It was Charlton who managed to get the ball in the net first, but thankfully it was offside. Ben Thatcher then had all the City fans' hearts in their mouths as he sliced a clearance in the box and nearly scored a fine own goal. Walker just looked at him as Ben lay on the floor shaking his head in relief at the Kop. Good job he's so awesome all the time, we can forgive him the one accident now and then. He soon made up for it at the other end and put in a perfect cross that saw Sir Les (who'd done naff all til then) rising to head home. Lovely.

City were spurred on by this and continued to press for the second goal. Unfortunately half timne got in the way. Birchy brought out Len Glover, who we signed from Charlton way back in the 60s, and had a bit of banter and handed over his ashtray/fruit bowl thing they give to former players.

Second half saw the City fans come alive and start to make some noise and the team made an extra effort too. Jordan Stewart put in some good runs, and Bent did some great running off the ball to cause problems. A freekick from Muzzy Izzet forced a frantically back-pedalling Kiely to palm the ball over the bar. (Own up Muz, it was suppoosed to be a cross not a shot wasn't it?!). Muz was also involved with the next near miss. Another good cross in from him had Marcus Bent welly the ball...and it ricocheted off the post to the groans of the Kop.

Ok, third time lucky for Muzzy. In front of goal, couldn't miss. Er, he fired wide and missed a sitter.

Money on us losing? There was the usual Leicester pessimism..."They'll go score now Muzzy's missed the sitter", "Yeah, and then they'll win it in injury time". But we then thought maybe luck was finally looking down on us for a change as they also hit the woodwork. An Impey header went a bit screwy, despite overall him having a good game, and Stuart pounced to volley. It hit the inside corner of the post and crossbar and unbelievably came out again instead of going in the other side like they normally do.

Mr Barber decided this wouldn't do at all. He'd been making duff decisons about freekicks, throw ins and corners all day. He'd also given Muzzy his customary booking for no good reason. But then he surpassed himself. DiCanio went wriggling through on goal. Howey came in to put him off and DiCanio was down like he'd been shot. Mr Barber, who really should be whole lot more aware of the tricks of the mad Italian, immediately pointed to the spot.

The City lads were furious and turned into Man Utd temporarily, chasing Barber around the pitch and surrounding him. DiCanio took the pen himself and slotted home and went wheeling off to the Charlton fans taking his shirt off to celebrate. "Cheat cheat cheat" screamed the City fans.

The last 10 minutes saw Barber totally lose control of the game. Di Canio had to be subbed off before he got sent off / carried off. Micky Adams had to be followed round by the 4th official. Both Micky and Corky went chasing after Di Canio as the Italian came off, Micky applauding loudly in his face.

Should have been 3 points. But we played some nice football at times and should feel pretty confident that we can get some more points this year and stay up.