Not sure you can have a 'favourite' loss. That implies you would be glad you lost which I really don't understand (whatever club you support). So I try to forget the losses and remember the wins.
However getting into the spirit of the thread I would pick not one loss but our first year back in the prem after our playoff win. We knew relegation was an almost certainty before the season began and as the losses mounted we resigned ourselves to the inevitable. Mainly though we were just glad to be back amongst the elite, no panic, a hard working team, no threat the manager would be sacked, faith in the board, not much booing etc. It was all good because we felt like we had a long term plan.
The 7-0 at Brighton sticks in my mind as we hadn't lost prior to the game, couldn't get out before the end and then went to Newcastle the following week and were leading 1-0 until near the end and ended up having to watch "perm boy" Keegan get two to win it
I remember we put in a blinding performance against Norwich at the end of the 2009/2010 season. It was the day they won promotion at The Valley and beat us 1-0. We absolutely played them off the park and gave everything, but their keeper wouldn't be beaten.
Yeah that was a good performance. Forster was unbeatable that day. Well over 3 world class saves.
I also enjoyed our last two FA Cup games, Spurs away (1st half especially) and Fulham away (If BWP had taken his chance it could have been different)
6-1 at home to Leeds , my kids were begging me to go home , i remember saying to them..... no didn't you know we beat Huddersfield 7-6 , we're not leaving early , what a cruel dad i am!
Ipswich 2-3 at home in the FA Cup when they had a team full of European stars (Muhren, Thijssen, Mariner, Brazil etc etc). 2-0 up but couldn't hold on to what would have been a sensational, giant-killing result.................sensational also in the context of us performing well in the FA cup too! hehe
Ipswich 2-3 at home in the FA Cup when they had a team full of European stars (Muhren, Thijssen, Mariner, Brazil etc etc). 2-0 up but couldn't hold on to what would have been a sensational, giant-killing result.................sensational also in the context of us performing well in the FA cup too! hehe
Would have loved to have seen that one , Ipswich had a awesome team in the late 70's / early 80's , did Paul Cooper the goalie play for Ipswich in that match?
Ipswich 2-3 at home in the FA Cup when they had a team full of European stars (Muhren, Thijssen, Mariner, Brazil etc etc). 2-0 up but couldn't hold on to what would have been a sensational, giant-killing result.................sensational also in the context of us performing well in the FA cup too! hehe
Don't know about you meldrew but I thought their forward line that game especially Gates and Mariner knew how to fall over and obviously practiced going over at the slightest contact. No doubt this was influenced by their foreign contingent and helped confirm the beginning of the end of the more honest British style of play.
For me it has to be Birmingham on the last day of the 92-93 season. They had to win to stay up and thankfully they did (1-0) as I don't think we'd have got out alive if they hadn't. There were only about 300 Addicks present and about 15,000 Brummies so our chances of survival weren't good.
I seem to recall Leaburn going close near the end and Garland may have hit a post. In the end everything was OK and it was scarves instead of punches being exchanged at full time. And to top it all off Palace were relegated on the same day to send everyone home happy.
5-3 at Highbury, 2000-1. We led twice, and it took a couple of decent goals to see us off. I left thinking "well, we gave them a scare...you know, i think this time we really might be able to survive in this league".
Ipswich 2-3 at home in the FA Cup when they had a team full of European stars (Muhren, Thijssen, Mariner, Brazil etc etc). 2-0 up but couldn't hold on to what would have been a sensational, giant-killing result.................sensational also in the context of us performing well in the FA cup too! hehe
Don't know about you meldrew but I thought their forward line that game especially Gates and Mariner knew how to fall over and obviously practiced going over at the slightest contact. No doubt this was influenced by their foreign contingent and helped confirm the beginning of the end of the more honest British style of play.
Les Berry tackled Eric Gates outside the area having done really well to catch him. Gates then leaped like a salmon into the penalty area and the ref fell for it.
We should have got a replay from that game morally so I'll also choose it as my favourite loss.
In answer to Mendonca something at the back of my mind says Laurie Sivell was in goal for them but it was almost 30 years ago so I stand to be corrected!
