- Potter (16), Tudgay (38), Jeffers (63), Tudgay (90 pen)
- Spring (86)
- Date:2009-01-17
- Kick-off:15:00
- Venue:Hillsborough
- Attendance:28766
- Referee:Deadman, D
Live Commentary
90mins
That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.
90mins
Marcus Tudgay takes a penalty for Sheff Wed and scores!.
90mins
The referee has booked Luke Boden.
86mins
Goal!! Matthew Spring scores for Charlton.
84mins
Sheff Wed are replacing Darren Potter with Sean McAllister.
82mins
Darren Randolph goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.
74mins
Francis Jeffers is being taken off, Luke Boden has come on in his place.
68mins
Charlton are replacing Jonjo Shelvey with Chris Dickson.
68mins
Charlton are replacing Tom Soares with Matt Holland.
64mins
Jermaine Johnson is being taken off, Wade Small has come on in his place.
63mins
Francis Jeffers goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.
63mins
Goal!! Francis Jeffers scores for Sheff Wed.
54mins
Graeme Murty is being taken off, Yassin Moutaouakil has come on in his place.
53mins
Richard Wood is booked for unsporting behaviour.
49mins
Matthew Spring goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.
48mins
Jermaine Johnson is booked for unsporting behaviour.
46mins
The second half is under way with the score currently at 2 v 0.
45mins
The ref has blown his whistle for half time.
38mins
Goal!! Sheff Wed have scored with Marcus Tudgay putting it in the back of the net.
16mins
Goal!! Sheff Wed have scored with Darren Potter putting it in the back of the net.
0mins
The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.
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Match Report
Darren Potter notched his first ever league goal on his debut for Sheffield Wednesday as the Hillsborough side demolished rock-bottom Charlton.
The 24-year-old Republic of Ireland international, on loan from Wolves for the rest of the season, conjured up an eye-catching strike as Marcus Tudgay and Francis Jeffers pushed Phil Parkinson's side a step nearer League One.
It was a sweet moment for Jeffers - his first goal of the season after an injury nightmare following his move from Blackburn in August 2007.
Wednesday, without a win in their last six games and cheered on by a massive 30,000 crowd swelled by reduced ticket prices, carved out the early openings with Jermaine Johnson testing Darren Randolph with a long-range strike.
The Sheffield side swept ahead in the 16th minute after on-loan midfielder Michael Gray caused problems with a teasing cross.
The ball was cleared to Potter who lashed in a low right-foot strike from 25 yards, with the ball taking a deflection past the
helpless keeper.
Jeffers had a stinging right-foot shot turned away by Randolph, with the ball falling to Tommy Spurr's whose fierce strike was cut out by the Charlton keeper.
Johnson cut inside and drilled a curling shot which was snapped up by Randolph before Wednesday increased their lead on 38 minutes.
Gray was again the provider with a teasing corner and Tudgay finished with a downward header at the far post for
his eighth of the season.
Jeffers was foiled minutes later as the ex-Blackburn striker took advantage of a Grant Basey mistake to burst through unmarked but his low strike blocked by the keeper's legs.
Matthew Spring hammered a shot from the edge of the area wide of the Wednesday goal before they killed off
struggling Charlton in the 63rd minute.
Gray, signed on a month's emergency loan, found space on the right flank to pump in a low cross.
Jeffers beat Randolph to the ball and turned it over the line from the tightest of angles.
Spring pulled one back four minutes from time with a low strike from 25 yards four minutes from time.
Tudgay had the final word after scoring his second from the penalty spot in injury time after he had been upended by Basey.
Sheffield Wednesday Team
Charlton Athletic Team
Sheffield Wednesday | Charlton Athletic |
Corners
| 7 | 2 |
Fouls
| 13 | 9 |
Goal attempts
| 18 | 8 |
Shots off target
| 4 | 5 |
Offsides
| 5 | 0 |
