I have a story that involves Charlton that put me in the doghouse. If I tell it and she finds out I will be even more in the doghouse than I am at the moment!
used to get grief but now take the kids and she thinks the free saturday afternoons are great!
This. I'm performing a valuable service by taking my nine-year-old to Charlton.
As I am retired I get to spend a lot of time with my younger children while my wife, who works, doesn't see them so much. So I could never understand why she should get so cross about me going to watch Charlton on a Saturday (and not every Saturday either and only during the football season) leaving her with the children. I mean, that's an opportunity for her to spend some one to one time with them, right? Not some kind of punishment. However, now my youngest boy is six he comes with me to the Valley and everyone is happy. My wife gets to watch TV all Saturday afternoon and I get to watch our matches whenever I like without any grief and spend even more time doing dad and son stuff, which I really enjoy anyway. And of course my son is benefitting from discovering a whole new world being a Charlton supporter (poor innocent boy!).
Blackburn away in the cup in 94. Accidentally forgot to ask if I could go, what with it being a school night. And knowing that mother's answer would be 'no'. Had a welcome committee waiting when I got in at 3am.
Regular football match attendance was stated very early doors as a pre existing condition with the mssus, so only turning up unexpectedly drunk is an issue now. Though it has recently been suggested I might miss the England friendly in Rio in June, so the pre existing condition trick is starting to lose it's effectiveness!
Wolves away in cup 197?, valentines day or thereabouts. Night out with gf arranged, got smashed never called her but ended up in a club with mates and her sisters walked in. Ouch!
Her boyfriend has just proposed to her and he's Millwall, she of course is now Millwall, just to spite me.
When talking about the wedding day I said make sure it's Millwall are at home and not Charlton. That went down like a lead balloon as well.
After knowing me for 30 years she still doesn't understand my passion for the club!
Essex Al. You have my sympathy mate. Bad enough your daughter marrying one of that lot but declaring she is now one of them......
She does it to wind me up Amos, they already have a baby and I was first at the hospital with my Charlton babygrow and bib. Never seen it on the poor little bugger not even for a token photo for grandad!
He will definately be one of my grandkids that wont be at The Valley I'm afraid unless the other three persuade him when he gets older!
October 1991 just bought my first flat with my then girlfriend on the Friday. Went to watch Charlton play at Southend the next day, leaving a living room full of flat packed furniture. She was furious.
September 1999 home game against Bolton. My wife had just had a serious operation to investigate a potentially life threatening condition. She was released from hospital on the Saturday morning. We got home about 12.45pm so I had just had time to tuck her into bed, do her a couple of boiled eggs before rushing off to see the game. I thought she would appreciate the quiet and calm of an empty house. She still regales people with this story as an ilustration of my uncaring unreasonableness.
I love my wife very much but my love affair with Charlton started 15 years before more I met her. There is such a thing called loyalty!
Coming back from holiday one year, first game of the season which I'd resigned myself to missing. Our train pulled up at Blackheath and I suddenly realised I just had time to make it to the match, so I gabbled an explanation to my bemused wife, jumped off the train and left her to complete the journey alone. To this day I've never dared ask her how she coped with getting the suitcases home.
Years before that, when I was a lad, I had a Saturday job at Burton's in Bexleyheath. One Saturday I sneaked out, got the bus to Charlton, watched the game and arrived back at work just before closing time. I expected to be in the dog-house, or probably get the sack, but no one had noticed I was missing. I was stealing a living at tailoring.
can honestly say ive never had any problems from any women (or anyone for that matter) through my life about going Charlton (why)... "its what I do, its what I dooooooo, bloodnut goes Charlton, its what I do"
millwall inspired song, well I never and yea I know, sh*t aint it!
Birmingham away a few seasons ago when we lost 3-2 I said to my mum I was going to Hastings for a day on the beach, but you know where I ended up instead. To this day she still doesn't know I went there.
Birmingham away a few seasons ago when we lost 3-2 I said to my mum I was going to Hastings for a day on the beach, but you know where I ended up instead. To this day she still doesn't know I went there.
Coming back from holiday one year, first game of the season which I'd resigned myself to missing. Our train pulled up at Blackheath and I suddenly realised I just had time to make it to the match, so I gabbled an explanation to my bemused wife, jumped off the train and left her to complete the journey alone. To this day I've never dared ask her how she coped with getting the suitcases home.
How on earth did you get permission to leave the train - that's an impressive move!
Stayed at the x for a special Christmas our first together and all alone, said I wanted to go to Norwich away on Boxing Day she said no, friend picked me up at 7.30 left note saying would be back at six for diner. Well got home nine pm she was calm asked how the game was, sat me down bought me a black diner said she had it ready for six but left in the oven, big burst up. To this day it still makes me laugh
Remember sitting in the East years ago when across the tannoy came:
"message for Mr Bannister. Your wife has just given birth to a baby girl"
Always wonder if she ever let him come back after that.
there used to be messages like that or 'your wife has just gone into labour' quite often in the pre mobile phone days. fella would then get a cheer as he headed for the exit
Remember sitting in the East years ago when across the tannoy came:
"message for Mr Bannister. Your wife has just given birth to a baby girl"
Always wonder if she ever let him come back after that.
there used to be messages like that or 'your wife has just gone into labour' quite often in the pre mobile phone days. fella would then get a cheer as he headed for the exit
The thing is, if it's her first, you might as well stay to the end of the game and then go to the hospital and still have time to see the birth. If it's her sixth, you might as well stay to the end of the game as you won't have enough time to get to hospital to see the birth.
Stayed at the x for a special Christmas our first together and all alone, said I wanted to go to Norwich away on Boxing Day she said no, friend picked me up at 7.30 left note saying would be back at six for diner. Well got home nine pm she was calm asked how the game was, sat me down bought me a black diner said she had it ready for six but left in the oven, big burst up. To this day it still makes me laugh
That is just mean, id be well pissed off if i was left at home on Boxing Day from 7.30 till 9 when you said you'd spend it together. hopefully she dumped you.
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Regular football match attendance was stated very early doors as a pre existing condition with the mssus, so only turning up unexpectedly drunk is an issue now. Though it has recently been suggested I might miss the England friendly in Rio in June, so the pre existing condition trick is starting to lose it's effectiveness!
I didn't know I had a ticket until I got home then I had to do the "most important game in our history" etc.
Still gets brought up occasionally now.
Oh well it was worth it.
He will definately be one of my grandkids that wont be at The Valley I'm afraid unless the other three persuade him when he gets older!
I love my wife very much but my love affair with Charlton started 15 years before more I met her. There is such a thing called loyalty!
millwall inspired song, well I never and yea I know, sh*t aint it!
Then when you do turn up they are just relieved you're still alive.
Never fails. But then again goldfish are needy like that.
;-)
"message for Mr Bannister. Your wife has just given birth to a baby girl"
Always wonder if she ever let him come back after that.
but not this, you can, easily!