In the season we won Division 1 to bounce back up to the Premier League we had a couple of 4-0 and 4-1 home wins side-by-side where it just felt like we had that league in our pocket. I'm guessing it was in our long winning run in the middle of the season.
Norwich I'm sure was one of the victims, with John Robinson scoring a handball goal.
23 years ago yesterday,Off_it. My nephew was born that day.And Leaburn scored a hat-trick. Annoying that we have to wrack our brains to recall big wins---why have we not been a high-scoring team consistently but are only treated to a 5-0 win once in a while? Always mystified me. Let's hope we get a number of big wins this season.With all due respect to them,there are some very poor teams in the division just expecting to be crunched!
I was there for us whacking Norwich 4-0, the game where The Elk smashed it into the away end
A different 4-0 against Norwich, but I was at that too! Elk's clearance into their fans was beautifully unnecessary - I'm sure he also did it to our own fans once in the East Stand.
4-0 against West Ham in the relegation season, despite ultimately meaning nothing, was a good one. Up against Curbs, felt like a huge game and that loser would be relegated (sadly the winner was!) and we tore 'em to shreds 3-0 up in about half an hour. Their end was shellshocked and our fans were class.
To be honest yesterday felt like a “whooping” - we were by far the better team and had it been for some better decision making in the final third I think the scoreline could have looked very different.
Don’t worry, once we can unleash a fully fit Igor on weary defences who have been tormented by the Grant/Taylor partnership for 70 mins I’m confident the thrashings will come!
Add in a sliver of luck where the ball hits the inside of the post/bar and Saturday's result is 4 - 1 at worst. Nothing really fell for Ward, Aribo or Taylor (penalty aside), on another day they'd have torn Argyle to so many pieces it would have taken a week to clear up the mess.
I mentioned that match to Carl Leaburn in the Swan recently and thanked him for a fantastic day! Everybody was so polite getting out of the car park - waving each other out saying “after you”. What a buzz.
We beat Cardiff 5-0 in 1966/67 and three days later we beat Bristol City by the same score.
Which seems pretty impressive until you remember that in 1972/73 we beat Swansea 6-0 and three weeks later we beat Notts County 6-1( Flanagan scored four goals in this game).
Both of the last two games were on Tuesday nights. At the time I used to play for a Sunday league team and we “trained” on Tuesday evenings!
I was there for us whacking Norwich 4-0, the game where The Elk smashed it into the away end
4-0 is not a whacking or a whopping or even a trouncing. The other season we lost consecutive away games 6-0 & 5-0. We've also been hit for 7 away at Luton & at Brighton. We even let in 6 to a bottom of the table Leeds side.....at home !
I have NEVER seen us score 6 goals. As I said earlier I was not at Barnsley a few years ago. I've seen us score 5 at Peterborough & 5 at home against Cardiff in recent years. Obviously the 5-0 against the Saints in our 1st ever Premiership game. That was 20 years ago. TWENTY YEARS.
Even when we won the leagues in 2000 & 2012 we never hammered teams. its not the Charlton way.
Typical Charlton, if we were to score seven, you can almost guarantee the opposition would probably score six and have us hanging on at the final whistle.
West Brom at home on a Tuesday night in the promotion season after relegation from the prem. That was 5-0. Absolutely fucking smashed them that night. Could easily have been 8
West Brom at home on a Tuesday night in the promotion season after relegation from the prem. That was 5-0. Absolutely fucking smashed them that night. Could easily have been 8
Wasn't that Sacha Ilic's debut in goal?
And he came charging out of his penalty area to stop a 1 on 1?
Didn’t we beat Tonbridge (Angels) 5-1 away in the FA cup - lots of fighting going on too?
I was there for that, about 1973? Can't remember much terracing, we stood behind a rope or fence beside the pitch. I've always thought it was 5-0, must have been wrong then.
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5-1 v Notts County (was that the booing Kim Grant game?)
5-0 v Man City (86 or so)
5-0 v Southampton
Norwich I'm sure was one of the victims, with John Robinson scoring a handball goal.
Annoying that we have to wrack our brains to recall big wins---why have we not been a high-scoring team consistently but are only treated to a 5-0 win once in a while? Always mystified me.
Let's hope we get a number of big wins this season.With all due respect to them,there are some very poor teams in the division just expecting to be crunched!
And they were top 3, I think.
Edit: Whilst remembering the 5-1 I was getting the pens / red card confused with the title winning 2-1 win against them
I saw a 5-0 thrashing of Man City at Selhurst, about 1986 Christmas time.
While I was reading the thread through and responding, I see now that others have posted similar stuff in that time!
Nothing really fell for Ward, Aribo or Taylor (penalty aside), on another day they'd have torn Argyle to so many pieces it would have taken a week to clear up the mess.
Everybody was so polite getting out of the car park - waving each other out saying “after you”. What a buzz.
Which seems pretty impressive until you remember that in 1972/73 we beat Swansea 6-0 and three weeks later we beat Notts County 6-1( Flanagan scored four goals in this game).
Both of the last two games were on Tuesday nights. At the time I used to play for a Sunday league team and we “trained” on Tuesday evenings!
I have NEVER seen us score 6 goals. As I said earlier I was not at Barnsley a few years ago. I've seen us score 5 at Peterborough & 5 at home against Cardiff in recent years. Obviously the 5-0 against the Saints in our 1st ever Premiership game. That was 20 years ago. TWENTY YEARS.
Even when we won the leagues in 2000 & 2012 we never hammered teams. its not the Charlton way.
Except Wednesday suddenly got their act together ..... and somehow we managed to lose 5-4.
Pwopa Charlton.
And he came charging out of his penalty area to stop a 1 on 1?
I remember seeing a Ray Treacy hat trick when we thumped Hull City 5-1 at The Valley, final match of the 1967-68 season.