Amazing the amount of vintage Charlton shirts on display, perhaps explaining why we can go from an average gate of 12k to 40k and still people after spares. JUST SELL THE CLUB!!!!
Just as impressive the number of people who haven't gone up a couple of sizes in 20 years. My play-off final shirt would be sung to say the least.
My nephew was unable to wear his 98/99 Bowyer 11 shirt as he would have destroyed it raising his first pint to his lips.
As well as my family, I took my Czech buddy Vincent, who forked out an airfare to see what all the fuss was about. I thought you might be interested in his perspective, as a big Sparta Prague fan ( he has taken me to a few, including big derbies and Euro ties)
The biggest surprise for him was how on the trains and around and about, the two sets of fans could mingle and sing without it all kicking off. (Although my nephew did his best to change that on the tube back, FFS...) Then of course the reality, that he hardly could believe before he saw it, that two Div 3 sides could fill Wembley with 75,000. The way Wembley ramps up the atmosphere in the 10 minutes before the match starts. He was videoing that. And finally he understood what I always argued is different and unique about British fans, who are engaged with every minute of the game, and roar like demons just when their team wins a corner. And as for us as a team, the way we clung on and slowly regrouped after that catastrophic own goal. He felt that would have sunk any Czech team and their fans in a game like that.
And that's what he has told me. To his friends I suppose he will also be saying things like, " feck me, this guy is 65, you should have seen him when the winner went in he was racing all over the box hugging everyone and screaming- and then some steward demanded to see his ticket, and his nephew looked like he was going to step in and lump the steward!"
And not a flare or detonator to be seen or heard the whole day. 1-0 to me.
Embarrassing stuff. Apparently the free kick wasn't a free kick, the second goal should have been disallowed, Taylor, Pratley and Purrington were all offside for the first, they should have had a pen and Pratley and Bauer should have been sent off. You'd think some of that might have come up anywhere else other than their forum wouldn't you.
Was gutted I couldn't make the final as was on my stag do in classy Benidorm. Watching in a bar in a full Sunderland kit but didn't give two hoots once we won!
Well done to the team and Phillips for rallying after the unspeakable - that shows unbelievable spirit. What a club.
Was gutted I couldn't make the final as was on my stag do in classy Benidorm. Watching in a bar in a full Sunderland kit but didn't give two hoots once we won!
Well done to the team and Phillips for rallying after the unspeakable - that shows unbelievable spirit. What a club.
I need a weeks laydown. COYR.
I know your on your stag do but why were you wearing a full Sunderland kit
Embarrassing stuff. Apparently the free kick wasn't a free kick, the second goal should have been disallowed, Taylor, Pratley and Purrington were all offside for the first, they should have had a pen and Pratley and Bauer should have been sent off. You'd think some of that might have come up anywhere else other than their forum wouldn't you.
IN addition apparently Jonny Williams wasn't fouled at all and didn't do anything to change the game.
I wanna say Thank you to all the people that supported me , The team , through the all season till this 94’ min . It’s been a long journey but what a journey . You all deserve this proud of us . #Thankyou#CAFC
Got back to Grantham about 8.30 starving so asked the other half to stop on way home. Walked into KFC in sleaford to see 2 Addicks ...then the manager comes out shaking my hand...bit twilight zone.
I am so happy. I've watched the highlights, bought a load of newspapers, read everything on Twitter. Was at a wedding in Essex last night, drove back this morning, took a detour passed The Valley, stopped for breakfast at The Valley Cafe.
My favourite non-Charlton/England goal is Michael Thomas' league title winner for Arsenal at Anfield on 26 May 1989, exactly 30 years to the day before yesterday's play-off final - I always look at the Arsenal fans behind the goal, wondering what it would have been like to be in that moment, the split second before it hits the back of the net when you're suspended between agony and ecstacy, and then it goes in and for the next minute or so it's like someone's plugged you into the National Grid and turned the voltage up to maximum, but in a good way. And now Charlton have got their own Michael Thomas moment. I've watched this clip about 50 times, it never gets boring, just pick a different face to watch every time and then the mass carnage across our end of the stadium. Glorious.
