1981: Sheffield Wednesday are sooo fookin massi' 'a' those cockney twats fra Charlton even use thea kits to try 'n be mooar li' 'em. Feckless idiots though, couldn't even bea' t' pigs. 3-2 to t' scum.
1987: Charlton beat Norwich in the SF of the Full Members' Cup to reach their first Wembley final for 40 years. Rosario gave Norwich the lead in the 89th minute, but Walsh equalised in injury time. Three minutes into extra time a Butterworth o.g. Wins it for The Addicks.
25 years ago ..... i feel so so old... i feel as old as nicholas looks
In front of just over 5000 fans at Sellout with a goodly contingent of Norwich there.......cue 8000 lifers claiming to have been there ;-)
1987: Charlton beat Norwich in the SF of the Full Members' Cup to reach their first Wembley final for 40 years. Rosario gave Norwich the lead in the 89th minute, but Walsh equalised in injury time. Three minutes into extra time a Butterworth o.g. Wins it for The Addicks.
25 years ago ..... i feel so so old... i feel as old as nicholas looks
In front of just over 5000 fans at Sellout with a goodly contingent of Norwich there.......cue 8000 lifers claiming to have been there ;-)
Not much glory on the pitch on this day, so we take a little trip back in time...
1929: William Whewell signs as an amateur. Only played 4 matches for The Addicks, but also got “soccer” blues for Cambridge University and earned seven England Amateur caps. He also represented Cambridgeshire at cricket, but was killed in an air raid in 1940.
1906: Charlton Athletic 3 Crescent United 1. Unofficial reports suggest that Charlton's first ever game may have been an 8-0 defeat to Crescent earlier that season. Officially Silvertown Wesley are reported as our first ever opponents. 1963: Charlton 6 Plymouth 3 (Bailey 2, Peacock, Kenning, Lucas, Ryan) 2005: Charlton 2 Spurs 0 (Thomas, Murphy)
1906: Charlton Athletic 3 Crescent United 1. Unofficial reports suggest that Charlton's first ever game may have been an 8-0 defeat to Crescent earlier that season. Officially Silvertown Wesley are reported as our first ever opponents. 1963: Charlton 6 Plymouth 3 (Bailey 2, Peacock, Kenning, Lucas, Ryan) 2005: Charlton 2 Spurs 0 (Thomas, Murphy)
17th March
Bugger, I got my days mixed up on the previous post and now it's too late to edit. The three items previously attributed to the 16th March all took place on the 17th.
16th March
1966: Charlie Wright sings for £8,000 from Grimsby. 209 appearances in goal for The Addicks. According to Colin Cameron he used to chat to fans during matches until manager Eddie Firmani banned him from doing so. Anyone on here chatted to Charlie during a game?
1971: Gordon Watson born. Eight goals in 36 appearances. In February 1991 he was transferred to the team from Owlerton. They finished in 3rd place, gaining promotion to the top flight. We finished 13 places below them, being unable to hang on to the coat tails of such a massive club.
1987: Charlton beat Norwich in the SF of the Full Members' Cup to reach their first Wembley final for 40 years. Rosario gave Norwich the lead in the 89th minute, but Walsh equalised in injury time. Three minutes into extra time a Butterworth o.g. Wins it for The Addicks.
25 years ago ..... i feel so so old... i feel as old as nicholas looks
In front of just over 5000 fans at Sellout with a goodly contingent of Norwich there.......cue 8000 lifers claiming to have been there ;-)
I was there.
So was I! Didn't we end up on the pitch at the end?
1987: Charlton beat Norwich in the SF of the Full Members' Cup to reach their first Wembley final for 40 years. Rosario gave Norwich the lead in the 89th minute, but Walsh equalised in injury time. Three minutes into extra time a Butterworth o.g. Wins it for The Addicks.
25 years ago ..... i feel so so old... i feel as old as nicholas looks
In front of just over 5000 fans at Sellout with a goodly contingent of Norwich there.......cue 8000 lifers claiming to have been there ;-)
1987: Charlton gain an unwanted record as their match at home to Oxford is the lowest ever for the First Division; just 4,205. This record was soon after taken by Wimbledon. 2001: Chris Powell gets second cap as England beat Finland 2-1 at Anfield.
1987: Charlton gain an unwanted record as their match at home to Oxford is the lowest ever for the First Division; just 4,205. This record was soon after taken by Wimbledon.
