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“Pissawf!” There were a lot more empty seats in our end than in their end.
We looked cool and composed when defending in the opening minutes and we had the first attempt on goal before suddenly in the fifth minute we were ahead when Phillips in goal failed to hold a back-pass and it was over the line. We looked at each other in disbelief but a goal it was. We immediately decamped to a seat with a better view a few rows back as there was space everywhere. Power had already been down injured and in the ninth minute he was replaced by Morgan as we continued to tighten the screw. Next thing a powerful low shot by Leadbitter was turned out by Phillips for our first corner. Things were going well but we needed that second goal. After fifteen minutes Charlton started to apply more pressure and they won a free-kick just outside our box but the ref blew for offside. Charlton won their first corner in the twenty-fourth minute but it came to nothing and shortly afterwards Sarr had their first real attempt on goal, which went wide.
Half an hour gone and we were still ahead but I wasn't happy with the way the wind was blowing as we were still on the receiving end most of the time. In the thirty-fifth minute Charlton equalized when This season began with Charlton and will end with them. I was there at both league games and there wasn't much betweThis season began with Charlton and will end with them. I was there at both league games and there wasn't much between the sides in either game but they
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