I was talking to @1905 and @Steve Dowman after the game yesterday and said that days like this make up for all the shitty 1 0 defeats at places like Grimsby, Barnsley etc over the years.
Sad to see people slating Parker on the marks thread. He was a makeweight signing, who would never have been expected to play in the semis, and final, but he played his part when thrown into the deep end. In the final he did nothing wrong, without being brilliant, but won the free kick that lead to the winner. We might not see him in a Charlton shirt again, but if we don’t, ta for giving it your best shot Josh. And I’d be happy if he stayed tbh.
Sad to see people slating Parker on the marks thread. He was a makeweight signing, who would never have been expected to play in the semis, and final, but he played his part when thrown into the deep end. In the final he did nothing wrong, without being brilliant, but won the free kick that lead to the winner. We might not see him in a Charlton shirt again, but if we don’t, ta for giving it your best shot Josh.
I thought Parker has been much maligned. He’s been getting into some great positions and whilst not the most skilled no-one can fault his work rate. And before anyone says that effort alone is not enough, I’d rather have a mediocre 100%er over a couldn’t give a shit Fosu any day (as I suspect Bowyer does)
Sad to see people slating Parker on the marks thread. He was a makeweight signing, who would never have been expected to play in the semis, and final, but he played his part when thrown into the deep end. In the final he did nothing wrong, without being brilliant, but won the free kick that lead to the winner. We might not see him in a Charlton shirt again, but if we don’t, ta for giving it your best shot Josh.
I thought Parker has been much maligned. He’s been getting into some great positions and whilst not the most skilled no-one can fault his work rate. And before anyone says that effort alone is not enough, I’d rather have a mediocre 100%er over a couldn’t give a shit Fosu any day (as I suspect Bowyer does)
Posting without waking up , I don’t want to this is better than a wet dream ..
did that really happen miracle upon miracle the footballing gods played with us today but gave us a happy ending !
i was convinced we’d lose and for the sake of Dillon and Naby being able to ever sleep again for the rest of their lives , we had to win it ...
Hugged Prague as he was bouncing around when the dream happened .
although Myself and son were nigh on the only ones in the prawn sandwich eating seats when the second half started !
Shook Curbs hand afterwards ...
Had and a good sing song with Joe Aribo and friends on the way out of Wembley oooooh we got Joe Aribo .....
we now have a fixture in the calendar to look forward to/hate and not pretend that there’s anything interesting in League One cos we are Championship say we are Championship ...
tears of joy at the end and half hour after it finished and forever .
the look on my sons face was priceless as we bounced in celebration .
i just put him to bed (and the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree) he said , “I still can’t believe that , I think we lost “ nuts ! !
Not enough talk about our equaliser for me. It was excellent, no fluke either, we have scored others like that this season, and on top of the howler earlier it is even more credit to the players still trying to play their football.
I said last year we didn’t score enough tap ins under Robinson. We started last season scoring wonder goals, which is great, but you won’t keep scoring them all season.
I love how we look to create those type of chances. As well as scoring goals from them other moves have also seen us win a lot of penalties.
WOW. Great great day yesterday.Even when that own goal went in i just felt we were still going to win. Sometimes you just know and i think the difference between this and the 98 play offs and all those we've been in, in between is that the fans and players just knew we would do it and that it was our time. Really hope the takeover goes through now and Lord Bowyer can get stuck into re signing all the players and adding a bit more quality in certain places. Do that and i think we'll finish top half, no probs. If the takeover were to happen this week i'd be quite confident we could sell in excess of 15,000 season tickets - by the end of the week!!!!!
I am so happy. I've watched the highlights, bought a load of newspapers, read everything on Twitter. Was at a wedding in Essex last night, drove back this morning, took a detour passed The Valley, stopped for breakfast at The Valley Cafe.
