So, were you there? The first round had attracted a bumper crowd of 821 against Birmingham.
Full Members Cup 2nd round. Charlton Athletic 2 (0) (Lee 58, Walsh 59) Bradford City 0 (0) Selurst Park. Att: 817.
Charlton: Bolder, Humphrey Reid, Shipley, Thompson, Shirtliff, Aizlewood, Stuart, Pearson (Melrose 63), Walsh, Peake (Lee 55).
Bradford: Litchfield, Abbott, Goddard, McCall, Oliver, Evans, Hendrie (Clegg 72), Goodman, Leonard, Singleton, Palin (Ellis 51).
Referee: Mike Reed (Birmingham)
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I was there with my nan and grandad (though I didn't go the Birmingham game).
Zheeesh - what a shit competition - though the last minute of normal time against Norwich will live long in my memory for obvious reasons!
Remind me, what happened in the Norwich game. I expect i was there, but cant think what might have gone on (or off!) - last minute goal ???
Very Norwich we equalised at the very end of time added on and then won in extra time.
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Seems to me that these two games have become a bit like the modern equivalent of the old 7-6 game where everyone of a certain age seems to be claiming they were there. If we say that there were 50 away fans at each game that means there were only about 750 Charlton fans who could possibly have been at both games - and I think I must've met 500 of them already!
After we were drawn against Bradford I recall a friend who was a Bradford supporter trying to tease me about the size of the crowd against Birmingham. I informed him that seeing as Birmingham were a much bigger draw than Bradford the crowd would probably be even smaller - and correctly predicted 817.
It was during a run of nearly 300 consecutive home and away games I went to around that time.
These days I'm just a 'plastic'
You ain't wrong! I make it about 15 people on here who reckon they went to both so far, which means this board either has a lot of old school hard core supporters - or else a load of fibbers!
Would be interested to know how many Bradford and Birmingham brought.
apparently according to the bloke from the League/FA I was the first mascot in a wembley cup final....
remember being in the dressing room before the game and then taking shots at Bolder in the warm up.