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On this day three years ago...

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  • ross1
    ross1 Posts: 51,002

    A truly memorable night in the history of Charlton Athletic

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  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,851
    What a night that was.
  • Christ, I look at that now and it makes me weep.
    Bielik, Cullen, Aribo, Taylor et al ... all that talent.
    Players that the fans could idolise and get excited about.
    Just seems so stark in contrast to that pile of poop we watched last season.

  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,601
    The perfect way to celebrate my birthday. The only other time I'd seen us play on my BD was the Swindon play off game.
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    Shocking......

    Team full of loan players, losing at home, thugs on the pitch and singing ultra songs.

    Those were the days!!

     B) 
  • Honestly the best atmosphere I've ever experienced.
  • Mametz
    Mametz Posts: 1,254
    Watched that game with three other Charlton supporters in a bar in Ypres.
  • hawksmoor
    hawksmoor Posts: 2,608
    A few people around me during that game clearly couldn't count penalties and thought we had another one to take. Only realised we were through to the final when the entire team started celebrating.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,851
    hawksmoor said:
    A few people around me during that game clearly couldn't count penalties and thought we had another one to take. Only realised we were through to the final when the entire team started celebrating.
    A lot of people - including me.
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  • SouthWest_Addicks
    SouthWest_Addicks Posts: 6,307
    edited May 2022
    The moment between Marquis goal and Pratley goal was probably one of the worst couple of minutes watching football. Convinced we had thrown it away and was never going to be back at Wembley anytime soon.

    Sitting in the west lower. Convinced Rowe penalty went in and took me a couple of seconds to understand why everyone was cheering.
  • Simonsen
    Simonsen Posts: 5,503
    Honestly the best atmosphere I've ever experienced.
    For me, certainly the best at home since the all-seater era. 
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,279

  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 5,979
    A lot of the playoff semi pitch invasions I see always seem really staged and a bit fake. I feel ours was a genuine expression of joy after years of utter shite. 
  • O-Randy-Hunt
    O-Randy-Hunt Posts: 10,665
    Unbelievable. Such a great night.
  • Blackheathboy
    Blackheathboy Posts: 230
    edited May 2022
    Such a great night and such a long day …. worked in the morning , drove up from Devon , met my son outside the Valley at about 7.15 … god knows what time the game actually finished , but I got home about 4 am … but I  wouldn’t have missed it for the world … great night . 

  • Rob7Lee
    Rob7Lee Posts: 9,596
    Brings a tear to the eye, what a night, what a season, lets hope those days come again.......and soon!
  • KettsJohn
    KettsJohn Posts: 1,210
    Certainly was another one of them nights we will all remember. 
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  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,623
    Simonsen said:
    Honestly the best atmosphere I've ever experienced.
    For me, certainly the best at home since the all-seater era. 
    Kind of agree - the years of shite, on and off the pitch - play off semi final settled on penalties - full house for the first time in ages - first time going to new Wembley

    But Prem years (all seated of course) had some crackers as well - 3-3 vs Man U was an electric atmosphere, beating Ipswich in play off semi 98 was a great atmosphere (ok Championship) albeit no roof on West Stand (some would say that would make no difference 😂😂) and my recollection of when we beat Arsenal at The Valley for the first time since the 1950’s (or maybe 1940’s ??), the place was bouncing 

    I am sure there are others

    But - yes - the outpouring of emotion was incredible vs Donny that night - so it’s defo equal - a nearly 49 year old me running on the pitch, behaving like a teenager, and then realising that my knee hurt from running around a personal highlight !!!
  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,828
    edited May 2022
    What a night that was


    https://youtu.be/p1JX0nuJFvY

    The commentary "Aribo, Djiksteel, Beliek, Cullen, Taylor".   What a team.