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Just like buses! You wait ages for a penalty, then along come two in a week. Charlton won their fourth away game out of four for the season with a seemingly reasonably comfortable victory at The Hawthorns.

Pedro45 cannot go into too much detail about events, as he was forced to rely solely on Sky Sports Soccer Saturday for news on the game, Capital deciding to broadcast the Hammers Vs Gunners game. Paul Walsh was the studio summariser, and visits to his chair seemed few and far between when compared to Frank "ufff, how did they not score there..." McLintock who was doing the Man Utd game.
Walshie duly told the watchers about Danny Murphy's 9th minute penalty, after Jerome Thomas was tripped, and Murphy's second goal from a Dennis cross before half time. Early in the second half, apparently Andersen was at fault when the Baggies pulled a goal back. The official match report is here.

Charlton got scant mention after the match on any TV channel, with all the major TV stations - BBC, ITV, Sky - concentrating on all the "major" football teams performances - Chelsea, Man Utd, Arsenal, Liverpool.

We do, however, sit proudly in second place in the Premiership behind Chelsea with a game in hand, still four points clear of any other "big" club, and with an eight point lead over the European Champions.

Next week we play Spurs, who could be in fourth place come next Saturday, so hopefully we'll get a little more exposure...

Finally, the draw for the third round of the Carling Cup was made early this afternoon, and as luck would have it, the Premiership's top two teams were drawn together! This may also lead to some nice things being said about our great club. Maybe that nice Mr Mourinho will put out a few reserves against us and give us a chance to progress further (but don't bet on it!).