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What's the most sporting moment you've ever seen involving a Charlton match ?
CombeMartin
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When we won promotion to the old 1st division under Lennie Lawrence, we clinched it in the 2nd to last game away to Carlisle. The Charlton fans were on the side opposite Carlisle's main stand and in those days there were still big tall fences around the ground to stop pitch invasions.
The result was crucial to both sides, a win for Charlton would clinch promotion but relegate Carlisle.
Carlisle went 2-0 up in the 1st half but Charlton pulled it back to 2-2 before halftime, and then got the winner in the 2nd half to win 2-3.
Despite getting relegated, the Carlisle stewards opened the gate in the fence and allowed a big mob of Charlton fans to run across the pitch, where they got hold of Lennie, sat him on someone's shoulders and then in one big close nit mob, ran back across the pitch to where the rest of the Charlton fans were still standing for a joint celebration.
Considering that Carlisle had just been relegated, that's the most sporting thing I've ever seen !
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The result was crucial to both sides, a win for Charlton would clinch promotion but relegate Carlisle.
Carlisle went 2-0 up in the 1st half but Charlton pulled it back to 2-2 before halftime, and then got the winner in the 2nd half to win 2-3.
Despite getting relegated, the Carlisle stewards opened the gate in the fence and allowed a big mob of Charlton fans to run across the pitch, where they got hold of Lennie, sat him on someone's shoulders and then in one big close nit mob, ran back across the pitch to where the rest of the Charlton fans were still standing for a joint celebration.
Considering that Carlisle had just been relegated, that's the most sporting thing I've ever seen !
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Middlesbrough away in the same promotion season. Half their ground had been closed after Heysel/Bradford and the few of us that had travelled up were stuck in an uncovered corner. To make things worse, it was pissing down and there was no food or drink available.
After a while, the old bill decided to let us sit in the closed, covered stand next to us and even gave out Bovril from the urn in their van.
We won 3-1 and remember the stewards saying how well we'd played and good luck for the rest of the season.
Probably doesn't sound that remarkable now but in those days, away fans were treated like animals at most grounds.21 -
March 2000, when we presented cash-strapped (in administration) and bottom of the table Swindon Town with a cheque to keep their youth team afloat just before kick-off in our home game against them and then decided to let them end our 12 game winning run with a 1-0 defeat.27
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Remember that game at Middlesbrough. Bloody freezing and the drinks from the police van were most welcome2
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I was at that mate. Went a bit west for us later for various reasons. Ended up staying in Redcar for 3 days. Its a bloody long storyDaveMehmet said:Middlesbrough away in the same promotion season. Half their ground had been closed after Heysel/Bradford and the few of us that had travelled up were stuck in an uncovered corner. To make things worse, it was pissing down and there was no food or drink available.
After a while, the old bill decided to let us sit in the closed, covered stand next to us and even gave out Bovril from the urn in their van.
We won 3-1 and remember the stewards saying how well we'd played and good luck for the rest of the season.
Probably doesn't sound that remarkable now but in those days, away fans were treated like animals at most grounds.2 -
I was there for that one, I thought it was 3-0 to us, but memories fade for me sometimes now. In those days I just used to go to the (away grounds) ticket office and buy a ticket for the side for my Dad and me, usually sitting/standing among home fans. Nothing against standing with Addicks fans, but I hate watching from behind the goal. I grew up standing on the East terrace and couldn't get used to the ends.
In the following season, I went to every away game, dad with me most of the time, and just went to the ticket office at Anfield, Old Trafford, Goodison etc etc.6 -
Orient only setting up a four-man wall76
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That infamous Forest at home night game when they got in the Covered End and fighting was still going on in Charlton at Midnight.
In the bar at half time a forest fan pulled an axe on me but his mate told him to put it away.
Very sporting i think.23 -
Another one that springs to mind was the then Coventry manager Gordon Strachan at home during our first Premier League season. We were 1-0 down and the ball went off for a throw in by the away dug out. The guys on the bench were keeping hold of the ball but Strachan turned round and shouted at them to give it to us.2
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When Steve Brown got himself sent off, simply so that we could all enjoy throwing paper planes on to the pitch.18
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In Curbs' last season, we played Chelsea at The Valley and lost 2-0. At one point the ball was knocked out of play for a throw and a ballboy stuck his hand out to stop it. It hit pretty hard, and he was flapping his hand around in pain. Arjen Robben went over to him and gave him a high five. A nice moment.4
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In 2000, Swindon were in financial trouble so we gave them the half time jackpot money for their youth team to go to the Milk Cup in Belfast
And we gave them the 3 points!3 -
Michael Grey missing the penalty in the play off final, thus preventing all the attending fans from being over stressesd.8
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We were very sporting under Dowie, Reed and Pardew in our last season in the Premier League, handing out 3 points all over the place!6
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Redcar for three days!!!!!Greenhithe said:
I was at that mate. Went a bit west for us later for various reasons. Ended up staying in Redcar for 3 days. Its a bloody long storyDaveMehmet said:Middlesbrough away in the same promotion season. Half their ground had been closed after Heysel/Bradford and the few of us that had travelled up were stuck in an uncovered corner. To make things worse, it was pissing down and there was no food or drink available.
