The week that was - 18th January 1992 Newcastle 3 Charlton 4

HOME & AWAY

St James' Park. Att: 15,738
Newcastle United (3) 3 (Clark 24, Hunt 31, Brock 34) Charlton Athletic (1) 4 (Barness 36, Walsh 73, 76, Pardew 89)

Newcastle: Wright, S Watson, Thompson, O'Brien, Scott, Appleby, Clark, Peacock, Kelly (Howey 66) Hunt (Roche 74) Brock

Charlton: Bolder, Pitcher, Barness, Pardew, Webster, Gatting, Bacon, (Grant 53), Bumstead, Leaburn, Nelson, Walsh (Gritt 81).

Referee: K J Breen (Liverpool)

Ths was only the 2nd time in Newcastles history that they had conceded a three goal lead and lost a game at St James' Park.

ThreadKiller

good crowd!

LenGlover

Al, Al, SuperAl was a bit of a late goal speciallist. I remember him getting the winner in another 4-3, when we beat Southend the day the East Stand opened and my older two daughters made their first trips to The Valley.

One of them was at the Wycombe game and when the crowd were chanting Al, Al, SuperAl SuperAlan Pardew she recalled that goal so it must have made an impression.

Oggy Red

Colin Walsh, velvet left foot, superb player, great bloke.......and he still lives locally.

And scored the first back to The Valley goal......< hero worship>

Ormiston_Addick

Now, THAT's what a call a real Charlton team, just check out that mix of free transfers (Gritty, Pardew, Gatting, Bumstead), cut-price deals (Bolder, Nelson, Walsh, Webster) and youth team players (Barness, Pitcher, Bacon, Grant, Leaburn).

Those really were the days my friends!!!!

Hillsys Up

Whilst having partaking in the corporate hospitality on Saturday afternoon, Bumstead, Walsh and Penfold did the rounds and came in for a chat. Nice blokes, true football nice guys, telling stories of what is was like to play in the magic red shirt and getting paid next to nothing! Walsh now runs a building firm and lives at the top of my road....They still play vets and all look fit for guys who don't train everyday.

northstandsteve

Remember the day well made the coach journey home a lot quicker.Barness scored a corker just before half time to make it 3-1 to the toon.Away games in those days were so much better.

Stone

Charlton connection in the Newcastle line up too. Gavin Peacock is easy to pick out, but that bloke Hunt that scored for Newcastle...... did he 'play up front' ???

BlackForestReds

Wasn't that Ardiles last game as manager of the Toon? Didn't he get the tin-tack straight after?

Elthamaddick

I was there and remember it well, Barney's goal just before half time was down our end, used to stand on a small terrace over in the far corner in those days...

Ormiston_Addick

I was not there that day, I was at college and could not afford it, but anyone who was there can be called a true Charlton fan in perpetuity.

AFKABartram

i remember it well because it was the only away game in a long stretch that i missed, and that happened. When i saw the result i didn't know whether to cheer or cry.

Went up to Bexleyheath broadway civic offices that evening to meet my mates off the coaches, and walked back through the broadway singing Charlton songs, but i felt a bit of a fraud !

Ledge

I am the same Bart didn't go.

But I did go to the midweek win when Gordon Watson scored in a 3-1 win i think so can I be a true charlton fan.

Tavern

Went to this one we were put in a police van back to newcastle station for our own protection

northstandsteve

Wasn't that one when Leaburn scored his first goal when we beat Leeds in playoff

Off_it

I went to the 4-3 game. I remember it vividly because my mate ran onto the pitch and grabbed hold of Nelson, then he got nicked and slung in a cell for a few hours - think he ended up with a £50 fine in the end. Me, being a decent sort of bloke, waited up there for him to get released (when every other git went straight home) and we stood in First Class all the way back as the train was full of rugger buggers coming back from watching England at Murrayfield and that was the only spare bit of space. I can remember the whole train being almost knee deep in empty cans, and people kept offering round swigs from their hip flasks (which were more the size of water bottles you would use in the Sahara!)

Tavern's right about the unusual format the "escort" back to the station took too. A very strange experience all round!

