Charlton beat Wycombe 1-0 on aggregate to reach League One play-off final
Godden poked in winner for Addicks late on
First leg had finished goalless at Adams Park
Charlton will play Leyton Orient in final at Wembley on 25 May
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Image source, Rex FeaturesWell, we waited 171 minutes but we got a goal and Charlton will face Leyton Orient in a London knees-up at Wembley in 10 days time.
You can read the report by clicking on the tab above and we are back tomorrow night for League Two action as Walsall defend a 2-0 lead against Chesterfield.
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Nathan Jones is one game from leading Charlton back to the Championship and has told Sky Sports:
"It's a little bit of relief and a little bit of euphoria at the moment.
"We've been on a wonderful run and we've been a good side for a while.
"We brought Matty Godden here to score goals - you rely on good players to get you goals and he's as good as we've seen.
"We'll let them loose tonight and tomorrow and then we're back on it.
"We've gone from 18th to Wembley in a year and we don't want to stop here."
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It's confirmed, Charlton will meet Leyton Orient at Wembley in the League One play-off final on Sunday, 25 May.
The winner will play in the Championship in 2025-26.
It's a 13:00 BST kick-off, so get that one in your diaries.
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Charlton match-winner Matty Godden has been speaking to Sky Sports after his 81st minute goal booked them a place in the final:
"It was mad, it's what this football club is about.
"It was mad at the end with the fans but they deserve it - they've been with us through some tough times and we've got a day out at Wembley now.
"We never give up and attacking the covered end in the second half we always know it gives us something extra and if we kept going we could do it in 90 minutes.
"You don't want to go to Wembley and lose now."
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Former Charlton forward Darren Ambrose told Sky Sports:
"The goal summed up the game really,.
"Lloyd Jones redeemed himself from missing his chance with a good touch.
"Godden was there - the man of the moment - we said they needed a hero and he was the man."
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Charlton boss Nathan Jones was face down on the touchline and in tears at full-time.
That's what it means to the Addicks.
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Sam Avery
BBC Three Counties Radio's Wycombe commentator
The amount of work and effort that has gone in over the last two games, the Wycombe fans are going to be proud.
It hasn't panned out the way Wycombe wanted it to, but there should be a certain amount of pride.
What I would like to work out is how so many fans, and I'm talking 20/30 football fans have made it into this game with flares?
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How many of you were gearing up for extra time and pens before this guy stepped up?
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Andy Rowley
BBC Radio London commentator
The fans are on the pitch, they are embracing the players and Matty Godden is completely engulfed.
Charlton are heading to Wembley for an all London final, these are incredible scenes here at The Valley.
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Image source, PA MediaThousands of Charlton fans have swarmed onto the pitch at The Valley.
It all seems good humoured and there's some red smoke as well.
Addicks ers are dreaming of a return to the Championship after five seasons in League One but they'll have to get past London rivals Leyton Orient to do so.
Stay with us as we'll do our best to bring you some reaction.
Charlton 1-0 Wycombe (1-0 agg)
Image source, PA MediaCharlton are into the League One play-off final.
Matty Godden's goal nine minutes from the end finally gave us the breakthrough we thought might never come.
Lloyd Jones should have given the home side the lead when heading wide in the first period.
Wycombe's Garath McCleary and Xavier Simons both had efforts superbly blocked by Kayne Ramsay but it'll be a London derby in the final in 10 days time as Charlton face Leyton Orient for a place in the Championship next season.
Charlton 1-0 Wycombe (1-0 agg)
Luke Ashmead
BBC Three Counties Radio summariser
Charlton have done well since the goal, Wycombe have barely touched the ball.
This is football it is a cruel game.
Charlton 1-0 Wycombe (1-0 agg)
We will have four minutes of time added on.
We are four minutes from a London derby in the final unless Wycombe can produce something.
Charlton 1-0 Wycombe (1-0 agg)
Goalscorer Matty Godden is carded as he kicks the ball away.
Charlton 1-0 Wycombe (1-0 agg)
Off goes Tyreece Campbell for Charlton and on comes Tennai Watson.
Charlton want the clock to move faster.
Wycombe are hoping for some considerable added time.
Charlton 1-0 Wycombe (1-0 agg)
Three changes for Wycombe as Mike Dodds throws what could be his final dice of the season.
Xavier Simons, Adam Reach and Garath McCleary get the hook.
On come Magnus Westergaard, Gideon Kodua and Kieran Sadlier.
Charlton 1-0 Wycombe (1-0 agg)
Andy Rowley
BBC Radio London commentator
I've never known noise like that, that was incredible!
Look at The Valley it is absolutely bouncing and a pungent smell in the air around the ground from a flare that went off.
Six minutes to go Charlton fans, tick them off.
Charlton 1-0 Wycombe (1-0 agg)
No-one in League One has scored more home goals than Matty Godden this season.
