Charlton play-off info required

Westlands2011

Hi chaps..
Can anyone point me to a match report for the
Charlton v Leeds play-off final first leg from 1987 (1-0 Melrose 87)?
One more thing, did the second leg at Leeds go to extra-time,
or straight to a replay at Birmingham after the 90 minutes?
playoffhistory@hotmail.co.uk
Many thanks
DF

pilchard

I don't recall the 2nd leg going to extra time, I think it was just decided that there would be a replay if the 2legs produced a draw. It was a long time ago and I could be wrong (I was a mere whippersnapper at the time).

DJ Leaburn

Charlton Athletic 2 Leeds United 1, 1987
In 1986 the play-off concept was given the green light with the intention of making the football league more interesting. And it was Charlton Athletic and Leeds United who found themselves in the first final. Two-legs couldn't separate the sides so a decider was arranged to take place at Birmingham's St Andrews Stadium. The score at 0-0, the game went into extra time and Billy Bremner's Leeds drew first blood through John Sheridan. But the The Whites couldn't hold on and the game was won thanks to a double from Peter Shirtliff in the final minutes. With this enthralling battle, 1987 laid the precedent for the fantastic encounters that were to come.

Salad

http://www.ozwhitelufc.net.au/23-05-1987%20Charlton%20Athletic%20v%20LUFC.htm

Bedsaddick

Here is the newspaper report from The Daily Mirror May 25th 1987