I was listening to the game with SSN on mute, missus helpfully cleaning the fish tank out, not even realising she was in at times so focused on the football. I watched Sunnyhillboy lose by a hair and my winnings significantly reduced just as BWP scrambled it home, never before have i lost a race in a photo and seconds later be jumping up and down on my sofa waving a cushion above my head.
Just sat shaking like a leaf waiting for the Sheff Wed FT, soon as that was in i just stood in silence with my arms in the air thinking about the last few years and the amount of shit we've been through and all the depressing times, watching the pitch invasion on SSN. Definitely was a tear brewing at least.
My Grandad doesn't have long left at all, and he's the reason i'm Charlton, i'm just glad he got to see such a good day for Charlton once more.
JT, exactly the same story with my Grandad mate!Such an emotional day for everyone involved, im so pleased for Sir Chris to do it on his Mums birthday as well!A great great day in our history and this is just the start of it guys!
I love this football club so so much and I wouldnt change it for anything in the world!
Enjoy it boys and girls, we can once again stand very very proud of our club!
I went out in the car for a drive, then couldn't bring myself to listen for the score. I plucked up courage to hear the half time score, then switched the radio off, drove around - I am not sure where. At 16.53, I tuned into 5 Live to hear Juliet Ferrington announce that we had done it - actually she didn't need to as the noise from the Addick faithful was coming over loud and clear.
I let out a huge "yes!!!!!" and punched the air - then the emotions took over and the tears came.
I wish I was there to share in the joy. It for these moments that we live.
I thought back to the first promotion I experienced against Preston in 1974/5. They scored first, then the missed penalty, the equaliser - was it over the line? And finally the two goals from Killer to win the game. It is all about highs and lows. The lows (and boy have there been some - especially lately) makes the highs of days like today more special!
Like others I wish my Dad was here to share it with.
This is a very special Charlton team, led by an extra-ordinary manager.
I shed another tear watching FLS and seeing his emotion. Thank you Chris from the bottom of my heart, you are a total class act and a true legend.
Been at every promotion winning game since 75 until today that is when family commitments kept me from making a hat-trick of successful vists to Carlisle. The carefree days of trundling around the country watching my club have now largely gone instead I watched events unfold on SSN with my boy who until now has only endured relegations and largely monotone teams playing dreary football in the third tier of English football.
He loves his club just as I do but after some of the rubbish we have suffered together in recent years you do at times wonder whether it is fair to burden your kids with the same afflicition you have carried for 40 years? But today sharing hugs and high-fives with him at the final whistle and seeing him run around the garden like a mad thing and then sing at the top of his voice at the telly when SCP's interview was on makes you realise that despite those occasional misgivings it is all worth it after all.
Seeing the smile on his face today made me think back to the night at the Valley back in 75 when I witnessed my first promotion as a Charlton fan and rememberring that feeling that just maybe my club was finally going somewhere and you just can't wait for the ride to start. Well my boy has finally had his chance to relish a great day for his club and lets hope that with SCP it can be the first of many happy days to come, maybe even this old diehard might start believing again too.
Well did I shed a tear today, what do you think..........?
Like it has already been said here....SCPs interview regarding his Mum. That touched me straight away.
The club we love, fallen from grace, to be majestically rescued in the most astonishing fashion by one of its greatest ever legends and a true gentleman of the game. How can that not bring a tear?
Super post Eric. Don't worry about your son being burdened. I honestly believe that there is more pleasure to be had through following you club through the tough times and then being rewarded by a simple promotion, than all the plastic-fans will get in a lifetime of winning one trophy after another that is totally meaningless to them because they genuinely do not know what it is to properly support a club. But your boy does.
I did whist doing the match thread after we scored,found it difficult to keep it together, so just let it out.....took a few moments then the match thread needed completing.
I very much doubt if anyone else was sufficiently with it to notice. What really got to me in the end was the guy on CAFC player continually asking what the score at Colchester was. In the end I opened up the Colchester commentary on my desktop so I didn't have to rely on 3rd hand confirmation.
Then the champagne ran out way too soon......that brought tears to my eyes
I have to admit, I followed the score and got the result and greeted it with pleasure but no tears, just a sense of warmth. Just watched CP on the FL show and yes that has broughta tear to my eye.
