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Some Fantastic Old Footage of Charlton

Exiled_AddickExiled_Addick
edited October 2011 in General Charlton
I'm sure many of you are already aware of this fantastic online resource, but I've just been browsing through the Pathe News online archive and there is some fantastic bits of news-reel involving the mighty Addicks. Sadly it seems, in time honoured fashion, we lost nearly everytime the cameras were on us but there's still some fascinating little bits of nostalgia in there. Can any of our older lifers remember attending this game?

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=46215


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  • Paul Walsh 79Paul Walsh 79
    Nice one
  • thai malaysia addickthai malaysia addick
    Brilliant stuff. I remember the pre-match entertainment but must admit I don't remember the 2-2 draw with Portsmouth.
  • GlovepupGlovepup
    Great find, am aware of the site but I just don't think of using it. Love the old style voice, reminds me of the sketches by Paul Whitehouse and Harry Enfield sketches. 
  • MametzMametz
    Thanks for posting that exiled. I was at this game and remember the "Entertainment". I still have the programme for this game.

    How dare you refer to people like me as older lifers!
  • tangoflashtangoflash
    I wonder if curb_it attends bingo on matchdays, leaving us 'men' to enjoy our football?  ;)
  • SoundAsa£SoundAsa£

    Yep...I was there of course.

    First game was in late 57. I missed the Huddersfield 7-6 game by a month or two....damn it.

  • Airman BrownAirman Brown
    A lot of this is on the club's centenary history DVD.
  • ShrewShrew
    edited October 2011
    Just watched some of the bolton game on this, it seems a bit of a myth that somehow the 'modern game is so much quicker' there is an incredible amount of pace and energy, the goalies boot the ball upfield so quickly.  The guys all perched on top of the church spire is quite an image !
  • SoundAsa£SoundAsa£
    Ermmm..............could it be that the speed of the film is much quicker Shrew?
  • ShrewShrew
    I did wonder that.....
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  • WheresmeticketWheresmeticket
    2 all draw with Portsmouth.  I bet we were 2-0 up at half time!
  • SoundAsa£SoundAsa£
    I believe I'm right in saying that Portsmouth is the club which we have played more than any other.
  • Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    I believe I'm right in saying that Portsmouth is the club which we have played more than any other.
    True  96 times in the league.
    2 all draw with Portsmouth.  I bet we were 2-0 up at half time!

    One down, two- one up, then 2 - 2 and all before half time.
  • RedmidlandRedmidland
    Yep I remember it, was there with me old man and grandad....I was about 14 at the time.....thanks for bringing back memories.....I was looking for my old man standing on the East Stand in the video, but couldnt see him, yet he always stood in the same place....oh well never mind.
  • tangoflashtangoflash
    Does anyone know why we're wearing our away kit at home to arsenal in the FA Cup match?
  • CatAddickCatAddick
    Does anyone know why we're wearing our away kit at home to arsenal in the FA Cup match?
    I'm not certain - but I seem to remember back in the day when it was known as a second kit rather than 'away kit', some competition rules stated that it was the home team that had to change if there was a clash (presumably to avoid the away team kit man bringing 22 shirts on the bus just in case the referee complained...)
  • east terrace peanutseast terrace peanuts
    My first ever game aged ten.  Taken by my brother an Arsenal supporter.  I remember being pushed through the crowd on the east terrace down to the front, otherwise I wouldn't have seen a thing!
  • ljm29ljm29
    Brilliant. My first game was an Anglo-Italian pre season friendy in about '94 so I never got to see the old East stand which is a real shame. It was just a pile of mud when I went there.
  • StigStig
    edited October 2011
    Does anyone know why we're wearing our away kit at home to arsenal in the FA Cup match?
    I'm not certain - but I seem to remember back in the day when it was known as a second kit rather than 'away kit', some competition rules stated that it was the home team that had to change if there was a clash (presumably to avoid the away team kit man bringing 22 shirts on the bus just in case the referee complained...)
    I think they do this in rugby.  I was told it was so that home fans get to see the away team in their famous colours - especially when a big team comes visiting.  Not sure why they are that interested in the other team though or how many rugby teams are that big to care about.  I think your "kit man" explanation is probably the better one.
  • SoundAsa£SoundAsa£
    Brilliant. My first game was an Anglo-Italian pre season friendy in about '94 so I never got to see the old East stand which is a real shame. It was just a pile of mud when I went there.


    Actually there wasn't an East Stand............it was an enormous open terrace.

    Maybe you meant West Stand?

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  • Oggy RedOggy Red
    The original stand where the West is today, was known as the Grandstand.
  • Oggy RedOggy Red
    edited October 2011
    And the Covered End was officially referred to by the club as the North Stand.

    The big terrace was called the East Terrace.
  • ljm29ljm29
    Brilliant. My first game was an Anglo-Italian pre season friendy in about '94 so I never got to see the old East stand which is a real shame. It was just a pile of mud when I went there.


    Actually there wasn't an East Stand............it was an enormous open terrace.

    Maybe you meant West Stand?

    I meant East Terrace.
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