Paul is a personal friend of mine. Living in Florida doing well for himself. Had a few furniture shops in London. Sold them and now has football schools in the states.
Good striker: mentally razor-sharp, and had the acceleration of shit off a shovel. I used to love watching him when we were lodging at Sell-Out Park - Willo would lurk behind others, anticipate a lazy back-pass, and be in like Flynn. Anyone else remember us beating the Ferguson-managed ManUre 2-0, with Willo scoring both?
Paul is a personal friend of mine. Living in Florida doing well for himself. Had a few furniture shops in London. Sold them and now has football schools in the states.
Tell him we all said hi and we still remember that 1990/91 season as one of the best in recent times up here.
Good striker: mentally razor-sharp, and had the acceleration of shit off a shovel. I used to love watching him when we were lodging at Sell-Out Park - Willo would lurk behind others, anticipate a lazy back-pass, and be in like Flynn. Anyone else remember us beating the Ferguson-managed ManUre 2-0, with Willo scoring both?
Sure do Viewfinder. Fantastic off the shoulder forward. Made the trips to Selhurst all the more bearable.
He was fantastic in the Selhurst days, though I seem to recall he had a nasty injury and appeared to lose a bit of pace.
Away at Wimbledon, I recall: Willo was cut down by an agricultural bastard and after a long time out he never quite had the same zip out of the blocks.
Funny that OperationPig should remind us of Willo, because I can still see him now, against Sheffield Wednesday at Sell-Out Park in the top flight, 1988. The Wendies defence were tapping it around safely at the back - and Willo descended like a hawk out of nowhere to intercept an innocuous pass to the keeper. 2-1.
He is rarely remembered on this site, but Willo was a superb predatory striker.
My first 'favourite player'. I was a bit too young to appreciate the finer points of his talent, but he was the player I pretended to be when I was having a kick about with my mates in the school yard. Unsurprisingly I was the only one in Kidderminster who did!
Good striker: mentally razor-sharp, and had the acceleration of shit off a shovel. I used to love watching him when we were lodging at Sell-Out Park - Willo would lurk behind others, anticipate a lazy back-pass, and be in like Flynn. Anyone else remember us beating the Ferguson-managed ManUre 2-0, with Willo scoring both?
Sure do Viewfinder. Fantastic off the shoulder forward. Made the trips to Selhurst all the more bearable.
Glad that Willo is appreciated, red-murph. Those were the days when the defence would shovel it around knowing that the keeper could legitimately pick up a back-pass. Willo would hang back on the half-way line and watch - and Bang! - he was out of the traps to make an interception and round the keeper. That Wendies defender of 1988 still doesn't understand how he was robbed.
Yes, Willo was signed straight from non-league Woodford Town; for experience, Lennie Lawrence loaned him to Brentford, where in a month he scored six in eight games - and Lennie recalled him, sharpish.
Good striker: mentally razor-sharp, and had the acceleration of shit off a shovel. I used to love watching him when we were lodging at Sell-Out Park - Willo would lurk behind others, anticipate a lazy back-pass, and be in like Flynn. Anyone else remember us beating the Ferguson-managed ManUre 2-0, with Willo scoring both?
You mean, Reza-sharp as in receiving the ball on the edge of the box at The Valley recently, then advancing backwards to our midfield! Willo had the rapier's eye for the kill. As David Coleman used to shriek: "One-nil!".
My first 'favourite player'. I was a bit too young to appreciate the finer points of his talent, but he was the player I pretended to be when I was having a kick about with my mates in the school yard. Unsurprisingly I was the only one in Kidderminster who did!
You had a very good mentor, Exiled_Addick. And, having enjoyed my university years in Brum, I can say there's nothing wrong with Kiddy!
Remember going to the Old Den to see him play for England B against Yugoslavia in 1989. Press coverage was all about the match being the chance for Paul Gascoigne to force his way into the World Cup squad. Dennis Wise (then at Wimbledon) and Ian Wright and Nigel Martyn (both at Palace) were all playing. Remember the 'Can you see a Millwall player, no, no' chant being sung by others from SE London. Just checked the Yugoslavia team for that night - included Suker, Pancev, Prosinecki and Boban
Played against him quite a few times in vets football usually played CH Cm in recent years, wasn't about this season but as said above he must be in states
The Class of '88 - Williams, Leaburn, Bennett and Mortimer - electric !! That must have been one of the paciest Charlton teams ever. Williams was a great find by Lennie.
Pigster - you lot had quite a collection of ex-Addicks around 1990, I think. Besides Willo, there would be Shirtliff, Watson and maybe one or two more. No wonder you had a good season, lucky b'stards !!
My first 'favourite player'. I was a bit too young to appreciate the finer points of his talent, but he was the player I pretended to be when I was having a kick about with my mates in the school yard. Unsurprisingly I was the only one in Kidderminster who did!