9goalswentpastperry

I missed it too AFKA as i had to attend our annual family day at the pantomime,although as a 15 year old i (rightly) felt i was past having to bother.To rub salt in my wounds it was at Croydon's fairfield halls or whatever it's called so they kept making references to Palace throughout it! On returning to my Palace supporting uncle's car for the drive back to the post panto party(God this is embarrassing to write) the radio said 'and things go from bad to worse for Newcastle' so i immediately knew we'd won,and was even more delirious when i found out the comeback! However, when the dust settled and i'd given my uncle the old Nescafe handshake from the backseat i was livid with my mum for making me go to the bloody panto and i've never been to one since.
Talking of not knowing whether to laugh or cry, my shameful Charlton related tears came after a 4-4 draw at Ipswich in 1990. Once again my mum had said i couldn't go as no one else wanted to go from my lot(a theme that holds true to this day so i'll be at Pompey alone on Sat) .Anyway,when i heard that score and had missed such a goal fest i ran upstairs for a good cry! I never shed a tear at Wembley or on relegation or promotion but being denied a trip to Suffolk was just too much for a young lad.
A final note on that 4-3 Geordies game;in the next edition of Voice of the Valley someone wrote that they'd been umming and aahing about going and didn't bother and so were gutted on hearing the result. The writer's words have stuck with me to this day 'In future, if i can possibly get to the game i will go,as i can't risk this happening again.' I have lived my Charlton supporting life like that ever since but this year,especially solo at Boro before Xmas has been a real test!

9goals.

Off_it

Top supporting 9 goals - i doff my cap to you Sir!

JWADDICK

[cite]Posted By: Off_it[/cite] i doff my cap to you Sir![/quote

At last someone who doesn't bloody "doth" the headwear. Sometimes words do end in the letter F and using it doesn't mean you are speaking estuary

Off_it

Quite so my good man, quite so!

BlackForestReds

A final note on that 4-3 Geordies game;in the next edition of Voice of the Valley someone wrote that they'd been umming and aahing about going and didn't bother and so were gutted on hearing the result


A similar feeling to the one I had when I chose to miss a 5-1 win at Ipswich when Carlo scored his one and only hat-tirck - delighted that we won, but pig sick that I'd chosen to miss it.

northstandsteve

Another great away day in this era was Cambridge United away in anglo-Italian/Full Members or one of them Mickey Mouse cups.Took a day off and met with big Gary Swan (anyone know or remember Gary) in the Bricklayers arms Bexleyheath at 10.30 am.Got on coach about 4.00 pm in the boozer by the cow field about 6.00 pm and Swanny has to look in the paper the next day to see how we got on cause he can't remeber a thing.By the way we lost on pens.Thems were the days.

Tavern

I remember Swanny long time no see though does he still go?

northstandsteve

I probably see him about once a year,but boy did we have some great piss ups on the coach.He used to take a 2 litre bottle of lemonade empty a litre and fill it up again with vodka.

AFKABartram

i remember getting the coach to Derby with his lot, the one where Leaburn chipped it over Shilton. Was a few days after Christmas.

As the coach pulled up at Bexleyheath the steward said 'right, i've got 8 Swans' and 8 of them started quaking and skwarking. These were the days when you could drink and smoke on the coach, one of them had a big bag of weed that they weren't shy in handing round.

Was probably the 'happiest' coach ever to roll into Derby !

The Bricklayers used to regularly open its back door early in the morning for a couple of pints before getting the coach.

Ledge

[cite]Posted By: Tavern[/cite]Went to this one we were put in a police van back to newcastle station for our own protection

I remember the locals well Tavern. rmember queueing up to get and some young kids coming up and spitting on the floor calling us cockney c####

charming

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Just for the Pieman

oohaahmortimer

bump

look who got the winner for us

cafc999

I went - we all went bloody mental when pards got the winner!

You could sense the fear in the crowd when barness got the goal just before half time - Newcastle were on a right bad run at the time!

I also went to the derby game - I remember the derby fans were sitting in the upper tier behind us and when they levelled the score one of them was giving us a right old load of grief.

We then scored one of those goals that seemed to go in via slow motion and with that were all gave the poor chap even more grief than what he gave us - even plod was laughing at him!

magic days! Only missed 6 games that season!

HOME & AWAY

talking of comebacks.....

Carl Leaburn

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