Swansea 1 Charlton 1

By Rob Virtue on March 2, 2009 11:35 AM |

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A Nicky Bailey equaliser earned Charlton a deserved point against Swansea on Saturday.

However, with just 12 games remaining, the Addicks slipped to ten points from safety after their relegation rivals picked up wins in a surprise weekend in the Championship.

Wins for Nottingham Forest, Watford, Barnsley and Southampton took the gloss off another solid performance, which saw the south Londoners go three games ubeaten.

Charlton started strongly against Swansea, with Jonjo Shelvey, on his first game since becoming a senior pro, playing just behind Chris Dickson in attack.

Shelvey twice came close with shots from distance, but it was the Welsh team who broke the deadlock, when Nathan Dyer took advantage of a Graeme Murty slip to fire past keeper Rob Elliot.

In the second half Charlton fought back and Bailey scored when his shot was deflected past Dorus De Vries, in goal for Swansea.

Both teams had chance to snatch a win in the dying minutes, but a draw was probably the fairest result.

The Addicks next take on Doncaster at The Valley on Tuesday night.

Teams:

Charlton: Elliot; Murty (Holland 68), Youga, Hudson, Ward; Soares, Spring, Racon, Bailey, Shelvey (Ambrose 77); Dickson (Burton 90). Subs (not used): Randolph, Todorov.

Goal: Bailey 55

Booked: Murty 11 (foul on Dyer), Shelvey 12 (foul on Britton), Spring 31 (foul on Britton), Bailey 37 (foul on Gomez), Dickson 65 (foul on Serran).

Swansea: de Vries; Rangel, Tate, Williams, Monk (Serran 28); Dyer, Gomez, Britton, Bauza (Pratley 90), Gower (Butler 68); Scotland. Subs (not used): MacDonald, Orlandi.

Goal: Dyer 42

Booked: Bauza 58 (foul on Hudson), Serran 79 (foul on Dickson), Rangel 83 (foul on Dickson)

Referee: K Stroud

Attendance: 15,053 (616 Charlton)