I was living in Faversham (brewing at Fremlins) at the time and went to the match at WHL. I'd forgotten all about Dave Madden, whatever happened to him, he was a seriously good player at his best. I don't remember the replay at all; must have been on lates or nights so couldn't make it. What a great manager Lennie was; getting us into the first division and sticking around for a while was an amazing achievement. I was gutted when he went to Middlesbrough.
If I remember correctly, Alan Gunn refereed the play off final against Leeds at St Andrews. He also was floored by a missile as he was leaving the pitch at Fulham after having sent Killer off.
It was a nightmare trying to get out of a side road at WHL, so I jumped out the car stood in front of a motor and beckoned out a few from the side road until I could jump back in a moving car. I of course smiled and thanked the cars I stopped in an attempt to avoid a smack.
I recall the TV highlights showing far more of the Spurs play and attempts than ours. Very biased against us as we had lots of chances, just couldn't finish as well as them. We'll, that's what my memory tells me at least.
If I remember correctly, Alan Gunn refereed the play off final against Leeds at St Andrews. He also was floored by a missile as he was leaving the pitch at Fulham after having sent Killer off.
Correct. A week or so later we were on the football special to Carlisle where we celebrated promotion with a 2-1 victory. On the train we got chatting to a regular fan, who was a bit slow. His famous quote from the Fulham game was " That bloody ref, I threw 77 pence at him and didn't hit him once!!". Another highlight from a great day out.
If I remember correctly, Alan Gunn refereed the play off final against Leeds at St Andrews. He also was floored by a missile as he was leaving the pitch at Fulham after having sent Killer off.
He also did the first game back at The Valley. One addick told me he was a friend of his family and he actually liked Charlton because we always tried to play a bit of football. The coins at Fulham must have damaged the poor fellas eyesight :-)
Yes - I was at both of those. Drove round to WHL and parked in Broadwater Farm I think. Flash had a fair few chances and might have rolled one or even two just the wrong side of the post at the end. I seem to recall we had much the better of the second half. There was a huge crowd at the Valley for the much postponed replay. The first game was our chance but the money came in handy.
In about 1980 stories in the local press came out about our capacity being cut drastically, I think the figure was 13000. It was about the time that the safety of sports grounds act was coming through (this was used as justification for leaving The Valley a few years later), although as always it may have been a bit of scaremongering. At the time our crowds were so dismal it was somewhat academic, although we played Watford in the Cup in 1984 and about 22000 were let in despite no noticeable ground improvements.
Anyway, the Spurs replay probably exceeded that, but it was nothing like the league game in 1978, that was the biggest crowd I’ve ever seen at The Valley by some distance. As the noted philosopher Jim Royle would say, 30,000? My arse....
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It was a nightmare trying to get out of a side road at WHL, so I jumped out the car stood in front of a motor and beckoned out a few from the side road until I could jump back in a moving car. I of course smiled and thanked the cars I stopped in an attempt to avoid a smack.
I recall the TV highlights showing far more of the Spurs play and attempts than ours. Very biased against us as we had lots of chances, just couldn't finish as well as them. We'll, that's what my memory tells me at least.
loved the old Valley under the lights
He also did the first game back at The Valley. One addick told me he was a friend of his family and he actually liked Charlton because we always tried to play a bit of football. The coins at Fulham must have damaged the poor fellas eyesight :-)