I've been in the Jimmy Seed for a home match some years ago - free tickets given out to the school my mate's mum worked at. Must've been segregated, so I suppose that doesn't really count!
QPR league cup game 1975 at The Valley when we lost 3-0 having held them to a 1-1 draw at Loftus Road. Can't remember why we were at the wrong end now, probably too many pints of ESB in The Tramshed before the game and got confused!
I remember about 9-10 years ago, when we were 'on the up' we played a game that where i think cheap tickets had been introduced, there was a mass walk-up on the day, and half the away section were Charlton. May have been Crewe or Luton, and may even of been on the telly.
I did it on Saturday- The Chelski fans around me must have clocked me because my body language was completely different to theirs- It is hard- and when JFH scored- never has a (male) hand on my leg been welcomed as it was then. ( The guy who took me was concerned i would go up!)
To be honest the hardest thing is not standing out like a sore thumb when the opposition score
Some situations are too difficult- just imagine being in the home end when Romm scored against Palace-!
i sat with medders and addickted (and alan - can't remember his user name da9?) at gillingham away in the cup
we scored after a few mins and al jumped up to celebrate and we all nearly followed but managed to keep quiet. the bloke next to me wasn't joining in the few gillingham chants they had, so i quietly asked him "are you charlton" and he said "i won't tell if you won't". turns out most of our row was charlton, there were a few scattered around. we then promptly lost, we left a few mins before the end and followed a supposedly injured scott parker up the road back to the pub.
forgot to add that it was curb_it's and 1905's fault i wasn't in the bit with all the charlton fans. hmph.
Yeah in the Cold Blow Lane end at Millwall when I was about 13. They know you know, all the other kids of a similar age were looking at me and me mate for most of the game. Lost though mind and I had to celebrate when they scored or we would have got our head kicked in.
That Luton game I think AFKA It was a Bank holiday I think and we sold out. I laughed my bolloks off when my mate who didnt go and buy a ticket with us in favour of going to the pub before couldnt get in the ground. 5 mins drinking time eh?
Went off in the Jimmy Seed end that day for most of the game if memory serves?
Oldest daughter was at Uni in Leicester and students could get cheap tickets in the home end so on the occasions we were away to Leicester I sat in their end with her!
[cite]Posted By: suzisausage[/cite]i sat with medders and addickted (and alan - can't remember his user name da9?) at gillingham away in the cup
we scored after a few mins and al jumped up to celebrate and we all nearly followed but managed to keep quiet. the bloke next to me wasn't joining in the few gillingham chants they had, so i quietly asked him "are you charlton" and he said "i won't tell if you won't". turns out most of our row was charlton, there were a few scattered around. we then promptly lost, we left a few mins before the end and followed a supposedly injured scott parker up the road back to the pub.
forgot to add that it was curb_it's and 1905's fault i wasn't in the bit with all the charlton fans. hmph.
Remember that one. It was fooking freezing. Managed to get you all tickets on my 'Gills membership' (!!!!) as I'd once bought a ticket from them for me and my old man! Crap game, crap day, crap pub.
I think Al is DA1? Met him in the great pub that is the Southern Belle........
Did it on saturday - had a corp ticket in the east stand (our fans off to my left)...I'd had a few and didn't care...was up and jumping about when we scored...trouble was I did it again when Bent 'equalised' - boy did I take some stick from those around me then :-( They didn't mind too much to be honest, as most of them were plastics....few funny looks and 'tutting' under breath, but so what..
Also did it a few years ago at Highbury...again blagged tickets from O2, but was in the home end 'proper'...was with big Jeff (for those who know him)...we were 2-0 down within 2 mins and we were nearly crying... second half a different game and after keeping quiet for the whole first 45 mins, we were up and screaming..particaularly when JJ (I think) hit the post with an overhead kick.. Arse fans a lot less tolerant than Chelsea, but Jeff's a big bloke ;-) Didn't like 'being in amongst them' at half time trying to get a beer....
I sat in the Tottenham end a few years back, Boxing Day I think it was? Can't remember which way round it was, but one team went 2-0 up, and the other got it back to 2-2.... think it was us that went 2-0..... So hard to control yourself.
