Remembering the greatest comeback of all time

ross1

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63' | 5-1 down with 10 men

90' | 7-6 winners! On this day in 1957, the Addicks pulled off the greatest comeback of all time against @htafc at The Valley! #cafc

Yes, I was one of the many millions who claim to have been there  



https://www.cafc.co.uk/news/view/5fe05dc0cc45c/remember-the-greatest-comeback-of-all-time

ForeverAddickted

And we complain about conceding an equaliser in the 90th min!!

iaitch

That was the last game that Huddersfield lost by the way.

bobmunro

What I can't understand is how the attendance that day isn't recorded as a world record, never to be beaten.

I was born 7 months earlier and claim to have been there (because I could have been). For others to disprove ;-)

CHG

I was there, born in '78, some doing. 

kafka

I wasn't born, but I do remember that stand.

soapy_jones

Moving around in Dad's ball sack at the time...  me and 200,000 others cheered like crazy when the winner went in!

SoundAsa£

Always been gutted that my first game was just two months later......(not sure who it was against)......so I missed it by just a few weeks.

thai malaysia addick

I played in two strange games in terms of scores. In one game we were losing 5-0, pulled back to 5-5, only to lose 6-5 with the last kick. That was gutting, especially as I missed a good chance at 5-5.

In another game, we drew 6-6 with each team scoring alternately. I think I was in the team that levelled up six times, but I'm not 100% sure.

I also recall a game where we took the lead within 30 seconds of the kick off but lost 11-1 or, maybe, 12 or 13-1.

lolwray

My dad (reputedly) left with 30 mins to go as did the rest of the crowd so in reality it was only the away supporters there after 90 mins (supposedly) 

ross1

lolwray said:

My dad (reputedly) left with 30 mins to go as did the rest of the crowd so in reality it was only the away supporters there after 90 mins (supposedly) 

Not true, I and my father stayed until the end at the open end (now Jimmy Seed stand), and there were many around us, not sure where this story about all Charlton fans leaving before the end came from, no doubt many may have left

Stig

soapy_jones said:

Moving around in Dad's ball sack at the time...  me and 200,000 others cheered like crazy when the winner went in!

Are you still talking about the Udders match or the race of 200k?

lolwray

ross1 said:

lolwray said:

My dad (reputedly) left with 30 mins to go as did the rest of the crowd so in reality it was only the away supporters there after 90 mins (supposedly) 

Not true, I and my father stayed until the end at the open end (now Jimmy Seed stand), and there were many around us, not sure where this story about all Charlton fans leaving before the end came from, no doubt many may have left

Meant  tongue in cheek along with the "I was there's "..... 

up_the_valley

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oohaahmortimer

I'm a proper bore with my kids , whenever we play football , table football, sometimes table tennis and the score is 7-6 i get them to recite the 5 goals Johnny Summers , 1-5 down , ten men , 20 mins left mantra .... It's now said with a groan and before i get a chance to prompt them ... anyway they have email now !! 

ross1

oohaahmortimer said:

I'm a proper bore with my kids , whenever we play football , table football, sometimes table tennis and the score is 7-6 i get them to recite the 5 goals Johnny Summers , 1-5 down , ten men , 20 mins left mantra .... It's now said with a groan and before i get a chance to prompt them ... anyway they have email now !! 

I bet you enjoyed the play off final against Sunderland, the first time and your kids hated it 

ForeverAddickted

I'd love to know how CharltonLife reacted when Huddersfield brought it back to 6-6 with four minutes left 

se9addick

ForeverAddickted said:

I'd love to know how CharltonLife reacted when Huddersfield brought it back to 6-6 with four minutes left 

“Bowyer out”

ForeverAddickted

se9addick said:

ForeverAddickted said:

I'd love to know how CharltonLife reacted when Huddersfield brought it back to 6-6 with four minutes left 

“Bowyer out”

Dont you mean Jimmy Trotter? - Dont think Lee was Managing us back then

Dave Rudd

ForeverAddickted said:

I'd love to know how CharltonLife reacted when Huddersfield brought it back to 6-6 with four minutes left 

We should do it.

Who is up for (re)creating the match thread?

LenGlover

Dave Rudd said:

ForeverAddickted said:

I'd love to know how CharltonLife reacted when Huddersfield brought it back to 6-6 with four minutes left 

We should do it.

Who is up for (re)creating the match thread?

I'll start:

Bloody Ufton, made of glass we're going to get absolutely shafted here.................

ForeverAddickted

LenGlover said:

Dave Rudd said:

ForeverAddickted said:

I'd love to know how CharltonLife reacted when Huddersfield brought it back to 6-6 with four minutes left 

We should do it.

Who is up for (re)creating the match thread?

I'll start:

Bloody Ufton, made of glass we're going to get absolutely shafted here.................

Dont worry it'll be fine, everything is fine, its always fine

GlassHalfFull

Can't see this Huddersfield manager having much of a career ....

iaitch

Told you that Summers is useless, couldn't score in a brothel.

ricky_otto

oohaahmortimer said:

I'm a proper bore.

That would have done. 

limeygent

My first Charlton game.

Dave Rudd

I don't know why Trotter persists with that 2-3-5 formation. 

And where are the goals coming from?  Summers is only averaging one every two games.  FFS ... that means that in every other game he doesn't score.  What the hell is he there for?

Dave Rudd

Workington one up at Halifax.

ForeverAddickted

Dave Rudd said:

Workington one up at Halifax.

Cmon, can we avoid other goals please? - Waste of time buying the paper else!!

Big William

iaitch said:

Told you that Summers is useless, couldn't score in a brothel.

We should try and pick up the Huddersfield lad who travelled down but didn’t play....think his name is Dennis Law. Worth a punt I reckon.

Sevensix

I was there, aged 11.  Hence my username.  i used to stand with my Dad way up on the East Terrace and lots of people certainly did come up past us towards the Bartram Gate as we fell further behind but many stopped or came back in again as they heard the sound of our goals going in.

We could do now with a player with a strike rate anywhere near as good as Johnny Summers - 100 in 177 games.  But then that's been true every season since Summers. Tragic that he died aged 34 only a year after retiring from Charlton.