After a while, the old bill decided to let us sit in the closed, covered stand next to us and even gave out Bovril from the urn in their van.
We won 3-1 and remember the stewards saying how well we'd played and good luck for the rest of the season.
Probably doesn't sound that remarkable now but in those days, away fans were treated like animals at most grounds.
Three minutes is too long…..possibly the biggest dump I have ever been to in The UK, the thought of you staying there for three days is truly regrettable.
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Don't want to start a pile on but I went to Redcar 2 months ago to pick up a car part from some bloke on ebay and it is a proper shithole.0
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I remember this game well. I wasn't very old and was on the east terrace with my dad watching the action (in the covered end) unfold. Created a great atmosphere from where I was standing!. It was a cracking game too that we won 2-1 if my memory serves.Baldybonce said:That infamous Forest at home night game when they got in the Covered End and fighting was still going on in Charlton at Midnight.
In the bar at half time a forest fan pulled an axe on me but his mate told him to put it away.
Very sporting i think.0 -
I was at that game it was freezing and remember it as you say. 1st time I'd had bovril I didn't care it was hot!DaveMehmet said:Middlesbrough away in the same promotion season. Half their ground had been closed after Heysel/Bradford and the few of us that had travelled up were stuck in an uncovered corner. To make things worse, it was pissing down and there was no food or drink available.
After a while, the old bill decided to let us sit in the closed, covered stand next to us and even gave out Bovril from the urn in their van.
We won 3-1 and remember the stewards saying how well we'd played and good luck for the rest of the season.
Probably doesn't sound that remarkable now but in those days, away fans were treated like animals at most grounds.
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Every time we play millwall and roll over and give them 3 points.2
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When we got annihilated by Hull a few years back (Christ, it was almost a decade ago now!) a steward told me off for taking a sip from my hip flask early on in the match. As the fourth goal went in before halftime he came back up to me and said “ah go on, you can have your drink now, you’ll probably be needing it”!18
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Charlton letting Birmingham win on the last day of the season 1993 so Brum could avoid relegation and ensure our fans could make it out of St Andrews alive.6
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This automatically made me think of Jackson squirting water on the pitch against against Doncaster when it ended up getting called off because of the rain. I can't recall the season but I'm pretty sure we were 3-1 down (?) and Donny players were out with brooms trying to clear it!
We ended up winning the make-up fixture.3 -
Doncaster in the meantime went down... on Goal Difference...DartfordAddick said:This automatically made me think of Jackson squirting water on the pitch against against Doncaster when it ended up getting called off because of the rain. I can't recall the season but I'm pretty sure we were 3-1 down (?) and Donny players were out with brooms trying to clear it!
We ended up winning the make-up fixture.
Although it was also a Birmingham City equaliser at Bolton in the 93rd minute that decided that too
God had decided that Donny were never escaping relegation that season lol!0 -
We have time!Greenhithe said:
I was at that mate. Went a bit west for us later for various reasons. Ended up staying in Redcar for 3 days. Its a bloody long storyDaveMehmet said:Middlesbrough away in the same promotion season. Half their ground had been closed after Heysel/Bradford and the few of us that had travelled up were stuck in an uncovered corner. To make things worse, it was pissing down and there was no food or drink available.
After a while, the old bill decided to let us sit in the closed, covered stand next to us and even gave out Bovril from the urn in their van.
We won 3-1 and remember the stewards saying how well we'd played and good luck for the rest of the season.
Probably doesn't sound that remarkable now but in those days, away fans were treated like animals at most grounds.3 -
The Birmingham fans were very sporting when we came out of the play off final game at St Andrews against Leeds, when the Leeds fans wanted to kill us, they told us to fcuk off home whilst they dealt with them.5
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Perhaps you shouldn’t have bought the car then ! 😉😆cafcnick1992 said:Don't want to start a pile on but I went to Redcar 2 months ago to pick up a car part from some bloke on ebay and it is a proper shithole.0 -
The Burnley fans using their title winning pitch invasion at The Valley to march over to the Covered End and start chanting We Want Roland Out26
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All correct, and if this game had carried on with a Doncaster victory they would have stayed up that season.DartfordAddick said:This automatically made me think of Jackson squirting water on the pitch against against Doncaster when it ended up getting called off because of the rain. I can't recall the season but I'm pretty sure we were 3-1 down (?) and Donny players were out with brooms trying to clear it!
We ended up winning the make-up fixture.
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When Appleton sat us back to defend and play for a point at home to Oxford who eventually won it with a screamer of a goal. Very sporting of him to offer the points to them.0
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I heard of one alleged incident of a young lady handing out favours in the toilets at Fulham one year, make up your minds if sporting or not!0
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A bit of Craven CottagingDA9 said:I heard of one alleged incident of a young lady handing out favours in the toilets at Fulham one year, make up your minds if sporting or not!17
