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The week that was - 29th April 1975. Charlton 3 Preston 1

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  • HardyAddick
    HardyAddick Posts: 1,638
    Was there. Stood on East Terrace. The bloke behind us opened up a bottle of bubbly at the final whistle and handed round glasses. In those days you could take those things to games!
  • CharltonPete
    CharltonPete Posts: 353
    A lasting memory of that night was a heavily bandaged Harry Cripps head injury, being squeezed in a packed covered end , the ecstasy of those 3 goals in the second half after losing at half time and missing a penalty and invading the pitch at full time and digging up a little piece of turf as a souvenir and putting it in a matchbox for fear of being accused of vandalism and later planting it in my mums back garden so a little bit of the valley will always be with me.
  • HOME & AWAY
    HOME & AWAY Posts: 452
    All the details here:
  • Boysie
    Boysie Posts: 701
    Friday nights at The Valley always had a special magic about them, especially knowing you weren't at school the next day..
  • stockportugaladdick
    stockportugaladdick Posts: 1,136
    How eerie was the silence that fell over the valley when Preston scored? Never experienced another silence like it following a goal since. Brilliant night :)
  • Carl Leaburn
    Carl Leaburn Posts: 1,117
    As usual the Programme can be seen here

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/addicks7-6/8594282859

    Want to see more Charlton Programmes, then visit

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/addicks7-6/sets/
  • sunbury-addick
    sunbury-addick Posts: 1,929
    Boysie said:

    Friday nights at The Valley always had a special magic about them, especially knowing you weren't at school the next day..

    Quite true mate, but, sure this was a weekday as I missed it cos of school next day, was the season I started going
  • Boysie
    Boysie Posts: 701
    You're absolutely right, mate. It was a Tuesday. In my mind since it was always a Friday !
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,841
    edited April 2015
    Great night that was, remember thinking how bright it was on the pitch under the lights, it always used to look a bit murky from the terraces at the time. Like most people on here who have chipped in, it was the first time I'd seen CAFC actually achieve something (I'd waited six whole years) other than a few relegation escapes. I suppose that barren run had stretched back to 1947 at the time! When you look at the crowd, makes you think what they would have been if we had pulled it off in 1968/9.

    The story was that they opened the gates after the kick-off that night as there were so many people outside, so the official crowd was an underestimate, not for the first time in those days I'm sure. It was a big crowd, but nowhere near the Spuds game in 1977, the biggest 30000 in history....

    It seems everyone who had dealings with Andy Nelson said he was a grumpy old sod, but he delivered the most exciting football I've seen down there. Happy days.




  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,339
    Golden anniversary of a golden evening
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  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,601
    Paddy’s most memorable game

  • jose
    jose Posts: 624
    I was there, and had been at Chesterfield the game before.
  • charlton4ever
    charlton4ever Posts: 1,718
    As I have said before, still one of my fav memories. 15 years old and on the pitch after until kicked out. Took some turf home and tried to grow it (failed).  

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