Posts from the ‘Cup Run’ Category

Nov 9

Southend Victorious

Southend United 0 Charlton Athletic 1
A straw poll before the game would probably have most Addicks not giving two hoots to the result, but come on now, deep down we all wanted to win didn’t we? I did for sure.

The 1-0 victory in front of a noisy and impressive 1,200 Addicks is a further confidence boost, and suddenly we are nicely placed in a cup competition with the regional semi’s next. Who knew.

Parky rested a couple of players tonight and interestingly set us up in a 4-3-3 formation at the beginning and by all accounts Semedo, Racon and McCormack bossed the midfield. I sporadically had the commentary on but mostly followed the game via Twitter. Maybe there won’t be many highlights that’ll make the end of season video but I am looking forward to seeing man of the match Therry Racon’s goal.

Nice job Charlton.

Addicks at Roots Hall:
CA fact: 1,176 Addicks was most away fans at Roots Hall this season.

Nov 7

Robbie at the rescue

Barnet 0 Charlton Athletic 0
The radio gave the impression that this was a cracking cup tie and perhaps for the neutral it was. Playing down the slope in the first period we should have led, but after Tuesday night we reverted back to type and dominated the first half but never looked like getting the ball in the old onion bag.

In the 2nd half it was pretty even but we appeared to have the upper hand until the last 15 minutes when Barnet turned the screws and frankly we were lucky to escape with a draw and our pride intact. Robbie Elliot performed heroics in goal allowing us to avoid last season’s shocker and get our name in the hat for today’s 2nd Round draw.

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Nov 5

Barnet where

Did you know there isn’t actually a place called Barnet. There is Chipping Barnet, High Barnet, New Barnet, East Barnet, Barnet Hill and Friern Barnet but no actual Barnet.

I visited Underhill in 1995 and it was truly crappy and I haven’t read anywhere about multi-millions of investment since either on the 100-year old ground. Yet it will give many of the 1,200 Addicks a chance to stand on a terrace behind a goal which is not to be sniffed at.

The Bees have been in the Football League second time around since 2006 but to be honest it hasn’t been anywhere near as much fun as the early 1990’s when Barry Fry and Stan Flashman were falling out on a daily basis.

All we can hope for tomorrow is that we avoid the absolute embarrassment of a year ago. That day Parky played a strong side, which I am sure he remembers. Akpo, Abbott, Fortune, Solly, McCormack all need games and the game should be used to give Reid a run out at some point too.

To all of those Addicks starting in EN5 on the Road to Wembley tomorrow, enjoy the day.

Oct 24

Barnet fair

For all of the temptation of an Ebbsfleet United or a Dover Athletic or even a FC United of Manchester, I was far happier with Barnet away in today’s FA Cup 1st Round draw.

We have only played the Bees four times, never in the league but we have met them a couple of times in recent pre-season’s. I was at our only competitive game at Underhill in 1995. It was a truly dreadful game, on a dreadful pitch. I think the crowd was around 1,750 and we must have had around 500. I expect there to be double the crowd on November 6th.

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Oct 6

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Reid all about it

MK Dons 1 Charlton Athletic 2
Forgive me but I don’t get to watch my team much. So when I get the opportunity to see them live, not least witness them win in the final minutes, I can get a bit over-excited.

When Waggy ran into the arms of joyous Addicks after getting the winner last night I couldn’t have cared less if it was the paint pot, the tea pot or the piss pot trophy. A win is a win and it is worth celebrating…. and I did last night by the way but that is another story.

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Sep 6

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Dailly grind

For those that bemoan the JPT and it’s silly rules then there would have been a lot of head shaking today after the news that Christian Dailly’s fractured eye-socket will take up to five weeks to repair.

Approaching 37, Dailly is one of, if not the most important player in PP’s still threadbare squad and he has already missed one game this season due to suspension. One has to hope either Jon Fortune is ready to play 90 minutes or Matt Fry will be more comfortable at centre-half than he was at left back in Devon on Saturday. Or then there is always Miguel Llera.

Moving swiftly on, the JPT is a reminder with a huge bloody R that we are where we are. Our next tie away at Franchise FC will be televised, which at least will save even the most loyal Addick a journey plus we might actually make some money from the round.

Akpo Sodje, Lee Martin and Kyel Reid all came back from the west country with knocks.

Sep 1

Bring home the Racon

Charlton Athletic 1 Dagenham & Redbridge 0
I was at London Bridge around 5ish last night and I lingered long over the departures board toying with the idea of jumping on a train to SE7 to get my first glimpse of us this season. In the end the fact that getting back to my parents after the game would have been a probable no-no and also that I wanted to spend my last night with my son together, I grabbed a cornish pasty and a coffee and jumped on the train to East Croydon with the other cattle instead.

Sky Sports News was more interested in the last remnants of a dull transfer deadline day than what was happening around the country in the JPT, although we did get a report after about an hour on Therry Racon’s goal and @CAFCofficial did it’s normal top-class job on Twitter.

The league is more important, of course but a cup victory is a rare and welcome occurrence whatever the competiton and 4, 630 believers came out to watch, which was a very credible turnout.

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Aug 11

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Put the Wembley rosette back

Shrewsbury Town 4 Charlton Athletic 3
Another new chapter in cup embarrassments was inserted into the burgeoning book called ‘Charlton Athletic – the Cup Dream 1948 and Onwards’ last night. I mean how many more ways can they humiliate us? Ok, don’t answer that.

I’ll tell you what though, the FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round starts this weekend, why don’t we enter that and get beat by Chiddlington Rovers of the Kleenex 4 ply toilet paper league and be done with it?
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