Cheers Len , i am a tad surprised you can't remember the team lineout from 30 years ago though! :-0
As a kid he was one of my heros as i used to be a keeper at that age , and he was brilliant as saving penalties from what i remember 8 or 9 in one season , probably better than Joe Hart i'd say from what i can remember.
Notts Forest last game of the season cant remember exactly what year but we had allready secured survival at Derby the previous Week carnival astomphere with fans doing the conga in isles
Without a shadow of a doubt the 3-1 defeat at Old Trafford in the F.A Cup .10,000 Charlton fans singing " things can only get better" .
CL would be boring if we all felt the same way...while that day at Old Trafford was a great experience, brilliant away support, etc - I was sore about the actual result/defeat for weeks, if not months. Main reason was a sense of what might have been - at 45min I really thought we might win or at least draw. I kept replaying if-onlys (mainly that Mark Robson should have swtiched to the left, as they had subbed Parker). Plus our league form collapsed..
88/89 season last game away at Forest. Pouring with rain, open terrace, Lost 0-4. Everyone was is a great mood because we'd already secured another year in the old Div One and the result didn't matter at all. Forest fans were totally bemused.
Losing 3-2 away to Southampton in the pouring rain towards the end of the 89/90 season. Lost despite a mini comeback from 3-0 down, drenched in the away end, crap view in the away end, standing room only on the train and relegation virtually clinched. The components of the afternoon were so 'bad' that the brain simply had to convert it all to 'very good' just to get over it all, hence it's my 'favourite' Charlton loss.
Home to Liverpool in the Prem. Can't really remeber the year, just recall thinking that Jamie Carraghers hands must be invisible to the referee because we had 2 or 3 penalty shouts for handball.
Paper the next day had a cartoon of either the keeper or Gerrard carrying the rest of the team. I'm sure someone with a better memory will fill in the blanks!
Without a shadow of a doubt the 3-1 defeat at Old Trafford in the F.A Cup .10,000 Charlton fans singing " things can only get better" .
CL would be boring if we all felt the same way...while that day at Old Trafford was a great experience, brilliant away support, etc - I was sore about the actual result/defeat for weeks, if not months. Main reason was a sense of what might have been - at 45min I really thought we might win or at least draw. I kept replaying if-onlys (mainly that Mark Robson should have swtiched to the left, as they had subbed Parker). Plus our league form collapsed..
Garry Nelson put it best when he wrote about how Mark Hughes's one moment of magic, swivelling to volley past little Johnny Vaughan, was the beginning of a very long slide that season. From that moment to the end of the season, everything went wrong, with the exception of Carlo's header a few minutes later.
The feeling of wonder, of possibility, when Kim Grant was taken down... bah! I still loved that day, and we got to see Kanchelskis look like a world beater and Charlton knock the ball around as befitted the occasion. A topless fat guy waving a pie around is my other abiding memory.
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However getting into the spirit of the thread I would pick not one loss but our first year back in the prem after our playoff win. We knew relegation was an almost certainty before the season began and as the losses mounted we resigned ourselves to the inevitable. Mainly though we were just glad to be back amongst the elite, no panic, a hard working team, no threat the manager would be sacked, faith in the board, not much booing etc. It was all good because we felt like we had a long term plan.
I also enjoyed our last two FA Cup games, Spurs away (1st half especially) and Fulham away (If BWP had taken his chance it could have been different)
It was so bad it was laughable.
I seem to recall Leaburn going close near the end and Garland may have hit a post. In the end everything was OK and it was scarves instead of punches being exchanged at full time. And to top it all off Palace were relegated on the same day to send everyone home happy.
We should have got a replay from that game morally so I'll also choose it as my favourite loss.
In answer to Mendonca something at the back of my mind says Laurie Sivell was in goal for them but it was almost 30 years ago so I stand to be corrected!
As a kid he was one of my heros as i used to be a keeper at that age , and he was brilliant as saving penalties from what i remember 8 or 9 in one season , probably better than Joe Hart i'd say from what i can remember.
Paper the next day had a cartoon of either the keeper or Gerrard carrying the rest of the team. I'm sure someone with a better memory will fill in the blanks!
The feeling of wonder, of possibility, when Kim Grant was taken down... bah! I still loved that day, and we got to see Kanchelskis look like a world beater and Charlton knock the ball around as befitted the occasion. A topless fat guy waving a pie around is my other abiding memory.