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POSTMATCH THREAD: League 1 Play-off Final - Charlton Athletic v Leyton Orient | Sunday 25th May 2025
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Match with 12 other family inc. Wife and toddler son
Right mission down to London bridge for Barrow Boy and Banker....
Family done by 7, so back to Wembley and BoxPark to catch N Jones, Small, Chuks, AMB, Leaburm, Mitchell and Gillesphey to a greater or lesser extent
Now in Wembley Premier Inn unable to sleep and going back out
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A proper manager
A proper engaged fanbase
A set of proper owners
2019 felt like the end of something with that squad, 2025 feels like the start
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With the hindsight of 18 months, last January's transfer window was massive. Macca, Coventry, Ramsay, plus REG who was a handy squad player and ended up starting a playoff final for another side.
The board took a lot of stick last season, a lot of it rightly so. But that window was huge. And it's a good reminder, for me anyway, that transfer windows are judged in months and years and not days and weeks.28 -
Agree so many comments. After the game drained. So much tension. Scoring early made rest of game knife edge. Seems a 0-0 until 85th minute a lot less stressful.
But we did it.Well done Nathan Jones.1 -
It's been a long and liquid dayShootersHillGuru said:
Jones has taken his time hasn’t he ?killerandflash said:Chris Powell - took over January 2011, won L1 April 2012
Lee Bowyer - took over March 2018, won the playoffs May 2019
Nathan Jones - took over February 2014, won the playoffs May 2025
In L1, you CAN turn things around quite quickly, with the right manager and recruitment.
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Can everyone not spoil the score for me please? I’ve got it recorded and gonna watch tomorrow43
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Just got back home to Cornwall 10.15pm.
It all seems a bit of a dream.
Knackered. Cup of tea ☕
Toast. Bed.
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PWR, just got home from a fantastic day. Things like this don’t happen to us very often, make the most of it. I’m very pissed.11
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As I explained to my mate.
This is league one football, it ain't great, but you make sure you're fit, you are brave, you make every challenge, contest every header, and kick the ball out of play when the need arises. I salute Nathan Jones, we are rid of League One football!12 - Sponsored links:
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Crying my eyes out with my Dad and my little brother will stay with me for a long long time.Imagine not liking football.I am very drunk. I am very happy.11
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I've just spent the day seeing Charlton win at Wembley..... I can die happy. X8
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Pretty legendary performances from Lloydy and Macca today. A superb defensive play from them that won us the game.
Not on board with the people who say that was a poor performance - we were in control of that match, bar from a 10 minute spell Orient had.7 -
I thought Nathan requesting and waving the Welsh flag 🏴 was a nice touch.
Anyone thought it detracted from the achievement of the team?2 -
Think I may head to Blue Water tomorrow to see if I can meet some of our Wembley heroes!!!8
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Small too.SDAddick said:With the hindsight of 18 months, last January's transfer window was massive. Macca, Coventry, Ramsay, plus REG who was a handy squad player and ended up starting a playoff final for another side.
The board took a lot of stick last season, a lot of it rightly so. But that window was huge. And it's a good reminder, for me anyway, that transfer windows are judged in months and years and not days and weeks.1 -
What a day. What a stadium. What a team.
Days like today make all the shit we go through worth it.
So much man love to our back 5. DOMINANT.11 -
Nathan is what he is, what you see is what you get. Start taking bits away, and he stops being who he is.Arthur_Trudgill said:I thought Nathan requesting and waving the Welsh flag 🏴 was a nice touch.
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Game seemed to fly by. I didn't get any of the worries others have mentioned, it just felt comfortable from start to finish to me. I think that is testament to how good our defence is. Lots of people have, quite rightly, praised Gillespie but I think credit also has to go to Ramsay who was quick, skillful and adept at always being in-line between attacker and goal and Jones who was absolutely immense in the air - I wouldn't be surprised if he won more headers than every other player on the pitch combined. Backing them up, it was great to see that Mannion caught every ball that came near him. No pushes, punches or parries, just tidily gathering everything up. Fantastic result. Credit too to whoever picked the music, it was fantastic that The Red Red Robin was the first song played. What a day!
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Probably as for once, we were not the underdog.WSS said:
They really didn’t want us to win did they?The Red Robin said:
That’s a great summary. Really good watch.Callumcafc said:
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Yeah, Lloyd Jones who was having none of it 😆Arthur_Trudgill said:I thought Nathan requesting and waving the Welsh flag 🏴 was a nice touch.
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Exactly this, other fans hate him but while he's our manager and winning us promotion he can do what he wantsjonno said:
Nathan is what he is, what you see is what you get. Start taking bits away, and he stops being who he is.Arthur_Trudgill said:I thought Nathan requesting and waving the Welsh flag 🏴 was a nice touch.
Anyone thought it detracted from the achievement of the team?
I also think it was a great redemption story for him, he was derided during his brief spell at a Southampton and didn't work out at Stoke which obviously impacted him7 -
Another great summary thanks LookOut!LoOkOuT said:As someone five pints deep, watching up in the gods, we feckin’ done em. They didn’t do shit. We were as good as we had to be.This club is fecking special!
Seriously though your match summaries at the start of the post match threads are the first thing I turn to every Sunday morning downunder.3 -
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What a day. So tired from it all but I'm Addickted to catching up on everything on here and social media.
Went into the game hoping we'd see another very strong defensive performance, because when we do we only need one goal to win a game. Exactly how it played out and to keep 3 clean sheets in 3 playoff games has been outstanding.
Looking forward to seeing how things shape up over the summer and where NJ takes us from here. Last summer we had to rebuild, now we've got real solid foundations to add to and tweak. Without a doubt we need some good signings, but I'm confident we'll bring them in as well as continuing to improve the players we have.
On a personal level nice to have made more of a day of it with my dad, after not being able to in 2019 when we arrived so close to kick off. Charlton at Wembley doesn't come around often, hopefully the next one isn't decades away and is something bigger than the L1 playoff final!10 -
Well worth watching this neutral fan's vlog. The atmosphere from 10.30 is insane
https://youtu.be/Zh7U3Qpw8K4?si=t-QOJYB-gb1qIkoZ 7 -
Please lads I beg you, never league 1 again 🙏🏻18
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Nathan Jones.
Many many thanks, this is a great achievement and you are the main reason.
What a day, what a season.4
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