This doesn't mean your favourite match or our most important win, but just your favourite day that involved a Charlton match. Give us a story to kick if you have one, I bet there's some corkers to cheer us all up amongst these glum times..
I'm going to say Southend away 2010, great day of boozing followed by a 92nd min away winner, an accumulator win to kick. Nothing special about the match (not that I could see much with my beer goggles) but just a good old fashioned big away turn out and great atmosphere throughout the day as well as at the match.
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Went to Nottingham the night before and got my nuts in with some sort from Mansfield or somewhere. Had no idea where I was the next morning and my back was scratched to fuck.
And we won - sat right behind the goal (because I was too fucked to make it up the stairs) as Shitlon tipped one onto the bar and Nelson (i think) followed it in for the last minute winner.
I think I peaked that day.
Southend 2-1 would be a favourite of mine for obvious reasons
Also had a couple of good weekends in Newcastle/Sunderland in the glory days
Got seriously hammered afterwards. I seem to remember cleaning out a pub fruit machine in the evening, it was that sort of day!
Mines probably when we beat Sheffield Wednesday in the FA cup two years ago up at Hillsborough. Great win, great atmosphere, Chrissy Powell swinging on the bar, showed all my uni mates how special Charlton were and then went out and got smashed as it was my Birthday. Great day , seems so long ago now.
Man utd cup qf
Battle of the bridge 88
Southend away, 1992 I think, ended 1-1, had everything bar the win, sunshine, sendings off, missed penalties (Walsh and Morts?) and the poor young girl continually walking in front of the stand carrying food from one kiosk to another ..... you can imagine what was sung to her every time she went past.
About the same time, Middlesborough away (Ayresome Park), The worst ground i've ever been to, snowing and bl00dy cold...... think there was about 10 of us.
First game back at the Valley, enough said.
I'm mostly a 3points job done man. The night out part is always secondary to the result.
My favourite match day was beating Liverpool at anfield 0-1 Shaun Bartlett. It's the 1st game I thought of via the question.
Boro away in our first season in the Prem. The game was unremarkable and we lost 0-2 but it was my first Hogans experience-happy hour from 11am during which pints of lager were 95p (they went up to £1.10 at midday), trying to be sold fake gold watches from inside the jackets of punters and having conversations with a bloke in a Rucanor shell suit telling me he was Terry Cooper and he had won an England cap like. A surreal experience but I couldn't wait to get back to Darlington as soon as the next opportunity arose. Sadly it never really lived up to that initial visit.....
Oldham away in League One during the title winning season-20+ of us headed over there in a coach from Manchester on the stag do of a regular poster on here. Charlton scraped a win, Chris Powell celebrated wildly with us and we all got bongoed before and after the game.
Plymouth away in the Championship-a similar tale insofar as it revolves around a stag do but this time back in London after the game following a boozy train journey back straight to a club and then back to a pal's house until the next day. A fantastic time had by all which was helped along by us nicking a 2-1 victory with 10 men and Leroy Lita scoring twice right in front of us.
Hopefully plenty more good days in the future? We shall see...
Bunking on trains,
getting drunk,
being chased around northern towns,
laughing so much your sides hurt.
Sometimes missing the game completely.
my mates 40th Birthday and we started early and finished up in the Park Tavern Eltham after the game....v v late