Man City Massives 0 Charlton Athletics 0 also

Left home 7.40am Friday arrived Worthing via Littlehampton 8.30am. Departed on coach to Manchester via Hove and Pease Pottage . Left Manchester 7.36pm to Worthing via Pease Pottage & Hove. Got back into car at Worthing at 1.30am Saturday. Direct to 100 miles from home HQ and in bed at 2.10 pm. 18 1/2 hours to see a 0-0 draw but were we miffed? Oh no siree a point had taken us out of the relegation zone albeit possibly, only temporarily and apart from being totally cream crackered we were all smiling as we waved our fellow travellers on their way. Reading next on Monday and a chance to hear all about the Man City game and look forward to Reading on CHARLTON PLUS on Sunday night at 8 via Charltonplus.com

C'mon you Reds.

Frankie's Angle - Go and read what the Blogmeister has to say today

Wigan pay the Penalty

CHARLTON 1 WIGAN 0

Well he played like a muppet for 85 minutes but in the end Dazza Bent did the business and walloped the penalty home that secured another 3 point for the Addicks. In a game that produced so little for the relegation threatened side, the opportunity presented to Charlton's leading scorer was a gift from the Premiership survival gods. HH was bundled over and just in case the ref missed that one Marcus Bent then also got flattened. Wigan boss Paul Jewell had a right old Scouser moan about it but we are used to that now. The inspiration for the pen came after a massive crowd roar greeted the big screen announcement that Sheffield United had gone a goal down at Bolton. Huge well done to the PA box team for doing that and I have a feeling that it would have been my mate Big Dave Lockwood that was responsible. That lifted the team to throw the extra effort in and it could make all the difference come May.

CHARLTON PLUS RETURNS

Yep it's back tonight. Charlton plus returns to the internet tonight at 8pm BST The special guest on the new show will be Fans Director Ben Hayes and you can send in your questions right now or during the show. Details are available at http://www.charltonplus.com and you can also find out out how to listen in.

Wembley is alright

Went to the first Wembley official game to see the U21's draw 3-3 with Italy. Game was OK but it is so difficult to get excited about what is basically just a game of football from my point of view. It's not the same as watching Charlton and getting the emotional buzz of it being 'my' team but all the same we enjoyed the significance of the occasion. The huge arch is not that special in daylight as it is just a load of white tubular steel but at night it look fantastic all light up as we saw from our hotel window on Friday night and I'm sure will add to the atmosphere of night games. Walking to the ground I didn't get the same 'buzz' as approaching the Twin Towers but maybe that will come in time. Inside the facilities were the usual sort you get in the better stadiums. Overpriced with long queues and a struggle to find someone who speaks adequate English. Not the fault of the employee more the fault of the wage structure I would guess. Out of the new stadiums in North London I would say the Emirates is better because of the plusher seats but Wembley is back and will soon establish itself as the top stadium in this country.

The Great Escape ?

Fantastic result on Sunday. Beating the Geordies has really kept us in the hunt and the buzz around the place seems to suggest that we can pull off the great escape. Plenty can still go wrong of course but if we do go down at least it looks like we will be fighting all the way.

Charlton plus had lots of very positive emails and calls from our listeners so that bodes well too.

You will soon be able to download the show on a podcast once the tech team have done the tweaking so visit the Charlton Plus website for the latest news.

Southampton unveil 'Mandaric' statue

Just down the road from me is Southampton's St Mary's Stadium. Their greatest player Ted Bates, who passed away recently, has just had a somewhat unflattering statue unveiled on the concourse outside ground. The unfortunate thing is the likeness appears to be more resembling of Milan Mandaric, former Chairman of bitter rivals Portsmouth. The Scummers ain't to happy about that so they've decided to pull it down. Oh how the Pompey fans will laugh.

Geordie Boys in Town

NEWCASTLE NEXT It's been nearly a month since we last played at the Valley and boy is it another big game on Sunday. Newcastle will arrive fresh from blowing their chances in the UEFA cup and hopefully feeling knackered as well as depressed. Rumours of Dazza Bent being crocked again are circulating although nothing official from SE7. Man City's defeat to Chelsea keeps them within touching distance and Charlton do seem to be finding form at the business end of the season. With Scott Parker on his way back to the Valley for this game I'm sure the atmosphere will be a bit lively too. WEMBERLEEEY First game at the new stadium and the 100 miles from home family will be there. Managed to fight my way through the refresh button for 90 minutes to secure 4 tickets. The phone line was a joke and I gave up even trying that way but eventually the FA website let me in despite an estimated 9 hour queue at one point. So England U21 v Italy U21 next Saturday it is then. CHARLTON PLUS Sunday at at 8pm via http://www.charltonplus.com/ Phone +44(0) 208 123 9377 SKYPE charltonplus or email studio@charltonplus.com Let us have your views and opinions on the Newcastle game or anything else CAFC.

The FA Cup. What's that all about then.? Another Saturday with no football for our heroes from the Valley. Next Sunday will see Newcastle come to town for a 1.30 pm KO. The Geordies will be leaving their homes at about 4am deep joy for them. I'm not going to say anything much else about football today save to say Charlton Plus is on at 8pm and we won't have anything to talk about so it could be fun. Give us a call on 0208 123 9377 or SKYPE to charltonplus if you want to contribute to the show or email the studio here .

Fellow Blogger Roehampton Addick has had a moan to say there is no link to his site on here so I've now added it - Happy Now?

If anyone else want a link just ask and it will be considered for inclusion

Jim Davidson Top Geezer

WATFORD:

Well at least we got a point and if Lisbie was a striker we might have got 3. Still in touch with the Massives and Sheff Utd so watch This space.

NIGHT OUT:

Went and saw my mate Jim Davidson doing a gig in Fareham last night. Usual Politically Incorrect stuff but a damn good laugh just the same. Some journalist will not doubt spout about it being racist and anti disabled but to be honest I don't believe it is. PC is doing more harm than good in this country in my opinion and Jim has the balls to get up and say what a lot of us are thinking.

Humour is humour whether you are black, white able bodied or disabled. The joke is usually on the racist or person who is discriminating against the disabled person anyway if you think about it.

A great story was of the blind guy who sat in the front row at a previous gig. Jim asked if he was blind and the guy said 'yeah' How do you know I was talking to you? says Jim. :-)

'Why you sitting down the front '? The blind guy replies ' Cos the wife's a bit Deaf.

The support act was good too. Visit Jim's website for tour dates.