Ten Year Ago: Late Goals Bring Pain and Pleasure
Ten years ago Charlton had a mid-week home game against Reading and then one on Saturday against Port Vale. The Tuesday home game against Reading attracted the smallest home league attendance for eighteen months, just 7,849.
My notes recall, 'Charlton started brightly and Chapple - good work rate - scored, but then they let things slip a little so that Reading scored just before half time. Much of the second half was very frustrating, but then Mortimer came on after Shaun Newton had lost a contact lens and within thirty seconds created a goal [scored by Robinson on 78 minutes]. Up to then, as Steve from Sidcup put it, it was the same old Charlton, making bad teams look good.'
On Saturday I travelled via Reading to collect our youngest daughter and take her to the match. Her immediate reaction was that SE7 was 'not a very nice area.'
Opponents Port Vale had a record of giving us some trouble at The Valley and 'Charlton dominated the play in the first half but were not able to make anything of it. We started well in the second half and got a penalty with the aid of the lineswoman (Mrs Wendy Toms). But then we seemed to sit back and Port Vale scored a good goal. We came back again and Bowyer scored a crisp goal. But again Port Vale came back and scored a second goal which Ammann fumbled. A very frustrating result against the bottom club.'
'Jones was very disappointing, Whyte was good when he was allowed on, but Grant was useless and Leaburn did very little.' Nevertheless, Milly was interested in coming again.
The programme proclaimed, 'Charlton Athletic seem to have unearthed a new goalscoring start in striker Kevin Lisbie who scored his third hat trick of the season when the colts beat Leyton Orient in the South East Counties League.' It was added that Lisbie had already made his reserve debut - and ten years later he was still there scoring this week.
My notes recall, 'Charlton started brightly and Chapple - good work rate - scored, but then they let things slip a little so that Reading scored just before half time. Much of the second half was very frustrating, but then Mortimer came on after Shaun Newton had lost a contact lens and within thirty seconds created a goal [scored by Robinson on 78 minutes]. Up to then, as Steve from Sidcup put it, it was the same old Charlton, making bad teams look good.'
On Saturday I travelled via Reading to collect our youngest daughter and take her to the match. Her immediate reaction was that SE7 was 'not a very nice area.'
Opponents Port Vale had a record of giving us some trouble at The Valley and 'Charlton dominated the play in the first half but were not able to make anything of it. We started well in the second half and got a penalty with the aid of the lineswoman (Mrs Wendy Toms). But then we seemed to sit back and Port Vale scored a good goal. We came back again and Bowyer scored a crisp goal. But again Port Vale came back and scored a second goal which Ammann fumbled. A very frustrating result against the bottom club.'
'Jones was very disappointing, Whyte was good when he was allowed on, but Grant was useless and Leaburn did very little.' Nevertheless, Milly was interested in coming again.
The programme proclaimed, 'Charlton Athletic seem to have unearthed a new goalscoring start in striker Kevin Lisbie who scored his third hat trick of the season when the colts beat Leyton Orient in the South East Counties League.' It was added that Lisbie had already made his reserve debut - and ten years later he was still there scoring this week.
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