Ten Years Ago: a home defeat by Grimsby
With Luke Young getting his sixth cap for England yesterday, allowing Sven to patronisingly claim that he wasn't being unfair to Darren Bent as he had one Charlton player in the team, it is salutary to recall what we were doing ten years ago: losing 0-1 at home to Grimsby in front of a crowd of 8,997.
In pre-match discussions with the Bloke Beside Me (not the current one) we agreed that Salmon couldn't cope in the air or under pressure from forwards.
My notes on the match recall, 'Grimsby played a very tight midfield, forcing Charlton into a long ball game. Grimsby scored in the 29th minute after Balmer was injured - later taken to hospital.' [He had a punctured lung and a cracked rib after a collision with Dobbin].
'Charlton were terrible - by far their worst performance this season. The passing was awful, there was no pace, they didn't move forward quickly enough. Steve thought they missed Keith Jones in midfield.'
The Bloke Beside Me walked out before the end, but Steve was more philosophical - you get the highs and the lows and maybe the expectations are too high.' Given my own negative comments, it's interesting that The Observer reported that 'Charlton had the bulk of the possession, although Grimsby always carried a threat on the break.' Apparently, Chapple failed to take advantage of a free header in the 11th minute. Rick Everitt though that Charlton look tired after their marathon mid-week cup tie with Wimbledon and draining draw with Barnsley the previous weekend.
Keith Jones - missed in midfield?
The programme featured a 'day in the life of' club shop manager Chris Tugwell, although his full title was 'retail and lottery manager'. The club shop then was like a large broom cupboard and reference was made to plans to build a new shop under a new West Stand. There was a lavish photo shoot of Tugwell selling an unfortunate customer a green and purple shirt, hanging up the same shirt and sitting at his desk.
The article contained the shock revelation that the shop was busiest on match days, but then programme editor Peter Burrowes was also known as 'Scoop'. The article noted, 'There have been criticisms of the shop in the past but Chris feels he has taken them on board: "We try and cater for what the supporter wants and I accept that we don't always succeed"'.
In pre-match discussions with the Bloke Beside Me (not the current one) we agreed that Salmon couldn't cope in the air or under pressure from forwards.
My notes on the match recall, 'Grimsby played a very tight midfield, forcing Charlton into a long ball game. Grimsby scored in the 29th minute after Balmer was injured - later taken to hospital.' [He had a punctured lung and a cracked rib after a collision with Dobbin].
'Charlton were terrible - by far their worst performance this season. The passing was awful, there was no pace, they didn't move forward quickly enough. Steve thought they missed Keith Jones in midfield.'
The Bloke Beside Me walked out before the end, but Steve was more philosophical - you get the highs and the lows and maybe the expectations are too high.' Given my own negative comments, it's interesting that The Observer reported that 'Charlton had the bulk of the possession, although Grimsby always carried a threat on the break.' Apparently, Chapple failed to take advantage of a free header in the 11th minute. Rick Everitt though that Charlton look tired after their marathon mid-week cup tie with Wimbledon and draining draw with Barnsley the previous weekend.
Keith Jones - missed in midfield?
The programme featured a 'day in the life of' club shop manager Chris Tugwell, although his full title was 'retail and lottery manager'. The club shop then was like a large broom cupboard and reference was made to plans to build a new shop under a new West Stand. There was a lavish photo shoot of Tugwell selling an unfortunate customer a green and purple shirt, hanging up the same shirt and sitting at his desk.
The article contained the shock revelation that the shop was busiest on match days, but then programme editor Peter Burrowes was also known as 'Scoop'. The article noted, 'There have been criticisms of the shop in the past but Chris feels he has taken them on board: "We try and cater for what the supporter wants and I accept that we don't always succeed"'.
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