It's been done before but on this day 21st December 1957, Huddersfield visited Charlton Athletic for a Second Division match and played out a 7-6 game with the home team snatching a remarkable result having been 1-5 down. At the old Valley and with half an hour to go, Charlton were losing with only ten men on the pitch.Charlton centre half, Derek Ufton, left the field with a dislocated shoulder and there were no substitutes then. They were 0-2 down at half time and just after they scored to make it 1-2 but quickly it went to 1-5.
The home crowd of around 12,500 started to leave, but things turned round to 3-5 and three quick goals took them to 6-5, then 6-6 and with seconds to go it was 7-6 to Charlton, the only time a score of that kind had been played out in the Football League.
Getting your money's worth?? The crowd was!
On October 3rd 1959 Plymouth beat Charlton 6-4 at Home Park.
Charlton then lost 1-11 to Aston Villa on November 14th 1959.
On 20th February 1960 Charlton won 5-2 v Plymouth.
In the next season, on Boxing Day 1960, they won 6-4 at home against Plymouth and the next day (27th) lost 4-6 at Home Park in the return match.
Charlton beat Portsmouth 7-4 on October 1st 1960 and also managed a 6-6 draw v Middlesbrough at the Valley 21 days later.
And just to top it off on 27th October 1962 Plymouth beat Charlton 6-1 and on 16th March 1963 Charlton returned the favour with a 6-3 win.
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