Good seat too. Boss at work was going away so gave me his ticket. Half way line in the upper teir of the main stand.... Season ticket cost over £800, and that was a few years ago!
naaaah da1 is someone else we all know
al used to change his name all the time from various different names, burberry/bblock/da something or other, but think da9 might be dartfordaddick/elvis!
[cite]Posted By: suzisausage[/cite]naaaah da1 is someone else we all know
al used to change his name all the time from various different names, burberry/bblock/da something or other, but think da9 might be dartfordaddick/elvis!
DA1 was also there I'm sure..... I can remember meeting him in that pub before the game, the one opposite the station....
I know the Al you mean, and I dont remember him sitting with us.
[cite]Posted By: Medders[/cite]I sat in the Tottenham end a few years back, Boxing Day I think it was? Can't remember which way round it was, but one team went 2-0 up, and the other got it back to 2-2.... think it was us that went 2-0..... So hard to control yourself.!
I was also in that area for that match,made me laugh when i knocked the guy in front of me, went to say sorry and realised it was a member of our CASC-branch!
We went 2 up- Also did the tottenham one when we won and put them in the relegation places- That was very nice!! :-)
Chelsea away when we won 1-0 in the last minute, was sitting opposite the Charlton fans, and half jumped when Lisbie scored the winner, saved by a Chelsea supporting mate behind me who pushed me down into my seat, all I could do was turn round and wink at him with a resigned look on my face!
[cite]Posted By: suzisausage[/cite]naaaah da1 is someone else we all know
al used to change his name all the time from various different names, burberry/bblock/da something or other, but think da9 might be dartfordaddick/elvis!
DA1 was also there I'm sure..... I can remember meeting him in that pub before the game, the one opposite the station....
I know the Al you mean, and I dont remember him sitting with us.
al was about 3 rows in front on the end of the aisle, it was clearly visable when he jumped up. yeah da1 was with him i think.
Sat in the home end at Highbury twice, once in 86/87 and more recently in 2004/2005. Lost both times. Sat (well stood) in the Jimmy Seed on a winters night when mendonca scored 2 past us. I worked on the turnstiles at the time and happened to be doing the away end. Was very quite (only about 180 grimsby came down) and couldn't be arsed walking the length of the ground to find a seat, so me and my mate ended up in an empty block in the away end with a couple of bored looking stewards.
My Dad took me to to the Old Den for the First time, I think the away end must have been sold out. It was during our Promotion season from Selhurst. We were a goal down after about two minutes, it was a bloodbath of a derby I think 10 players were booked in total. I remember the ball coming across right on half time and Jim melrose sliding in at the near post & making it one all. I jumped up and down a couple of times & my Dad quickly relocated us to another part of the ground (No seats back then) just before I got a good kicking. Even better we scored again in Injury time that half to go in 2-1 up. Think it ended up 2-2. Would never dream of being so stupid now though.
First game back at The Valley V Portsmouth! Was at work on the Sat morning having left getting a ticket to late,when a mate in the same situation called me and reminded me that there was no way that we should miss such a big day.So with out to much notice i told colleages that i would see them at about 6pm and promptly left! When we got to the ground the streets were alive & buzzing,a little different to the last match there V Stoke.We were unable to get to close to ground as the police were checking to make sure people had tickets.We hoped maybe the touts were active? but could not find one of them anywhere!In desperation we decided to pretend that we were touts ourselves and started walking up & down Charlton Church Lane offering to buy any spare tickets(in the same way that the touts used to walk along Wembley Way)We struck lucky! a group of Pompey lads called us over and had 2 spares,one for the Covered end and in the West Stand away section. i lost the toss and ended up in the middle of the Pompey !Memories in the ground were of seeing Roger Alwin alone underneath the temp West stand walking around i guess making sure all was well? As for the match itself(i arrived to late for the legends etc coming on the pitch) i just sat down quietly looking round taking it all in just glad to have got in at all.The atmosphere within the away supporters was a little subdued,although the bloody bell about 6-7 rows in front to my right was annoying to say the least but even that seemed to stop winding me up for some reason? i was in my own world in a daze unable to communicate with anyone,until THAT GOAL! i jumped up alone.realised what i had done called the ref a twat at the same time getting a concerned look from the guys who sold me the ticket,i sat straight back down hoping my secret was safe? The Pompey lads kept looking over to me and smiling having remained undiscovered.The people sitting directly either side of me eventually caught on and seemed unconcerned which meant that i could talk a little more openly without having to pretend that i knew the Pompey player's names etc.At the final whistle we said our goodbyes and i disappeared into the departing crowd met my friend,got back to work and then went for a long overdue pint. A weird day all in all but not to be missed.