You had a very good mentor, Exiled_Addick. And, having enjoyed my university years in Brum, I can say there's nothing wrong with Kiddy!
I suspect you haven't been for a while. If you enjoy teenage Mum's, charity shops and empty shops then it's the place for you. It was once a decent little town but it has really suffered in the last 10 years or so with a lot of local businesses and industries closing down or moving abroad.
Having grown up in Stourport and schooled in Kiddy at the same establishment as Exiled, I struggle to know what is right with Kiddy! Have you been there in recent times? Exiled sees it a but like me I guess the old town is very down at heel.
Brum has like Leeds and Manchester undergone a significant improvement by contrast.
Remember going to the Old Den to see him play for England B against Yugoslavia in 1989. Press coverage was all about the match being the chance for Paul Gascoigne to force his way into the World Cup squad. Dennis Wise (then at Wimbledon) and Ian Wright and Nigel Martyn (both at Palace) were all playing. Remember the 'Can you see a Millwall player, no, no' chant being sung by others from SE London. Just checked the Yugoslavia team for that night - included Suker, Pancev, Prosinecki and Boban
Nice one, JJDD, although your mention of Dennis Wise has suddenly made me feel very queasy. From 1989, you will also recall Willo at the Old Den when he had scored and we were 2-0 up with five minutes to go. We were crammed in to the corner of the Ilderton Road end, craning our necks round the concrete base of the pylon and peering through the multiple fences. And, somehow, we managed to blow it - 2-2.
I played vets football with Paul for a season a few years back for LTSB Goalden Oldies a genuinely nice bloke and still a quality player although he preferred playing in middle of park rather than up front.
Having grown up in Stourport and schooled in Kiddy at the same establishment as Exiled, I struggle to know what is right with Kiddy! Have you been there in recent times? Exiled sees it a but like me I guess the old town is very down at heel.
Brum has like Leeds and Manchester undergone a significant improvement by contrast.
I refuse to believe that Kiddy has been wrecked, Latimer! What about all those superbly imposing Victorian stone-built carpet factories in the centre - and the Banks's pubs in the terraced back-streets? As you say, Manny and Leeds have been "improved", but Brum still has its thoroughly urban and industrial intensity if you care to look: Digbeth, Hockley and up Constitution Hill and on Great Hampton Street on the road out to Handsworth.
There's nowt wrong with Stourport! And Dudley is a bostin' good place...
Remember going to the Old Den to see him play for England B against Yugoslavia in 1989. Press coverage was all about the match being the chance for Paul Gascoigne to force his way into the World Cup squad. Dennis Wise (then at Wimbledon) and Ian Wright and Nigel Martyn (both at Palace) were all playing. Remember the 'Can you see a Millwall player, no, no' chant being sung by others from SE London. Just checked the Yugoslavia team for that night - included Suker, Pancev, Prosinecki and Boban
I was at that game as well, I had actually forgotten Williams played in it! I remember Gazza playing but not much else!
Back in the early 90s at the Old Den, I saw Gazza play in a celebratory game for Dean Horrix, a Millwall player who had recently died. London versus Millwall. Gazza won a free-kick, grabbed the ball with one hand, bent forwards to place it on the turf and in the same movement kicked it to the striker to score. It's all good knockabout stuff.
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We got him from Woodford Town I believe.
Capped for England B, while a Charlton player.
And this sodding website is playing up again. Grrrrrrr!
Funny that OperationPig should remind us of Willo, because I can still see him now, against Sheffield Wednesday at Sell-Out Park in the top flight, 1988. The Wendies defence were tapping it around safely at the back - and Willo descended like a hawk out of nowhere to intercept an innocuous pass to the keeper. 2-1.
He is rarely remembered on this site, but Willo was a superb predatory striker.
Yes, Willo was signed straight from non-league Woodford Town; for experience, Lennie Lawrence loaned him to Brentford, where in a month he scored six in eight games - and Lennie recalled him, sharpish.
The Class of '88 - Williams, Leaburn, Bennett and Mortimer - electric !! That must have been one of the paciest Charlton teams ever. Williams was a great find by Lennie.
Pigster - you lot had quite a collection of ex-Addicks around 1990, I think. Besides Willo, there would be Shirtliff, Watson and maybe one or two more. No wonder you had a good season, lucky b'stards !!
Having grown up in Stourport and schooled in Kiddy at the same establishment as Exiled, I struggle to know what is right with Kiddy! Have you been there in recent times? Exiled sees it a but like me I guess the old town is very down at heel.
Brum has like Leeds and Manchester undergone a significant improvement by contrast.
David Suker? Those were the good old days!
There's nowt wrong with Stourport! And Dudley is a bostin' good place...