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Watching matches in home section when charlton are the away team

timken
timken Posts: 1,130
edited July 28 in General Charlton

I did this many times in prem years.Will be doing this year at west ham.Last time charlton won at upton park i not only had to stay quiet when we scored but pretend to be angry as everyone around me were hurling abuse at west ham players.silence wasnt enough

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  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 24,192
    Have done this exactly once, at Highbury. Was directly in line with Henry's backheel. I did not have to worry about standing up to cheer that day
  • swords_alive
    swords_alive Posts: 4,976
    From October 2025
    https://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/100806/home-ends-you-have-been-in-watching-charlton/p1
  • jonseventyfive
    jonseventyfive Posts: 3,533
    Cobblers!  Fairly local to us and usually sit in the larger stand about half way for the view mainly,  must say some very unusual characters sit up there,  makes for amusing people watching if the game is crap,  getting worked up watching Cobblers must appeal to some I suppose. 
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,814
    jonseventyfive said:
    Cobblers!  Fairly local to us and usually sit in the larger stand about half way for the view mainly,  must say some very unusual characters sit up there,  makes for amusing people watching if the game is crap,  getting worked up watching Cobblers must appeal to some I suppose. 
    Happens at the Valley, every match
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,980
    jonseventyfive said:
    Cobblers!  Fairly local to us and usually sit in the larger stand about half way for the view mainly,  must say some very unusual characters sit up there,  makes for amusing people watching if the game is crap,  getting worked up watching Cobblers must appeal to some I suppose. 
    For this reason I always go in the home end at Northampton.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 34,243
    Done this back in the days at The Den when I went with an old Millwall mate and his friends. They all knew I was Charlton, never had a problem. Don't think we ever scored though !!
  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 14,843
    Sat in the home end at St Mary's years ago for a Premier League game, must have been 2002. It was a criminally dull 0-0 so there was no risk of anyone getting caught out because presumably everyone was asleep.
  • HastingsRed
    HastingsRed Posts: 1,836
    Sat in the West Stand at Chelsea.....stunk of weed. Was with my brother in law at the time.
  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,797
    I wouldn't do it.
    I don't like it when people do it at ours.
  • Oxfordaddick
    Oxfordaddick Posts: 19
    Did so at the (Old) Den in 1985-6. An important game in our promotion run-in, where we got a 2-2 draw. Kept very quiet.

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  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 6,467
    HastingsRed said:
    Sat in the West Stand at Chelsea.....stunk of weed.
    Didnt you shower that day?
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 28,516
    Did at The Den in the 90s once. Without looking it up, think we lost two or three nil. No danger of me jumping up celebrating in a Millwall game sadly. 

    Did it for Gillingham away when they beat us in the cup too. Not a good record. 
  • LittleAddick
    LittleAddick Posts: 853
    Don't see the point personally, if you can't cheer or get excited when we're on the attack or score. But then again, might not have to worry about that when we're lining up in a 550 formation this season.
  • bolloxbolder
    bolloxbolder Posts: 8,384
    Done it all Millwall,  West ham x3, Boro, Chelsea.  Going to be tough at the Olympic Stadium,  but seeing how Arsenal fans were treated there, should ensure my silence!
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 7,806
    Never seen the point myself. Either have a fake a celebration when Charlton inevitably concede or sit on your hands for 90mins. 
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 24,688
    Baldybonce said:
    I wouldn't do it.
    I don't like it when people do it at ours.
    Apart from when we done it most away games in the 70s 
  • Er_Be_Ab_Pl_Wo_Wo_Ch
    Er_Be_Ab_Pl_Wo_Wo_Ch Posts: 2,330
    Chelsea away, sat in the Matthew Harding upper, when we beat them on pens in the League Cup. Darren Bent scored our goal in a 1-1 draw,  against a very strong Chelsea side.

    Sat at the back of their home end I was about as far from the away end bedlam as could be. Went with 2 work colleagues, they were essentially football tourists, both of whom left with the game still in the first half of extra time. They were far from the only ones not seeing the game out.

