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
Live Reporting
Glenn Speller
Wembley awaits...published at 22:26 British Summer Time 15 May
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FT: Charlton 1-0 Wycombe (1-0 agg)
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Well, 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.
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'The fans deserve it'published at 22:17 British Summer Time 15 May
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FT: Charlton 1-0 Wycombe (1-0 agg)
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.
Thousands 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.
FULL-TIMEpublished at 21:55 British Summer Time 15 May
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Charlton 1-0 Wycombe (1-0 agg)
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Charlton 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.
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.
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.
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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."
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).