The 7-6 Huddersfield game

SoundAsa£

Missed it by a gnats cock….my first game was a couple of months later (don’t know who against), aged 10.

soapboxsam

7-6 

I didn't realize they had tie breaks back in the late 50's.

Captain Peacock

What was the score in the cup game?
Probably don't need to ask who won it !

Blackheathen

I went to the Cup game a few weeks later.  We won 1-0.

Captain Peacock

Blackheathen many thanks.
Not like Charlton at all, great stuff.

Stig

Tunwellsaddick

 Thank you stockportaddick for posting that report!

I was there too, aged 11.  The Greatest game I have ever seen. 

Watched all the drama unfold from a small piece of terracing between the main stand and the now Covered End. I also ran on the muddy pitch after the game to join that frenzied group of Charlton supporters repeatedly shouting "we want Johnny" until he appeared in the Directors box - looking very sheepish and overwhelmed by the adulation.

The cream on the cake happened later that evening when Johnny was interviewed on the evening TV football show and recognised as the hero from that incredible game. Unforgetable memory.

ElfsborgAddick

Henry Irving said:

https://twitter.com/BenHayes77/status/1622270603049766913?s=20&t=HHPtomoAw4oONg5_8GDeeA

@ElfsborgAddick

I'll swap you for Exeter 1921

thai malaysia addick

I wasn’t there but I was at the game in 1895 when we came back from 7-0 down to beat the Royal Engineers 8-7. What a game!

iaitch

That only happened because the engineers had to dash off early to build a bridge or something. 

AddicksAddict

iaitch said:

That only happened because the engineers had to dash off early to build a bridge or something. 

Went off to the dockside to welcome home Lt Chard from Rorke’s Drift - voyages by sea were slow. 

limeygent

limeygent said:

Proud to have been there.

An enduring memory of mine is of John Summers bursting through a pack of defenders with the ball on the edge of the penalty area and all of them going flying like bowling pins.

Welly

I was there and still remember Buck Ryan diving header from Johnny Summers cross.

dwb

I was there and lost my school hat when I tossed it into the air when the final whistle went. Not sure, however, why I would have been wearing my school hat on a Saturday afternoon!
It's still the best game of football I've ever seen and I'm still using 76 in some of my password numbers!
It's OK, I can say that as no-one knows the rest of the password!!

Henry Irving

The museum have been contacted by someone, won't say who but a well known broadcaster, looking to speak to people who were at the game for a project they are planning.

If anyone is happy to speak to them please inbox me with your name and contact details.
@PeterGage
@ross1
@chilham
@Johnnysummers5
@limeygent

ross1

Thank you Henry, but I would rather not to a broadcaster. I have my memories and do not mind sharing some on here, but not anywhere else. I will be interested to hear about others though

Henry Irving

ross1 said:

Thank you Henry, but I would rather not to a broadcaster. I have my memories and do not mind sharing some on here, but not anywhere else. I will be interested to hear about others though

fair enough

Powell2ThePeople

East_Stand_Loopy said:

I was 5 months old.

I wasn't there...

East_Stand_Loopy - And you call yourself a fan..?

Powell2ThePeople

My Uncle John was there.    That's not a euphemism.

m_2

As a 5 year old at the time, I have no proof that I was there other than the memory of sitting on a barrier on the half way line and seeing a lot of very excited people holding up fingers and saying ‘3 in 5 minutes’ or something similar.

Silverdreammachine

Went to a Charlton supporters meeting at the Bickley & Widmore Workingmens club some years ago. Derek Ufton who was the injured player in this match told us some years later he met Bill Shankley at Euston station. Shanks came up to Derek and said ''I never played that keeper again!'' Think Henry Irvine may have been at that meeting also.

PeterGage

Henry Irving said:

The museum have been contacted by someone, won't say who but a well known broadcaster, looking to speak to people who were at the game for a project they are planning.

If anyone is happy to speak to them please inbox me with your name and contact details.
@PeterGage
@ross1
@chilham
@Johnnysummers5
@limeygent

I have PMd you Henry 

soapy_jones

m_2 said:

As a 5 year old at the time, I have no proof that I was there other than the memory of sitting on a barrier on the half way line and seeing a lot of very excited people holding up fingers and saying ‘3 in 5 minutes’ or something similar.

I was there even though I was not born till 1963...

DamoNorthStand

dwb said:

I was there and lost my school hat when I tossed it into the air when the final whistle went. Not sure, however, why I would have been wearing my school hat on a Saturday afternoon!
It's still the best game of football I've ever seen and I'm still using 76 in some of my password numbers!
It's OK, I can say that as no-one knows the rest of the password!!

If you are basing it on Charlton scores, I will have the first guess.

76000000000

Powell2ThePeople

Powell2ThePeople said:

My Uncle John was there.    That's not a euphemism.

Henry Irving said:

The museum have been contacted by someone, won't say who but a well known broadcaster, looking to speak to people who were at the game for a project they are planning.

If anyone is happy to speak to them please inbox me with your name and contact details.
@PeterGage
@ross1
@chilham
@Johnnysummers5
@limeygent

OMG - Is one of you my Uncle John?   I'm feeling quite emotional.  

PeterGage

PeterGage said:

Henry Irving said:

The museum have been contacted by someone, won't say who but a well known broadcaster, looking to speak to people who were at the game for a project they are planning.

If anyone is happy to speak to them please inbox me with your name and contact details.
@PeterGage
@ross1
@chilham
@Johnnysummers5
@limeygent

I have PMd you Henry 

I received a call from the well known sports broadcaster (Henry didnt name him, so I shant).

The background is that he wants to do a Podcast on the most famous game ever and he has chosen the 7-6 Huddersfield game as that candidate. He is seeking information from attendees and players, but there is only one player ( Huddersfield) still alive and in his nineties with little general memory. He did say he would keep in touch if the Podcast comes to fruition 

Henry Irving

Thanks @PeterGage, he said he got a lot from your chat.

I've spoken to Martin Tyler, for it is he, and he said it is OK to say it is him.

Lovely guy but I kept thinking "you sound just like Martin Tyler".

PeterGage

Henry Irving said:

Thanks @PeterGage, he said he got a lot from your chat.

I've spoken to Martin Tyler, for it is he, and he said it is OK to say it is him.

Lovely guy but I kept thinking "you sound just like Martin Tyler".

Thanks

iaitch

Henry Irving said:

Thanks @PeterGage, he said he got a lot from your chat.

I've spoken to Martin Tyler, for it is he, and he said it is OK to say it is him.

Lovely guy but I kept thinking "you sound just like Martin Tyler".

Will he be doing a new commentary? Suuuuuuuummmmmmmmmers.

up_the_valley

stockportaddick said:

Just dropped on this report but from a Huddersfield perspective. Not sure if its been posted before but I found it an interesting read..
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/football/news/charlton-7-6-huddersfield-town-12355401

Very Hudders biased report. Crowd given as 12,500.