Saturday 25th April 1981. Brunton Park. Att: 4,397
Carlise United 1 (0) (Bannon 77) Charlton Athletic 2 (2) (Walsh 17, Robinson 40)
Carlisle: Swinburne, Haigh, Coady, Hamilton, Houghton (McDonald 46), Parker, Coughlin, Campbell, Bannon, Beardsley, Staniforth.
Charlton: Johns, Naylor, Warman, Madden, Berry, Tydeman, Powell, Walsh, Hales, Smith, Robinson. Unused sub: Gritt.
Referee: A Saunders (Newcastle).
Promoted: By beating Carlisle, Charlton regained their second division status at the first attempt. Goals from Hales (23) Paul Walsh (18) and Martin Robinson (13) making up the bulk of The Addicks tally for the season (league and cup).
nb I noticed on the previous page that our 4-0 defeat away at Chester was punctuated by "Play was briefly interrupted when a Charlton supporter removed a corner flag and threw it out of the stadium." Anyone remember that?
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one of the sorts of days I wish I had been around to experience
Was there brought a crate of booze to drink on the train only for Obill to put up a sign as we were quing up to get on train "dry train". had to put it in left luguage. managed to smuggle bottle of vodka on the train though.
I'm afraid I do.
In those days they just chucked you out the ground. I remember trying to watch the game from outside Sealand when some local psuedo scousers decided to have a pop at 'the cockney'. Being a bit lighter on my toes in those days I decided discretion being the better part of valour I'd at least make it difficult for them. It was like a scene from the Keystone Cops, with me running around Sealand shouting 'chase me' and four of them unable to get anywhere near me.
I also remember the team being at the station after the game and Martin Robinson sitting on one of those kit hampers almost in tears.
I think this was my favourite season following Charlton - 11 away wins and saw them all.
It was you? LOL You hooligan. Can you imagine that happening nowdays? You'd be banned for life.
ps I never made this Carlisle game just the '86 version.
I know one of them we were 2-0 down and won 3-2. We got promoted, they got relegated. I also think one of there players scored an own goal. Although I could be totally wrong as at my age the past is getting foggy.
Happy days.
Got absolutely lathered on a bottle of vodka, all the way home singing, "Mike Bailey, Mike Bailey, Mike Bailey, Mike Bailey, Mike Bail-Leeeeeeeee!
Can't remember singing anything else - until we got to Euston where all the Charlton raised the roof singing loads of different Charlton stuff.
For the '81 game we were around at some family friends, who we stood next to on the East Terrace, and we were all huddled around the radio listening to Peter Burrows on LBC.
The team were on the same train as us coming back from Carlise that year, remember mobbing them at the station, they got first go at the buffet car and cleaned out the booze stocks PDQ.
ps I still think Addicted should be retrospectively banned !
Weren't many there and a poxy long train journey home
Our former player Alan Campbell played for the Cumbrians that day as did the youthful Peter Beardsley .I think another former Addick Hugh Mcauley was also on Carlisle's books at the time.
I remember being really disappointed when Bailey departed in the summer and Mullery dismantled the team. I still think Bailey was one of the best managers we had and could maybe have taken us all the way back to the old Division One.
One of my early Charlton heroes, capped for Scotland U-23.....great tricky ball playing midfielder - especially effective linking up with skipper and Wales international Graham Moore in centre midfield of the legendary 68-69 Firmani team.
But best of all was his organisational and leadership qualities.
In my mind, I can still hear him urging the team on at The Valley in that Welsh accent:
"C'Mon, C'MON!"
All I remember is that it was a dry train on the way back but the police let them open the bar as we had just been promoted.