Wycombe 1 Charlton 2

By Rob Virtue on January 18, 2010 10:12 AM |

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The Addicks returned to winning ways at the weekend thanks to a well-taken winner from captain Nickey Bailey.

The midfielder fired home his tenth goal of the campaign to help Charlton to their first win in a over a month and keep the pressure on both Leeds and Norwich.

Jonjo Shelvey gave Charlton the first goal with a clinical finish after being teed up by Lloyd Sam.

The away side went in at half-time with a deserved lead, but that only lasted until the 64th minute when Wycombe's John-Paul Pitman fired past keeper Rob Elliot.

With 13 minutes remaining, Bailey had a shot blocked but seized on the rebound and fired past Wycombe's Scott Shearer to seal a well-earned three points.

After the match, manager Phil Parkinson ruled out any move for the highly-rated Addicks captain.

"Nicky's not going anywhere," he said. "What message would that send to our supporters?

"Nick's our captain and what a great achievement it would be if Nicky Bailey led this club back into the Championship."

Parkinson added the race was now on for the title with the pressure mounting on Leeds, who are still perched at the top of the table.

"Leeds will be looking over their shoulders," he said. "I know ourselves, Norwich, Colchester and all the other teams don't want to make it easy for them.

"If they do get promoted, then we want to make sure we push them all the way. That's our job to do that. I know ourselves and Norwich have won - and the chase goes on."

Charlton: Elliot; Omozusi (Richardson 68), Basey, Llera, Dailly; Sam, Bailey, Semedo, Shelvey; Mooney (Dickson 65), Burton (McKenzie 75).

Wycombe: Shearer; Hunt, Woodman, Westwood, Hinshelwood; Green (Phillips 65), Mousinho, Davies; Beavon (Betsy 65); Harrold, Pitman.

Att: 6,123