Young ---Rufus-- Costa-- Powell (or Konch) not a shabby defence that.
was atalking at work about Rodbns goal against Moan Uts other nite -- said saw him score a great goal against us at The Valley when Chelski won 2 nil. Herman Crespo scored the other and MoM was Essen his first season ----------------- seems like a life time ago.
still great memories just sad how the kak level we are at now.
Young ---Rufus-- Costa-- Powell (or Konch) not a shabby defence that.
was atalking at work about Rodbns goal against Moan Uts other nite -- said saw him score a great goal against us at The Valley when Chelski won 2 nil. Herman Crespo scored the other and MoM was Essen his first season
seems like a life time ago.
still great memories just sad how the kak level we are at now.
GH....how have we managed so fall so far and so quickly.....it's been a nightmare of the first order.
I just had the feeling that I could never shake off that once Curbs left the dynasty that he'd created the walls would come tumbling down but who's have guessed so quickly and dramaticly....can't say I'm pleased in any way shape or form to have been proved right....I'd sooner have been wrong and us still be in The Prem....but I saw it coming as did many of us old 'uns.
I could never understand those who thought he'd run his course.....they'd all love him back now wouldn't they, that is if they could manage to eat that huge mountain of humble pie they've made..
[cite]Posted By: LenGlover[/cite]I was convinced Primus would make it (as he did) but Rufus to me at that time looked like bambi on ice and I thought he wouldn' make the grade.
Good job Curbs knew better!
Confession time - I thought the exact same thing When I first saw Primus I thought he was a dead cert to make it - he was a beast of a player at a young age. Rufus looked so frail, and his legs were so ungainly looking that when he ran he looked like a shopping trolley falling down a flight of stairs. How wrong I was!
[cite]Posted By: LenGlover[/cite]In 1994 or thereabouts I watched Richard and Linvoy Primus away at Margate in the semi final of the Kent Cup.
Why don't we play in the Kent Cup anymore? Could play our reserves like Brighton do in the Sussex one. When did we stop entering it?
Because of all our fans insisting Charlton is in London rather than Kent :-)
To be serious, if memory serves me right, we stopped playing in the Kent Cup roughly when we reached the Prem partly because we joined the Prem reserve league which had a bigger fixture list than the old London Midweek league and Football Combination which we had competed in previously. The Kent Cup competition itself also had difficulties to the extent that even non-league clubs (the better ones anyway) began treating it as a reserve competition so it lost prestige and probably wasn't regarded as challenging enough for aspiring Football League players.
Nice guy - spotted him in the car park prior to a game (he was not playing due to an injury) - went over to shake his hand and he was such a gentleman - not too up himself to have a chat with a fan.
Posting without reading what has gone before - quality centre half had difficulty passing from a to b but defended admirably against some of the best in Europe with pace to stay with an attacker one of our best central defenders unquestionably in 50+years of following the addicks with all due respect to Jago, Hinton, Went, Shipperly, Elliott, Shirtliff, Webster and Uncle Tom Cobley :-D
Rob Elliot could be one that stays for a career, with his love for the club.
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No problem with Robbie if he was my son I would say fill your boots whilst you can he is one of us and comes to support us up north when he is free as at Leeds away this season.
Good luck Richard. Hope it works out well. On a personal note I never thought Richard would go on into management. Prove me wrong please. My favourite player in all my 51 years of supporting The Addicks.
Would like to say how brilliant it is to see so many people saying how much they loved Rufus, a player whose career was sadly cut short but still made this much of an impact. Not many players I think whose career end early get as much recognition as Rufus does. That's just my opinion though.
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Young ---Rufus-- Costa-- Powell (or Konch) not a shabby defence that.
was atalking at work about Rodbns goal against Moan Uts other nite -- said saw him score a great goal against us at The Valley when Chelski won 2 nil. Herman Crespo scored the other and MoM was Essen his first season ----------------- seems like a life time ago.
still great memories just sad how the kak level we are at now.
GH....how have we managed so fall so far and so quickly.....it's been a nightmare of the first order.
I just had the feeling that I could never shake off that once Curbs left the dynasty that he'd created the walls would come tumbling down but who's have guessed so quickly and dramaticly....can't say I'm pleased in any way shape or form to have been proved right....I'd sooner have been wrong and us still be in The Prem....but I saw it coming as did many of us old 'uns.
I could never understand those who thought he'd run his course.....they'd all love him back now wouldn't they, that is if they could manage to eat that huge mountain of humble pie they've made..
Not mine - It's all Mr. Finch's work!
In 1994 or thereabouts I watched Richard and Linvoy Primus away at Margate in the semi final of the Kent Cup.
I was convinced Primus would make it (as he did) but Rufus to me at that time looked like bambi on ice and I thought he wouldn' make the grade.
Good job Curbs knew better!
Because of all our fans insisting Charlton is in London rather than Kent :-)
To be serious, if memory serves me right, we stopped playing in the Kent Cup roughly when we reached the Prem partly because we joined the Prem reserve league which had a bigger fixture list than the old London Midweek league and Football Combination which we had competed in previously. The Kent Cup competition itself also had difficulties to the extent that even non-league clubs (the better ones anyway) began treating it as a reserve competition so it lost prestige and probably wasn't regarded as challenging enough for aspiring Football League players.
Was it Sir Bobby Robson that thought he was the best modern defender never to play for England ??