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Worst Charlton games of all time

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  • ChicagoAddick
    ChicagoAddick Posts: 4,393
    A lot mentioned already. I would say any Millwall game other than Kim Grant Day. I still have nightmares about the 1989 early season one when we were winning 2-0 in injury time and still didn’t win there. That was horrible walking out of there and then I realized I’d forgotten where I parked the car.

    Luton away late 80’s when away fans were banned. We were very proud of ourselves getting in their shitty ground stood in the home end (there were loads of Charlton there), but then we were 3-0 down at HT. Horrible experience.
  • thickandthin63
    thickandthin63 Posts: 2,957
    6-1 away to Leyton Orient,6-1 home to Leeds,7-0 away to Barnsley The list is endless,but some of the games we have seen this year were amongst the worst ever ,Shrewsbury at Home,Wycombe away,and many more,absolute crap.
  • alan dugdale
    alan dugdale Posts: 3,077
    Despite numerous hammerings over the years, I rank a 2-2 draw at Millwall in 89, amongst the worst I’ve seen. Certainly in terms of how I felt. We didn’t play badly and were in control (for about 86 minutes anyway). 
    Normally, I’d take a point away at Millwall all day long but left the ground that night, absolutely gutted. 
  • bolloxbolder
    bolloxbolder Posts: 7,963
    thickandthin63 said:
    6-1 away to Leyton Orient,6-1 home to Leeds,7-0 away to Barnsley The list is endless,but some of the games we have seen this year were amongst the worst ever ,Shrewsbury at Home,Wycombe away,and many more,absolute crap.
    7-0 away to Barnsley?
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,841
    Might be the 7-1 at Burnley when we had two men sent off. Was at Welling that day, news coming through on peoples radios, thought we were heading for double figures.
  • felthamaddict
    felthamaddict Posts: 200
    edited May 2024
    Aston Villa 11  Charlton Athletic 2. At primary school so only read about it. Was at the return 2 - 1 to Charlton.
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,235
    felthamaddict said:
    Aston Villa 11  Charlton Athletic 2. At primary school so only read about it. Was at the return 2 - 1 to Charlton.
    11-1
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,049
    edited May 2024
    Northwich Victoria in the cup was a disaster.
    If it was not for a combination of Randolph and poor finishing we could easily have lost 3-0.
    **Edit, have just looked at the team that day, there was a guy called Binks on our bench, I have never heard of him.  Perhaps @shirty5 could help out?
  • TimAddick
    TimAddick Posts: 216
    Not the worst game played, but devastating to an 11 year old, was Charlton 3 Blackburn 4.  Last game of 57/58 season and we only needed a draw to return to Division 1. Instead Blackburn were promoted and it took nearly 30 years before we returned to the 1st division.
  • 9goalswentpastperry
    9goalswentpastperry Posts: 1,109
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    Northwich Victoria in the cup was a disaster.
    If it was not for a combination of Randolph and poor finishing we could easily have lost 3-0.
    **Edit, have just looked at the team that day, there was a guy called Binks on our bench, I have never heard of him.  Perhaps @shirty5 could help out?
    Looked him up. Jack Binks. He completely passed me by.
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  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,638
    9goalswentpastperry said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    Northwich Victoria in the cup was a disaster.
    If it was not for a combination of Randolph and poor finishing we could easily have lost 3-0.
    **Edit, have just looked at the team that day, there was a guy called Binks on our bench, I have never heard of him.  Perhaps @shirty5 could help out?
    Looked him up. Jack Binks. He completely passed me by.
    Was definitely a case of bink and you missed him.
  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 5,978
    edited May 2024
    9goalswentpastperry said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    Northwich Victoria in the cup was a disaster.
    If it was not for a combination of Randolph and poor finishing we could easily have lost 3-0.
    **Edit, have just looked at the team that day, there was a guy called Binks on our bench, I have never heard of him.  Perhaps @shirty5 could help out?
    Looked him up. Jack Binks. He completely passed me by.

    More like Jar Jar Binks.
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    CAFCTrev said:
    9goalswentpastperry said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    Northwich Victoria in the cup was a disaster.
    If it was not for a combination of Randolph and poor finishing we could easily have lost 3-0.
    **Edit, have just looked at the team that day, there was a guy called Binks on our bench, I have never heard of him.  Perhaps @shirty5 could help out?
    Looked him up. Jack Binks. He completely passed me by.

    More like Jar Jar Binks.
    Not worth posting the gif now.  Thanks a lot.
  • kentred2
    kentred2 Posts: 2,336

    Dozens over the last five or six years especially first ever losses at the Valley to these teams:

    Gillingham 2018

    Lincoln 2022

    Accrington 2021

    Morecambe 2022

    Cheltenham 2022

    Burton 2021

    Fleetwood 2023

  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 5,978
    Wheresmeticket said:
    CAFCTrev said:
    9goalswentpastperry said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    Northwich Victoria in the cup was a disaster.
    If it was not for a combination of Randolph and poor finishing we could easily have lost 3-0.
    **Edit, have just looked at the team that day, there was a guy called Binks on our bench, I have never heard of him.  Perhaps @shirty5 could help out?
    Looked him up. Jack Binks. He completely passed me by.

