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Best Away Support You Have Been In?
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Probably best one I can remember was @ QPR in League Cup in about 76 (yes Im old enough to remember it SethP) when QPR were top of the League. Charlton were absolutely superb that night and we drew 1- 1 at Loftus Rd. Fun and games on the tube journey on the way there and on the way back. The return match at The Valley we were well beaten but did not take away from that performance at Loftus rd. By the way the return at The Valley was easily the biggest crowd at home that Ive ever been in. don't know what the official attendance was but must have been 45,000 in there that night.
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To many to name but it's not always about numbers ie Newcastle away, first time I went up there we were given a lift back to the station in the back of an OB meat wagon or Huddersfield no more then 150 of us and Steve the skinhead was so cold in his short sleeved shirt he had to go and get a blanket from the St John's Ambulance people.5
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Palace away - the whole Arthur Wait - that was just some day all round
Cov away in the cup
Manu U away - things can only get better, again another cracking day and a terrace to boot
Spurs away - Mark Aizlewood pen
plenty of others but they stand out
Rotherham away with Dobson's winner - just for the day out with a great group and my girls first away day. Daughter caught the goal on camera superbly as well1 -
Them singing can we play you every week when they were two up, then us singing the same to them, when we went 3-2 up.North Lower Neil said:
The two I immediately think of, too.Chris_from_Sidcup said:Coventry away in the cup.
Palace away a few weeks later when Kitson scored.
Palace away when Todorov scored.
Coventry I was right by the away end so seeing the same faces who were giving all the stick at 2-0 practically shrink and then slink off at 3-2 was superb.0 -
100 ? You're having a laugh matem_2 said:Late sixties, Arsenal away in the cup.
About 100 of us in the middle back of the north bank . . .Ducking the volleys of coins coming in from all directions . . .
Giving as good as we got right till the end of the game.1 -
Took my arsenal supporting mate to that orient game. He said afterwards he wished arsenal could have such an atmosphere.cafc_se7 said:Orient away when we won 2-1 (Shelvey and Burton) that was some atmosphere in the stand on the side which we got given the whole lot.Villa away 4-3.Wycombe away last season.0 -
I think the official attendance was @32,000.EastbourneAddick said:Probably best one I can remember was @ QPR in League Cup in about 76 (yes Im old enough to remember it SethP) when QPR were top of the League. Charlton were absolutely superb that night and we drew 1- 1 at Loftus Rd. Fun and games on the tube journey on the way there and on the way back. The return match at The Valley we were well beaten but did not take away from that performance at Loftus rd. By the way the return at The Valley was easily the biggest crowd at home that Ive ever been in. don't know what the official attendance was but must have been 45,000 in there that night.1 -
When did we get the whole Arthur Waite ? I remember getting it against Wimbledon there one Boxing Day. I was there for the todotov/kitson/dennis 1-0s, but must have missed when we got the whole stand, what year was that ?Elthamaddick said:Palace away - the whole Arthur Wait - that was just some day all round
Cov away in the cup
Manu U away - things can only get better, again another cracking day and a terrace to boot
Spurs away - Mark Aizlewood pen
plenty of others but they stand out
Rotherham away with Dobson's winner - just for the day out with a great group and my girls first away day. Daughter caught the goal on camera superbly as well0 -
We’ve had some brilliant support over the last few years, certainly a lot more vocal (and younger) than ones from previous eras, and consistently good numbers. Even this season the support at places like Bristol City, Sheff U, Leicester has been fantastic.
