WHEN Charlton Athletic fans started letting off fireworks after taking the lead on Saturday, it felt like it could come back to bite them.
Immediately after Sonny Carey's volley hit the back of the net, Addicks supporters (presumably) outside the Valley unleashed a five-minute display of gunpowder and lights - only 40 minutes into the tie.
The phrase 'act like you've been here before' came to mind.
Of course, Charlton had not really been here before, at least not for 29 years, but after the stadium erupted, Addicks fans around me looked like they believed they could beat their rivals for the first time since 1996.
An hour later, those dreams were dealt a fatal blow when Aidomo Emakhu's trickery deceived Kayne Ramsay into lunging late and picking up a second yellow card, and were firmly ...