It's History now, but Albert and his Brother S.Gliksten had the chance to turn CAFC into the Arsenal of South London. Just think we could be getting annoyed that we have finished in the top four, twenty years in a row without winning the title. Michael took over after his dad and uncle had let the stadium become a mess. he also let Bailey, Glover, Bonds etc leave the club for modest fees.
When i was a lad at a cafc open day, i was told by a cafc player from the 30's, who was an old man by this time that the brothers would sell anybody and anything if they could make a few pounds.
The Glikstens were mediocre owners at best. Duchatelet is a shocking owner.
I wouldn't say Glover 80k & Bonds 65K were modest fees for the times. Can't remember re Bailey but 45k comes to mind
Glover was a record fee for a winger at the time.
That said the other two were undervalued even by the standards of the time.
I think Bailey was actually £40K and Bonds £47.5 K but stand to be corrected as I'm sure I will be!
EDIT: Found this old thread with a lot of transfer fees on it:
It's History now, but Albert and his Brother S.Gliksten had the chance to turn CAFC into the Arsenal of South London. Just think we could be getting annoyed that we have finished in the top four, twenty years in a row without winning the title. Michael took over after his dad and uncle had let the stadium become a mess. he also let Bailey, Glover, Bonds etc leave the club for modest fees.
When i was a lad at a cafc open day, i was told by a cafc player from the 30's, who was an old man by this time that the brothers would sell anybody and anything if they could make a few pounds.
The Glikstens were mediocre owners at best. Duchatelet is a shocking owner.
I wouldn't say Glover 80k & Bonds 65K were modest fees for the times. Can't remember re Bailey but 45k comes to mind
Glover was a record fee for a winger at the time.
That said the other two were undervalued even by the standards of the time.
I think Bailey was actually £40K and Bonds £47.5 K but stand to be corrected as I'm sure I will be!
a long time ago Len & i could be wrong but thats what my befuddled brain remembers for Bill & Len :-)
It's History now, but Albert and his Brother S.Gliksten had the chance to turn CAFC into the Arsenal of South London. Just think we could be getting annoyed that we have finished in the top four, twenty years in a row without winning the title. Michael took over after his dad and uncle had let the stadium become a mess. he also let Bailey, Glover, Bonds etc leave the club for modest fees.
When i was a lad at a cafc open day, i was told by a cafc player from the 30's, who was an old man by this time that the brothers would sell anybody and anything if they could make a few pounds.
The Glikstens were mediocre owners at best. Duchatelet is a shocking owner.
I wouldn't say Glover 80k & Bonds 65K were modest fees for the times. Can't remember re Bailey but 45k comes to mind
And also our England U23 centre-half Marvin Hinton to Chelsea for around £30,000 in 1963.
Remember it's usually the big name prolific goalscoring strikers that cost the big money - Denis Law was the highest transfer fee (around £100,000) at that time and held that record for 6 years, so needs putting into context.
While 22 year old midfielder Bailey had been capped twice for England while at Charlton, the money received for a 20 year fullback (Bonds) and a young winger (Glover) was very decent as they were not prolific First Division strikers. And remember Charlton were only a Second Division side at the time.
It's History now, but Albert and his Brother S.Gliksten had the chance to turn CAFC into the Arsenal of South London. Just think we could be getting annoyed that we have finished in the top four, twenty years in a row without winning the title. Michael took over after his dad and uncle had let the stadium become a mess. he also let Bailey, Glover, Bonds etc leave the club for modest fees.
When i was a lad at a cafc open day, i was told by a cafc player from the 30's, who was an old man by this time that the brothers would sell anybody and anything if they could make a few pounds.
The Glikstens were mediocre owners at best. Duchatelet is a shocking owner.
I wouldn't say Glover 80k & Bonds 65K were modest fees for the times. Can't remember re Bailey but 45k comes to mind
And also our England U23 centre-half Marvin Hinton to Chelsea for around £30,000 in 1963.
Remember it's usually the big name prolific goalscoring strikers that cost the big money - Denis Law was the highest transfer fee (around £100,000) at that time and held that record for 6 years, so needs putting into context.
While 22 year old midfielder Bailey had been capped twice for England while at Charlton, the money received for a 20 year fullback (Bonds) and a young winger (Glover) was very decent as they were not prolific First Division strikers. And remember Charlton were only a Second Division side at the time.
Sat next to Marvin Hinton in directors box at Stamford bridge back in the Ken Bates era. Top Top bloke spent most of the match talking about Charlton and after match i spent ten mins talking to curbs, Happy days
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That said the other two were undervalued even by the standards of the time.
I think Bailey was actually £40K and Bonds £47.5 K but stand to be corrected as I'm sure I will be!
EDIT: Found this old thread with a lot of transfer fees on it:
http://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/68184/money-received-for-academy-youth-players
Remember it's usually the big name prolific goalscoring strikers that cost the big money - Denis Law was the highest transfer fee (around £100,000) at that time and held that record for 6 years, so needs putting into context.
While 22 year old midfielder Bailey had been capped twice for England while at Charlton, the money received for a 20 year fullback (Bonds) and a young winger (Glover) was very decent as they were not prolific First Division strikers.
And remember Charlton were only a Second Division side at the time.
Happy days