Some others I don’t think have been mentioned
- The Man U midweek cup game 3 years ago, huge numbers for midweek and a noise to match
- Wycombe 4-0 last year. Result helped, but a great atmosphere even before the goal fest
- Southend early 90s when we were only getting 4-5000 at Upton Park and over 3000 turned up at Southend
- Ipswich play off, probably the most ear piercing passionate away following I can remember us having in a key game2 -
FA Cup 3rd Round – 5 January 1985 (White Hart Lane
- Tottenham: Garth Crooks (5’)
- Charlton: Mark Aizlewood (51’)
This was a good day out. Anyone else who went able to say how many of us were there. Felt like a lot of us1 -
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SaySomething said:
We went as guests to my dad's mate who was a Blackburn season ticket holder. I recall jumping up as Pitcher scored only to feel 'lots' of eyes on me, as dad gently but promptly pushed me back into my seat. I felt the same eyes watch me the entire match. Never felt so envious of our own fans celebrating for almost the entire match.The play-off final against Leeds at Birmingham - 1-0 down and talking about how next season we would be visiting grounds such as Shrewsbury, Bournemouth, etc, then Shirtliff pops up with an equaliser and then the winner!! Talk about double mentalist celebratory behaviour!
The cup replay against Blackburn in '94 - the early Pitcher goal followed by Shearer and Co throwing everything but the kitchen sink at us - yet we just sang and chanted throughout as if we were comfortable, and was never gonna happen for Blackburn.........and it didn't!!!
If I remember correctly, us and Blackburn were both in 2nd spot at the time of the game, a division apart of course.
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Can't remember the year but the year we were champions I think. "We'll never play you again" We weren't far wrongDucktapeshoerepairs said:
When did we get the whole Arthur Waite ? I remember getting it against Wimbledon there one Boxing Day. I was there for the todotov/kitson/dennis 1-0s, but must have missed when we got the whole stand, what year was that ?Elthamaddick said:Palace away - the whole Arthur Wait - that was just some day all round
Cov away in the cup
Manu U away - things can only get better, again another cracking day and a terrace to boot
Spurs away - Mark Aizlewood pen
plenty of others but they stand out
Rotherham away with Dobson's winner - just for the day out with a great group and my girls first away day. Daughter caught the goal on camera superbly as well
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Blackburn - can't remember which year, we lived up there and to see all the coaches of our supporters coming down the hill to the ground was quite something3
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The Holmesdale wasn't just a grass/mud bank it was terracing up to about halfway, after that mud & very slippery. The Holmesdale was never the away end, segregation wasn't really a thing in those days anyway but in general the away support would congregate in what became the supermarket end. Earlier that season 2000 charlton walked from the Valley to shithurst for the league game & arrived before the gates opened. Eventually we got in & there was a small group of Charlton on the Holmesdale with a couple of banners/flags who were attacked by palice. With that everyone charged round to the Holmesdale & eventually we filled the whole end. How do I know we filled the whole end ? A well known bloke named Graham (never knew his surname but a good friend of Chrissie Babar) got nicked & marched along the pitch in front of the Holmesdale. The whole end was punching the air chanting Graham Graham Graham. Most probably didn't know himSoundAsa£ said:FA Cup 3rd Round replay 8th January 1969 at Smellhurst Park……midweek game under floodlights, electric atmosphere, fabulous game, plus one of the most spectacular shots I have ever seen by an Addick…….Ray Tracey screamer from about 25 yards out at The Sainsbury’s end.
I was standing on The Holmesdale Road end, which in those days was an enormous grass/mud bank where the away fans were located. As the ball hit the back of the net absolute mayhem broke out, I was swept off my feet and ended up around 20 feet further down the terrace!Happy days, I was just a few days away from my 21st Birthday, it was an very welcomed early present.🥳
The cup game Charlton were everywhere, there was a bit of trouble on the holmesdale, some said it was west ham, how anybody would know beats me but it was soon over & we just celebrated the famous victory.