My favourite non-Charlton/England goal is Michael Thomas' league title winner for Arsenal at Anfield on 26 May 1989, exactly 30 years to the day before yesterday's play-off final - I always look at the Arsenal fans behind the goal, wondering what it would have been like to be in that moment, the split second before it hits the back of the net when you're suspended between agony and ecstacy, and then it goes in and for the next minute or so it's like someone's plugged you into the National Grid and turned the voltage up to maximum, but in a good way. And now Charlton have got their own Michael Thomas moment. I've watched this clip about 50 times, it never gets boring, just pick a different face to watch every time and then the mass carnage across our end of the stadium. Glorious.
So well put. These clips are really like some sort of renaissance art. Different stories going on all over the place - disbelief, sheer joy, ecstasy, LIMBS - everything going on.
”I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the Championship clubs had a say in how this game went to be honest. Let’s face it who is going to be the bigger threat to them next season, us or little old Charlton?
Any Championship club would much rather have Charlton, Bransley and Luton up as cannon fodder than genuine title contenders like us.“
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Dillon Phillips Retweeted EFL
Well that didn’t really go to plan....
The biggest surprise for him was how on the trains and around and about, the two sets of fans could mingle and sing without it all kicking off. (Although my nephew did his best to change that on the tube back, FFS...) Then of course the reality, that he hardly could believe before he saw it, that two Div 3 sides could fill Wembley with 75,000. The way Wembley ramps up the atmosphere in the 10 minutes before the match starts. He was videoing that. And finally he understood what I always argued is different and unique about British fans, who are engaged with every minute of the game, and roar like demons just when their team wins a corner. And as for us as a team, the way we clung on and slowly regrouped after that catastrophic own goal. He felt that would have sunk any Czech team and their fans in a game like that.
And that's what he has told me. To his friends I suppose he will also be saying things like, " feck me, this guy is 65, you should have seen him when the winner went in he was racing all over the box hugging everyone and screaming- and then some steward demanded to see his ticket, and his nephew looked like he was going to step in and lump the steward!"
And not a flare or detonator to be seen or heard the whole day. 1-0 to me.
Well done to the team and Phillips for rallying after the unspeakable - that shows unbelievable spirit. What a club.
I need a weeks laydown. COYR.
I wanna say Thank you to all the people that supported me , The team , through the all season till this 94’ min . It’s been a long journey but what a journey . You all deserve this
proud of us . #Thankyou #CAFC 
Charlton Athletic FC Retweeted Naby Sarr
My favourite non-Charlton/England goal is Michael Thomas' league title winner for Arsenal at Anfield on 26 May 1989, exactly 30 years to the day before yesterday's play-off final - I always look at the Arsenal fans behind the goal, wondering what it would have been like to be in that moment, the split second before it hits the back of the net when you're suspended between agony and ecstacy, and then it goes in and for the next minute or so it's like someone's plugged you into the National Grid and turned the voltage up to maximum, but in a good way. And now Charlton have got their own Michael Thomas moment. I've watched this clip about 50 times, it never gets boring, just pick a different face to watch every time and then the mass carnage across our end of the stadium. Glorious.
In the final he did nothing wrong, without being brilliant, but won the free kick that lead to the winner.
We might not see him in a Charlton shirt again, but if we don’t, ta for giving it your best shot Josh.
And I’d be happy if he stayed tbh.
https://twitter.com/sportinglifefc/status/1132700913116823553?s=21
I love how we look to create those type of chances. As well as scoring goals from them other moves have also seen us win a lot of penalties.
“Nice finish”. Classic.
So well put. These clips are really like some sort of renaissance art. Different stories going on all over the place - disbelief, sheer joy, ecstasy, LIMBS - everything going on.
”I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the Championship clubs had a say in how this game went to be honest. Let’s face it who is going to be the bigger threat to them next season, us or little old Charlton?
Any Championship club would much rather have Charlton, Bransley and Luton up as cannon fodder than genuine title contenders like us.“