Ah shit. Rambo was one of my favourite players ever. Totally committed, never the most technically gifted but could play a bit better than a lot of people gave him credit for.
RIP big man.
Ah, no. My abiding memory of him is demolishing an advertising hoarding behind the goal at Selhurst in his efforts to get back and block the ball, against Liverpool I think? He was one of those players that you never got less than 100% effort from, and one of the reasons why that promotion team rekindled my family's love for Charlton.
RIP Thommo
That was a classic moment for me and dad. In a newspaper the next day the headline read "I could have been killed!" because he flew over a big spike or something. Dad would say words to that effect every time a player ran into an advert board for the next 30-odd years. Thanks to Twitter I got to tell Steve about that and he seemed to find it funny.
Really sorry to hear about this. Steve was a proper connection to my dad and my childhood and he seemed like a proper bloke.
Steve was my favourite player from the promotion winning squad that Lennie assembled. He was a man mountain who always gave his all, often along with a drop or two of blood.
Back when he was on Twitter (he left after he was sacked from a co-commentating job he had on local radio, for saying something “hurty” 🤦🏻♀️) I chatted with him & he told me he was in the process of writing his autobiography; I asked him if Charlton would feature much in it & he said we would. I have never been able to find out if he managed to get the book published, sadly I presume not. But I’m sure it would have made a great read.
Rest in peace Thommo and condolences to his family and friends 😢
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Really sorry to hear about this. Steve was a proper connection to my dad and my childhood and he seemed like a proper bloke.
Back when he was on Twitter (he left after he was sacked from a co-commentating job he had on local radio, for saying something “hurty” 🤦🏻♀️) I chatted with him & he told me he was in the process of writing his autobiography; I asked him if Charlton would feature much in it & he said we would. I have never been able to find out if he managed to get the book published, sadly I presume not. But I’m sure it would have made a great read.
Rest in peace Thommo and condolences to his family and friends 😢