Ten Years Ago: Wolves devour Addicks
On 28 December 1994 the Addicks faced their biggest crowd of the season at Molineux, 26,738. Wolves were second in the table (they eventually finished 4th) and were too strong for the Addicks who were defeated 2-0. I noted. 'Molineux is very impressive, in a totally different class from The Valley.' Not any more.
Charlton had a chance to go ahead after one minute of play but Steve Brown was unable to convert a penalty, his shot hitting the legs of keeper Paul Jones. According to a feature in the programme, Jones started work as a tractor driver on an organic farm while his wife was working evenings in customer service at Sainsbury's.
Wolves hero Steve Bull put them ahead on 38 minutes and four minutes later the match was effectively over when Phil Chapple scored an own goal. Wolves fans were to the left of us and there was quite a bit of aggravation between the two camps. I noted, 'Charlton, as usual, play better in the second half' but even a consolation goal evaded them.
The Wolves programme noted, 'Charlton ... were expected to be among the main challengers for promotion this term. But they have never really recovered from a poor start and now - following a run of 9 games with only one win in the pre-holiday period they are beginning to find themselves embroiled in the relegation issue.' Charlton had, in fact, become score draw specialists with eight draws (five away), seven defeats and six wins up until the Wolves match.
One problem for them had been an ankle injury to David Whyte. He had set himself a 25 goal target for the season, but eventually fell four short. He said that he felt more relaxed playing at Charlton compared with his former club Palace: 'Crystal Palace was a much bigger club and the pressure was much greater there.'
Charlton had a chance to go ahead after one minute of play but Steve Brown was unable to convert a penalty, his shot hitting the legs of keeper Paul Jones. According to a feature in the programme, Jones started work as a tractor driver on an organic farm while his wife was working evenings in customer service at Sainsbury's.
Wolves hero Steve Bull put them ahead on 38 minutes and four minutes later the match was effectively over when Phil Chapple scored an own goal. Wolves fans were to the left of us and there was quite a bit of aggravation between the two camps. I noted, 'Charlton, as usual, play better in the second half' but even a consolation goal evaded them.
The Wolves programme noted, 'Charlton ... were expected to be among the main challengers for promotion this term. But they have never really recovered from a poor start and now - following a run of 9 games with only one win in the pre-holiday period they are beginning to find themselves embroiled in the relegation issue.' Charlton had, in fact, become score draw specialists with eight draws (five away), seven defeats and six wins up until the Wolves match.
One problem for them had been an ankle injury to David Whyte. He had set himself a 25 goal target for the season, but eventually fell four short. He said that he felt more relaxed playing at Charlton compared with his former club Palace: 'Crystal Palace was a much bigger club and the pressure was much greater there.'
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