That's his 13th at The Valley and it's now his best return of an EFL campaign as he goes to 22 for the season.
Charlton replace Alex Gilbert with Karoy Anderson.
Have Wycombe got anything left in the tank?
Matty Godden
Image source, PA MediaDeadlock broken!
In goes the ball to the Wycombe area, Lloyd Jones pokes it towards goal and Matty Godden is on hand to tap home as it comes off keeper Franco Ravizzoli.
Godden's 22nd goal of the season and surely the sweetest.
Charlton 0-0 Wycombe (0-0 agg)
Sam Avery
BBC Three Counties Radio's Wycombe commentator
Neither team are looking like they will make a second substitution.
But neither team can afford to as no one is playing bad at the moment and they are giving their all.
Matty Godden scored the winner nine minutes from time
Matty Godden's goal nine minutes from time sent Charlton into the League One play-off final as they edged past Wycombe at The Valley.
In a second leg almost as tepid as the first, a 0-0 draw at Adams Park, the tie was settled by Godden's 22nd goal of the season.
A long ball into the Wycombe penalty area was turned towards goal by Lloyd Jones and fell kindly for Godden to poke home from close range.
Charlton will now play Leyton Orient in the final at Wembley on Sunday, 25 May with the Addicks aiming to return to the Championship for the first time since 2021.
It was another night of few chances but Charlton, who finished a point and a place above Wycombe in the table, finally found a goal as attention began to turn to extra time.
Macaulay Gillesphey floated a ball from just inside his own half into the Wycombe box and Jones beat Adam Reach to it and steered towards goal with his right boot.
Franco Ravizzoli, who replaced the unwell Will Norris in goal, was a little hesitant to come off his line and could only block Jones' touch towards goal. It bounced into the path of Godden who chested down and turned into an empty net.
Jones had earlier squandered by far the best chance of the whole tie as, six minutes before the break, he totally miscued a free header from six yards out, diverting Godden's cross from the right fully 20 yards wide of the right-hand post.
Charlton went close again after the break as Thierry Small cut inside from the right but curled his left-foot shot just wide of the left-hand post.
Wycombe were second best and failed to fashion a clear-cut chance but did go close twice as the game wore on.
First Garath McCleary took Fred Onyedinma's cross but his shot was superbly blocked by Kayne Ramsay for Charlton before the rebound fell for Xavier Simons, whose shot was also blocked by Ramsay.
At full-time Addicks boss Nathan Jones was close to tears as thousands of Charlton fans spilled onto the pitch to celebrate.
There were jubilant scenes at full-time as Charlton fans celebrated on the pitch
Charlton boss Nathan Jones told Sky Sports:
"It's a little bit of relief and a little bit of euphoria.
"We've been on a wonderful run and we've been a good side for a while.
"We brought Matty Godden here to score goals - you rely on good players to get you goals and he's as good as we've seen.
"We'll let them loose tonight and tomorrow and then we're back on it.
"We've gone from 18th to Wembley in a year and we don't want to stop here."
Wycombe manager Mike Dodds told BBC Three Counties Radio:
"The two legs panned out how I thought they would with two really good teams locking horns.
"The bit that's hard to take is that the one moment of the tie has landed to them and there's a lot of emotion now.
"When teams are so evenly matched, you have to take those moments and unfortunately we were on the wrong side of the fence."
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Charlton Athletic have lost only one of their last seven games against Wycombe Wanderers in all competitions (W3 D3), and none of their three previous meetings this season (W2 D1).
Wycombe Wanderers have won on only one of their last seven visits to Charlton Athletic in all competitions (D1 L5), a 1-0 victory on New Year's Day in 2021-22.
Charlton ended the League One regular season on a 15-game unbeaten streak at the Valley (W12 D3), while overall, only Birmingham City (11) and Wrexham (15) conceded fewer home goals in League One than the Addicks (16).
Wycombe lost more away games in the League One regular season in their final seven games (3) than their first 16 games of 2024-25 (2), though the Chairboys did collect the second-most points on the road in the division in 2024-25 (42), behind only Birmingham (50).
The side that finished fifth in League One during the regular season have reached the play-off final in five of the last eight seasons, with Scunthorpe United in 2017-18, Portsmouth in 2019-20 and Bolton Wanderers in 2022-23 failing to do so in that time.
Wycombe are winless in their last nine games in all competitions in London (D3 L6), losing on all three occasions in 2024-25.
In League One during the regular season, Charlton’s Matt Godden scored more goals on home soil than any other player (12). Among all players in the division to net more than five goals across their home league matches, only two players had a better shot conversion rate than the Addicks forwards (29.3%).
No side scored more headed goals in League One this season than Wycombe (16, level with Wrexham), whilst overall, only Lincoln City (34) netted more set-piece goals (inc. penalties) in 2024-25 than the Chairboys (26).
