Goals from Lloyd Jones and Tyreece Campbell secured a famous victory for Charlton on their first league visit to West Ham United for 20 years.
The Addicks led from the seventh minute, when Jones controlled Sonny Carey’s long throw from the right off his chest and steered an unlikely overhead kick inside the near post as the Hammers defence stood off him.
Charlton doubled their advantage on 56 minutes when a fine long ball from Conor Coventry resulted in Konstantinos Mavropanos being caught in possession by Miles Leaburn. Campbell picked up the pieces and advanced to curl a sumptuous right-foot shot inside the right post, triggering wild delight among the 3,000 travelling fans.
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West Ham enjoyed long periods of possession but struggled to beat the impressive Wrexham loanee Arthur Oknokwo on his debut in the visitors’ goal. The Nigerian made two fantastic saves as the home side ramped up the pressure in the second half.
The keeper was finally beaten on 74 minutes when Joel Piroe blasted home after Okwonko could only parry a Castellanos effort into his path.
Charlton had already lost the important physical presence of Leaburn to injury. They further hunkered down, with combative midfielder Joe Rankin-Costello and defender Collins Sichenje coming on for Nathan Chalobah and the busy Karlan Grant.
Rankin-Costello might have extended the lead when left clean through, but he was forced wide and saw his effort blocked by home keeper Mads Hermansen.
It then seemed Charlton’s afternoon would end in relative disappointment, as referee Andrew Kitchen pointed to the penalty spot after a shot struck ex-Hammer Conor Coventry’s arm from close range in stoppage time.
Instead, Valentin Castellanos completed a thoroughly miserable afternoon for the majority of the bumper 62,264 crowd, striking his kick against the outside of the right post and off for a throw-in.
Seconds later the raucous Charlton celebrations could begin. For Campbell it was a third goal in three matches, but his was also the standout performance in a resilient and highly organised team display that defied the financial disparity between the squads.
Hammers boss Nuno Espirito Santo admitted his side had been second best, despite having 25 shots on goal to Charlton’s seven.
His jubilant Charlton counterpart Nathan Jones said: “"We were a bit lucky at the end, but let's not dwell on that because we earned our luck. For a large majority of the game, we were comfortable.”
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