The pain from Friday is easing, thanks to a combination of a) inevitability about the result, b) we could afford to lose (in terms of this season's outcomes) and c) not being there on the day. But it took a while, it it may well come back to haunt me if they stay up (especially in the run up to any fixtures next season.
But for me the wounds will heal relatively quickly. I think my worst lingering sores were not about relegation or heavy defeats, but the huge nagging pain of what might have been.
Losing to Palace in the play-offs was a bad one, but at the time I (rightly) felt that Palace wouldn't stay up long, and that we'd have other chances. So my all time downer, which took me literally months to get over, was losing in the Cup at Old Trafford. We had a good day, weren't disgraced, so why was i dwelling on it for so long? I guess because it was a missed opportunity for one of the best days ever (certainly at that point better than I'd had as a Charlton fan). And to get to a semi final of course. I constantly replayed the second half, if Curbs had been more creative with his tactics (for the record, he should have stuck Mark Robson on the left and told him not to track back. That was where United had left a gap). In fact, even now I'm cursing that second half...
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Longest to get over a game was the 4-0 battering at their gaff about it five years ago. I'm still not sure I've fully got over that even now!
Still hurts.
The Swindon play off defeat lingered as well.
The other one that stands out was the 2-1 defeat at Everton in the Premier League relegation season.
West Ham away - 5-0
Leeds home - 6-1
Don't think I ever get over being battered, it's only a game I keep telling myself, man up.
First match I saw at The Valley. ....
2-2 .
Fell in love with the ground. ....
Didn't realise then that you had to take the team aswell. ........
having the contents of my wallet apparently sucked out hasn't helped.
As SHG says until they are relegated and head toward the lower echelons of football where they belong I won't rest easy
Swindon play off
Losing to France in the World Cup when we were 1-0 up with not long to play
Strangely, the Blackburn Full Members defeat - we never turned up
Drawing at Millwall 2-2 when 2-0 up
Stuffed 5-0 at Swindon and then getting home to see it on Match of the Day (many years ago)
Losing 4-3 at home to Millwall
Bolton fa QF in 2000 I was gutted for ages that stands out for me as one along time ago that has lasted in my mind. A winnable semi final against villa and we were so good that year.
Boro QF annoyed me for ages as well. Again a winnable semi vs west ham.
The 2-3 home defeats from 2-0 up against spurs when we were second in the league and then to bburn in the league cup 4th round annoyed me.
The 4-0 to Millwall, the palace play off semis defeat.
The Swindon semi defeat and watching Millwall go up at wembley hurt all summer.
I also remember being gutted about that draw away at Watford in the prem relegation season when Lisbie missed a last minute sitter to win it.
Since i have had kids I've never really let a Charlton game get me too much down because i believe there are far more important things to get down about.
If i had to pick a more recent one it would be the Play Off semi final against Swindon.
Just awful.
The 0-4 at Millwall runs it close.
I'm already over Friday.
It takes great skill, and the worse case ever was when David Batty took one even thou he hadn't taken once since he was 10. (missed then as well)
As history keeps repeating itself, i don't every get over CAFC losing or drawing to Millwall. AWAY
Losing 3-2 when 2 up at HT.
Losing 3-2 when Robert Lee scored twice(Teddy got 3)
draw when 2 up with just minutes to go.
Home
losing 0-1 to deflection.
losing 0-2 a free from 35 yards.
The semi final at home to Swindon when we were 2-0 up against 10 men and yet.......
Amnesia is not the worse thing that can happen to one in life.