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The week that was - 31st August 1968. Crystal Palace 3 Charlton 3

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  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,888

    Love reading the tales of you old geriatrics :-)

    We only tell you the one's we can get away with.
    You should here the one's we can't say on here. )
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,228

    Love reading the tales of you old geriatrics :-)

    We only tell you the one's we can get away with.
    You should here the one's we can't say on here. )
    best not to incriminate ourselves :wink:
  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,708
    The smell of beer, fags and sweat in a packed Covered end. Lovely.
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,451

    The smell of beer, fags and sweat in a packed Covered end. Lovely.

    Especially the night matches... my idea of paradise!
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,228

    The smell of beer, fags and sweat in a packed Covered end. Lovely.

    Especially the night matches... my idea of paradise!
    1975, one of the best nights ever in the Covered End, promotion against Preston
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,228
    stonemuse said:

    The smell of beer, fags and sweat in a packed Covered end. Lovely.

    Especially the night matches... my idea of paradise!
    1975, one of the best nights ever in the Covered End, promotion against Preston
    forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/6815/the-week-that-was-29th-april-1975-charlton-3-preston-1/p1
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,888
    stonemuse said:

    The smell of beer, fags and sweat in a packed Covered end. Lovely.

    Especially the night matches... my idea of paradise!
    1975, one of the best nights ever in the Covered End, promotion against Preston
    That was the only match that I ever took my mum to.
    Btw she is 88 now and still with us.
    The only reason she came to the game was because me and my brother were due in court the next day and she wanted to make sure we never got into any more trouble.
    Funny how you remember things like this.
    Happy days.
  • That Chelsea game for Keith Peacock's Testimonial, was a fair old night in the Covered End. The Chelsea and Millwall fans crewing up behind the Covered End and then hundreds of them coming up two of the stairwells at the same time, singing "Chelsea and Millwall",only to face a huge mob of Charlton lads, they were soon sent packing behind the covered end again.
  • Simonsen
    Simonsen Posts: 5,556
    TEL said:

    That Palace 1-0 against Burnley, didn’t they get some ridiculously huge crowd of over 50,000 or am I dreaming?

    No not totally dreaming but two different games v Burnley;

    1979 promotion game......51,000 on a Friday night (I think). Unbelievable crowd.

    1983 relegation game v Burnley.....22,000 on a Tuesday night (this was the last game of season.....everyone else finished on the previous Saturday).....still a massive crowd for a Div 2 relegation game in 1983.
  • TEL
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    Simonsen said:

    TEL said:

    That Palace 1-0 against Burnley, didn’t they get some ridiculously huge crowd of over 50,000 or am I dreaming?

    No not totally dreaming but two different games v Burnley;

    1979 promotion game......51,000 on a Friday night (I think). Unbelievable crowd.

    1983 relegation game v Burnley.....22,000 on a Tuesday night (this was the last game of season.....everyone else finished on the previous Saturday).....still a massive crowd for a Div 2 relegation game in 1983.
    I seem to remember the Mirror doing a back page report at the time of how huge the crowd was. Thanks for clarifying that.

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  • Acab
    Acab Posts: 727
    Went to the palace game but had to wait for the ol man to come home from a union meeting so didn’t get in till half time and missed both goals stood on a tin roof on top of the karsi at the back of the Holmesdale. Once a shit hole always a shit hole.
  • TEL
    TEL Posts: 10,100

    The smell of beer, fags and sweat in a packed Covered end. Lovely.

    And peanut shells everywhere.
  • TN15
    TN15 Posts: 58
    Don't forget Knees Up Mother Brown
  • Mametz
    Mametz Posts: 1,262

    The smell of beer, fags and sweat in a packed Covered end. Lovely.

    Ah, the smell of piss and chips!
  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,708
    Yeah, the toilets were a bit basic to say the least.