No, I’m not talking about the players taking it easy over the Christmas period.
I received these as a Christmas gift from the mother in law yesterday, but the matches are a bit before my time. Does anyone have any insight into the significance of the matches chosen? I also have a “football history through newspaper headlines” book and couldn’t find any of them in there...
Even if they’re just random matches it’s still a nice gift - she always gets me something Charlton related!
‘Boro - 12th Sep 1953
Leyton Orient - 28th Dec 1964
Carlisle - 27th Feb 1976
Chelsea - 11th Apr 1977
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Top left - name the players in the picture (3 points)
Bottom left - name the starting line up for that game (11 points)
Bottom right - name the player, the clubs he played for after leaving charlton, his occupation after retiring from football and his favourite brand of lawnmower (20 points)
Top right - name every member of the crowd at the game the picture was taken (50,000 points)
They are great!!
Chelsea game was one of the most frightening. I was only a kid.
Chelsea fans set fires in the Covered End, fires in the South Stand.
Harvey Gardens turnstiles demolished & Valley Club smashed up.
Oh and we thumped them 4-0 in front of 30,000.
I've always hated Chelsea with a passion ever since, absolute scum.
If you google it, there are other useful links as well.
Being only 11 at the time I don't recall the trouble after the game, I can only assume I left early.