I'll throw this into the mix to make it more interesting...
Hamer or Ilic? Wiggins or Powell? Solly or Mills? Morrison or Rufus? Taylor or Brown? Cort or Youds? Stephens or Newton? Jackson or Jones? Prichard or Robinson? Hollands or Kinsella? Kermorgant or Hunt BWP or Mendonca?
You didn't offer us the team from 1998 though did you? Did the team you listed ever play together? Thought Ilic had gone by 2000, but willing to be corrected on these matters.
Let's say it was the starting 11 from the playoff final team, I'd have Solly, Wiggins, Jackson & Yann in for Mills, Bowen, Heaney & Bright. JJ wouldn't make it if Robbo started though.
The team of 1999/2000 has a lot of fond memories for me and Curbs improved on that by signing players like Jenson and Fish. So they're a hard act to follow. But this team is growing on me and there's a lot of character in there. The feel good factor is definitely on the way back.
Nope they couldnt hold a candle to the likes of Rufus, Kinsella, Robinson, Balmer, Ilic etc in my affections but its the closest to that side that we have been since.
I also have fond memories of the Selhurst promotion team, Bolder, Reid, Humphrey, Shirtliff, Walsh, Gritt etc
I have been watching Charlton since 1980 and in that period I have seen 5 promotions, 4 relegations, 2 play off defeats and the play off win against Leeds in 1987. You would say that my favourite team must come from one of the promotion sides, but the team from the 1991/1992 season is one that did it on a shoestring budget and will always be one of my favourite sides.
A move to Upton Park, Curbishley and Gritt as Joint managers. Great home wins against Millwall, Leicester and Newcastle. Great away wins at Newcastle, Sunderland, and Blackburn.
I agree with you shirty5, those early Gritt/Curbs teams were legends for what they achieved on the pitch, with no money and playing at Upton Park. A tiny squad with no depth, so players played through injuries and the pain barrier. Some real Charlton legends in that team, Bob Bolder, Colin Walsh, Robert Lee especially. Alex Dyer was part of the squad, so a nice link to the present days, along with Keith Peacock and Richard Murray of course!
Bolder Pitcher Minto Pardew Webster Gatting/Balmer Lee Bumstead Leaburn Nelson Walsh
Definitely the teams of the 60s. Proper football, everyone enjoying themselves. Big crowds and little trouble. I have enjoyed the other eras, no doubt, but definitely enjoyed the 60s the most.
I have been watching Charlton since 1980 and in that period I have seen 5 promotions, 4 relegations, 2 play off defeats and the play off win against Leeds in 1987. You would say that my favourite team must come from one of the promotion sides, but the team from the 1991/1992 season is one that did it on a shoestring budget and will always be one of my favourite sides.
A move to Upton Park, Curbishley and Gritt as Joint managers. Great home wins against Millwall, Leicester and Newcastle. Great away wins at Newcastle, Sunderland, and Blackburn.
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Not sure it's quite matched them yet, they gave us that game and a return the big time.
Hamer or Ilic?
Wiggins or Powell?
Solly or Mills?
Morrison or Rufus?
Taylor or Brown?
Cort or Youds?
Stephens or Newton?
Jackson or Jones?
Prichard or Robinson?
Hollands or Kinsella?
Kermorgant or Hunt
BWP or Mendonca?
Powell
Solly
Rufus
Cort
Newton
Jackson
Kinsella
Robinson
Kermorgant
Mendonca
Squad could change by end of season , depending on finishing position
Ilic
Powell
Solly
Rufus
Brown
Cort or Youds (undecided)
Newton
Jackson
Robinson
Kinsella
Kermorgant
Mendonca
-----------------hamer-----------
Solly----Rufus---morrison---Powell
Newton-----kinsella---Jacko----robbo
------super clive-------yann-------
I also have fond memories of the Selhurst promotion team, Bolder, Reid, Humphrey, Shirtliff, Walsh, Gritt etc
Powell
Solly
Rufus
Brown
Cort
Newton
Jackson
Robinson
Kinsella
Kermorgant
Mendonca
Absolutely love the current team, they are proper Charlton in my eyes.
It's just that the 1998-2000 team is pretty much the most adored in the history of the club.
A move to Upton Park, Curbishley and Gritt as Joint managers. Great home wins against Millwall, Leicester and Newcastle. Great away wins at Newcastle, Sunderland, and Blackburn.
Squad: Bolder, Pitcher, Minto, Peake, Webster, Gatting, Lee, Bumstead, Leaburn, Nelson, Walsh, Barness, Balmer, Hendry, Bacon, Pardew, Whyte.
Bolder
Pitcher
Minto
Pardew
Webster
Gatting/Balmer
Lee
Bumstead
Leaburn
Nelson
Walsh
Powell
Solly
Morrison (that is very close to call)
Brown
Cort
Stephens or Newton (can't decide)
Jackson
Robinson
Kinsella
Kermorgant
Mendonca