Brighter Charlton share the spoils
A much changed and considerably livelier Charlton side shared the spoils with Birmingham City at St.Andrew's, although it was unfortunate that the Blews matched Luke Young's opener after they had been reduced to ten men. Our Black County correspondent Graham Speller will be writing a full report tomorrow, but phoned in his first impressions as we got caught up in the mayhem at Nene Park (see below). The long time Black Country resident was asked by the South London Press how to get to the ground on the assumption that he was a local and then when he got to the ground was intially denied admittance to the Charlton area and sent to the home side.
Curbs dropped Jeffers and Rommedahl and played Lisbie and JJ down the right. Lisbie made a number of good runs forward and JJ provided the assist for the Charlton goal. El Karkouri started in midfield, showing the qualities of adaptability that led Curbs to purchase his services. The overall result was much more fluent passing among the Addicks, while the Blews relied on long balls to Heskey and Morrison and Graham Speller thought that Charlton could have nicked it if they had scored by half time. However, it was 0-0 at the break.
On 50 minutes a cross from JJ slipped under Taylor and Luke Young showed no hesitation in tapping in his second goal of the season. On 58 minutes Johnson picked up his second yellow card of the game and was sent off. Bruce brought on Dwight Yorke to replace defender Cunningham and on 68 minutes he scored his first goal for the club after connecting with a corner. Charlton were then under the cosh but held on for a well deserved point. Read Graham Speller's full report on Sunday.
Meanwhile, it all goes off at Rushden
I thought there would be little or no trouble at a League 3 game in rural Northamptonshire in front of a crowd of a little over 2,600. However, in the first half a refined Cheltenham supporter had to be carried off struggling by four police officers. In the second half, the game came to a halt when the referee (Flt. Lt. Kettle) suddenly took himself off, a call was made for a doctor to go to the tunnel and soon afterwards ambulance sirens were heard leaving the ground. An appeal had to be made for a fourth official. Tension continued in the Cheltenham section of the Airwair and when we got round to behind the De Banke Terrace we found it all going off between the police and a group of Cheltenham supporters. As one was assisted into a police van, he directed spittle in my direction. Afterwards we saw a group of Cheltenham fans being escorted by the police as they headed into the heart of Irthlingborough. This was, of course, meant to be fair play day in football. By the way, Rushden won 1-0 with a goal from Millwall reject Braniff.
Curbs dropped Jeffers and Rommedahl and played Lisbie and JJ down the right. Lisbie made a number of good runs forward and JJ provided the assist for the Charlton goal. El Karkouri started in midfield, showing the qualities of adaptability that led Curbs to purchase his services. The overall result was much more fluent passing among the Addicks, while the Blews relied on long balls to Heskey and Morrison and Graham Speller thought that Charlton could have nicked it if they had scored by half time. However, it was 0-0 at the break.
On 50 minutes a cross from JJ slipped under Taylor and Luke Young showed no hesitation in tapping in his second goal of the season. On 58 minutes Johnson picked up his second yellow card of the game and was sent off. Bruce brought on Dwight Yorke to replace defender Cunningham and on 68 minutes he scored his first goal for the club after connecting with a corner. Charlton were then under the cosh but held on for a well deserved point. Read Graham Speller's full report on Sunday.
Meanwhile, it all goes off at Rushden
I thought there would be little or no trouble at a League 3 game in rural Northamptonshire in front of a crowd of a little over 2,600. However, in the first half a refined Cheltenham supporter had to be carried off struggling by four police officers. In the second half, the game came to a halt when the referee (Flt. Lt. Kettle) suddenly took himself off, a call was made for a doctor to go to the tunnel and soon afterwards ambulance sirens were heard leaving the ground. An appeal had to be made for a fourth official. Tension continued in the Cheltenham section of the Airwair and when we got round to behind the De Banke Terrace we found it all going off between the police and a group of Cheltenham supporters. As one was assisted into a police van, he directed spittle in my direction. Afterwards we saw a group of Cheltenham fans being escorted by the police as they headed into the heart of Irthlingborough. This was, of course, meant to be fair play day in football. By the way, Rushden won 1-0 with a goal from Millwall reject Braniff.
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