The journey home is another story
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The 75 bus rocking from side to sidecharltonbob said:
The Holmesdale wasn't just a grass/mud bank it was terracing up to about halfway, after that mud & very slippery. The Holmesdale was never the away end, segregation wasn't really a thing in those days anyway but in general the away support would congregate in what became the supermarket end. Earlier that season 2000 charlton walked from the Valley to shithurst for the league game & arrived before the gates opened. Eventually we got in & there was a small group of Charlton on the Holmesdale with a couple of banners/flags who were attacked by palice. With that everyone charged round to the Holmesdale & eventually we filled the whole end. How do I know we filled the whole end ? A well known bloke named Graham (never knew his surname but a good friend of Chrissie Babar) got nicked & marched along the pitch in front of the Holmesdale. The whole end was punching the air chanting Graham Graham Graham. Most probably didn't know himSoundAsa£ said:FA Cup 3rd Round replay 8th January 1969 at Smellhurst Park……midweek game under floodlights, electric atmosphere, fabulous game, plus one of the most spectacular shots I have ever seen by an Addick…….Ray Tracey screamer from about 25 yards out at The Sainsbury’s end.
I was standing on The Holmesdale Road end, which in those days was an enormous grass/mud bank where the away fans were located. As the ball hit the back of the net absolute mayhem broke out, I was swept off my feet and ended up around 20 feet further down the terrace!Happy days, I was just a few days away from my 21st Birthday, it was an very welcomed early present.🥳
The cup game Charlton were everywhere, there was a bit of trouble on the holmesdale, some said it was west ham, how anybody would know beats me but it was soon over & we just celebrated the famous victory.
The journey home is another story 2 -
Man City away in 1998, Steve Jones double, just have been 300-400 of us there, everyone seemed gassed, loads of noise, crazy game0
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Before my time but heard it was a 'few' more then that.charltonbob said:
100 ? You're having a laugh matem_2 said:Late sixties, Arsenal away in the cup.
About 100 of us in the middle back of the north bank . . .Ducking the volleys of coins coming in from all directions . . .
Giving as good as we got right till the end of the game.0 -
Leeds away in the cup early nineties as previously mentioned was mental, we scored first and we were still celebrating when they equalised. Good days.
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From what I remember a lot more than 100 in the North Bank. My first away game.HastingsRed said:
Before my time but heard it was a 'few' more then that.charltonbob said:
100 ? You're having a laugh matem_2 said:Late sixties, Arsenal away in the cup.
About 100 of us in the middle back of the north bank . . .Ducking the volleys of coins coming in from all directions . . .
Giving as good as we got right till the end of the game.1 -
P***** away, December '04If only for when we scored and the mental celebrations from when the ball hit the net and the final whistle. Unrivalled.3
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Thinking more of the train journey back to London Bridge. Train got wrecked & some bright spark decided it was a great idea to start setting the seats on fire !!!Baldybonce said:
The 75 bus rocking from side to sidecharltonbob said:
The Holmesdale wasn't just a grass/mud bank it was terracing up to about halfway, after that mud & very slippery. The Holmesdale was never the away end, segregation wasn't really a thing in those days anyway but in general the away support would congregate in what became the supermarket end. Earlier that season 2000 charlton walked from the Valley to shithurst for the league game & arrived before the gates opened. Eventually we got in & there was a small group of Charlton on the Holmesdale with a couple of banners/flags who were attacked by palice. With that everyone charged round to the Holmesdale & eventually we filled the whole end. How do I know we filled the whole end ? A well known bloke named Graham (never knew his surname but a good friend of Chrissie Babar) got nicked & marched along the pitch in front of the Holmesdale. The whole end was punching the air chanting Graham Graham Graham. Most probably didn't know himSoundAsa£ said:FA Cup 3rd Round replay 8th January 1969 at Smellhurst Park……midweek game under floodlights, electric atmosphere, fabulous game, plus one of the most spectacular shots I have ever seen by an Addick…….Ray Tracey screamer from about 25 yards out at The Sainsbury’s end.
I was standing on The Holmesdale Road end, which in those days was an enormous grass/mud bank where the away fans were located. As the ball hit the back of the net absolute mayhem broke out, I was swept off my feet and ended up around 20 feet further down the terrace!Happy days, I was just a few days away from my 21st Birthday, it was an very welcomed early present.🥳
The cup game Charlton were everywhere, there was a bit of trouble on the holmesdale, some said it was west ham, how anybody would know beats me but it was soon over & we just celebrated the famous victory.
