Wednesday 26 December 2007

10 man Charlton share the points

Charlton played with 10 men for over an hour at Carrow Road today but managed to come away with a share of the points after they drew 1-1 with Norwich City.

The Addicks have the worst disciplinary record of any team in the four divisions and added to it today when Sam Sodje earned the 11th sending off of his career. After a needless and reckless challenge he started to walk on the half hour mark even before the referee had reached for his card.

Before the sending off Zheng Zhi had put Charlton ahead on 21 minutes.

In the second half the Canaries did not create many chances and Charlton hung on to 73 minutes. Darel Russell put the ball in the net from a corner, Chris Powell being unable to clear off the goalline.

Weaver made sure that Charlton got their point with a late save with his body from Chris Evans.

The Addicks remain in 5th place but Palace continued their unbeaten run with a 2-0 win over Iain Dowie's Coventry and are now 9th only five points behind Charlton.

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