Sorry but co, there's more serious shit in life to cry about. I don't want to be one of those punters that are shown bubbling on the telly every time their team wins or loses or has a notable draw. Unwelcome modern phenomenon I can support a football team perfectly well without having to act like a two year old with a skinned knee. [\curmudgeonlyness]
Didn't begruge the architect his waivering voice on the BBC interview though.
I had moved after the goal as I was right at the corner flag and I had my two young sons with me,there was going to be an invasion and after my last attempt (two yards and a hamstring gone!)I decided against it. We moved back to the stairs and I was holding the small one in my arms so he could see when the final whistle went "Dad why are you crying?" As many have said on here they wished they could share it with people no longer with us,I thought of my Dad taking me to the Valley when I was small and running up and down the East Terrace and the last time we went together to the Tranmere game in 97 when he was ill with Leukemia.A special day.
Plenty, plenty of tears. For the many whose thoughts race towards those folks not here to share the feelings, well all of those folk were there, are here. In too many short years when I am no longer around I already know my son will be experiencing it, and feeling it on great occasions in the future, just as I know my own dad understands how I feel right now.
No tears from me but as club we've been through the wringer these past few seasons so I understand why people feel emotional enough to shed a tear. Very proud to be an Addick today and always.
It always pains me when I see or hear others slating football fans for crying. What they fail to realise is that is 90% about the experience that fan has had with that club over so many years OFF the pitch rather than what is happening on the pitch. Its about the memories, highs and lows you've had with your loved ones following something so dear to your heart that it makes you that much closer to them.
Me and my Dad go to 75% of all away games together. He couldn't be there yesterday. He was watching the scores come in on SSN. The second that goal went in, I called him so that he would find out from the roar over the telephone that we were on our way.
I'm going to see him tomorrow in Kent, and I can't wait.
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I love this football club so so much and I wouldnt change it for anything in the world!
Enjoy it boys and girls, we can once again stand very very proud of our club!
I let out a huge "yes!!!!!" and punched the air - then the emotions took over and the tears came.
I wish I was there to share in the joy. It for these moments that we live.
I thought back to the first promotion I experienced against Preston in 1974/5. They scored first, then the missed penalty, the equaliser - was it over the line? And finally the two goals from Killer to win the game. It is all about highs and lows. The lows (and boy have there been some - especially lately) makes the highs of days like today more special!
Like others I wish my Dad was here to share it with.
This is a very special Charlton team, led by an extra-ordinary manager.
I shed another tear watching FLS and seeing his emotion. Thank you Chris from the bottom of my heart, you are a total class act and a true legend.
Charlton Til I Die.
He loves his club just as I do but after some of the rubbish we have suffered together in recent years you do at times wonder whether it is fair to burden your kids with the same afflicition you have carried for 40 years? But today sharing hugs and high-fives with him at the final whistle and seeing him run around the garden like a mad thing and then sing at the top of his voice at the telly when SCP's interview was on makes you realise that despite those occasional misgivings it is all worth it after all.
Seeing the smile on his face today made me think back to the night at the Valley back in 75 when I witnessed my first promotion as a Charlton fan and rememberring that feeling that just maybe my club was finally going somewhere and you just can't wait for the ride to start. Well my boy has finally had his chance to relish a great day for his club and lets hope that with SCP it can be the first of many happy days to come, maybe even this old diehard might start believing again too.
Well did I shed a tear today, what do you think..........?
The club we love, fallen from grace, to be majestically rescued in the most astonishing fashion by one of its greatest ever legends and a true gentleman of the game. How can that not bring a tear?
Am happy for the boy too
And many on here have made me appreciate the moment i called my dad last night to tell him we had been promoted.
he was out for dinner in cyprus and didn't know
Special moment to break the news
Then the champagne ran out way too soon......that brought tears to my eyes
Permission granted!
Big thanks for giving him to us Mrs Powell and a belated Happy Birthday too.
Didn't begruge the architect his waivering voice on the BBC interview though.
It was his 80th birthday a few days ago .....a perfect birthday present to celebrate.
For the many whose thoughts race towards those folks not here to share the feelings, well all of those folk were there, are here. In too many short years when I am no longer around I already know my son will be experiencing it, and feeling it on great occasions in the future, just as I know my own dad understands how I feel right now.
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Me and my Dad go to 75% of all away games together. He couldn't be there yesterday. He was watching the scores come in on SSN. The second that goal went in, I called him so that he would find out from the roar over the telephone that we were on our way.
I'm going to see him tomorrow in Kent, and I can't wait.