a friend of my dads went to the game and his elder brother left at half time , when he got home and told his brother the final score his brother gave him a good shoeing!!
My Dad is a friend of Johnny Summers (junior) who just happens to be Millwall fan through and through.
Remember a few years back when i was still a Schoolboy being at his house and he dissapered into the loft and came out holding his Balls (sorry just had to write that)
anyway they were the balls from that game and also from when he scored 5 against Portsmouth(?)
[cite]Posted By: stonemuse[/cite]right back / left back
Right half / centre half/ left half
Right wing / inside forward / centre forward /[strike]outside[/strike]inside forward / Left wing
I think!
Nearly right.
Outside right, inside right, centre forward, inside left, outside left
the term "wing" is a bit more modern at least in common usage.
The '66 World cup winners were referred to as "wingless wonders" and it was really from then that right wing and left wing superseded outside right and outside left.
was nine years old and 1957 was the first year I remember going to the Valley with my mates instead of my dad or uncle. Could walk to the ground so went to every home game. Normally stood behind the goal and with little action behind Huiddersfield's goal I guess we were looking for some distraction at 5-1 so decidied we would see what the game looked like from the big terrace where all the grown ups stood, most of whom had disappeared by now. Saw Charlton score a couple of goals, decided it was rubbish without a telescope and went running back down behind the goal. At the time I always though Charlton got lousy coverage in the papers and I recall being really chuffed with some decent reports to put in my scrapbook which I've still got. As a nine year old I just thought it was just a brilliant Charlton win rather than historic or unusual - probably down to reading Roy of the Rovers every week.
My Dad was at the match - one of his favourite memories. Said he nearly left at half-time - think a few people did. He'd been shopping in Woolwich for my Mum's Christmas present on the way to the match. Every time we scored he threw the parcel up in the air - was lucky not to lose it, and at least it wasn't breakable as it was a twinset!
Don't recall the team being booed in those days- it just groaned and moaned (Spurs have kept up this old tradition). Plenty of "sledging" of individual players by the crowd and personal rants being shared with the whole terrace - bit like an open air chat room..!
Contary to popular opinion I wasn't even born then but my dad was there.
He said that the Charlton crowd as always very fair and not as partisan as some others but at 5 - 1 and against 10 men Huddersfield started kicking Charlton players and the crowd turned and started to get behind the team. The rest is history
This and some other matches (and stories of players) were the stuff of Charlton legends told to me when I was a boy.
The old fella's still a season ticket holder and will be at the Valley on Saturday.
Lancashire Lad is another Lifer who's posted before about being at the Huddersfield match.
I was there, along with the other 300,000 who also claim to be.
Seriously though I do know someone who was there and spoke about it to him today.
Also my dad was there when we had over 70k V Everton, not the record V Villa or whatever. He's (my dad) not a big fan but that sticks in his mind - went with is older brother.
My Dad, Grandad and Uncles would talk about this match when I was a lad in hallowed terms.
At family reunions in the late Sixties/Early Seventies the talk usually started in depressing terms; about how bad shape the club was in, how poor the support had fallen, what mess the Glickstens had caused, how they had failed to invest, how they had sold all the decent players and therefore why the team was doing so badly.
Then to cheer us all up talk turned to happier times.
- To the Third to the First in two seasons
- To runners up at the end of the Third season
- To the FA Cup finals and Chris Duffy, the ball bursting, and coming home with the Cup
- To Big Sam and his heroics
- To the South Africans Leary, Firmani and Hewie
- To the brilliant Swede - Jeppson and how he saved our season
- To the two Jimmys
- To Sailor Brown and Charlie Vaughan
Then in hushed terms they would describe that cold wet December day when Johnny did his stuff.
I got it all:-
- Ufton's injury
- Johnnys change of boots
- 5-1 down with twenty to go
- The Huddersfield equaliser for 6 all
- Buck Ryans winner - the "last" kick of the game, looping over the keepers head
- The mad scenes at the end
So I wasn't born, didn't go, yet feel like I experienced every minute of the game by proxy.
I have just spoken to my Mum about this game. I was 3 at the time and my Mum was in the hospital and had just given birth to my little sister. Apparantly, I was annoyed as I wanted a brother. Anyway, she was still in the hospital and had heard that someone went off injured and because of the score, thought it was my old man. No substitutes in those days.
She was later relieved that it wasn't him that went off.
In '98 I got a chance to hold the ball at the reunion dinner held at the Valley.
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All teams should go back to it, make for some exciting games.
It was always said that the full backs weren't allowed over the half way line
either.
Trying to remember all the position names:
Was it ?, Doesn't look correct, anyone help ?
right back / left back
Right half / centre half/ left half
Right wing / inside forward / centre forward / outside forward / Left wing
Right half / centre half/ left half
Right wing / inside forward / centre forward / outside inside forward / Left wing
I think!
Remember a few years back when i was still a Schoolboy being at his house and he dissapered into the loft and came out holding his Balls (sorry just had to write that)
anyway they were the balls from that game and also from when he scored 5 against Portsmouth(?)
Nearly right.
Outside right, inside right, centre forward, inside left, outside left
the term "wing" is a bit more modern at least in common usage.
The '66 World cup winners were referred to as "wingless wonders" and it was really from then that right wing and left wing superseded outside right and outside left.
I think they just left early...!
He said that the Charlton crowd as always very fair and not as partisan as some others but at 5 - 1 and against 10 men Huddersfield started kicking Charlton players and the crowd turned and started to get behind the team. The rest is history
And no, he didn't leave early as he never did
This and some other matches (and stories of players) were the stuff of Charlton legends told to me when I was a boy.
The old fella's still a season ticket holder and will be at the Valley on Saturday.
Lancashire Lad is another Lifer who's posted before about being at the Huddersfield match.
Seriously though I do know someone who was there and spoke about it to him today.
Also my dad was there when we had over 70k V Everton, not the record V Villa or whatever. He's (my dad) not a big fan but that sticks in his mind - went with is older brother.
At family reunions in the late Sixties/Early Seventies the talk usually started in depressing terms; about how bad shape the club was in, how poor the support had fallen, what mess the Glickstens had caused, how they had failed to invest, how they had sold all the decent players and therefore why the team was doing so badly.
Then to cheer us all up talk turned to happier times.
- To the Third to the First in two seasons
- To runners up at the end of the Third season
- To the FA Cup finals and Chris Duffy, the ball bursting, and coming home with the Cup
- To Big Sam and his heroics
- To the South Africans Leary, Firmani and Hewie
- To the brilliant Swede - Jeppson and how he saved our season
- To the two Jimmys
- To Sailor Brown and Charlie Vaughan
Then in hushed terms they would describe that cold wet December day when Johnny did his stuff.
I got it all:-
- Ufton's injury
- Johnnys change of boots
- 5-1 down with twenty to go
- The Huddersfield equaliser for 6 all
- Buck Ryans winner - the "last" kick of the game, looping over the keepers head
- The mad scenes at the end
So I wasn't born, didn't go, yet feel like I experienced every minute of the game by proxy.
I was indoctrinated into Charlton some time before I ever got to the Valley!
She was later relieved that it wasn't him that went off.
In '98 I got a chance to hold the ball at the reunion dinner held at the Valley.
RIP your Dad.