away at luton when no away supporters were allowed, i was promised a complimentry ticket through someone who knew morts. got to luton, drinking in the brewery tap before the game when a 'pre arranged ticket delivery' took place with loads of charlton in the pub, but me being me i said no thanks, i've got my comp to pick up. 6 pints later at 10 to 3 i'm at the ticket collection place but my ticket is not there and i'm not gonna get 1. so round to the other end i trot and start asking random people for a spare ticket. after a couple of people turn me down a lad of about 15 says he'll 'sign me in' so to speak as he is a luton member. i fill in a form, pay my money, get my ticket, go through the turnstile and eureka, i'm in. unfortunately i don't actually make it to the stand as 2 blokes that had turned down my request for tickets had clocked me and grassed me up. i was taken to a police cabin thingy where they asked me the name of the lad that signed me in, i didn't know. they took my mug shot and banned me from the ground. as i was leaving the young lad was having his membership terminated (probably done him a favour). i managed to get in for the 2nd half by bribing a steward to see us lose 1-0. a few weeks later, to my delight my father (who worked for cafc) had the pleasure to inform me that i was on the f.a./police criminal intelligence beaureau thingy for football violence as they had sent the club an update of potential thugs.
Christ I do that all the time :-) Got a lot of friend who support other London sides.
I was escorted from Stamford Bridge a few years ago for celebrating Lisbies winning goal, the stewards had abviously clocked me and jumped on me as soon as i stood up they said were doing me a favour as i wouldn't have got out otherwise! Arsenal 2-4 away I was pissing myself I couldn't help but stand up to cheer but had to turn it into a throwing hand type gesture at the arsenal defence. They were pissing and moaning leaving in their droves after 60minutes, the gooner mate said that if i stood up again he'd let everyone know who i was supporting...
Heard a great story about a Spurs fan in the away end at Chelsea Chelsea leading 2-0 last few minutes of the game when Spurs score an absolute cracker bloke behind him goes up with a 'yessss' so Spurs bloke does the same only to get a tap on the shoulder "I'm cheering because i've got £50 on a 2-1 score line, whats your excuse?!"
I stood on the North Bank when Arsenal beat us 4-0 in the '80s, I went with an Arsenal fan, we tossed to decide whether we'd go in the home/away end and I lost.
I got a free seat behind the goal at Selhurst when we lost one-nil to CP in the mid-90s, HH I think was playing for Palace that day and I once had a ticket for the Director's box when we played Millwall. That was the occasion that we drew 2-2 after being two up with five minutes to play...
I lingered in the bar in the Director's box after the game and Lennie came in, I managed a few words but boy was he pissed off, through gritted teeth he muttered something about careless footballers and stormed off.
Regularly get taken by IBM to see Man Utd v Charlton been the last few years, in the proper hospitality up until last season, had to sit with fewer prawn eaters this year....
However there is not much to sit on ones hands about at Old Trafford.
QPR league cup game @ Loftus Road...Not sure on the year, but was an evening game...Think we won 3-2 though? Maybe 2-1 or 3-1? Cant remember exactly. We'd sold out our allocation so me and the old man got tickets in one of the QPR stands. Went nuts for every goal, had the odd dodgy look but nobody seemed to really care.
I was at that QPR game too, was working close by and decided to pop along - '98? Actually, hadn't been to football for bloody ages then, but made the spur-of-the moment decision to go.
