League One - Charlton go 10 clear at the top

Sat, 25 Feb 17:29:00 2012

Charlton Athletic extended their lead at the top of League One to 10 points courtesy of a 2-0 victory at home to Stevenage.

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The hosts had to wait until four minutes after the interval to break the deadlock through Michael Morrison's volley. Bradley Wright-Phillips then made sure of the points with his deflected shot after 64 minutes.

Second-placed Sheffield United have the chance to pull back some of the deficit when they face city rivals Wednesday on Sunday.

Huddersfield - with new manager Simon Grayson in charge for the first time - moved into the top three with a 2-0 win at home to league strugglers Exeter.

The Terriers went ahead five minutes before the interval thanks to Jamie McCombe's header, with Jordan Rhodes's strike five minutes from time ending Exeter's challenge at the Galpharm Stadium.

MK Dons and Carlisle also maintained their push for the play-offs with narrow wins. Mathias Doumbe's 33rd-minute strike earned MK Dons a 1-0 victory at Bournemouth, while Carlisle needed a last-minute goal from Francois Zoko to see off Yeovil 3-2.

Wycombe put in the performance of the day with a 5-0 rout of Hartlepool to move off the foot of the table. Paul Hayes and Stuart Beavon scored two goals each with Gary Doherty also on the scoresheet as Wanderers ran amok at Adams Park.

Jonathan Forte scored 10 minutes from time to hand Notts County a 1-0 win over Chesterfield, who slipped to the bottom of the standings as a result of the loss.

Scunthorpe and Rochdale failed to ease their relegation woes as both teams played out goalless draws against Brentford and Colchester respectively.

Lateef Elford-Alliyu earned Leyton Orient a 1-1 draw at Bury, who took the lead through Matthew Spring, while a Shefki Kuqi penalty was enough to take Oldham past Tranmere and Preston and Walsall had to settle for a 0-0 draw.

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  1. why are rodders/Brain Dead Muppet commenting on­ Charlton? thats rodders/BDM (I only post on the wendy­ board) no wonder no one would piss on you if you were­ on fire. Come on Charlton spam the wendy board!!!!!!!

    From justapiggypieater, on Sat 25 Feb 8:13PM

  2. Rodders - I thought I saw your name on a loaf of bread.­ Then I realised it said "THICK CUT"

    From J, on Sat 25 Feb 6:55PM

  3. Chris - if you look at the dates on the correspondence­ you refer to you will see it is Yahoo that has cocked­ it up and included comments that are nothing to do with­ the subject.

    From rodders, on Sun 5 Feb 10:37AM

  4. Err Am I missing something the article is about­ Wednesday beating Yeovil and going second. Yeah Ok,­ Well done Charleton for being top but Charleton fans­ stick your comments below an article that at least­ features your team. How desparate are Charleton fans­ that they need to do this? #30 and #19 if you guys­ represent the capital's IQ we are in deep...

    From Chris, on Sun 5 Feb 6:34AM

  5. Wednesday 3 Charlton 0

    From Boxing Day massacre 4 - 0, on Sat 4 Feb 7:35PM

  6. Tight game yesterday Charlton do look like a a top­ team. Class from Jackson coupled with an excellent team­ effort won the day , well done , again , the boys.

    From PATRICIA, on Sun 22 Jan 8:32PM

  7. Jackson two Sheffield nil

    From GLEN C, on Sun 22 Jan 5:09PM

  8. Charlton may not look a top of the table team but we­ are top of the table and thats what counts.

    From len, on Sun 22 Jan 3:15PM

  9. Charlton did not look like a top of the table team­ ,never worked our keeper .if this is them playing well­ at home then anyone can beat them .as long as they get­ a ref who wont fall for there constant diving which has­ no place in this league.

    From ainsley, on Sun 22 Jan 10:46AM

  10. Every so often a mongrel sh**s a thoroughbred

    From Boxing Day massacre 4 - 0, on Sat 14 Jan 11:26PM
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    Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Now you Wednesday fans­ can shut up. Get over it. CAFC forever

    From Graeme O, on Sat 14 Jan 11:11PM

  12. Oh well another Yorkshire club bites the dust to the­ small club from London. Getting boring now Charlton.­ Previous posters that posted "Powell had lots of­ money to spend on a new squad", not true. 20 in,­ 21 out, very little paid on transfers, majority frees­ and loans. The trick was getting right players and­ paying good wages.The real threat to Charltons­ promotion push, is M K Dons. Sheeffield United your­ turn next week. Nice to see BDM, David and Rodders so­ wrong with there predictions. Please note Charlton fans­ could not get up today due to a massive signal failure­ at Leicester around 11. Leaving us stranded on trains.­ Mind you result made up for that disappointment.

    From martyn, on Sat 14 Jan 6:08PM

  13. OK Where's the Clown who said last week to Charlton­ fans "Yeah you haven't been to Hillsborough­ yet" !! LMAO. Well we' came saw and friggin­ conquered your band of striped numpties. Up the­ Addicks, Men from the South where we don't cry in­ our beer. No wonder the beer's full of salt water­ up there

    From 'Arold, on Sat 14 Jan 5:37PM

  14. I prefer Friday

    From Yes, on Tue 3 Jan 12:20AM

  15. Don't ruin the illusion,we're all pretending we­ don't know who he is

    From Boxing Day massacre 4 - 0, on Mon 2 Jan 10:22PM

  16. WE LOVE YOU WEDNESDAY WE DO pieater yeah i went today­ you obviously didnt you keyboard warrior and i know­ exactly who it is in the picture and he aint from­ sheffield

    From David, on Mon 2 Jan 8:18PM

  17. you r all sad fecks lol;

    From Ben, on Mon 2 Jan 8:11PM

  18. Yahoo run by idiots? didn't realise piggy was in­ charge

    From Boxing Day massacre 4 - 0, on Mon 2 Jan 6:36PM

  19. Yes #24/25, you were wrong. Everyone knows that Yahoo­ is run by idiots for idiots and by checking on a better­ site, you would see what Dave was actually saying!

    From Indigenous, on Tue 27 Dec 9:35AM

  20. Ooops, wrong! Apologies #23

    From Graham P, on Tue 27 Dec 9:26AM
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