Two in the last 15 years stick out for me as memorable.
1993 - Leeds away, they were a big club at the time and we got a draw up there. Packed into the corner section, the terrace was full with the seats behind. Real cracking atmosphere, remember Minto clearing one off the line while laying on it, and after the whistle going mad singing 'Palace, Palace out the cup' as they had been knocked out by Hartlepool. We lost the replay 3-1, featured on Match of the Day with John Motson commentating and going on about our 'European standard floodlights' LOL
2001 - Dagenham at home. Boy did they come and give it a go, on and off the pitch. Trouble in the East and West during the game, then down the Rose of Denmark afterwards. Their fans probably made more noise than any other who had come here, especially the old 'digger dagger oi oi oi'. There team really gave it a go and we were very lucky to nick a draw. Stood on their terrace like Welling for the replay and we nicked it in injury time.
Any other third round ties or stories stand out for you ?
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I seem to remember that West Ham were away up north funnily enough.
I remember home V Sheff Wed when we were in the 1st Div and they were Prem. totally played them off the park with some excellent football.
I recall Curbs keep saying that people shouldn't be surprised as they were bottom and we were flying high.
I sat in the West behind the away dug out and kept banging on the the roof! David Pleat was their manager and this made the whole thing even more satisfying as I think he is a cock.
Colchester away in the early 80's was a laugh. They battered us for most of the game, Hales got sent off and we scored a lucky o.g. a couple of minutes from the end. Don't think the ball even reached the net. The stand started to fall apart and remember passing down planks of wood to the front!
Forest 98. Great 4 1 win against our rivals for promotion that year.
Newcastle 97. Kinsella's great strike, and Keegan having a strop.
Leeds away 93. one each, with that clearance by Minto.
West Ham 86. Unlucky that day, against a team that finished 3rd that year.
Ipswich 83. 2 up early on, but lost 3 2
2001 Ground packed full of West ham....sorry Daggers fans most of them in the East stand and all of them total arseholes one in particular got up everybodys nose..big fat mouthy b'stard in a loud yellow shirt,last seen outside the ground being shown the error of his ways!
2007 Got hammered before the game and nearly got ejected but coppers punished me by making me watch the rest of the game!
1987(i Think) Got knocked out of the cup by Walsall 2-1.went 1-up quite early..i think Craig Shakespere scored for them.
They were riding high in the old first division yet a Simonsen inspired Charlton found themselves 2-0 up after 15 minutes or so.
We played really well but the class of Ipswich told as they got it back to 2-2. It all looked set for a deserved replay away at Portman Road but we had a corner and the ball was cleared to Eric Gates who sped away on his own. Les Berry ate up the yards to catch him and tackled him well outside the penalty area. Gates threw himself forward into the box and the drongo of a referee gave a penalty instead of a free kick outside the box. 3-2 Ipswich.
I was proud of the lads that day and briefly thought Mark Hulyer might be the Messiah. Didn't quite happen as we all know only too well!
1968 I think.
About 4 thousand packed into Park View and Welling were really unlucky to lose 1-0. Welling had a decent side with the likes of Gary Abbott, Terry Robbins, Trevor Booker and went on the following seasons to have memorable FA Cup games against Gillinging and Reading.
The Forest game was a bit special too, as was Newcastle at home with Kinsella's first I think as well for the club
I wonder after Tuesday whether he gave SuperKev some lessons as he tried and failed with another one in the second half.
Their Grecian mascot was quite easy on the eye too parading round the ground as I recall!
The reply was fun. Freezing cold night and a train strike which started at 10pm. I remember the fencing being pulled down that separated the two sets of fans and then there was an almighty surge which left me with one shoe. Me and a mate weren't sure which station to get back to and we ended up at Maidstone West (Should have been the Barracks) only to be confronted by about 50 Maidstone 'lads'. One asked my mate where he came from and he said 'Dunno' which was a bit of a giveaway to where we were from. So we did a runner just as we were about to get duffed over. It was lucky that the train was delayed at Maidstone Barracks because I wouldn't have had a clue how to get back to Eltham in 1979.
Another memorable 3rd round match was against Burnley in 1994 for all of the wrong reasons.
Yes it was!! There was a pissed up geezer staggering about and shouting. I remember thinking that if he didn't shut up he'd get a hiding. Someone (who shall remain nameless) smacked him over the head with a pool cue and within seconds about 30 of them piled in from the other side of the pub after pelting us with bottles & glasses. Once I got outside (amazingly just about in one piece) it went on for what seemd like ages, all you could hear was screaming barmaids, breaking furniture & glass and windows being put through. A few of us thought about going back in and helping out but decided against it!!
Agreed, one of my favourite away days for a long time.
Yes, somewhere I wrote about my semi-futile attempt to break up the fighting which resulted in a cut on the side of the head, three stitches and the loss of a fair amount of blood. I did save someone from getting a hiding from a pool cue though.
I got them back in court though, or would have but they pleaded guilty first...
Hmmmmm.....
I also remember this game,
i was standing next to the pool table when it kicked of, it was like a scene out of an old western,Me and this bloke who he was i i have no idea,turned a table up on end and used it as a battering ram to get out of the pub without getting glassed,and thier top dog from memorey was an old bloke with a beard,looked about fifty or so at the time,i rtemeber everyone saying they were all high on coke.......
wasn't it that game that made them introduce cameras in the so called Charlton pubs ?
Remember someone telling me that the guvnor suffered a broken jaw, and all the pool balls were being thrown around the pub.