Ended up sitting with these old geezers in the South Africa Road stand all complaining about how this was the worst they'd seen QPR since 1958... "no, 1956!" - this was when they were in freefall. I can't remember the score either.
Chelsea away in the cup about 1994, lost 3-0 got a ticket through friend of a friend, went drinking with them in a club near the ground before the game. The Chelsea fan sat on my right took more than an hour to tumble that I was Charlton !!! We hardly had a shot all game so I wasn't in too much danger :(
Fulham away in the cup the other year, me mate who is a promoter came up with a corporate day a couple of weeks before against Liverpool, paid for by Budweiser, free booze, 3 course meal, etc, etc. So hethe tells me he has the same thing for Fulham away in the cup, great i thought, me mate said he would come as well, we had to dress smart as we would have to be in the directors lounge, etc, etc. So, we get there early for the free beer, all Fayeds mates walking in front of us to the fcuking bell boy or whatever he is, and he stops me and me mate and says 'can I help you?' Well to cut a long story short, nobody had ever heard of the geezer who was putting our tickets aside, spent the rest of the day trying to get tickets, they didnt have any on sale on the day because of segregation I think, tried lying with names at the ticket collection point to no avail, and the touts were asking about £40, so we fcuked it off and went and watch Man utd beat West Ham about 7-0 in a pub near the ground.
Had to laugh when we lost 3-0, thinking about all the Charlton with them silly masks!!
Crystal Palace Away in the Play Offs. Sat in The Arthur Wait Stand. When Palarse scored i pushed this Palarse fan who was in my face down the steps and got thrown out.
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Must've been segregated, so I suppose that doesn't really count!
To be honest the hardest thing is not standing out like a sore thumb when the opposition score
Some situations are too difficult- just imagine being in the home end when Romm scored against Palace-!
we scored after a few mins and al jumped up to celebrate and we all nearly followed but managed to keep quiet. the bloke next to me wasn't joining in the few gillingham chants they had, so i quietly asked him "are you charlton" and he said "i won't tell if you won't". turns out most of our row was charlton, there were a few scattered around. we then promptly lost, we left a few mins before the end and followed a supposedly injured scott parker up the road back to the pub.
forgot to add that it was curb_it's and 1905's fault i wasn't in the bit with all the charlton fans. hmph.
Went off in the Jimmy Seed end that day for most of the game if memory serves?
i remember i was in the jimmy seed and kept looking over to the away corner and seeing faces i recognised !
Remember that one. It was fooking freezing. Managed to get you all tickets on my 'Gills membership' (!!!!) as I'd once bought a ticket from them for me and my old man! Crap game, crap day, crap pub.
I think Al is DA1? Met him in the great pub that is the Southern Belle........
Also did it a few years ago at Highbury...again blagged tickets from O2, but was in the home end 'proper'...was with big Jeff (for those who know him)...we were 2-0 down within 2 mins and we were nearly crying... second half a different game and after keeping quiet for the whole first 45 mins, we were up and screaming..particaularly when JJ (I think) hit the post with an overhead kick.. Arse fans a lot less tolerant than Chelsea, but Jeff's a big bloke ;-) Didn't like 'being in amongst them' at half time trying to get a beer....
Good seat too. Boss at work was going away so gave me his ticket. Half way line in the upper teir of the main stand.... Season ticket cost over £800, and that was a few years ago!
al used to change his name all the time from various different names, burberry/bblock/da something or other, but think da9 might be dartfordaddick/elvis!
DA1 was also there I'm sure..... I can remember meeting him in that pub before the game, the one opposite the station....
I know the Al you mean, and I dont remember him sitting with us.
I was also in that area for that match,made me laugh when i knocked the guy in front of me, went to say sorry and realised it was a member of our CASC-branch!
We went 2 up- Also did the tottenham one when we won and put them in the relegation places- That was very nice!! :-)
al was about 3 rows in front on the end of the aisle, it was clearly visable when he jumped up. yeah da1 was with him i think.
