Blimey yeah. That was the 3-3 with Man Utd wasn't it? Take some beating I reckon..
Bartlett came on as sub against Liverpool in the previous match, we lost 3-0, Mark Fish scoring an own goal after three minutes, thought then that bartlett would be a mark bright for us. As well as scoring the goals against Man U, don't forget he also scored a MoTD goal of the seaon against Leicester, when they were a top division club, wonder what happened to them
I'm quite surprised that other folk haven't reacted to my Linvoy Primus selection....he was awesome that day and won MOTM........I believe he may have got that from the TV, as the game might could well have gone out live(or at least with extended highlights)...he was only a kid too.
Mark Kinsella against Oldham in 1996. Totally ran the game and we suddenly realised what a player we had, especially as we nearly didn't get him from Colchester. He'd impressed in a pre season friendly against Orient and we were all set to sign him but the deal appeared to fall through. Thankfully we managed to nab him around October that year. I particularly remember this game as I was deafened throughout by a Dutch oompah band that were making visit to the Valley courtesy of an invitation from Henry Irving, if I recall it correctly.
Incidentally we won the game 1-0 thanks to a David Whyte goal in the last minute set up by another debutant that day, Ricky Otto.
Shaun Newton. Can't remember it being the best but seems to stick out for me cos I was quite young and he was always one of my favourites from that day onwards.
The old memory might be playing tricks but we sold Killer to Derby and next match Tony Burman played and scored. I THINK that was Tony's debut. I can remember a few people saying that maybe we did the right thing selling killer as Burman could replace him. I wasn't convinced and the fact that we missed promotion proved me right sadly.
Probably not the most impressive as i think Bartlett wins that, but i remember Moo2's debut at home to Scunthorpe last season, he was brilliant and did an amazing turn or dummy at one point to go past a player and i thought we'd uncovered a star. At Scunthorpe away, i realised we hadn't!
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I think you are right- but if it was it would have been right up there!
Gary Poole at QPR for nothing else than that screamer- remember that!
Mills at Crewe- great player with a real point to prove- a great signing( first time round).
Bartlett
Bent
He then battered and wound van hooijdonk up for the rest of the game.
Ricky Otto looked good in what I think was also Kinsellas first game?
Dean Chandler scored on his debut along with Bowyer against a high flying Reading at that dump they used to inhabit.
Darren Bent though for me, I didn't go up to Sunderland as I was DJ'ing all day and night but as debuts go and to carry on like that...
Bartlett came on as sub against Liverpool in the previous match, we lost 3-0, Mark Fish scoring an own goal after three minutes, thought then that bartlett would be a mark bright for us. As well as scoring the goals against Man U, don't forget he also scored a MoTD goal of the seaon against Leicester, when they were a top division club, wonder what happened to them
Speaking of Paul Williams, didn't he score 2 against West Ham at Upton Park on his debut - or had he already played by then?
I remember him chipping it over their front line back to bob bolder in goal....
I doth cap to you sir !!
Perhaps that's the way forward, i publicly bully people into starting Charlton-related threads !!
Was watching the top 50 prem goals last night. Can't belive that his strike against Leicester didn't get in the top ten!!
awesome display.
Incidentally we won the game 1-0 thanks to a David Whyte goal in the last minute set up by another debutant that day, Ricky Otto.
Robert Lee (Former Turnstile)
Bob Bolders was terrible as was Simon Websters and they both turned out to be legends.