Town first met AFC Bournemouth, which in an earlier life was known as Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, in the middle of The Great Slide in 1973/74.

The first series of meetings in Divisions 3 and 4, as they accompanied Town down into the basement, were not auspicious for the Terriers. In the first 4 seasons not one win was earned, there were 4 home draws 3 0-1 away defeats with a 1-1 draw in the second meeting. Read the rest of this entry »

A return to winning ways sees a return of some decent point scoring this week. fitzyblue, htafcchris, mattybentley, sheriffofhudds, terrier17 and Scissettterrier! all went for the 3-1 win, with the first 5 of those getting an extra point for backing Rhodes to score. All of those big points also means a change at the top….. Read the rest of this entry »

Hostilities began in 1936/37 in the League when the Addicks were promoted to Division 1. From then until 1969/70, apart from the War Years the only blank seasons were 1952/53 when the Terriers were in Division 2 and1956/57 when Town had been relegated the previous season.. Charlton fell the following season and the sides met every year until Town was promoted in 1969/70. We met again during the Great Slide when Town stayed in Division 3 for 2 years. The teams met again in Division 3 in 1980/81 and yet again for 3 years beginning in 1983/84 in Division 2. We have met in only 4 seasons since in Division 1 (old Div 2) in 1995/96-1997/98 and finally in 1999/2000. Read the rest of this entry »

The vast majority thought we’d lose last night so most got some points last night. 25 posters top score by picking up 3 points and only terrier19 getting a point for the correct goalscorer having predicted Town would benefit from an own goal. There’s also the first change at the top of the table as Cowshedphil and Rob Edwards Left Peg move in to the early season lead… Read the rest of this entry »