The forgotten story of ... when Charlton played France and won 5-2

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In 1937 the south-east London club rushed to Paris one day after beating Huddersfield, to be last-minute stand-ins after fascist-era Italy cancelled for political reasons

The story of what is surely Charlton Athletic’s most unusual fixture started without them, in Vienna in March 1937, when a match between Austria and Italy was stopped by the Swedish referee Otto Olsson in the 73rd minute because of rising levels of on-field violence and off-field rancour.

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