I have been trying to describe the style and the impact of Paul Williams to my son, a possibly forgotten player who was a pretty prolific scorer for us in the top division. I think he was more the Darren Bent style player than, say, the Andy Hunt, a slippery customer who benefited a lot from playing alongside Carl Leaburn.
Anybody remember Paul?
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Like Darren Bent, played off the shoulder of the defender, and particularly lethal on the breakaway.
Not as tall as Benty, so not as good in the air, but his work rate was second to none.
He revealed once, that he ate loads of sweets before a match to make him hyper.
http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=8555
loved him, but his commnets about Sheff weds being a "proper club" didnt impress me much, although thinking back, we didnt have a ground and all the other stuff ... and when sheff weds came to town I remember him going to the crowd and giving a kid a ball and if I remebr right he also had a bunch of flowers??
Liked him and he was very dangerous
Don't forget, Willo had come to us from non-league, and we were a top flight club - so he had a massive step up to make.
When he first made the 1st team he was quick and dangerous, got in all the right positions, but couldn't score to save his life.
After about 10 goaless matches, Lennie farmed him out to Brentford as AA says above - and once Willo got a taste of putting the ball in the net he came back on fire and started scoring goals for fun.
PS: The parallels with Chris Dickson are apparent ...... the exception being that once Willo came back from loan with goals under his belt, Lennie started him straight back in the team, obviously knowing the benefits of using a super confident player to boost the team.
Wouldn't go that far. Good player, who did well with us.
But he majorly blotted his copybook for me when he gave the Covered End the five-knuckle shuffle when he scored for Palace against us.
didn't he win Goal of the season with us?
Yeah, good idea Lee.
Get him to come along to Henry's Bromley Addicks and meet the fans.
;o)
Never forgiven him for that. Bad enough he went to Palace but to do that as well.
Legend my ass.
Although that 3-0 spanking of chelsea as sellout him and Magic Man Morts were unplayable that night.
And still remember listening to Capital Gold highlights on way home and Jonathan Pearce screeching - 'and hit with such venom' with regards to Morts goal.
People should remember for each of our top flight seasons we were invariably outclassed ability wise by most sides - but Lennie had the team competing as a unit, kept together by team spirit and the sheer will of the players to fight for each other.
Just thinking ..... how did Lennie the Legend keep it all together for so long. He's the real bloody hero!
Anyway, it was in that context and environment that Willo did his bit. Without his goals we would have been toast, no matter how much effort the players put in.
And he wasn't the only one ...... Johnny H, Mark Reid, Shirty, Steve Mackenzie, the immortal Colin Walsh, Jimmy Melrose, Andy Peake, Bob the Builder, Robert Lee, Tommy Caton, Gritty, Even Paul Miller and Colin Pates, the bloke on loan at centre half Alan Thingymejig, and the young lads, Morts, Micky Bennett and Carlo and others - they were all legends especially within the team framework, and Willo should be regarded with them.
Cheers, guys. Without you busting a gut in those top flight years, Charlton would have died.
Joe McLaughlin
what about that bloke Kenny Amchampong lol and not forgetting these lot over the next few years
Brenden O'Connell
John Pearson
Garth Crooks
Alex Dyer
Andy Jones
David Campbell
Mark Stuart
Ricky Otto
Mike Small
Jason Lee
Steve Thompson
Ralph Milne
George Shipley
also can any one remember a young left winger i think we had him on a free from man utd wilson in the early 90's at selhurst park
Sadly, he later committed suicide.
Remember the Wilson lad, got a couple of goals on loan.