Aye ,Aye ,Aye Charlie is better that Yashin.Tracey is better that Eusebio and Millwall are in for a thrashin'. First football song I every sung.Happy days.
Charlie was better than Yashin, well apart from the odd one through his legs. I thought the lyrics actually were 'Matt Tees is better than Eusebio' but hey so was Ray Treacy in our eyes and even then we were deluded in thinking we were going to beat Millwall! Happy Days indeed :-)
I never saw him play (I'm 27), but I remember as a kid my Dad always said that he was his favourite player growing up. Is it true he used to own one of the fish and chip shops by The Valley?
Met Charlie and got his autograph. See attached. Who are the other two Charlton players from 1969/1970??
One definitely Denis Booth, little midfield player if i recall correctly.
He was taller than Richie Bowman Keith Peacock but shorter than Dick Tydeman :-) Dennis came through the colts, was dark haired 'Mexican Pete' moustache making 82 appearances for us but over 550 in a varied league career.
Met Charlie and got his autograph. See attached. Who are the other two Charlton players from 1969/1970??
It looks like Dennis Booth & Graham Moore.
Think your right. Was at Kidbrooke Park primary school when a few players came round. Phil Warman was also there but for some reason did not get his signature.
Charlie was a very good goalie and at one stage there was even talk of a call-up for Scotland. First and foremost, however, the guy was a great personality and hugely popular with opposition fans, not least because he spent a lot of the game chatting to them whenever he had the chance. I remember standing at the railings behind the goal of what is now the Jimmy Seed Stand during the big FA Cup tie against Palace in January 1969 (in the days before segregation) and he was constantly engaged in banter with Charlton and Palace supporters throughout the entire game. As an impressionable 10 year old, I concluded that this man had nerves of steel.
I do remember him letting a tame shot through his legs later that season in a night match against Sheffield United but two late strikes from Ray Crawford (I think) meant that it didn't matter.
Anyway, for all admirers of the Great man (Charlie, not Crawford), and lovers of that 1968/69 team, here they are in November 1968 as the featured (sole) game on Match of The Day. I posted this earlier this year but make no apology for doing so again (it goes on for 40 minutes - marvellous) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAVjXM043aA
Charlie was a very good goalie and at one stage there was even talk of a call-up for Scotland. First and foremost, however, the guy was a great personality and hugely popular with opposition fans, not least because he spent a lot of the game chatting to them whenever he had the chance. I remember standing at the railings behind the goal of what is now the Jimmy Seed Stand during the big FA Cup tie against Palace in January 1969 (in the days before segregation) and he was constantly engaged in banter with Charlton and Palace supporters throughout the entire game. As an impressionable 10 year old, I concluded that this man had nerves of steel.
I do remember him letting a tame shot through his legs later that season in a night match against Sheffield United but two late strikes from Ray Crawford (I think) meant that it didn't matter.
Anyway, for all admirers of the Great man (Charlie, not Crawford), and lovers of that 1968/69 team, here they are in November 1968 as the featured (sole) game on Match of The Day. I posted this earlier this year but make no apology for doing so again (it goes on for 40 minutes - marvellous) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAVjXM043aA
Heartbreaking... that will always be The Valley and football for me.
I remember the Aye, Aye, Aye Aye song but also (to the tune of Silent Night)
Charlie Wright, Charlie Wright Plays it cool, plays it right Forwards' hopes he's always dashin' While we've got Charlie you can stick your Yashin Well done Charlie Wright Good old Charlie Wright
I too remember Charlton 0-1 Ipswich Mar 68, Charlie letting in a soft one early and then Charlton held at bay for 80 minutes thanks considerably to some diabolical fouls by a young thug called Derek Jefferson and some spineless refereeing.
A few weeks earlier Villa 4-1 Addicks, thanks to the great boost of an absolute howler by Charlie in the 2nd minute, when he knelt to gather a gentle long shot and it went straight between his legs!
These blunders were very isolated, though - Charlie was a superb keeper and very often our saviour.
A final memory - Mar 67 Carlisle 1-0 Charlton (a young Billy Bonds frequently rampaging down the wing with that voracious stride) was a night game. At Carlisle Station the overnight London train pulled in and as we settled in to our compartment for another night "on the cushions" and then straight into work, the platform cleared prior to our imminent departure only for our hero to walk past the window clad only in vest, trousers and socks ....
A larger-than-life character for sure, one of that era's true legends.
Proper legend is Charlie and really pleased he is fit and well. Was capable of making great saves and fully agree with Oggy Red he was one of the mainstays of that terrific 68/69 team.
Wright 6.5 - Good distribution; no chance with goal Curtis 6 - Some good crosses and marauding runs, but lucky not to have been booked! Kinsey 5.5 - Poor crossing Campbell 8 (MoM) - Great player, very good game Went 6.5 - Solid and almost won it Reeves 6 - Dealt with their danger man well but was it an OG? Gregory 6.5 - Some nice touches but too worried about his hair Treacy 6.5 - Worked hard but no end product Tees 6 - Scored but very little else Booth 6.5 - Always in the mix Peacock 7 - Little general was everywhere and I thought his late shot crossed the line!
He was a very 'careful' Scot and would play even when crippled in order not to miss out on his appearance bonus - hence his no 2 Keith Hayward only managed 1 single first team appearance over a good many seasons!!!
