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          2017-18 English League One, Regular Season
          Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic CHA
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          Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers BLK
          • Jason Pearce (19')

          Jason Pearce effort enough as Charlton boost play-off chances

          Apr 28, 2018
          • PA Sport

          Jason Pearce's deflected first-half winner earned play-off chasing Charlton a crucial 1-0 triumph over already-promoted Blackburn Rovers at The Valley.
          Charlie Mulgrew placed a 12th-minute free-kick well wide of the target, but it was the Addicks who got their noses in front seven minutes later in rather fortuitous circumstances.
          Ahmed Kashi drilled in a shot from just outside the area which took a huge deflection off Pearce on its way past Rovers goalkeeper Jayson Leutwiler for what proved to be the only goal of the game.
          Ben Amos had to be alert at the other end to tip behind Mulgrew's corner which appeared to be heading into the net.
          Richie Smallwood burst through just after the break and was denied by Amos before Mark Marshall scrambled the danger clear, with Mulgrew heading agonisingly wide from the resulting corner.
          Amos was called into action again twice in the space of a minute to keep out Jack Payne on both occasions as Blackburn continued their bright start to the second half.
          Pearce made a crucial block from substitute Danny Graham's shot and - from the corner which followed - Dominic Samuel saw his 78th-minute header cannon back off the crossbar.
          Amos was a busy man and made another fine stop from Samuel, pushing away his 82nd-minute shot.
          But despite Rovers' dominance, it was Charlton who almost grabbed a second when a counter attack ended with Leutwiler producing a super save from Jake Forster-Caskey's goalbound strike.

          English League One Standings

          POS Team GP GD PTS
          1 Wigan Athletic 46 +38 92
          2 Rotherham United 46 +37 90
          3 Milton Keynes Dons 46 +34 89
          4 Sheffield Wednesday 46 +28 85
          5 Sunderland 46 +26 84
          6 Wycombe Wanderers 46 +24 83
          7 Plymouth Argyle 46 +20 80
          8 Oxford United 46 +23 76
          9 Bolton Wanderers 46 +17 73
          10 Portsmouth 46 +17 73
          11 Ipswich Town 46 +21 70
          12 Accrington Stanley 46 -19 61
          13 Charlton Athletic 46 -4 59
          14 Cambridge United 46 -18 58
          15 Cheltenham Town 46 -14 56
          16 Burton Albion 46 -16 53
          17 Lincoln City 46 -8 52
          18 Shrewsbury Town 46 -4 50
          19 Morecambe 46 -31 42
          20 Fleetwood Town 46 -20 40
          21 Gillingham 46 -34 40
          22 Doncaster Rovers 46 -45 38
          23 AFC Wimbledon 46 -26 37
          24 Crewe Alexandra 46 -46 29