Leeds 1 Charlton 0 (31395) Elland Road Monday 7.30pm
A Brendan Ormsby goal after 52 minutes meant the game was level after 2 legs, and a replay at St Andrews on the Friday to decide who would be playing first division football in 3 months time.
Was anyone brave enough to make the trip to West Yorkshire 28 years ago today?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KrTQ8sdEj6s Watch from a minute in.
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Poor numbers for massive games for our clubs , selhurst park blah blah blah
Leeds support pre sky and euro 96 when footy became trendy was and still is massive
One day we'll have that raw passion in more than 300 of us , one day .......
The atmosphere actually wasn't as electric as the St Andrews game. And like the St Andrews game we were by far the better team throughout the game, but just couldn't score. Mervyn Day made at least three excellent saves and was by far the busier keeper.
Leeds were really physical throughout the game and if the referee had balls would have sent off a couple of their players - especially Aizlewood who, if I remember, was booked early, but somehow managed to stay on the pitch.
Bearing in mind we had the likes of Miller, Shirtliff and Peake on the pitch - none of whom were shrinking violets - we were kicked all over the park. I think at one stage Robert Lee got knocked out.
Like St Andrews, it was a nightmare getting out of the ground post match, with the whippet worriers calling out anyone who looked 'southern' - indeed they even had a go at some London Leeds fans heading back for their coach.
About 30,000 Leeds fans and 300 of us.
We were getting coined about 45 mins before KO.
Like Addickted said it was a dirty game. We were no shrinking violets but they were a Billy Bremner team alright.
And oohaah the seasons over this match was nearly thirty years ago. How about just giving it a rest for a couple of months.
It was brewing up a storm before the game, but we did a pretty good containment job on them and it kinda turned attritional, with neither side exerting too much sustained pressure, which kept the crowd relatively quiet, compared with the pre-match tempest.
During the second half a copper was nattering to us, he said he wanted Charlton to win as "We get enough trouble playing Grimsby and Shrewsbury, what's it going to be like against Man Utd?" I mentioned that the natives seemed a tad hostile, he assured me that it was the 3000 outside without tickets that were the problem. Gulp....
I had actually got married on 2 May (missing the 1-0 home defeat to Luton) and thought I was never going to see the month out. Fortunately when my jelly like legs took me to the bogs at half time, I saw that the old bill had moved our coaches inside the ground. What a relief. Even Mark Pitts (RIP) and Kevin Hopkins seemed relieved:)
As Addickted and Big William said we were much the better side in all three games. I miss those atmospheres and they were real "I was there" moments in my Charlton supporting lifetime.
We hired a transit van and despite not wearing colours we got bricked on the outskirts of the city . We parked in the disused Greyhound stadium which used be around the corner from Elland Road and stayed quiet whilst we went to the ground . Inside it was only equalled by the battle of Stamford Bridge a year later in terms of intimidation . I reckon we had about 500 there .
After the game we drove to Wakefield where we celebrated. It seems strange to say that after a 1-0 defeat but it felt like a victory to us . I wasn't impressed by Leeds and felt we were a class above them on the pitch . Somehow we had survived and we drank in a local pub until 2am because it was Bank Holiday Monday and they had an extension.
On our bus we all originally were going to work the next day . By the time we reached London about 7am we either threw sickies or took leave.
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The 3 games left a lot of us broke but was well worth it! Happy days and 30 years ago oh dear!