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Charlton Athletic - Tuesday 23/02/10

League One is full of big, former Premiership sides this season. In the space of the last month, the Albion have taken on Norwich and The Leeds United, with Southampton still to come later in the year. The run of, quite frankly, absurdly hard games ended with a trip to Charlton. The two sides hadn't met for many a year, and with a short hop to South London and the chance to spend a day sampling some of the capitals fine watering holes, the Albion could expect a large amount of support as they looked to build on the point from Leeds on Saturday against another promotion candidate

 

Potter and McCarthy meet for what can best be described as an uncooked gammon steak in The Burrell. Quite what the RSPCA would make of this man restraining his dog between his legs remains to be seen

It was good to see Dimitar Berbatov on the train to London Bridge

After laughing at Tom McCarthy's confussion over meeting in The Borough Bar, we ironically found a place with the same name

This church is in a market

The Old Kings Head was our drinking venue for the evening

After a break of a couple of months, the Slade game returned

Slade

Valder is confused by Potter once again bringing an apple to a game

Potter's bottle of water was emptied

Rumble smiles

McCarthy looks like a bit of a window licker

The corridor to the toilet featured this ladder, which McCarthy naturally had to climb

Rumble produces another special face

Pete Canning was working his magic on the women on the train from London Bridge to Charlton

No bottles, cans or similar objects were allowed into the stadium

The Valley is a Premiership stadium. Shame Charlton are in League One really

A low turnout for the glamour visit of Brighton

Another stand

Tom Walmsley is delighted to be in such a fine arena

McCarthy again sports what can best be described as a somewhat disabled facial expression

Rumble was losing his Valley virginity

Potter was also entering The Valley for the first time

The teams shake hands in a friendly manner prior to the game

The Albion players enter their pre-game huddle

Rumble had once again bought his own food into the stadium to consume

Robin Wooley had made the trip from his Cambridge home

The Albion defend a corner

Walmsley was so hungry that he plumped for two hotdogs

Peter Brezovan continued in goal after his return to the team against Leeds

Clayton was present at the stadium

This chap serving in the food concession stand was freakishly tall

A large police presence was in order to keep the Albion faithful under control

Rumble and McCarthy are delighted with their Charlton Athletic branded pint holders

A meeting of minds takes place as Wetherspoons Man and Charles 'Strike' Ball meet McCarthy

Strike and Rumble indicate that the Albion are, somewhat suprisingly, 1-0 up

Potter isn't too impressed with his lubricated penis, especially as it would go onto fall apart

This board was handy if you have dementia and forgot the two line ups

The Albion come forward with a corner

Inigo Calderon once again looked ridiculously flair after opening his Albion account Gary Hart comes into the action
The Albion defend a corner The Valley looks a delightful stadium under lights
McCarthy, Rumble and Wooley head off to urinate and as they do so a large cheer erupts. Rumble sprints back to see what the noise was for Unfortunately, it turns out that what was missed was Elliot Bennett doubling the Albion advantage
Tommy Elphick applaudes the fans as the Albion pull off a shock 2-1 win The players celebrate the three points that moves them up 4 places into 19th
Kane was soon spotted upon leaving the stadium These gates ensured that fans could not overcrowd the platform at Charlton Station on leaving the stadium
Unfortunately, this meant that fans could not enter a toilet either, which resulted in a desperate Rumble deciding to go in view of the large queue waiting to get onto the platform Kane and McCarthy are forced into sharing a toilet cubicle on the train back from London Bridge, and due to the lack of room a massive problem occurs when the toilet ends up flooding, with urine leaking underneath the door

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