When we got to the ground the streets were alive & buzzing,a little different to the last match there V Stoke.We were unable to get to close to ground as the police were checking to make sure people had tickets.We hoped maybe the touts were active? but could not find one of them anywhere!In desperation we decided to pretend that we were touts ourselves and started walking up & down Charlton Church Lane offering to buy any spare tickets(in the same way that the touts used to walk along Wembley Way)We struck lucky! a group of Pompey lads called us over and had 2 spares,one for the Covered end and in the West Stand away section. i lost the toss and ended up in the middle of the Pompey !Memories in the ground were of seeing Roger Alwin alone underneath the temp West stand walking around i guess making sure all was well? As for the match itself(i arrived to late for the legends etc coming on the pitch) i just sat down quietly looking round taking it all in just glad to have got in at all.The atmosphere within the away supporters was a little subdued,although the bloody bell about 6-7 rows in front to my right was annoying to say the least but even that seemed to stop winding me up for some reason? i was in my own world in a daze unable to communicate with anyone,until THAT GOAL! i jumped up alone.realised what i had done called the ref a twat at the same time getting a concerned look from the guys who sold me the ticket,i sat straight back down hoping my secret was safe? The Pompey lads kept looking over to me and smiling having remained undiscovered.The people sitting directly either side of me eventually caught on and seemed unconcerned which meant that i could talk a little more openly without having to pretend that i knew the Pompey player's names etc.At the final whistle we said our goodbyes and i disappeared into the departing crowd met my friend,got back to work and then went for a long overdue pint.
A weird day all in all but not to be missed.
i was taken to a police cabin thingy where they asked me the name of the lad that signed me in, i didn't know. they took my mug shot and banned me from the ground. as i was leaving the young lad was having his membership terminated (probably done him a favour).
i managed to get in for the 2nd half by bribing a steward to see us lose 1-0.
a few weeks later, to my delight my father (who worked for cafc) had the pleasure to inform me that i was on the f.a./police criminal intelligence beaureau thingy for football violence as they had sent the club an update of potential thugs.
I was escorted from Stamford Bridge a few years ago for celebrating Lisbies winning goal, the stewards had abviously clocked me and jumped on me as soon as i stood up they said were doing me a favour as i wouldn't have got out otherwise! Arsenal 2-4 away I was pissing myself I couldn't help but stand up to cheer but had to turn it into a throwing hand type gesture at the arsenal defence. They were pissing and moaning leaving in their droves after 60minutes, the gooner mate said that if i stood up again he'd let everyone know who i was supporting...
Heard a great story about a Spurs fan in the away end at Chelsea Chelsea leading 2-0 last few minutes of the game when Spurs score an absolute cracker bloke behind him goes up with a 'yessss' so Spurs bloke does the same only to get a tap on the shoulder "I'm cheering because i've got £50 on a 2-1 score line, whats your excuse?!"
I got a free seat behind the goal at Selhurst when we lost one-nil to CP in the mid-90s, HH I think was playing for Palace that day and I once had a ticket for the Director's box when we played Millwall. That was the occasion that we drew 2-2 after being two up with five minutes to play...
I lingered in the bar in the Director's box after the game and Lennie came in, I managed a few words but boy was he pissed off, through gritted teeth he muttered something about careless footballers and stormed off.
However there is not much to sit on ones hands about at Old Trafford.
Ended up sitting with these old geezers in the South Africa Road stand all complaining about how this was the worst they'd seen QPR since 1958... "no, 1956!" - this was when they were in freefall. I can't remember the score either.
in a club near the ground before the game. The Chelsea fan sat on my right took more than an hour to tumble that I was Charlton !!! We hardly had a shot all game so I wasn't in too much danger :(
So, we get there early for the free beer, all Fayeds mates walking in front of us to the fcuking bell boy or whatever he is, and he stops me and me mate and says 'can I help you?' Well to cut a long story short, nobody had ever heard of the geezer who was putting our tickets aside, spent the rest of the day trying to get tickets, they didnt have any on sale on the day because of segregation I think, tried lying with names at the ticket collection point to no avail, and the touts were asking about £40, so we fcuked it off and went and watch Man utd beat West Ham about 7-0 in a pub near the ground.
Had to laugh when we lost 3-0, thinking about all the Charlton with them silly masks!!