Ray Treacy

Stig

I was in Dublin this morning and saw a shop (Closed with a for sale board) called Ray Treacy Travel. I wondered whether this was our Ray Treacy (he was born in Dublin and had 42 caps for Ireland), or whether it was just a co-incidence.

Given that the following website specialises in Irish Football tours, it might be a fair bet. http://www.raytreacytravel.com/ Anyone know?

Big William

That's our Ray, his firm arranged a lot of tours following the Irish footie team. Don't know if it's a victim of the reccesion or he's retired - he was in the team the first game I went to in (gulp) 1969.

Stig

Cheers Big William.

Captain Peacock

What a player Ray Treacy was, whoever was there will never forget his goal against Brian Clough's future champions Derby, picked the ball up from a short Charlie Wright throw at the edge of our area layed a ball to midfield (Alan Campbell I think ?) recieved it back and let rip, or his pair in that 0-4 at Loftus Road.
Yo-yoed between West Brom and ourselves during the late sixty's and early seventy's.
Formed a great striking partnership with Matt Tees, halcion days indeed or just clouded memorys from a then 11 year old.

Captain Peacock

Clouded memorys indeed it was 1-4 at Loftus Road, Mick Leach (QPR), Rat Treacy 2, Mike Kenning 2, a truely unforgetable game especially put in he context of we had not won away for an age.

TEL

My favourite player from the 60's......him and Alan Campbell......what a team that was from 1968-69 season

m_2

Sorry captain Peacock but I think you might be wrong.

My memory of the Derby game was Charlie wright hoofing it out, Matt Tees heading it on and Ray Treacy belting it into top right hand corner.

Forgive me if my memory fails me but I do remember running on the pitch and carrying Ray off on our shoulders.

Dave Rudd

Ray was top class. Not a tall forward, but he could hang in the air.

He did something at Tranmere in the Cup replay which I had never seen at the time. He was in the centre circle with a defender up his arse and, as the ball was played up to him from our defence, he played it with his right heel and deflected it backwards through his own legs while turning and leaving the Tranmere defender for dead.

Treacy and Tees were a great partnership too. Tees was all skin and bone, but a great header of a ball - and as brave as they come. Treacy was more skilful, with a rocket shot. And both had a great will to win. Defenders were seldom given an easy afternoon when those two were around.

Henry Irving

For others who remember that era. The Matt Tees book

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Matt-Tees-Football-Brave-hearted-Airdrieonians/dp/1902871146

Dave Rudd

Yes, good call, Henry.

In truth, it's more of a booklet, but it's an interesting read. I got mine signed by the great man via the Grimsby Club Shop. Apparently he calls in from time to time.

Probably an inaccurate boyhood memory, but Tees almost always seemed to score our first goal. And not many games would go by without him ending up in a crumpled heap after some thug defender had roughed him up in a manner befitting 1960's/70's football.

Solidgone

My memory of Ray Treacy was not the goal he should have scored away at Leicester but the fantastic save Peter Shilton pulled off to deny a Charlton goal.

GlassHalfFull

Either side of the Derby game Treacy scored blinders at Palace (Cup replay) and at Fulham - three truly fabulous goals in a month.

Mariner

Hi everyone
Forgive my ignorance, I'm not from your area, but I heard the goals from the famous televised Derby match in 69 were included on the Centenary DVD,is this correct and if it is , is anyone out there technically brilliant enough to provide a link to that section, I would love to see them!

Kap10

He was my first Charlton forward, playing alongside Harry Gregory

Curb_It

[cite]Posted By: Mariner[/cite]Hi everyone
Forgive my ignorance, I'm not from your area, but I heard the goals from the famous televised Derby match in 69 were included on the Centenary DVD,is this correct and if it is , is anyone out there technically brilliant enough to provide a link to that section, I would love to see them!

Im not sure that would be possible... i reckon you're going to have to buy the DVD. Im sure you would enjoy watching all of it!

Curb_It

7.50 bargain!

Colin in Thailand.

[quote][cite]Posted By: Captain Peacock[/cite]Clouded memorys indeed it was 1-4 at Loftus Road, Mick Leach (QPR), Rat Treacy 2, Mike Kenning 2, a truely unforgetable game especially put in he context of we had not won away for an age.[/quote]

Don't like to disagree Captain , but was the other 2 goals not scored by Dickie Plum/Plumb, or maybe that was another game.

Valley Ant

Definitely Mike Kenning, I was there stuck in the QPR end.
It's also in the handbook.........

Mariner

Thanks guys,
Can anyone confirm the Derby goals are definitely on the DVD before I splash the cash?

Curb_It

Airman Brown can do if he sees this thread.

Chizz

A Sales Manager at my company looks after Ray Treacy's account and, as he's my brother's favourite ever footballer, I got her to meet up with him in Dublin. She took a TOFFS shirt (with my brother's age on the back) for him to sign. Ray was charming and patient and sat in his office having his picture taken as he patiently scrawled across the shirt.

So, if you see someone with an old fashioned Charlton shirt, a number "50" on the back and Ray Treacy's signature on the front, that's my brother!

Red5

[cite]Posted By: Big William[/cite]That's our Ray, his firm arranged a lot of tours following the Irish footie team. Don't know if it's a victim of the reccesion or he's retired - he was in the team the first game I went to in (gulp) 1969.

Hey Big Willy, how d'you get a name like that then? ;-)