Lee Bowyer only had two days as the temporary main man at Charlton before the Plymouth game. That was enough to inspire a 2-0 win, revitalise their play-off hopes and give one of England's most mistreated fanbases belief again.The former Leeds and West Ham midfielder has been back at the Valley since January as assistant to Karl Robinson. When Robinson left by mutual consent in mid-week, Bowyer stepped up. Against Plymouth, his players did too.This was a crucial game in a play-off race that seemed to be slipping away from Charlton. Charlton Athletic overcame Plymouth to end their eight-match unbeaten run in League One Victory at the Valley gave Lee Bowyer a fine start in his new job as Charlton's caretaker bossThey started the match five points off Plymouth in sixth. They can now hope that the man making his managerial bow on Saturday has enough about him to drag them back into the battle.Unpopular owner Roland Duchatelet has not sold up yet. His long goodbye does seem to have calmed down the most vociferous of the protests, and the usual chants in his direction were absent.Instead those gathered in the Covered End sang their new caretaker manager's name. Within 17 minutes they had plenty of justification. First, Lewis Page volleyed home from 30 yards. Then Michal Zyro headed in from yards out.Whatever Bowyer, who also made his playing debut with Charlton, dreamt on Friday night, it would have struggled to match up to this. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Liverpool Legends 5-5 Bayern Munich Legends: Dirk Kuyt,... England warm down with gym workouts before jetting home... New Charlton manager Lee Bowyer angling for promotion three... Karl Robinson becomes Oxford boss hours after leaving League... Share this article Share Clearly he had some differing opinions to Robinson, despite being his No 2. After a run of four games without a win he made four changes, including a place for goalscorer Page at left-back.It spoke for the surprising nature of the start that Plymouth had gone into this game thinking no changes were necessary. Derek Adams had led the Pilgrims to seven wins in their last eight games.But that form did not carry, and they could not halt the ideal beginning to Bowyer's managerial career. Just two minutes in, Page met a bouncing ball with a left-footed rocket from 30 yards out. It flew straight into the top corner.There was a renewed drive about the hosts, with Tariqe Fosu excelling. A better finish from him after a dribble could have doubled their lead, but he curled a tame effort straight at Plymouth stopper Matthews. Full-back Lewis Page lashed home a left-footed shot to give Charlton the lead on three minutes Michael Zyro made it 2-0 and celebrated with the ball under his shirt while sucking his thumb Zyro was congratulated by Charlton team-mate Joe Aribo after netting his second goal of 2018Not that it took long for a second goal of the afternoon. First, Plymouth came close through Ryan Taylor. A cross