Friday 12th March 1982. Charlton Athletic 5 (1) L Phillips 40, Walsh 52, Lansdowne 54 67, Gritt 89. Orient 2 (1) Jennings 32 Silkman 78. Att:5,871
Charlton: Johns, Naylor, Elliott, Mehmet, Gritt, L Phillips, Lansdowne, Walsh, Hales, Berry, Robinson. Unused sub: Ambrose.
Orient: Day, Foster, Roffey, Fisher, Gray, Margerrison, Godfrey, Jennings, Moores, Silkman, Hughton. Unused sub: Hallybone.
Referee: Clive Thomas (Treorchy)
This victory was Charltons 12th match unbeaten, the best by any side at that stage of the season. The run was to end the following week on the plastic pitch at Loftus Road where a Clive Allen hat-trick helped Rangers to a 4-0 win.
Derek hales and Paul Walsh both scored 13 goals for the Addicks during this season.
Aston Villa won the European Cup this season, beating Bayern Munich 1-0 in Rotterdam.
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Fortunately for me in the seventies and early eighties we often had Friday evening and other floodlit fixtures which meant that I saw more matches than I would have done otherwise as I played sport on saturdays in those days.
Billy Lansdowne getting a brace. He was distinctly average as I recall Odd that we scored five and yet neither Killer or Martin Robinson scored.
I knew it was right at the end because we'd made our way up to the top of the East terrace by the Sam Bartram gates for a quick exit.
The first game I REALLY remember going to (I'd been to loads more before, but for the life of me I can't remember much about them).
On the other hand, i remember this game like it was yesterday - Nicky Johns threw the ball over the halfway line for Walshy's goal and I remember going, with childlike incredulity: "wow!" and promptly having the piss taken out of me by my uncle.
Christ we were magic in that game - God alone only knows how Orient took the lead. Incidentally, this game led to my name - Leroy was an unused sub and signed my programme. He also ruffled the top of my head (cue more pisstaking from my family) as he did so. I remember thinking he was the coolest bloke I'd ever seen - his afro was wicked.
Lansdowne was a West Ham reject and a bit of an Alan Devonshire wannabe as I recall.
I just looked him up on Wiki and it looks like he finished his career in Sweden: Lansdowne was top scorer in the Swedish league in the 1985 season, scoring ten goals!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Lansdowne
I like looking at team line ups for old games and notice 'Merv the swerve' was in Goal for them and the hapless Nigel Gray ( who later had a disasterous loan for us ) is at Centre Back.
On to the game I remember Leighton Phillips who was a sort of Christian Dailly type defender who obviously had class but his best days were behind him when he joined us scored that night and Billy Landsdowne one of the many Academy products from West Ham scoring a brace.
In those days pre premiership often the top officials took games outside the top flight towards the end of the season. 'The book' was a regular at the Valley.He was controversial though, I think he is probably best remembered for disallowing Zico's goal in the 1978 World Cup because he blew up for full time after the corner had been taken but before the Brazilian had headed into the net.
Blimey seems like CL 2014 made up most of the crowd that night.
Can't see Roland paying out for the extra electricity for the floodlights.
I'm sure Gritt smashed in a late 4th v Orient and I recall being thrashed at QPR, which I think was a midweek game.
My short term memory has been shot for ages and now it seems my long term memory is starting to let me down. Worrying