Ten years ago: a famous victory
Ten years ago Charlton celebrated the third anniversary of their return to The Valley with a 2-0 victory over Millwall at The New Den. The match was played in a snowstorm and the video of the game includes the news imparted by the commentator that 'Shooters Hill station is now closed'. Because of the conditions the match had to be played with an orange ball.
It was an important victory because the Spanners were top of the table at the beginning of the evening while Charlton went up to 5th in the table. It was the first victory away for the Addicks at The New Den since 1978 and it was such a shock to the Spanners that their form collapsed thereafter and they were relegated.
Phil Chapple was stretchered off on 41 minutes and was unable to drive home to Cambridge so spent the night at Sweaty Balmer's who came on to replace him. The club also dispatched a translator well versed in Glaswegian to Balmer's house so that the two players could communicate with each other. Believe me, Glaswegian is impenetrable particularly when the speaker has had a drink or two as I discovered when I lived in Balmanno Building, Rottenrow, Glasgow C1.
The match was an ill tempered affair and Curbs was furious with Bowyer for getting sent off on 21 minutes for a second bookable offence, although Curbs commented, 'I think this will have taught him something, he is a sensible lad where football is concerned.' Stevens followed on 57 minutes after the lino pointed out to the referee that he believed he had seen the player's elbow make contact with Stuart's face. Rufus was also booked for a foul on Rae, although Rae himself got booked later for fouling Jones, while Kim Grant got booked for dissent.
Both goals were scored by Kim Grant. Thanks to Doug Chapman for pointing out the coincidence that both keepers were American - Keller and Ammann.
It was an important victory because the Spanners were top of the table at the beginning of the evening while Charlton went up to 5th in the table. It was the first victory away for the Addicks at The New Den since 1978 and it was such a shock to the Spanners that their form collapsed thereafter and they were relegated.
Phil Chapple was stretchered off on 41 minutes and was unable to drive home to Cambridge so spent the night at Sweaty Balmer's who came on to replace him. The club also dispatched a translator well versed in Glaswegian to Balmer's house so that the two players could communicate with each other. Believe me, Glaswegian is impenetrable particularly when the speaker has had a drink or two as I discovered when I lived in Balmanno Building, Rottenrow, Glasgow C1.
The match was an ill tempered affair and Curbs was furious with Bowyer for getting sent off on 21 minutes for a second bookable offence, although Curbs commented, 'I think this will have taught him something, he is a sensible lad where football is concerned.' Stevens followed on 57 minutes after the lino pointed out to the referee that he believed he had seen the player's elbow make contact with Stuart's face. Rufus was also booked for a foul on Rae, although Rae himself got booked later for fouling Jones, while Kim Grant got booked for dissent.
Both goals were scored by Kim Grant. Thanks to Doug Chapman for pointing out the coincidence that both keepers were American - Keller and Ammann.
posted by Wyn Grant at 7:13 PM
1 Comments:
Thanks Wyn, that has cheered me up. I flew home from a holiday in Sri Lanka that day and was due to go to the match but because of the snow it took me an age to get home from Heathrow and therefore missed it.
My brother and friend were giving me regular updates by mobile (probably the size of a shoe box in those days) and I remember us all laughing saying how much we had always loved Kim Grant.
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