Charlton Athletic have kept 13 clean sheets this season - none of them have been more satisfying and arguably unexpected than blunting Boro
Addicks have little time to rest and recuperate before Oxford United but head into that Championship fixture off a night to savour at The Riverside
Conor Coady celebrates his winning goal at Middlesbrough/Picture: Alamy
Low block. Defending deep. Parking the bus. There are a whole number of ways you can describe Charlton’s approach at The Riverside on Wednesday night.
One thing is not in doubt - that it was about as satisfying a defensive display as the Addicks will produce this season.
Let’s rewind to when the teamsheet came out at 6.30pm.
How many supporters would have been confident of a positive result for the Addicks when they saw that starting line-up? Not many, judging by the reaction on social media.
Let’s just pick out a few responses when the club posted their team on X.
“Eleven-hour round-trip for this, sweet mate.”
“Come all this way and you play that? F*** right off.”
“Yep, so take the loss and go for it Saturday, probably the smartest thing to do.”
“We are getting spanked tonight but I get the line-up.”
“We’re going to get absolutely slaughtered.”
