Saturday 28th october 1978. Millwall 0 (0) Charlton Athletic 2 (1) (Shaw 11, Shipperley 47) The Den. Att 10,094
Millwall: Cuff, Donaldson, Gregory, Mehmet, Kitchener, Tagg, Towner, Pearson (McKenna 67), Seasman, Walker, Hamilton.
Charlton: Wood, Shaw, Campbell, Tydeman, Shipperley, Berry, Brisley, Robinson, Flanagan, Madden, Gritt. Unused sub: Peacock.
Referee: B J Homewood (Sunbury-on-Thames)
Rare victory: Charlton's first victory at The Den for 43 years.
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I remember us beating them 3-1 (I think) at the Valley before Upton Park. I didn't go to this game, I'm struggling to remember anything about it. I note that in the Millwall team that day were: Dave Mehmet and Phil Walker soon to be wearing red and white.
What does surprise me is the gate which is very low for Charlton/Millwall matches.
Did Towner play for us or am I losing it?
Yes I was thinking that when I did my post, I had a vague recollection that he did for a short time. No doubt somebody will confirm this.
I just remember being genuinely scared, standing in the CBL (don't ask), convinced they could all tell how smug I was feeling. Another stray Addick was spotted and goaded by some teenage tosser who found himself slammed against the corrugated iron along the back by a huge Lion in a GLC donkey jacket and told to grow up and behave himself. Just for a moment, they seemed human - then Big Ship sealed it.
Happy days!
Find the discussion interesting Towner actually was playing for Millwall that day. Some of the players that joined us from there around this time seemed to have played well against us , I remember in particular Brisley and Walker tearing us apart at the Valley.
To my memory our other win against the Lions in the 70's happened at the Valley either the previous season or the one before and it was 3-2 not 3-1.
All before my time sadly as well. Some well known names and legends in the line ups, Kitchener being ours, and I would've liked to have seen Walker play, heard he was very good.
And there is another huge Millwall legend, if my eyes are right, is that Harry Cripps on the far right of the picture as a coach?
I felt Cripps was badly treated by Charlton as Nelson ( who was also a coach at Millwall )sacked him the following season after a poor start.
I seem to remember Benny Fenton returned to the Valley as our Secretary around this time.Nicky Johns also joined us that season.
In my opinion Walker was good but better for the Lions than the Addicks , at one stage I thought he might have played for England . His time with us was ruined by injury although he did have his moments especially in the 80/81 promotion team the last time we were in the third.
Saltdean United - near Brighton. Sussex County League - probably Div3 at the time - a very poor standard - although they went on a bit of a run & ended up in the top tier a few years later. They did produce Paul Ifill a few years later.
Here he is!
Towner wasnt the same player for us and even Ronnie Moore ended up playing centre half.
Terry Naylor ran the pickwick in the mid 80's.
Cheers for the reply. May be better in a different thread, but over the years it seems there's been quite a few players who have represented both clubs, I wonder who has done better out of the two? I suspect you've generally poached more of our better players than we have from you.
Similarly with palace, they've taken Roberts, Armstrong, Lawrence, etc we've got Bowry & Newman in return!!