The journey home is another story0 -
Naturally I think you start equate this with games where we had last minute equalisers and winners (I do anyway)In recent years, Luton, QPR, Fulham and West Brom away. Luton in 2018 with Solly’s last min equalizer, the others in the 19/20 Championship season.
Some other notable ones for me were Yeovil in 2009 in the rain, purely because it was the wettest game I’ve ever experienced and as fans we really made the best of it.I didn’t go to as many after we got relegated to from the Prem as was mainly picking off new grounds. Before that, loved Villa away in 99. I think we were relegated at 3-3 if memory serves me correctly, Mills’ goal saving us until the last game of the season
Arsenal 4-2 at Highbury. The place was silent when Euell scored the 4th. Chelsea 1-0 midweek with Lisbie’s header late on. Ipswich in the 98 p/off semi. Crewe and Port Vale that same season.Some other random ones I enjoyed were Wolves when we beat them 3-2 in 2000 in the night during our 12 game winning run. Coventry in the cup that year - great turnaround after being 2 down0 -
I went back on the 75 with the kids from Charlton Village. We were trying to rock the bus 😁charltonbob said:
Thinking more of the train journey back to London Bridge. Train got wrecked & some bright spark decided it was a great idea to start setting the seats on fire !!!Baldybonce said:
The 75 bus rocking from side to sidecharltonbob said:
The Holmesdale wasn't just a grass/mud bank it was terracing up to about halfway, after that mud & very slippery. The Holmesdale was never the away end, segregation wasn't really a thing in those days anyway but in general the away support would congregate in what became the supermarket end. Earlier that season 2000 charlton walked from the Valley to shithurst for the league game & arrived before the gates opened. Eventually we got in & there was a small group of Charlton on the Holmesdale with a couple of banners/flags who were attacked by palice. With that everyone charged round to the Holmesdale & eventually we filled the whole end. How do I know we filled the whole end ? A well known bloke named Graham (never knew his surname but a good friend of Chrissie Babar) got nicked & marched along the pitch in front of the Holmesdale. The whole end was punching the air chanting Graham Graham Graham. Most probably didn't know himSoundAsa£ said:FA Cup 3rd Round replay 8th January 1969 at Smellhurst Park……midweek game under floodlights, electric atmosphere, fabulous game, plus one of the most spectacular shots I have ever seen by an Addick…….Ray Tracey screamer from about 25 yards out at The Sainsbury’s end.
I was standing on The Holmesdale Road end, which in those days was an enormous grass/mud bank where the away fans were located. As the ball hit the back of the net absolute mayhem broke out, I was swept off my feet and ended up around 20 feet further down the terrace!Happy days, I was just a few days away from my 21st Birthday, it was an very welcomed early present.🥳
The cup game Charlton were everywhere, there was a bit of trouble on the holmesdale, some said it was west ham, how anybody would know beats me but it was soon over & we just celebrated the famous victory.
The journey home is another story0 -
HooliganBaldybonce said:
I went back on the 75 with the kids from Charlton Village. We were trying to rock the bus 😁charltonbob said:
Thinking more of the train journey back to London Bridge. Train got wrecked & some bright spark decided it was a great idea to start setting the seats on fire !!!Baldybonce said:
The 75 bus rocking from side to sidecharltonbob said:
The Holmesdale wasn't just a grass/mud bank it was terracing up to about halfway, after that mud & very slippery. The Holmesdale was never the away end, segregation wasn't really a thing in those days anyway but in general the away support would congregate in what became the supermarket end. Earlier that season 2000 charlton walked from the Valley to shithurst for the league game & arrived before the gates opened. Eventually we got in & there was a small group of Charlton on the Holmesdale with a couple of banners/flags who were attacked by palice. With that everyone charged round to the Holmesdale & eventually we filled the whole end. How do I know we filled the whole end ? A well known bloke named Graham (never knew his surname but a good friend of Chrissie Babar) got nicked & marched along the pitch in front of the Holmesdale. The whole end was punching the air chanting Graham Graham Graham. Most probably didn't know himSoundAsa£ said:FA Cup 3rd Round replay 8th January 1969 at Smellhurst Park……midweek game under floodlights, electric atmosphere, fabulous game, plus one of the most spectacular shots I have ever seen by an Addick…….Ray Tracey screamer from about 25 yards out at The Sainsbury’s end.
