder on the other side or what's the deal with that? It's not soldered to anything on this visible side of the pcb. 

B and C also seem like the pads for capacitors or resistors to connect that island with the rest of the circuit. unless there's some wires going through the board from point A to the other side I don't see how that island is connected to the rest of the circuit. 

 

[Kilrah]

Yup, unless some components were removed and haven't been put back yet this whole section seems unconnected in the first place.