Charlton Athletic 1 v 1 Nottingham Forest

Wednesday 21st August 2019

EFL Championship
The Valley, Charlton
Admission: Season Ticket
Programme: £3.00
Attendance: 17,204 (1,751 away)

It was looking highly doubtful whether I would be able to take in this game, as I haven been suffering from gout since Monday. Happily, it did not develop into anything too debilitating this time, and so after finishing work half an hour early to make my way up to The Valley, arriving about ten minutes ahead of kick off.

The feel good factor at The Valley shows no sign of abating, still unbeaten following a good 2-2 draw away at Barnsley last Saturday, although a slight blot occurred last Tuesday when what was basically the reserves lost on penalties at home to Forest Green Rovers in the League Cup First Round. Two more very astute looking signings arrived, well outside the transfer window for different reasons. Erhun Oztumer arrived on a free transfer from financially stricken Bolton Wanderers, after successfully negotiation his release with the authorities, and Tomer Hemed, also on a free transfer from Brighton & Hove Albion after his contract was cancelled, but for some reason it took almost two weeks for everything to be deemed in order by the FA for the transfer to be completed. Nottingham Forest had a difficult start to their season, starting with a 1-2 home defeat to West Brom, followed by a 1-1 draw at Leeds, and then home wins against Fleetwood, 1-0 in the League Cup, and then dispatching Birmingham 3-0 at home.

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In summary, this was an excellent game from a Charlton perspective, particularly during the first half, when ouf fast paced, pressing game created numerous chances, as Forest hardly got a look in. But it was disappointing to only end with a point, although in the end it could have been worse than that, as Forest finished strongly as Charlton seemed to run out of steam somewhat.