I was standing on The Holmesdale Road end, which in those days was an enormous grass/mud bank where the away fans were located. As the ball hit the back of the net absolute mayhem broke out, I was swept off my feet and ended up around 20 feet further down the terrace!Happy days, I was just a few days away from my 21st Birthday, it was an very welcomed early present.🥳
The cup game Charlton were everywhere, there was a bit of trouble on the holmesdale, some said it was west ham, how anybody would know beats me but it was soon over & we just celebrated the famous victory.
The journey home is another story 0 -
My favourite ever away game. Remember at the time people were saying we took 10k but not sure how accurate that was. It was packed solid and they kept opening more sections to allow more in.holyjo said:FA Cup 3rd Round – 5 January 1985 (White Hart Lane
- Tottenham: Garth Crooks (5’)
- Charlton: Mark Aizlewood (51’)
This was a good day out. Anyone else who went able to say how many of us were there. Felt like a lot of us1 -
100 is ridiculous unless they were fucking Spartans, 100s definitely, 1000s possibly it's a long time ago & impossible to tell even at the time but bearing in mind that we took at least 15000 to shithurst in the replay & Arsenal was our biggest game in many many years, 1000s on the North Bank isn't hard to imagine especially if you were actually there as Charlton were taking it to arsenal all through the game. Not glorifying violence just reporting on what actually happened. Like the 100s of Charlton looting Jewellers, clothes shops & off licences on the way to the game, something I don't think I've ever seen reported but it happened.TN15 said:
From what I remember a lot more than 100 in the North Bank. My first away game.HastingsRed said:
Before my time but heard it was a 'few' more then that.charltonbob said:
100 ? You're having a laugh matem_2 said:Late sixties, Arsenal away in the cup.
About 100 of us in the middle back of the north bank . . .Ducking the volleys of coins coming in from all directions . . .
Giving as good as we got right till the end of the game.1 -
I can exclusively reveal that I started the "We all agree, Aizlewood is better than Hoddle" chantDaveMehmet said:
My favourite ever away game. Remember at the time people were saying we took 10k but not sure how accurate that was. It was packed solid and they kept opening more sections to allow more in.holyjo said:FA Cup 3rd Round – 5 January 1985 (White Hart Lane
- Tottenham: Garth Crooks (5’)
- Charlton: Mark Aizlewood (51’)
This was a good day out. Anyone else who went able to say how many of us were there. Felt like a lot of us4 -
It was carnage at Highbury that day. An yes would have been 500 - 1000 Charlton in the North Bank. The trouble flared consistently throughout the game, but the Charlton remained firmly
on the North Bank middle rear. “We took the North Bank” . A thing that I believe no other club had ever achieved. A massive under estimation of what Charlton would bring to that game, meant Arsenal were totally un prepared for what happened.2 -
I was 17. Drank in a pub called the Robert E Lee on Tottenham high road…. It was rammo in the Charlton end. By memory the spuds were in the tier above us. Singing well see you at the Valley as we left the ground.DaveMehmet said:
My favourite ever away game. Remember at the time people were saying we took 10k but not sure how accurate that was. It was packed solid and they kept opening more sections to allow more in.holyjo said:FA Cup 3rd Round – 5 January 1985 (White Hart Lane
- Tottenham: Garth Crooks (5’)
- Charlton: Mark Aizlewood (51’)
This was a good day out. Anyone else who went able to say how many of us were there. Felt like a lot of us0 -
Forest in the late 80s in the open stand. Lost 4-0, and out fans singing, "We're all wet, you're not!"
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