Birthdays and anniversaries
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I honestly remember the 7-6 game when he went off with his usual dislocated shoulder0
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Blackheathen said:
His birthday on Friday.
Sadly the closest I come to watching him play was on the club's centenary DVD, my visits to the Valley mainly in the 1950s.
Always delighted to read comments on his achievements though.Blackheathen said:Two Charlton sensations were born on this day:
DEREK HALES
Born 15 December 1951 (66) at Lower Halstow, Kent
Killer had two spells at Charlton - 1973 to 1976 and 1978 to 1985: 360 appearances and 168 goals in total.
When Manager Theo Foley completed a loan deal in July 1973 to bring Hales to Charlton from Luton no one could have predicted the impact he would make. He was feisty, rough at the edges and bristling with competitive energy. But most of all he was a superb, predatory striker. He started scoring from the word go and on October 22, Foley paid just 4,000 pounds to make the move permanent, a bargain which takes some beating (Charlton Athletic on this Day by Matthew Eastley).
At times during the 1975/76 season, Derek Hales was virtually unstoppable, scoring 28 league goals. One of his finest performances was against Fulham at the Valley. 11,551 fans score all three goals to clinch a 3-2 victory.
In October 1976 Hales scored one of the finest goals seen at the Valley. The Killer finished off a remarkable piece of wing play by Colin Powell by firing an unstoppable left-foot shot past the Hull keeper as Charlton beat the Tigers 3-1. It was Hales' second goal of yet another hat-trick and won ITV's Goal of the Season award.
In 1984 Hales beat Stuart Leary's scoring record of 163 goals with the first goal in a 2-2 home draw with Huddersfield. Three days earlier, he had scored a hat-trick in the opening day 3-0 win at Cardiff to draw level with the South African.
In July 2005 he was elected Charlton's "cult hero" by fans of all ages in one of ten categories to celebrate Charlton's centenary. He was presented with his Sammy award - named after legend Sam Bartram - at a gala ceremony to mark his achievements.
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Blackheathen said:
Two Charlton sensations were born on this day:
DEREK HALES
Born 15 December 1951 (66) at Lower Halstow, Kent
Killer had two spells at Charlton - 1973 to 1976 and 1978 to 1985: 360 appearances and 168 goals in total.
When Manager Theo Foley completed a loan deal in July 1973 to bring Hales to Charlton from Luton no one could have predicted the impact he would make. He was feisty, rough at the edges and bristling with competitive energy. But most of all he was a superb, predatory striker. He started scoring from the word go and on October 22, Foley paid just 4,000 pounds to make the move permanent, a bargain which takes some beating (Charlton Athletic on this Day by Matthew Eastley).
At times during the 1975/76 season, Derek Hales was virtually unstoppable, scoring 28 league goals. One of his finest performances was against Fulham at the Valley. 11,551 fans score all three goals to clinch a 3-2 victory.
In October 1976 Hales scored one of the finest goals seen at the Valley. The Killer finished off a remarkable piece of wing play by Colin Powell by firing an unstoppable left-foot shot past the Hull keeper as Charlton beat the Tigers 3-1. It was Hales' second goal of yet another hat-trick and won ITV's Goal of the Season award.
In 1984 Hales beat Stuart Leary's scoring record of 163 goals with the first goal in a 2-2 home draw with Huddersfield. Three days earlier, he had scored a hat-trick in the opening day 3-0 win at Cardiff to draw level with the South African.
In July 2005 he was elected Charlton's "cult hero" by fans of all ages in one of ten categories to celebrate Charlton's centenary. He was presented with his Sammy award - named after legend Sam Bartram - at a gala ceremony to mark his achievements.1 -
The Killer is 67 today.1
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Happy Birthday Killer!0
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Never knew I share a birthday with such a Charlton legend. Pleased with that.1
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Happy Birthday!AddickUpNorth said:Never knew I share a birthday with such a Charlton legend. Pleased with that.
Didn't realise you were 67 though.....0 -
Happy 65th Curbs
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Happy 41st Yann!
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Valley Party 34 years old today.
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VE Day...8th may 1945...🙏1
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Alfie Day...May 9...🙄0
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It is 60 years to the day that the Beatles played at the Wellington Town Hall. My wife was there - couldn’t hear a word of what they were singing above the din.
Does anyone remember the chaos caused by the Bill Hailey and the Comets film “Rock around the Clock”. Crowds going crazy, ripping up cinema seats etc. Ah, those were the days.1 -
I’m 54 today4
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Happy birthdayLordflashheart said:I’m 54 today0 -
Happy Birthday Flash!0
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Happy birthday, you youngster.
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HB LF ! xx0
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Happy Birthday @Lordflashheart. It's my husbands birthday today as well, one with a zero.Lordflashheart said:I’m 54 today0 -
Happy Birthday @Lordflashheart. It's my husbands birthday today as well, one with a zero.Lordflashheart said:I’m 54 todayhappy birthday LF and Mr ME14I had a birthday ending in a zero in Feb too, ugh!1 -
Happy Birthday @Lordflashheart
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Today is the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior vessel in Auckland harbour by the French Secret Service.
The Rainbow Warrior was the Greenpeace flagship actively protesting French nuclear testing in the Pacific over Mururoa Attol.
Two French agents, a man and woman were subsequently charged with arson and murder and sentenced to 10 years . The French Government initially denied any knowledge but much diplomatic wrangling followed and the two were eventually released to an island in the Pacific, French territory, from where they were released soon after.0
