8 years ago today

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looking at past results (and dates) nearly always invokes a 'fck me time flies' response... followed by 'inside i really havent changed one little bit when it comes to the Blades'.

remember that game well. also fond memories of the 1-1 prem fixture with Stead's equalizer which exploded the away end. ended up very drunk with some Charlton fans. one of my favourite away days, gutted i cant be there sat.
 
Tyler Durden said:
There sure won't be 20,000 there on Saturday. The criminal way Charlton are being run now has brought the gates down to 8k. It's a sad state of affairs, they're a good club with decent fans and deserve better in my opinion.
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To be honest even if they were being run well they would only get 12-14K in league 1.

They have decent support but have never been that well supported, apart from just after the war when they had some huge crowds.

It's raises an interesting situation regards owner and how they run clubs

An owner could insist on total control, not communicate with fans, not interested in their opinion.
Drastically increase match prices, change the kit to something unrecognisable, change the club badge,
And replace the club badge with his name all over the stadium.

No I'm not talking about the Charlton owners... im talking Chansiri at SW.

The irony is that that many fans aren't that bothered how their club is run.
If they are run badly but the team are doing well... then they are happy with the owners.
If a club is being run well...but the team are struggling then the fans blame the board.
 
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FlamingLip said:
looking at past results (and dates) nearly always invokes a 'fck me time flies' response... followed by 'inside i really havent changed one little bit when it comes to the Blades'.

remember that game well. also fond memories of the 1-1 prem fixture with Stead's equalizer which exploded the away end. ended up very drunk with some Charlton fans. one of my favourite away days, gutted i cant be there sat.
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Aye, cracking day out that. We ended up in a pub called the Royal Oak near the ground, had a fine time.

Another one I remember is a 3-0 midweek victory where Keith Gillespie gave about his best all round performance in a United shirt.
 



BusheyBlade said:
The of course if we'd not let in that last gasp Kevin Philips goal on the first day of the season things could have equally been very different...
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A draw in that game and all other results the same we go up automatically.
 
Tyler Durden said:
There sure won't be 20,000 there on Saturday. The criminal way Charlton are being run now has brought the gates down to 8k. It's a sad state of affairs, they're a good club with decent fans and deserve better in my opinion.
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Aye, but I remember when they were finishing 10th in the Prem every year and you'd hear lots of their fans grumbling that Curbishley had taken the club as far as he could and they should be looking to get rid. Turns out he'd taken them further than anyone else could.
 
Sad forgetful old buffer alert - who was Spring on our bench? Mind is a complete blank.
 
Paulus said:
Sad forgetful old buffer alert - who was Spring on our bench? Mind is a complete blank.
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I think it was Matthew Spring? He's a contender for the biggest nonentity ever to play for us. I can't even say he was shit, it's almost as if he wasn't there.
 
Paulus said:
Sad forgetful old buffer alert - who was Spring on our bench? Mind is a complete blank.
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BushBlade said:
Matt Spring? Don't remember much about him, not even sure I've got his name right. Think he was supposed to be some hot prospect.

Edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Spring
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A bloke I used to play against at school. Its funny, he didn't stand out then as being any better than the average kid kicking a ball round the school field but there you go.
 
WalthamstowBlade said:
A bloke I used to play against at school. Its funny, he didn't stand out then as being any better than the average kid kicking a ball round the school field but there you go.
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He didn't stand out as anything better than the average kid kicking a ball round the school field when he played for us either.
 
Thank you chaps - the name does ring a vague bell now - seems I didn't miss much.
 
WalthamstowBlade said:
Aye, cracking day out that. We ended up in a pub called the Royal Oak near the ground, had a fine time.

Another one I remember is a 3-0 midweek victory where Keith Gillespie gave about his best all round performance in a United shirt.
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yeah i remember that 3-0 master class too. the post match drinks blur into one but am sure at least on one occasion doing random sambuca's in the Royal Oak with a London Blade, think he was Greenwich based, i cant remember. also im sure darren bent got held up in traffic in his aston martin right outside and a rather husky Blade sat on his bonnet bare arse.
 
So the disgrace of losing to the Blades was too much for the Charlton board and they sacked Pardew - this sort of thing seems to have happened quite a lot over the years - I think we had a good chance of adding Van Gaal to the list last season if we'd pulled off the win in the cup. Who else have we been the kiss of death for?
 
FlamingLip said:
yeah i remember that 3-0 master class too. the post match drinks blur into one but am sure at least on one occasion doing random sambuca's in the Royal Oak with a London Blade, think he was Greenwich based, i cant remember. also im sure darren bent got held up in traffic in his aston martin right outside and a rather husky Blade sat on his bonnet bare arse.
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I think after the 3-0 people went to the Antigallican if they stuck around for a drink at all as it was getting late and they wanted to be by the station. That Darren Bent thing rings a bell mind you.
 



WalthamstowBlade said:
I think after the 3-0 people went to the Antigallican if they stuck around for a drink at all as it was getting late and they wanted to be by the station. That Darren Bent thing rings a bell mind you.
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you're right - it was a pub on a corner just down from the ground, just googled it! what a shit hole. so many fond memories of mine involve shit hole boozers.
 
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