70 Years an Addick!!

Many congrats Clive/@chilham!

I need to get some service in compared to 70 years! What an achievement, well done.
im at 58 years, so a junior!

68 for me……miraculously through thick & thin. 👊

It will be 61 years for me in a few weeks - first game 28 November 1964 - won 3-2 against Plymouth.

chilham said:

Countdown to Saturday November 1- Charlton Athletic v Swansea City, and 70 (seventy!) years to the day from my first Charlton game, v Manchester City- CAFC won 5-2 on Saturday November 5 1955. 'Many miles have I travelled, many games have I seen, following Charlton, my favourite team'- including trips to most major stadia in England plus lots of smaller grounds during the 3rd Division years, Also four winning play-off finals- v Leeds at Birmingham in 1987, plus three at Wembley (Sunderland twice and Leyton Orient last May). Another landmark with CAFC connection was the first radio chat show for one club, when Charlton Chat launched on RTM Radio (Thamesmead) in 1990, hosted by Steve Sutherland and driven by me for some two years every Sunday night. Why Charlton? My late father, Bob, was a Durham lad, invalided out of armed service in WW2 and in London (Mottingham) as a building repair worker. He met and married our mum, Gwen, me and brother Andrew came along, and dad found a football team to follow with Durham connections- Jimmy Seed and Sam Bartram. So it was off to The Valley that Saturday in 1955, which has been my 'second home' these past 70 years! COYR!

Wonderful stuff mate...and if anything deserves a promote...

Massive congrats @Chilham on 70yrs an ADDICK  ! hope you have let Charlton know so they can announce this at Swansea game 
my dad had 80yrs as an Addick, his first game in 1945 sadly he passed away this year and his last game he came to was 2019 play-off final, disabled in a wheelchair but he loved the whole day and it was a good way to say goodbye to seeing Charlton in person. We texted or spoke daily about Charlton, and he left us 3 weeks before 2025 play off finals. We carried his coffin into church a few days after we got promoted,  to the "Red Red Robin" with red and white roses at the alter.

I was born in Floyd Road in 1945, (80 years ago) to parents who went to Wembley for both FA Cup finals.
My father took me to my first game when I was young, (sorry cannot remember game or year).
We used to stand behind the open goal and that is where I took my sons later when they were young teenagers.

70 years an Addick is a great achievement. 
Only 60 years for me
The things we do supporting this club is truly staggering at times 

60 years for me. First taken to the Valley in 1965. Can’t remember the match but didn’t really start taking an interest until the 1968/69 season .. ‘You’re in my heart, you’re in my soul. You’ll be my friend when I get old’ 

Edit: 4 November 1965 Charlton 2-2 Rotherham

Amazing well done,  what's your win lose record like you may be a jinx, only kidding 😉 

not trying  to make this  a  contest  but my father took me   in 1953 I think it was  Sam Batram' s500th game , it was against  Portsmouth  with whom we have always havea friendly relationship ( remember the  sailor  walking  round the  touch line ringinga bell , Pompey Chimes )  and there was  a cake in the middle of the pitch before kick off in the shape ofa  football  pitch . Sam  and pompey legend Jimmy  Dickinson      cut the cake .  Since then  i have  supported the addicks through many ups and  downs , funny the name the valiants  never  caught on .  Highlights  apart from the obvious  play offs  7-6  against  Huddersfield , 6 all draw against  i cant remember who now  and as a schoolboy seeing us beat luton away  6-1, Finally there was a  book in the Guildhall library in London  "the history of woolwich  1903 " In it   I read that before  Charlton  attained league  status  they were playing local  football and  got through to a  cup  final, A local restauranteur  promied the  players  a  slap up  meal if they won , they  did but he reneged on the deal   whereupon a  local  fish and  chip  shop stepped in .  the following year  Charlton  god through to the  final again and won and it was  the  headline in the local press  "the Haddock boys   do it again !"    Greetings   to all   Charlton  followers  especially  the  older generation.

First League game February 1950 which we lost 2-1 to Man Utd. Attended lots of reserve games in 1949 which were on Saturday afternoons in those days.
Unfortunately not been able to attend since Covid due to lack of mobility but watch all our games on different sites.