Loved it. There is so much to see and remember apart from the game......love the bit where the hot water tea boiler is being carried back along the touch line into the stand....so many kids who used to come on their own.....those who could afford 4/6 could sit in the stand......are there any more like this? Campbell was a star.....should have developed with a top team, rather than going to Birmingham.
Wright 6.5 - Good distribution; no chance with goal Curtis 6 - Some good crosses and marauding runs, but lucky not to have been booked! Kinsey 5.5 - Poor crossing Campbell 8 (MoM) - Great player, very good game Went 6.5 - Solid and almost won it Reeves 6 - Dealt with their danger man well but was it an OG? Gregory 6.5 - Some nice touches but too worried about his hair Treacy 6.5 - Worked hard but no end product Tees 6 - Scored but very little else Booth 6.5 - Always in the mix Peacock 7 - Little general was everywhere and I thought his late shot crossed the line!
Charlie was a very good goalie and at one stage there was even talk of a call-up for Scotland. First and foremost, however, the guy was a great personality and hugely popular with opposition fans, not least because he spent a lot of the game chatting to them whenever he had the chance. I remember standing at the railings behind the goal of what is now the Jimmy Seed Stand during the big FA Cup tie against Palace in January 1969 (in the days before segregation) and he was constantly engaged in banter with Charlton and Palace supporters throughout the entire game. As an impressionable 10 year old, I concluded that this man had nerves of steel.
I do remember him letting a tame shot through his legs later that season in a night match against Sheffield United but two late strikes from Ray Crawford (I think) meant that it didn't matter.
Anyway, for all admirers of the Great man (Charlie, not Crawford), and lovers of that 1968/69 team, here they are in November 1968 as the featured (sole) game on Match of The Day. I posted this earlier this year but make no apology for doing so again (it goes on for 40 minutes - marvellous) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAVjXM043aA
Fantastic viewing brings back great memories. Proper football.
Wright 6.5 - Good distribution; no chance with goal Curtis 6 - Some good crosses and marauding runs, but lucky not to have been booked! Kinsey 5.5 - Poor crossing Campbell 8 (MoM) - Great player, very good game Went 6.5 - Solid and almost won it Reeves 6 - Dealt with their danger man well but was it an OG? Gregory 6.5 - Some nice touches but too worried about his hair Treacy 6.5 - Worked hard but no end product Tees 6 - Scored but very little else Booth 6.5 - Always in the mix Peacock 7 - Little general was everywhere and I thought his late shot crossed the line!
Couple of points,No half time board scores on the side,Harry Gregory with his shorts on back to front no7 seen on 14mins,rear right and Charlie Hall must have been standing in the tunnel as no dugouts in the stand. But football was just great,brings back my youth.Happy Days.
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Richie BowmanKeith Peacock but shorter than Dick Tydeman :-) Dennis came through the colts, was dark haired 'Mexican Pete' moustache making 82 appearances for us but over 550 in a varied league career.I do remember him letting a tame shot through his legs later that season in a night match against Sheffield United but two late strikes from Ray Crawford (I think) meant that it didn't matter.
Anyway, for all admirers of the Great man (Charlie, not Crawford), and lovers of that 1968/69 team, here they are in November 1968 as the featured (sole) game on Match of The Day. I posted this earlier this year but make no apology for doing so again (it goes on for 40 minutes - marvellous) -
To hell with move on, it was real.
Hull City legends they are.
Sort it OUT, Firmani!
I remember the Aye, Aye, Aye Aye song but also (to the tune of Silent Night)
Charlie Wright, Charlie Wright
Plays it cool, plays it right
Forwards' hopes he's always dashin'
While we've got Charlie you can stick your Yashin
Well done Charlie Wright
Good old Charlie Wright
I too remember Charlton 0-1 Ipswich Mar 68, Charlie letting in a soft one early and then Charlton held at bay for 80 minutes thanks considerably to some diabolical fouls by a young thug called Derek Jefferson and some spineless refereeing.
A few weeks earlier Villa 4-1 Addicks, thanks to the great boost of an absolute howler by Charlie in the 2nd minute, when he knelt to gather a gentle long shot and it went straight between his legs!
These blunders were very isolated, though - Charlie was a superb keeper and very often our saviour.
A final memory - Mar 67 Carlisle 1-0 Charlton (a young Billy Bonds frequently rampaging down the wing with that voracious stride) was a night game. At Carlisle Station the overnight London train pulled in and as we settled in to our compartment for another night "on the cushions" and then straight into work, the platform cleared prior to our imminent departure only for our hero to walk past the window clad only in vest, trousers and socks ....
A larger-than-life character for sure, one of that era's true legends.
Curtis 6 - Some good crosses and marauding runs, but lucky not to have been booked!
Kinsey 5.5 - Poor crossing
Campbell 8 (MoM) - Great player, very good game
Went 6.5 - Solid and almost won it
Reeves 6 - Dealt with their danger man well but was it an OG?
Gregory 6.5 - Some nice touches but too worried about his hair
Treacy 6.5 - Worked hard but no end product
Tees 6 - Scored but very little else
Booth 6.5 - Always in the mix
Peacock 7 - Little general was everywhere and I thought his late shot crossed the line!
But football was just great,brings back my youth.Happy Days.