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On this day in 1957, the Addicks staged the greatest comeback of all time against @htafc !

63' | 5-1 down with 10 men
90' | 7-6 winners! On this day in 1957, the Addicks staged the greatest comeback of all time against @htafc!
Remember one of The Valley's greatest ever games with the late, great Derek Ufton...




YES, I WAS THERE

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  • ross1 said:
    63' | 5-1 down with 10 men
    90' | 7-6 winners! On this day in 1957, the Addicks staged the greatest comeback of all time against @htafc!
    Remember one of The Valley's greatest ever games with the late, great Derek Ufton...




    YES, I WAS THERE

    So was I with the other 120K ;-)
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,633
    ross1 said:
    63' | 5-1 down with 10 men
    90' | 7-6 winners! On this day in 1957, the Addicks staged the greatest comeback of all time against @htafc!
    Remember one of The Valley's greatest ever games with the late, great Derek Ufton...




    YES, I WAS THERE

    So was I with the other 120K ;-)
    and still room in the West Stand for a few more ...
  • Dad was there too.

    Now and again fans are served up a game of legend status. For me it was Barnsley 0-6 Charlton, when I happened to take the wife and visiting father-in-law and a Swedish Charlton supporter he became. 
  • Despite the win Golfie was concerned about the quality of our defenders, and made the point that we were simply not good enough.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,861
    I couldn't make it - but watched it on stream.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,890
    Despite it being our lowest attendance of the season, OohAh was impressed with the Terriers turnout 
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,890
    I wonder if Huddersfield remember this game as much
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,621
    MrOneLung said:
    I wonder if Huddersfield remember this game as much
    Course they do, it was the last time they lost a league game.
  • Despite the win Golfie was concerned about the quality of our defenders, and made the point that we were simply not good enough.
    At half time Golfie was saying he couldn't see where our goals were going to come from.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    I was there. The game was totally ruined by people using the torches on their phones. 

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  • I was there in the covered end and i think most of goals were up the other end.It was my first game
  • I walked out after 63 minutes, ripped up my season ticket, went home and kicked the cat. 
  • I was at home playing with my Bill and Ben puppets.
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,282
    edited December 2021

    ross1 said:
    63' | 5-1 down with 10 men
    90' | 7-6 winners! On this day in 1957, the Addicks staged the greatest comeback of all time against @htafc!
    Remember one of The Valley's greatest ever games with the late, great Derek Ufton...




    YES, I WAS THERE

    I was there although only 3 years old, finished my early shift in the Royal Arsenal, jumped on a tram to the Victoria & had a few pints, had a bit of a barney with a mob from the cowshed, hurled abuse at those lazy good for nothing not fit to wear the shirt fuckers & at the final whistle hailed the greatest team that you have ever seen. A turn around better than even Jackos
  • I was there, it was a day I never will forget.
  • ross1
    ross1 Posts: 51,032
    edited December 2021
    I was there in the covered end and i think most of goals were up the other end.It was my first game
    I was in the open end and agree with you. Anyone who was there, must be over 64
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,829
    ross1 said:
    I was there in the covered end and i think most of goals were up the other end.It was my first game
    I was in the open end and agree with you. Anyone who was there, must be over 64
    @ricky_otto looks 64.
  • ross1 said:
    I was there in the covered end and i think most of goals were up the other end.It was my first game
    I was in the open end and agree with you. Anyone who was there, must be over 64
    I am 77 saw my first game in 1950
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,861
    edited December 2021
    ross1 said:
    I was there in the covered end and i think most of goals were up the other end.It was my first game
    I was in the open end and agree with you. Anyone who was there, must be over 64

    I really don't need reminding of that fact!! I could have been there (but wasn't as I was only 6 months old!).
  • Despite the win Golfie was concerned about the quality of our defenders, and made the point that we were simply not good enough.
    Golfie also posted that the Huddersfield manager was useless to let his team collapse like that and he'd never make it as a top level manager.

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  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,496
    edited December 2021
    My first game was in March 1958…..three months later, so I just missed it.😕
    I was 9 when the 7-6 was played and 10 when I saw my first game.
  • ross1 said:
    I was there in the covered end and i think most of goals were up the other end.It was my first game
    I was in the open end and agree with you. Anyone who was there, must be over 64
    My comment above was a joke, I was only 2 months old. My dad was at the game though.
  • Huddersfield are still the only team in the Football League to score 6 goals and lose.
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,261
    The game also ended Huddersfield unbeaten run that stretched back to the wall st crash of 1929 
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    I walked out after 63 minutes, ripped up my season ticket, went home and @blackpool72 killed my cat.

  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,902
    edited December 2021
    I bet the Huddersfield coach back oop north was awash with cash nicked off the bookies after that one!
  • siblers
    siblers Posts: 2,030
    The stand is magnificent looking. I've never seen a stand like it before. The roof looks like terraced houses 
  • Tunwellsaddick
    Tunwellsaddick Posts: 2,454
    edited December 2021
    I was there too. Aged 12. I will never forget it. Best Charlton game I have ever seen. Been waiting ever since to see another like it. Still waiting - although the Playoff Final v Sunderland when Clive scored a hat-trick came a close second for excitment.
  • siblers said:
    The stand is magnificent looking. I've never seen a stand like it before. The roof looks like terraced houses 
    I think I read somewhere that we bought that stand from Aldershot. Might be wrong though. 
  • Acab
    Acab Posts: 725
    A 16 year old Dennis law was in the stand that day as a reserve.