I went to this game too! (bet there's not too many claiming to be at that game)
1921: 10-0 victory over Belfast United in a friendly. 2006: Charlton 3 Newcastle 1. Darren Bent and Jay Bothroyd got two of our goals with old boy Lee Bowyer adding an o.g. for good measure. Scott Parker scored his first goal for Newcastle. For some of us, this game laid to rest the demonisation of Parker. For others, it still goes on.
1998: Charlton 4 (Bright, Mortimer, Mendonca, Kinsella) Nottingham Forest 2. Forest's two goals were the last that Charlton would concede until the play-off final that season. Seven consecutive clean sheets in the league followed by two in the play offs.
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1981: Sheffield Wednesday are sooo fookin massi' 'a' those cockney twats fra Charlton even use thea kits to try 'n be mooar li' 'em. Feckless idiots though, couldn't even bea' t' pigs. 3-2 to t' scum.
Not much glory on the pitch on this day, so we take a little trip back in time...
1929: William Whewell signs as an amateur. Only played 4 matches for The Addicks, but also got “soccer” blues for Cambridge University and earned seven England Amateur caps. He also represented Cambridgeshire at cricket, but was killed in an air raid in 1940.
1906: Charlton Athletic 3 Crescent United 1. Unofficial reports suggest that Charlton's first ever game may have been an 8-0 defeat to Crescent earlier that season. Officially Silvertown Wesley are reported as our first ever opponents.
1963: Charlton 6 Plymouth 3 (Bailey 2, Peacock, Kenning, Lucas, Ryan)
2005: Charlton 2 Spurs 0 (Thomas, Murphy)
Bugger, I got my days mixed up on the previous post and now it's too late to edit. The three items previously attributed to the 16th March all took place on the 17th.
16th March
1966: Charlie Wright sings for £8,000 from Grimsby. 209 appearances in goal for The Addicks. According to Colin Cameron he used to chat to fans during matches until manager Eddie Firmani banned him from doing so. Anyone on here chatted to Charlie during a game?
2002: Tottenham Hotspur 0 Christopher George Robin Powell 1
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/tottenham-hotspur/3020286/Powell-adds-to-Spurs-pain.html
1986: Charlton win 2-1 (Pearson, Flanagan) away to Bradford, breaking the hosts 100% record in The Odsal Stadium.
1971: Gordon Watson born. Eight goals in 36 appearances. In February 1991 he was transferred to the team from Owlerton. They finished in 3rd place, gaining promotion to the top flight. We finished 13 places below them, being unable to hang on to the coat tails of such a massive club.
1998: Crewe 0 Charlton 3 (Mills, Newton, Kinsella)
2000: Charlton 4 (Newton, Svensson, Hunt, Tiler) Grimsby 0
Days don't get much more important than this in Charlton history:
1946: Charlton beat Bolton Wanderers 2-0 in the FA Cup Semi Final at Villa Park (Duffy 2)
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/cup-semi-final-bolton-v-charlton/query/Charlton
1989: Return to The Valley announcement by Roger Alwen at Woolwich Town Hall.
And for the Birmingham game
And for the Bradford Game
AND away to Everton!
1987: Charlton gain an unwanted record as their match at home to Oxford is the lowest ever for the First Division; just 4,205. This record was soon after taken by Wimbledon.
2001: Chris Powell gets second cap as England beat Finland 2-1 at Anfield.
1895: Jimmy Seed born. Arguably, Charlton's greatest ever manager.
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/football-comes-in-charlton-athletic-in-training
2000: Palace 0 Charlton 1 (Kitson)
Left-back for palace that day ?
1921: 10-0 victory over Belfast United in a friendly.
2006: Charlton 3 Newcastle 1. Darren Bent and Jay Bothroyd got two of our goals with old boy Lee Bowyer adding an o.g. for good measure. Scott Parker scored his first goal for Newcastle. For some of us, this game laid to rest the demonisation of Parker. For others, it still goes on.
We've only ever won once on this day.
1937: Charlton 4 Wolves 0 (Hobbis, Welsh 2, Stephenson)
1998: Charlton 4 (Bright, Mortimer, Mendonca, Kinsella) Nottingham Forest 2. Forest's two goals were the last that Charlton would concede until the play-off final that season. Seven consecutive clean sheets in the league followed by two in the play offs.