Is it possible? Would be good to get some payback for them sending us down to league one back in 2009;even if it was at the expense of millwall staying up!
Is it possible? Would be good to get some payback for them sending us down to league one back in 2009;even if it was at the expense of millwall staying up!
For the benefit of older Lifers, this should read: "… payback for sending us down to the Third Division on the final day of the 1971/72 season by beating us 5-0 at Bloomfield Road."
They were managed by Bob Stokoe, who had been sacked as boss at The Valley and wanted revenge. Stokoe went into the Charlton dressing room before the game and told the visiting players they were going down that afternoon, according to Keith Peacock, who had been there when he was in charge at The Valley.
Is it possible? Would be good to get some payback for them sending us down to league one back in 2009;even if it was at the expense of millwall staying up!
For the benefit of older Lifers, this should read: "… payback for sending us down to the Third Division on the final day of the 1971/72 season by beating us 5-0 at Bloomfield Road."
They were managed by Bob Stokoe, who had been sacked as boss at The Valley and wanted revenge. Stokoe went into the Charlton dressing room before the game and told the visiting players they were going down that afternoon, according to Keith Peacock, who had been there when he was in charge at The Valley.
I was at that match and it still hurts today recalling the depressing trip back.
Is it possible? Would be good to get some payback for them sending us down to league one back in 2009;even if it was at the expense of millwall staying up!
For the benefit of older Lifers, this should read: "… payback for sending us down to the Third Division on the final day of the 1971/72 season by beating us 5-0 at Bloomfield Road."
They were managed by Bob Stokoe, who had been sacked as boss at The Valley and wanted revenge. Stokoe went into the Charlton dressing room before the game and told the visiting players they were going down that afternoon, according to Keith Peacock, who had been there when he was in charge at The Valley.
Doesn't 'scoop' Burrows also say that the Charlton team downed enough booze for an Irish wedding on the eve of the match?
Is it possible? Would be good to get some payback for them sending us down to league one back in 2009;even if it was at the expense of millwall staying up!
For the benefit of older Lifers, this should read: "… payback for sending us down to the Third Division on the final day of the 1971/72 season by beating us 5-0 at Bloomfield Road."
They were managed by Bob Stokoe, who had been sacked as boss at The Valley and wanted revenge. Stokoe went into the Charlton dressing room before the game and told the visiting players they were going down that afternoon, according to Keith Peacock, who had been there when he was in charge at The Valley.
And at the end he said it was the best day of his life
Is it possible? Would be good to get some payback for them sending us down to league one back in 2009;even if it was at the expense of millwall staying up!
For the benefit of older Lifers, this should read: "… payback for sending us down to the Third Division on the final day of the 1971/72 season by beating us 5-0 at Bloomfield Road."
They were managed by Bob Stokoe, who had been sacked as boss at The Valley and wanted revenge. Stokoe went into the Charlton dressing room before the game and told the visiting players they were going down that afternoon, according to Keith Peacock, who had been there when he was in charge at The Valley.
And at the end he said it was the best day of his life
If we want to follow that example I guess we'd need to appoint Paul Ince as our manager...
Is it possible? Would be good to get some payback for them sending us down to league one back in 2009;even if it was at the expense of millwall staying up!
For the benefit of older Lifers, this should read: "… payback for sending us down to the Third Division on the final day of the 1971/72 season by beating us 5-0 at Bloomfield Road."
They were managed by Bob Stokoe, who had been sacked as boss at The Valley and wanted revenge. Stokoe went into the Charlton dressing room before the game and told the visiting players they were going down that afternoon, according to Keith Peacock, who had been there when he was in charge at The Valley.
awful day. Our old black and white tv had broken down and the engineer had just got it going again when the teleprinter was chucking out the scores and he heard ours and said that was good news because he was a fulham fan and it meant they stayed up.
Comments
They were managed by Bob Stokoe, who had been sacked as boss at The Valley and wanted revenge. Stokoe went into the Charlton dressing room before the game and told the visiting players they were going down that afternoon, according to Keith Peacock, who had been there when he was in charge at The Valley.