Vaguely, was my first season of going. I remember the penalty save and being in the stand opposite to where they all ran over, plus being confused by them having yellow balloons as well as blue (I was only 5).
Remember it well, and I too would have thought that there were a lot more than 15,000 in there. Fairly sure that for the entire time we were there some of the West Ham turnstile operators were on the take.
David Whyte was on loan at the time - he only joined permanently a couple of seasons later. Robert Lee was carrying an injury and I think came off at HT. Can't recall if he played the Tranmere game the following midweek, but that might explain why we blew it. By the time we went to Bristol Rovers for the following week we were down to bare bones. i remember Curbs saying that they literally 'walked' through the set pieces in training so as not to risk anyone else.
Cracking day, I remember it well. Like a few on here my most vivid memory was wave after wave of Leicester fans flowing onto the chicken run. Watching from the North Bank I was thinking 'if they decide to have a go, we're gonna get mullered'!
Brings back great memories. I was about 12. Me and a mate were chased up a road by a bunch of Leicester fans after. I used to watch that Whyte goal over and over before I played Sunday league football, in the hope of recreating it. I never did. Lovely memories, thanks for posting.
pwapa naughty that day, remember us all in Manhattan's which was our usual haunt. Micky Rogers sorted a few of our lot out not for the first time, when he managed to free them from the back of a meat wagon.
Remember the game, again more for the Masses of Leicester fans spilling on the pitch. Some got close up to the North Bank & looked like it might get nasty but didn't. Easily 10,000 Leicester there. What a great season & so unlucky with the 7th finish (How many away wins was it 9, 11?) Curbs & Gritt really were the new model management team. Remember seeing the Goals on Saint & Greavsie the following week & them heaping praise on us. St John always had a decent word to say about Charlton.
Remember telling a gym worker down ladywell arena that the unkempt dude on the bike was a ex charlton striker who was complete class he only believed me when he saw him doing skills with a tennis ball outside, see David quite bit around catford never fails to sadden me , what a great player he was and like mendonca in the play off final run the whole show in that leicster game.
Yeah, wasted talent was Whyte. Real pity. Was only ten in 92 so don't really remember this game, but I remeber Whyte being a breath of fresh air in the mid nineties when we were a pretty workmanlike side. Don't get me wrong, I'd loved those teams cos you felt like were giving their all for the club but Whyte had a spark of talent about him that we didn't see much of in those days. As a 12/13 year old it was exciting that we had a player near the top of the scoring charts because before Whyte the closest we'd come to a prolofic goalscorer in my time was Willo (another childhood idol of mine).
Leicester officially had 9000 that day, we went to our normal little pub in East Ham, but decided to head to the North bank early...saw a lot prancing about on the way in but once inside, I wondered what the fuss was about as there didnt seem to be any away fans...then they obviously opened the turnstiles and hoardes of them came piling down the chicken run towards our little group in the bottom corner.....I really thought it was going to go off, but only really a bit of handbags that NLA mentions......The North bank was pretty empty...there were more than usual sitting in the seats, but personally I think 15-16,000 was about right. Being at Trumpton seemed like a breath of fresh air compared to being at Sellout.....I enjoyed our time there.
I was there with my boy.Bit dodgy when the thousands of Leicester started trooping in but we all stayed vocal right to the end.Great goal by Wythe.Yes and the attendance was about right.
My biggest memory of the day was being in the pie and mash shop before hand, and dozens of Leicester fans queuing up and being baffled that they couldn't get fish and chips...
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David Whyte was on loan at the time - he only joined permanently a couple of seasons later. Robert Lee was carrying an injury and I think came off at HT. Can't recall if he played the Tranmere game the following midweek, but that might explain why we blew it. By the time we went to Bristol Rovers for the following week we were down to bare bones. i remember Curbs saying that they literally 'walked' through the set pieces in training so as not to risk anyone else.
Watching from the North Bank I was thinking 'if they decide to have a go, we're gonna get mullered'!
What a great season & so unlucky with the 7th finish (How many away wins was it 9, 11?) Curbs & Gritt really were the new model management team. Remember seeing the Goals on Saint & Greavsie the following week & them heaping praise on us. St John always had a decent word to say about Charlton.
Remember like smudge said walking out if the west ham working man's club and there just being loads of them ,
Seem to recall a fella in a rooster suit, I am sure they had a player who the chicken thing was aimed at ,
Was a great day all round