    Changing of subject - the next morning, about 30 seconds after leaving my front door to go to work, Darren Bent walked past in shorts, tshirt and flip flops, clutching a bunch of the morning's newspapers. That was at North Greenwich when there were only a relativity small number of flats there, I think the club used one or two of them for players. As a neighbour I'd never seen him before, nor afterwards - just the morning after he'd scored in our shock win.
  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,797
    U blackpool72 said:
    Baldybonce said:
    I wouldn't do it.
    I don't like it when people do it at ours.
    Apart from when we done it most away games in the 70s 
    I confess .
    But times were different then.
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 36,448
    Did it twice when away fans were banned.

    Luton (brother worked with a Luton Town fan) and Chelsea (have cousins who are Chelsea fans). 
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 28,052
    Makes me laugh the outrage on here when there are away fans in home areas at The Valley


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  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 32,219
    My eldest daughter was at uni in Leicester and got 2 free tickets when Leicester played us in the prem. I chatted about Len Glover so we got away with it. We lost 3-1 so no danger of getting too excited.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 72,899
    The segregation at Upton Park when we groundshared there was hopeless. I remember our final home game there, against Newcastle, as I was sitting in the Upper Tier of the main stand, and I'm sure there were more Newcastle fans there than Charlton ones.
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,801
    HastingsRed said:
    Sat in the West Stand at Chelsea.....stunk of weed. Was with my brother in law at the time.
    Try the upper west at the Valley, stinks of wee!!!!

    Only joking I sit there.
  • Blucher
    Blucher Posts: 4,383
    When I used to go away in the 80s and 90s, we always used to go in the home stands on the halfway line for a better perspective on the game. In those days, you could just buy on the day. Never had a problem and I always found it interesting to see how the home supporters saw their team.

    Less common these days, unless going with a mate who supports the home side. 

    I do recall going in the Cold Blow Lane End with my dad (who refused to acknowledge segregation) in 1972, replete with my Charlton scarf. Nobody batted an eyelid, although I learnt some new profanities from the abuse directed at Barry Endean who had (sadly) turned down a move to Millwall in favour of us.
  • alan dugdale
    alan dugdale Posts: 3,141
    Oxfordaddick said:
    Did so at the (Old) Den in 1985-6. An important game in our promotion run-in, where we got a 2-2 draw. Kept very quiet.
    So did I !!
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 22,039
    LargeAddick said:
    Done this back in the days at The Den when I went with an old Millwall mate and his friends. They all knew I was Charlton, never had a problem. Don't think we ever scored though !!
    Went with some spanner mates when we played at The Den, evening match, in the 80's, we went 2~0 up. I left around 10 minutes from the end knowing what was going to happen. 
    They got their first as I was walking under the railway bridge by the CBL, and equalised before I'd got back to the Lord Clyde in Deptford (I lived in Dolphin Tower next door).
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 30,730
    Blucher said:
    When I used to go away in the 80s and 90s, we always used to go in the home stands on the halfway line for a better perspective on the game. In those days, you could just buy on the day. Never had a problem and I always found it interesting to see how the home supporters saw their team.

    Less common these days, unless going with a mate who supports the home side. 

    I do recall going in the Cold Blow Lane End with my dad (who refused to acknowledge segregation) in 1972, replete with my Charlton scarf. Nobody batted an eyelid, although I learnt some new profanities from the abuse directed at Barry Endean who had (sadly) turned down a move to Millwall in favour of us.
    Ditto.

  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,588
    I’ve done it twice at Stamford Bridge and both are an argument against it and the idea that you just control your emotions and blend in. 
    The first time we beat them with a goal from Bartlett and even though I didn’t go nuts I did give myself away to those around me and got some glances, but no aggro. 
    The second time was the last day of the season when they clinched the league and scored from an outrageous penalty decision. I lost the plot unfortunately and ultimately ended up getting attacked by some meathead. My fault, ultimately. 
  • BaileyHintonTocknell
    BaileyHintonTocknell Posts: 24
    Did it at Wembley play off v Orient. Sat next to relatives of Kray brothers. Kept stum!
  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,785
    LargeAddick said:
    Done this back in the days at The Den when I went with an old Millwall mate and his friends. They all knew I was Charlton, never had a problem. Don't think we ever scored though !!
    Did this once in the Cold Blow Lane end with my neighbour who was a Spanner. He forgot to tell me he had invited another Charlton fan who turned up with a red and white scarf on.  I think it was the same game as MOG went to  2-2 draw when we were 2-0 up.  I don't remember seeing the end of that game. 

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