    More like Jar Jar Binks.
    Not worth posting the gif now.  Thanks a lot.
    Wheresmegif
  • Afternoon Delight
    Afternoon Delight Posts: 914
    edited May 2024
    Dagenham & Redbridge 2 Charlton 1 from 2011. Always my yardstick of how bad we play and how far we've fallen.
  • cafc999
    cafc999 Posts: 4,967
    To many to mention
  • walshiesleftfoot
    walshiesleftfoot Posts: 1,208
    Surprised no one has mentioned Cardiff City at home in 1985. Jim Standards one and only game and we lost 4-1
  • bolloxbolder
    bolloxbolder Posts: 7,963
    walshiesleftfoot said:
    Surprised no one has mentioned Cardiff City at home in 1985. Jim Standards one and only game and we lost 4-1
    Indeed. Buoyed by the fact three days previous we had come back from 3-0 down after 30 minutes to beat Barnsley at the Valley,  I took my future wife to this. 

    Nothing expectation wise beats losing in the quarter final to Division 2 Wycombe, when we were  in our final season as a premier league club.

    We were comprehensively outplayed and they should have won by more than the only goal. Marcus Bent at full time telling players not to clap the crowd as we had chanted that they were not fit to wear the shirt.
  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,195
    Sheff Utd in the cup was the most depressing all round experience and aftermath. 
    However, I will say that in the first half of our home game against Cambridge this season I found myself thinking, ‘I could quite happily never come back here’ which was pretty bleak. 
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  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,793
    Nothing for me beats the home game against Palace in 1985. Not even the final match a few weeks later. To be given that leaflet and try and digest the contents, when the whole proposal game totally out of the blue, made the game an irrelevance. Even if we did beat them. 
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,623
    Addick Addict said:
    Nothing for me beats the home game against Palace in 1985. Not even the final match a few weeks later. To be given that leaflet and try and digest the contents, when the whole proposal game totally out of the blue, made the game an irrelevance. Even if we did beat them. 
    We have a winner - this game never came into my head - perhaps my brain has tried to erase it - yes, an unbelievable thing to discover before a ball was kicked - my lovely, sadly no longer with us, Dad, had tears in his eyes when he read the leaflet - I was simply bemused 

    Charlton Athletic eh - never a dull moment 
  • wmcf123
    wmcf123 Posts: 5,824
    Not sure any premier league games should really be included in this .

    There was a 0-3 against Preston- Pickford was in goal for them , I think, under Luzon - absolutely god awful .  
  • charltonnick
    charltonnick Posts: 3,063
    There are so many to choose from. 6-0 away at Wrexham in the FA Cup about 1980 . 6-1 away at Preston , evening game late 70's. Sheff Utd away in the cup. And two last season in quick succession , Cray at home and Gills away.
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,372
    Gillingham last season is a good shout. First time in my life I genuinely considered leaving an away game about 30 mins early.
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,623
    cafctom said:
    Gillingham last season is a good shout. First time in my life I genuinely considered leaving an away game about 30 mins early.
    Yes it was very cold that day 😉
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,747
    edited May 2024
    Big William said:
    Might be the 7-1 at Burnley when we had two men sent off. Was at Welling that day, news coming through on peoples radios, thought we were heading for double figures.
    I was there . I was about 13 years old. I think Killer got sent off that day. I also remember us getting beat 6-0 at Brighton around the same time.
  • EastTerrace
    EastTerrace Posts: 3,961
    alan dugdale said:
    Despite numerous hammerings over the years, I rank a 2-2 draw at Millwall in 89, amongst the worst I’ve seen. Certainly in terms of how I felt. We didn’t play badly and were in control (for about 86 minutes anyway). 
    Normally, I’d take a point away at Millwall all day long but left the ground that night, absolutely gutted. 
    I was 19 at the time. Even then, I sat with my head in my hands on a kerb around the back of New Cross somewhere.

    Still the worst I have felt after a game, even after 35 years, and it wasn't even a loss.


  • Brownie12
    Brownie12 Posts: 1,525
    Probably all be in mentioned higher up the thread.

    Wycombe QF 
    Sheff Utd QF
    Millwall 4-0 
    Dagenham 2-1 loss (probably the worst ever line up to represent the club)
    Dagenham 1-1 in the FA Cup
    Northwich FA cup game.



  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,448
    Charlton 0-5 Watford. 

    Guy Luzon as manager. Not even there because we hadn't sorted his work permit. None of the players even tried that game and Watford could've scored 20. 

    Proper grim stuff. 

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