Molineaux

I've been to Wolves a few times over the years. The first occasion was when we took about 8,000 up for an FA Cup tie. I was young and went by coach. But Southend and West Ham were also playing in the Midlands and in the mid 1970s it kicked off big style on the motorway service stations. Southend were also in the cup and took a few thousand to their game, so the service stations were like war zones. We lost the game and the day was yet another anti-climax.

I went up a few weeks later for a league game with just a few hundred supporters, and this time were ambushed by Wolves supporters. Not a happy ground.

Then in the early 1990s I went to a midweek game (0 - 0 I think) and couldn't believe the transformation in the ground. We had decent seats, under cover, along the side of the pitch. Like Charlton, Wolves are one of the few grounds that have been rebuilt on the same site. All quite impressive. Mind you, at £27 a ticket it wants to be.

For this game we're going by car. Tony has a bus full of Essex Addicks going from Grays (he might still have a bit of space left though). We considered the train, but ruled it out on the basis of cost. Toby's still at school and might have found it a financial strain as well. So we spoke to the Old Man who didn't take much persuading to drive us up there. So we'll set off late morning up the M40 or M1 / M6 - not sure which yet. Some of the pubs are a bit dodgy, so we'll take suggestions as to where to drink. Tony normally sorts out a Conservative Club or CIU affiliated club, so may give him a call en route.

As for the game it may depend on how fit Reidy is. It's frightening how much we depend on him for our creative play. If we're up for it and take the game to Wolves I think we can get something, but as I've never seen us win there, the normal Charlton pessimism kicks in. It'll be interesting to see how we perform after the international break though.

Up The Addicks!

Robin