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On this day in 1998...

ross1
ross1 Posts: 51,003
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  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,108
    What a night that was. White hot atmosphere and a air temperature to match. That night will stay in my memory forever 
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,484
    The joys of the late 90s and early part of this century seem so long ago now.
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,725
    a mate of mine was slagging Newton off just before Newts dances through and drills the ball into the top corner. Cue celebrations and a lot of "yeah, well, he just needed a bit of encouragement is all" 
  • kinveachyaddick
    kinveachyaddick Posts: 3,875
    Best atmosphere ever at the Valley IMO 
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    That really felt like the beginning of something to me.  Really vivid memories of the day but little recollection of the actual game.

    Unfortunately it's the same date as the Desmond at Annfield, which really was end of something.
  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,828
    cfgs said:
    The joys of the late 90s and early part of this century seem so long ago now.
    They'll return 
  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,828
    Get butterflies watching that knowing what was coming at Wembley!
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 10,940
    Remember the roof being off the west stand - it was one of those warm nights with the fireflies in the air, comfortable t shirt weather. Happy times, not a worry in the world as an 18 year old. Great times.
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,235
    2019 is not a patch on 1998. 
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    shirty5 said:
    2019 is not a patch on 1998. 
    100%, 98 will take some beating
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  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,623
    DamoNorthStand said:
    Remember the roof being off the west stand - it was one of those warm nights with the fireflies in the air, comfortable t shirt weather. Happy times, not a worry in the world as an 18 year old. Great times.
    Yep - I was in West Stand that game - it was one of the few games where I walked to ground, and I just knew we were going to win, I was that confident in our team

    I had the same feeling that season when we played Middlesbrough at home in January - they were flying high, and Boro fan was in Bartrams before the game with his little boy - Dad and I chatted with him (nice bloke) and he was super confident - I said ‘nah mate, we are getting a head of steam now, Boro are gonna get stuffed today’ - he laughed - we blew them away 3-0 - men against boys that day - walking to the station, we saw him again - he looked shell shocked, and was gracious enough to admit that Charlton were unplayable that day

    Halcyon days, halcyon days ……
  • DICKIE PLUMB
    DICKIE PLUMB Posts: 202
    Sasa was unbeatable. Ipswich could have played all night and they wouldn’t have scored. I agree, best atmosphere I have ever experienced at The Valley. 
  • HastingsRed
    HastingsRed Posts: 1,591
    cfgs said:
    The joys of the late 90s and early part of this century seem so long ago now.
    Coincided with us living in Well Hall Road the closest I've lived to the Valley, moved down to Brighton at the end of 2005.....all down hill from there on.
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,924
    That's the best era of charlton that I've experienced
     My dad had £20 on Newton FGS and the correct score that night. 

    Did the West have no roof due to ongoing construction or am I imagining that ? 
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,623
    shine166 said:
    That's the best era of charlton that I've experienced
     My dad had £20 on Newton FGS and the correct score that night. 

    Did the West have no roof due to ongoing construction or am I imagining that ? 
    No roof ready for the upper tier to be built in the summer - bang on time for the Prem it turned out 😃
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,108
    DICKIE PLUMB said:
    Sasa was unbeatable. Ipswich could have played all night and they wouldn’t have scored. I agree, best atmosphere I have ever experienced at The Valley. 
    We had Mark Garvey on the pitch before the game with his drum and Steve Dixon on the mic. Between them they really whipped the whole of the Charlton support into a frenzy. When our support is like that, we have some of the best and loudest fans in the land 
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,031
    cfgs said:
    The joys of the late 90s and early part of this century seem so long ago now.
    It dawned on me the other day that the 2012 promotion back to the Championship is now over ten years ago. Up until that point there seemed a realistic hope that we could get back to the top. Now, it's no more than a feint glimmer of hope rather than a realistic proposition. I remember the days in the Championship just after we first dropped out of the Prem how the crowds had dropped, the empty seats seemed to stand out like a sore thumb compared to in our top flight days. In reality, we were still drawing 20k attendances. How things have dwindled since then. It's a crying shame what has been allowed to happen to our club.
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,264
    Worried before the game when I heard Super Clive was out injured but fantastic goal from newts & no doubt after that. What a sight straight after the goal, Sasa turned arms in air & the East stand going mental behind, awesome. Don't think I've ever seen those interviews afterwards.
    Great night & down to the Oak afterwards & later the Ipswich players coach inched down the road & got stuck right outside the Oak in the traffic jam, they didn't half take some stick for a few minutes  :D

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