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Charlton v Arsenal - FA Cup 5th round 1956

AFKABartram
AFKABartram Posts: 57,824
in General Charlton
72k at The Valley. We lost. Move on.

http://youtu.be/oua3rMxdb4g

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  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,350
    Remember that one. We were glad when they invented colour of course!
  • ken from bexley
    ken from bexley Posts: 5,083
    Who was the Charlton No 10, who is in the penalty area, and what a miss!....... I blame those boots, and the length of those shorts!..... Why did we not play in red and white! ....... come on Henry Irving we need answers?

  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,839
    ken from bexley said:

    Who was the Charlton No 10, who is in the penalty area, and what a miss!....... I blame those boots, and the length of those shorts!..... Why did we not play in red and white! ....... come on Henry Irving we need answers?

    Churchino's grandad?


    I think the convention in those days was that the home team would change colours if there was a clash.
  • callowendaddick
    callowendaddick Posts: 46
    I think our 'inside left' was Stuart Leary
  • east terrace peanuts
    east terrace peanuts Posts: 486
    My first ever game at the Valley. My brother was an Arsenal supporter. I remember scrabbling between legs to get down to the front of the east terrace. The only time I saw Sam in goal. It wasn't until 3 years later that became a regular. Leary was definitely playing as was Johnny Summers, but as I remember the result was never in doubt.
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,333
    I wonder whether flat caps were issued at the turnstile.
  • Isawlearyplay
    Isawlearyplay Posts: 273
    Present for that one - as a teenager stood behind the goal (present north stand ) can recall dismay as the goals kept popping in. Surprised now by the dress code. Still though find pictures of the massive east terrace bringing a thrill. But right - we lost 'move on'.
  • smudge7946
    smudge7946 Posts: 4,131
    Was Arsenal v Charlton ever a grudge match in the same way that MK Dons v AFC Wimbledon is?
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,623
    I blame the pitch...........sort it out !!
  • Jensenwasclass
    Jensenwasclass Posts: 835
    ''Leary was definitely playing as was Johnny Summers, but as I remember the result was never in doubt.''

    I am pretty sure that Johnny Summers never played in the same team as Sam Bartram,
    some of the silver surfers may know for sure. Think he was still a Millwall player in 1956!
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  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,734
    edited July 2015
    I think Trotter signed Summers early in the 56/57 season - he couldn't have played for us in the FA Cup before 1957. I remember Derek Ufton saying when I interviewed him at Christmas that Summers and Lawrie should have kept us up that year, but for mistakes made by Trotter.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,989
    For those watching in black and white, Arsenal are in red.
  • Carl Leaburn
    Carl Leaburn Posts: 1,117
    As usual the Programme can be seen here

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/addicks7-6/8878764392

    Want to see more Charlton Programmes, then visit

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/addicks7-6/sets/
  • HastingsRed
    HastingsRed Posts: 1,581
    Is there a thread about the 1969 game (FAC) at Highbury.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,331
    smudge7946 said:
    Was Arsenal v Charlton ever a grudge match in the same way that MK Dons v AFC Wimbledon is?
    In the way that it's important to supporters of both teams, but of no interest to anyone else, anywhere?  Yes. 
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,206
    If I was born I would have gone to that match!
  • Tunwellsaddick
    Tunwellsaddick Posts: 2,452
    edited December 2024
    ken from bexley said:
    Who was the Charlton No 10, who is in the penalty area, and what a miss!....... I blame those boots, and the length of those shorts!..... Why did we not play in red and white! ....... come on Henry Irving we need answers?
    No 10 was John (Buck) Ryan as per the programme but my first impression was it looked like Bobby Ayre. Stuart Leary looks like the other player in the shot waiting for Buck to put it away. The miss was probably down to the state of the pitch, the studs and the occassion.

    This was my first game also, as a 10 year old. I went with my best mate from school, also 10, and my lasting memory was being immersed in the huge crowd of 71,000+ whose "OOos" & "Ahhhs" were as one voice and so loud! The big crowd was down to it being the 5th round of the FA Cup against a familiar local rival formally of the parish.
    I remember too the "sea" of flat caps and the "fog" created by the Woodbines/Weights which hung over the crowd all game. Everybody was a smoker then, as it seemed to go hand-in-hand with the cap.

    Home and rivals fans mixed together on the terraces in those days in good humour with no hint of the sometimes violent tribalism that was to follow later. It was very much the "working mans" game in those days too when Saturday was the day they went to the football and let off steam after the hard work endured during the week.

    Needless to say, it was the experience that laid the foundation for a lifelong support of this unique club. Since then, a lot of suffering, but NO REGRETS, as the "Highs" have been right up there!


  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    Covered End said:
    For those watching in black and white, Arsenal are in red.
    #JUSTWEARRED
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    HastingsRed said:
    Is there a thread about the 1969 game (FAC) at Highbury.
    https://charltonlife.vanillacommunity.com/discussion/36527/arsenal-1969-fa-cup
  • thickandthin63
    thickandthin63 Posts: 2,952
    Remember this well,got down there at 11.30 before gates opened.got my fish and chips and stood on the covered end terrace.Lost 2-0,but we got revenge a few weeks later in the league,with a win.(crowd was only around 40000,compared to 73000 for the cup match.Not sure but I think this was Sam Bartrams last game for us.
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  • Tunwellsaddick
    Tunwellsaddick Posts: 2,452
    thickandthin63 said:
    Remember this well,got down there at 11.30 before gates opened.got my fish and chips and stood on the covered end terrace.Lost 2-0,but we got revenge a few weeks later in the league,with a win.(crowd was only around 40000,compared to 73000 for the cup match.Not sure but I think this was Sam Bartrams last game for us.
    Yes, it was Sam`s farewell match. Also ended 2-0 but to us this time.

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