A bit of light relief over the Summer months. I’ll start. Northampton Away during the Duchatelet era. @Elfsborg från Borås has had one too many, and is generally pissing everyone in the away end off with relentless slurred anti Roland songs. Not only that , he is wearing a truly hideous purple jacket. Elfs stumbles towards the Gents for the 23rd time during the game, where he becomes embroiled in a “heated conversation “ with Essex Al. With this argument being more entertaining than the match, the away launches into a loud chant of “Fvck off purple, fvck off purple” aimed at the midget pissant.
Correction on two counts, I was not having an argument with AL, we get on. I think the song was Purple, you're a c***, which I thought was harsh
Sorry about that. Anyhow 2 of the funniest moments I remember were against Leyton Orient. I was standing with my friends on the old East Terrace (including Martin Simons who would become Cafc chair) and we had a witty orient fan in front of us. At half time he turned and pointed to the large CAFC on the old stand and said ' What a dump this place is. They can't even spell Café'. Later a Charlton player was lying on his back injured and the physio ran on with a program in his hand he turned and said 'Turn over son I want to see who you are '.
In addition I remember an occasion when Charlton had a free kick just outside the box. I think it was Kinsella who took it and hit the bar. Somehow the referee got between the ball which dropped down a couple of yards from the line and the net. Carl Leaburn was quickest to it (Yes I know, hard to imagine) and bundled the ball and the referee into the net. The ref got tangled up in the net and had quite a bot of trouble getting up before the goal was awarded. Also I remember goalkeeper Mike Rose attempting a long throw out from the penalty area nearly losing his balance and throwing the ball into the net for an own goal.
Another funny moment was walking through Doncaster town centre pre match (I’m not saying the place is run down, but it’s twinned with Chernobyl for a reason), and bumping into an inebriated @Elfsborg från Borås who was accompanied by a couple of befuddled Scandavians dressed as Vikings. I suspect they were heading for some sort of kinky bondage club, although Elfs slurred that they were on their way to the match.
This one is true, we then made our way to Sheffield after the game for the night. We blended in with the locals very well.
One of the funniest historical Charlton moments - the number of fans who left the Valley when we were 1-5 down against Huddersfield back in 1957, but swore for the rest of their lives to their kids and grandchildren that they were there to see us win 7-6 I suspect my old Dad (God rest him) was one of them. There were only 12,000 fans in there to start with. About four times that many later denied they went home early
I was there apparently. I don't really remember any of it I was only 7. My dad told me I went with him and one of my uncles as my mum and aunt wanted us all out of the way before Christmas. I can't imagine we left early , Dad never did.
The comedy on Wally Life is often of the unintended variety, but I did enjoy the recent spat between octogenarian hard man Sound As A Pound and Lyle Taylor I believe Eddie Hearn has subsequently contacted dear old Poundy, and offered to put him on the Jake Paul v Mike Tyson undercard ?
Tough geezers are like conkers. The older and more wrinkly they get, the harder they become. Don't play games with them
