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suppose if it was me and I supported a bottom of the table club, I
would be unlikely to make the long trek to the most northern ground
in the league if it was a 3:00pm kick-off. I would definitely not
make the trip for a 5:15pm kick-off knowing full well in advance
that the Nazis who run our national rail network have a habit of
stopping all trains on a Saturday after a certain time.
If, however, I was persuaded to travel by the lads on the premise of
a canny few beers (preferably the excellent Erdinger Weissbier
served in the Newcastle Arms) and a bit laugh with the good natured
Geordie fans (self-promotion never harmed anyone but Sham Allardyce)
I would make sure that I also made a lot of noise in the ground and
gave the team my full backing.
So why exactly did Charlton bother? I was on Level 7 for the second
home game on the bounce and paid as much attention to Charlton’s
away support as Roeder did to making substitutions that might change
the game. Actually, that’s not strictly true. I did turn my head
every five minutes or so to see if anything had changed but the
torpor that had engulfed the away support was as suffocating as a
gigantic tog 15 duvet.
There were considerably less than 1000 away fans (a different way of
saying about 500) and they made zero noise, took zero opportunities
to have a bit crack with the home support nor did they even bother
to joust with plod. Admittedly, I did see a couple of them jumping
up and down but this could’ve been down to the Chernobyl core they
had just eaten out of one of the home pies. Why exactly do the pies
need to be so fucking hot? There was also a lot of jumping, whooping
and clapping amongst the home support but I quickly figured out that
this was a rain dance. Clearly some of us hoped that this might
improve the game as a spectacle a la Pompey on Wednesday. No chance.
Charlton contributed zero to the game both on and off the park,
which was no real surprise but if the away fans can be bothered at
least I get something to write about rather than mention pies for
the second time this season. Absolute top marks however, go to the
lads behind us who kept up a cracking level of support despite the
clear failings on the park.
So Charlton fans, your utterly insipid effort gets you a mighty
2/10. Well done, the worst yet.
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