TOWN fans were put on good-behaviour bond - but the only thing hurled during the Leeds Road clash with Charlton was abuse at home players.

Eddie Boot's boys, who were on the fringes of the Division II promotion race after a 2-0 derby win at Rotherham the week before, were expected to see off the London strugglers comfortably.

But on a day when the official programme contained a warning over rowdyism, Town struggled to stamp their authority.

They eventually won 2-0 to go fifth, but the goals, a Len White penalty and a Peter Dinsdale shot, didn't arrive until the final 15 minutes.

Bt that stage the supporters were getting restless, although there was no repeat of the throwing of orange peel, pie crusts and toilet rolls which had caused the FA to act.

Keen to avoid any blemishes in the build-up to the hosting of the 1966 World Cup, soccer chiefs had ordered Town to post warning notices after misbehaviour during the previous season's home games against Newcastle and Leyton Orient.

The programme notice against Chatrlton came after toilet rolls were chucked during the 1-0 home defeat by Bury a fortnight before.

"Missile throwing and paper hurling are just two gimmicks borrowed from the continentals," wrote the Examiner's Longfellow.

"Another is to pick out a certain player and give him the boo treatment, particularly if he happens to be an international, like Town's Ray Wilson or Mike O'Grady.

"Players have always been willing to accept the `bird' when their performances are off key, but the latest growing trend is worrying."

Skipper and left-back Wilson had recovered from an ankle injury to face Charlton, but fellow England cap O'Grady was ruled out by a cold.

That left the way open for Ollie Conmy, the County Mayo-born product of Dewsbury junior football who could play on either wing.

It was only a third first-team appearance for the 23-year-old, who had faced Bradford Park Avenue in that season's League Cup after making his debut at home to Liverpool two years earlier.

His form in the Central League had been solid, and he was one of the few who pleased the crowd with some spirited and direct runs down the left (Kevin McHale was switched to the right).

White also won applause from the 12,435 in the ground and it was he who stroked home the penalty awarded for a handball by John Sewell.

The right-back made no protest at the time, but after the game Charlton boss Frank Hill bitterly insisted the contact was accidental and claimed: "It was a shocking decision."

The victory was assured after 82 minutes when Dinsdale applied the finishing touch after playing a neat one-two with Conmy.