Went to the game last night Coventry were awsome, never seen a side play so well and lose 3-0 totally bizzare. One or two of the Crewe players stood out the online ploayer Brad inman could do a job in the championship as the other midfielder Murphy. The goalkeeper was amazing too but I think he's a bit of a journeyman by all accounts
For £5 I wonder how many we'd have got for a similar JPT game at The Valley, say against Southend or Orient?
If it was an area final we might have got a few I think.
Steve Waggott, Football for a £5, it all makes sense now.
Agreed....15,000 maybe? I'm amazed they got 31,000. Just shows you that at the right price people will go to matches. Perhaps they were doing some sort of offer connected with getting tickets for the final. Can't imagine Crewe took more than 750-1000.
Went to the game last night Coventry were awsome, never seen a side play so well and lose 3-0 totally bizzare.
Charlton 3 Fulham 0 1982 comes to mind. Fulham slaughtered us and lost (even Terry Bullivant scored to make things worse for them). Ultimately it cost them as they missed out on promotion by one point. This hasn't got a lot to do with Leon Clarke I know but.....
The PaintPot final stages show that 'smaller' clubs regard it as a prestigious tournament. 'Smaller clubs' generally have few expectations of success in the FA or FL cups and after all, the endgame is at Wembley, someting we haven't managed since MendoncaGate. 31,000 at a blueun a head is a nice income for a night's 'work'. Crewe has always been an exceptionally well run little club and Coventry has crashed from the heights in the last few years. Good luck to them both, but only 1 will make it to the arch
EDIT: To make me wrong Bradford of course have got to Wembley this year. But as Tom Jones sang.. 'It is Unusual'
Crystal Palace striker Glenn Murray, Blackpool winger Thomas Ince and Watford striker Matej Vydra have been shortlisted for the Championship's Player of the Year at the Football League Awards.
Coventry's Leon Clarke, Notts County's Alan Judge and Bournemouth's Matt Ritchie make up the League One list.
Good luck to the fella , glad its worked out for him when he was here he looked lazy and disinterested , and blew his chance i'm afraid.
Not sure he really was given his chance, other players have been given a bit more patience than he ever was. Probably more our loss than his, but move on.
I don't consider he was given a real chance. It felt like he didn't fit in at Charlton and, like others have said, his attitude appeared really poor which (if true) was unlikely to ever endear him to SCP. I do think we would have scored goals for us though. His game reminded me of Carl Leaburn's; a 'legendary' player who , in my opinion, was given far more games than he truly merited given his poor scoring rate. Carlo was a loveable character and a 'typical' Charlton player (loads of effort/heart of gold/playing to the best of his ability etc) which may be where he and Clarke presented themselves so diversely. Shame 'cos we needed goals this season.
only took him as part of the Benson deal, don't think SCP really wanted him and it showed as he wasn't really given a fair chance. Our loss or has he found his level?
................I also feel that Paul Benson was not given sufficient chance either. I feel he was better than we seemed to rate him. Probably found his level at League 2 but need to remember he's about 45 now!! lol
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31,000 there!!
Steve Waggott, Football for a £5, it all makes sense now.
EDIT: To make me wrong Bradford of course have got to Wembley this year. But as Tom Jones sang.. 'It is Unusual'
Crystal Palace striker Glenn Murray, Blackpool winger Thomas Ince and Watford striker Matej Vydra have been shortlisted for the Championship's Player of the Year at the Football League Awards.
Coventry's Leon Clarke, Notts County's Alan Judge and Bournemouth's Matt Ritchie make up the League One list.
His goalscoring record in L1 does suggest that he'd have been just as good as BWP though.