Many years ago in foreign climes I overheard a guy giving out the final scores - I asked about Charlton who were playing Ipswich away and he said 1-1 - we get home and I pick up the Mercury to find we won 5-1. Last Wednesday in a Curacao bar the missus manages to get wifi and proclaims 2-1 Burton Albion. Arriving back today i find out via CL the correct score ...
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I was listening on Charlton Live, heard them score, heard silence briefly and then switched it off, turned the TV on to another channel and only then when I clicked into the post match thread on here at about 5.30pm I think AFKA it was mentioned it being a draw.
So I thought WTF did we draw 2-2 and how when that disallowed goal was so late on. I didn't realize until I checked on the website and it said we'd drawn 1-1 and it had been disallowed.
I'm actually surprised I didn't make it in to work Monday morning thinking we'd lost 1-2 as often when we lose i'll switch off from football completely for the rest of the weekend especially when I thought we'd lost so late on to a play offs rival.
Asked my dad to let me know the result. In those days only had limited characters on a text message so after all the ‘hope you have a good journey’ messages the text ended with words and the charlton result was 4
wasn’t until a day later that second part of the text came through just saying - 4
It was much later that day I discovered the real result.
We are not still together.
Then it gets corrected 3-2 Pringle own goal. We held on and won though.
WTF???
I always presumed they were around the European spots as don't remember the table from back then!!
Was in a state of shock going into College the next day because of the scoreline
I had an accumulator going and got 6 out of 8. We went to the pub on the Sunday, a Bank Holiday weekend and was watching the footie. The 7th result came in courtesy of a relatively late goal so I was jubilant as the 8th team (Juventus) were 1 up fairly late on. He informed me of a 2nd goal, also for Juventus so money was in the bag! He confirmed it finished 2-0 and I had won about £1200. We started celebrating in this pub and the one next door. It was a City Centre so I went to Paddy Power after spending about £200 to collect my 'winnings'. After a 10 minute row with them refusing to pay out I was told Juventus had conceded fairly late and drew 1-1. I had been paying for my brother and our 2 mates drinks for the last few hours. Wasn't particularly happy!
God, I remember that game, was halfway down Sundorne when they scored the sixth goal.
BBC match report
Leeds finally shrugged off the malaise that has dogged their season with a blistering display against Charlton that saw Mark Viduka score a hat-trick and Peter Reid underline his case for the manager's job on a permanent basis.
It was Leeds' first Premiership away win since Boxing Day and significantly eased the relegation worries that were threatening to turn their sour season into outright disaster.
Leeds dominated from the opening whistle, Harry Kewell opened the scoring after 12 minutes and the visitors led 3-1 by the break.
Ian Harte and Viduka added to Kewell's goal before the break, while Jason Euell scored for Charlton.
Viduka twice added to his tally after the break, the third a penalty, while Kewell scored a fine individual goal to round off a wonderful afternoon for Leeds.
Reid, who dropped several players from the squad and deployed Dominic Matteo in midfield, can take huge credit for the victory.
The start of the match was delayed by 17 minutes due to crowd congestion.
And Leeds started the match as though they had some catching up to do, soon breaching Charlton's defence.
Kewell picked the ball up on the left and cut inside before passing to Viduka.
The Australian striker picked out Alan Smith, who crossed to the far post, allowing Kewell to finish the move he started.
Leeds almost doubled their advantage after Niclas Jensen inadvertently turned a Kewell corner towards his own goal, but the danger was cleared off the line.
However, Charlton's respite was short lived and Harte made it three from the penalty spot after Richard Rufus fouled Smith his own penalty area.
The home team's aspirations of a win to keep alive their hopes of qualifying for a Uefa Cup place were further dented when Viduka hit Smith's knockdown past Kiely.
But the Addicks gave themselves a lifeline when Euell scored the second penalty of the match following Lucas Radebe's foul on Scott Parker.
And, but for a brilliant save from Paul Robinson, Charlton would have reduced the deficit to just one goal early in the second half.
Parker played a neat one-two with Euell and struck the return pass first time, but he was thwarted by the Leeds keeper.
Smith eluded two Charlton defenders before squaring the ball to Viduka, who smashed the ball into the bottom corner for his second of the game.Shortly afterwards Leeds restored their three-goal cushion.
Viduka then scored from the penalty spot after Smith was again fouled in the penalty area.
And to cap United's finest afternoon of the season, Kewell scored a superb individual goal after picking the ball up on the half-way line.
Charlton: Kiely, Young, Rufus, Fish, Konchesky (El Khalej 67), Kishishev (Svensson 45), Parker, Euell, Jensen, Johansson, Lisbie (Powell 45).
Subs not used: Rachubka, Robinson. Booked: Kiely, Svensson.
Goals: Euell 45 pen.
Leeds: Robinson, Mills, Radebe, Duberry, Harte, Kelly, Matteo, Bakke (Milner 86), Kewell (Wilcox 80), Smith (Simon Johnson 78), Viduka.
Subs not used: Martyn, Barmby. Booked: Matteo.
Goals: Kewell 12, Harte 34 pen, Viduka 42, 53, 56 pen, Kewell 76.
Att: 26,274
Referee: E Wolstenholme (Lancashire)