I wrote this in another section about 5 mins ago but thought i'd make a new thread.
Anyone remember the name of the player we signed from Spurs back in 80s, he spat at a ref and never played for us again? I remember him being quite a tidy player.
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Yep, that's right, and most people in the stands had no idea why he was sent off until we read the papers the next day!
Miller had already had one run-in with Lennie and got away with it, he didn't survive the second one!
He was ultra professional. He kicked and cheated his way through most games....I loved that!
At the Battle of the Bridge he was perfect for what we needed.
He played a big part in the Spurs team that won the UEFA cup in 1984. Think he scored in first leg of final v Anderlecht. There were some tough guys in that team: Miller/Roberts/Falco/Archibald. Ironic when you think that the team is remembered more for the skills of Ardiles/Hazard/Hoddle.
Had a chat with Miller in the Kings Head, Bexley during his time at Charlton, seemed like a decent bloke. Sad way to end his Charlton career.
Sent off when we were winning one nil and I think it took a Rob Lee goal for us to get a point out of the game which finished 2-2.
The story was that Lennie fired him the next day only for Miller to invoke a clause in his contract. Lennie then told him that he would never play for Charlton again and from that match onwards never appeared in either a first team or reserve team match until transferred in the summer to Watford.
Always remember that game at Chelsea when his deflected shot went in and effectively kept us out of the Play-Offs & safe. Good leveller for their penalty when Durie (or Dixon?) was tripped outside the D of our penalty area!
In respect of the Paul Miller incident, I have it in the back of my mind that the Woolwich Building Society were none too pleased with the spitting and were anxious that Charlton took action.
Paul Miller worked in the city for a number of banks as an account manager/private banker until very recently .Having met him i can say that he was very good company .I never got to discuss his knowledge of the banking markets .
Had him on loan.
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John Hendrie - on loan from Spurs in 1992 scored against the Spanners at Upton Park for a 1-0 win.
They had a run-in the previous season - I am not sure what it was about - but Miller was out of the side from pretty early in the season (he wasn't injured) until he came back and played centre-midfield in a 1-1 draw at Derby in March when Mark Reid scored a cracker from 30 yards past Shilton.
He stayed in the side for the rest of the season and was immense in the 1-1 draw at Chelsea although I also remember him having a run-in at Carrow Road in a 2-0 defeat when he swore at a young ball boy!!!
Miller was a good player to have around but apparently not the easiest bloke to get along with, particularly as he felt he was "slumming it" at Charlton after all those years at WHL with the Spuds.
We spoke about the Battle of the Bridge,when I told him I had seen his best ever game and it wasn't for Spurs he replied you must be a Charlton boy then.He described the game as X rated and that he took pleasure in sending Chelsea down.
He said he liked Charlton and he knew and admired SCP.
In terms of his exit I didn't talk about the spitting incident and he said that his knees had nearly gone when he joined Watford and that he had other business interests after leaving Charlton.
That was an immense display that day in the Battle of the Bridge and deffo in my top 5 squeeky bum matches
Was 13 at the time. Scared shitless.