A Christmas CARD advent calendar (Day 25 *FINALE* Page 25)

Just cheered myself up by watching this again after today's dour performance. Oh for us to be THIS great once again.

charltonbob said:

superclive98 said:

charltonbob said:

AddicksAddict said:

Lisbie's finest moment without a doubt, and he joined a quite small club of those who've scored a hat-trick against Liverpool in the top flight. We should have held on to him after our relegation, I reckon he'd have scored a lot more goals than Varney and McCleod.

17 goals in 10 years wasn't it ?

But how often did he get a run in the starting line up? Rarely.
It's true that he never achieved what he should have, mainly due to niggling injuries. He did, however, have all the attributes to be a top striker, as shown in the Liverpool game.

Maybe because he wasn't good enough ? Guess this isn't really the thread to debate this & apologies Nug for starting this& thanks for the wonderful memories but in total he played in 156 games & it seems it was 16 not 17 goals. Perhaps the real Lisbie showed himself in two other chances in that same game in very similar positions one of which almost hit the corner flag & the other bobbling woefully wide. Still for him his greatest moment in a Charlton shirt & I know he divided opinions but I really think his record speaks for himself.

He was sub in nearly 100 of those games if memory serves me right. 5 minutes at the end and all that so the stats you quote don't tell the full story.

I haven't seen footage of that game for donkeys' years. Great day, shame it gave us false hope for staying up.

Impossible to put into the words the emotions depicted on Day 18's video, and impossible to reconcile it with the mess we are in today. Thanks for another great selection.

Come Christmas day, most Charlton supporters will be emotional wrecks.

SCP, promoted as a player as part of a title-winning team, promoted as a manager of the same club as title winners. How many people can make the same claim? I suspect it's quite a select few.

Totally emotional #wewantourcharltonback

All great memories, what a shamble it is now.

Sheer joy watching that and then Anger as I slip back into reality!

We just need Carlisle back up and the fixtures to draw us away there in late April / early May next season now...Well, and maybe a few other changes.

Superb stuff, Nug. What a day that was.

Oh my God what a squad we had then proper players but also fantastic spirit, heart and togetherness something our Belgian pricks will just never ever get.

Go now and give us our club back.

On the subject of the promotion at Carlisle in 2012, prompted by the CARD video, I found this round-up of the day earlier: https://storify.com/CAFCofficial/carlisle-united-0-charlton-1-charlton-promoted

Even allowing for the obvious very different mood of the time, it really highlights the changed engagement/interaction with supporters.

Just watched today's offering.

Brilliant.

As FF says above, what a manager and what a fantastic group of players.

To go from that to the mess we are in today in just 4 years. That's weird.

I never usually wish ill on people. But I am so, so struggling with Douchbag and Squirrell Face.

Went to this game with the late Andy (Bryan-Kynsie). He drove us all the way up and back. It was an emotional day and I feel emotional just thinking about what Powell and Co had worked so hard to build, only for these charlatans to fucking wreck it and try to rip out the soul of our club, it's fans. Well were here to stay and Andy will be turning in his grave to witness this debacle.

Still chuckle at the thought of 'J Block' on the back seat between me and dad, fast asleep with a half drunk beer can in his hand all the way to Sheffield (without spilling a drop).

Great memories. Sell up Roland.