Hi, I'm here in sunny Queensland. Well actually it's bloody freezing at the moment! I'm on the Sunshine Coast near Coolum beach. Tony, I only saw your messages last week. I'll be in touch soon. Been really busy since getting back.
Hi, I'm here in sunny Queensland. Well actually it's bloody freezing at the moment! I'm on the Sunshine Coast near Coolum beach. Tony, I only saw your messages last week. I'll be in touch soon. Been really busy since getting back.
Funny reading back on this thread from 2007....the early days of AddicksDownunder, with just a handful starting it and it grew to around 230 members by 2009.
Steadily declined from 2012 back down to a small handful.
Some really good friendships formed over the years and Im still in touch with most of the people who posted.
Very hard to maintain over a great distance, not only from the Valley but also between states.
A guy contacted me a few weeks back who lives just down the road from me at Castle Hill......still a big latent support down here.
Funny reading back on this thread from 2007....the early days of AddicksDownunder, with just a handful starting it and it grew to around 230 members by 2009.
Steadily declined from 2012 back down to a small handful.
Some really good friendships formed over the years and Im still in touch with most of the people who posted.
Very hard to maintain over a great distance, not only from the Valley but also between states.
A guy contacted me a few weeks back who lives just down the road from me at Castle Hill......still a big latent support down here.
Those were the days Tel. Interesting to read those posts from way back. Glad you’re well and hopefully staying clear of the virus. Have you taken to following the Phoenix yet, seeing as we’re based near Sydney now?
Funny reading back on this thread from 2007....the early days of AddicksDownunder, with just a handful starting it and it grew to around 230 members by 2009.
Steadily declined from 2012 back down to a small handful.
Some really good friendships formed over the years and Im still in touch with most of the people who posted.
Very hard to maintain over a great distance, not only from the Valley but also between states.
A guy contacted me a few weeks back who lives just down the road from me at Castle Hill......still a big latent support down here.
Those were the days Tel. Interesting to read those posts from way back. Glad you’re well and hopefully staying clear of the virus. Have you taken to following the Phoenix yet, seeing as we’re based near Sydney now?
Yes it was good whilst it lasted Dave. Ive been invited to do a piece for the International Addicks day via Lars, whilst Im happy to do it, I think the boat has sailed as far as Australian interest is concerned.
A League football? yawn.......I do watch the Mariners (when they play) but havent been to a live match since pre covid, just right now Im of the opinion that staying at home is probably the best thing to do as Covid here is rampant.
Hi Tel- Thanks for the welcome- Im not sure where you are now I'm always aware that youngsters are often up to being mobile .By memory i think you went back to Blighty for a while I read you piece about the remnants of A D U and mentioned the fabulous 3 ,of whom i was one,lol. , but admittedly ,i was a very late joiner, unlike the apparent ,heady days And Per Clarke used to make it 4 occasionally. My daughter follows him and Linda on face book. They have a B&B on Philip Island .I am in fairly regular contact with Dave in Wellington ,Hats off to how efficiently he ran the tipping comp. Wasted talent now I find the A league most rewarding in the absence of Charlton Being as i support the code, here in the soccer (football) suppressing ,and neglecting colonies .(still un naturalized, until we become a republic) .I switched from Victory to Melbourne City (the Muscat issue) and love to see the youngsters develope even at Victory .And we have Western United to, for whom i have a soft spot for, and are surely developing youngsters, too I did once communicate with Charlton (probably like many others) recommending young gun Riley McGree He has just gone to Middlesborough via Brum City. Perhaps Bows knew something. Latest boy to travel from Mel City, in this window to Hearts of M L , was Nat Atkinson. A boy to watch,- Note-- Mc Gree scored for Australia against Vietnam last night. Cities success this season is a lot to do with their defense I have a great admiration for Curtis Good Had a spell with Newcastle United UK, but with so many ups n downs and manager changes he came home, But i'm not a good scout ,lol. I saw Joe Simunich a few times, play for Melbourne Knights,in the 80s 90s To me he was ordinary .Next thing he was in Europe & playing for Croatia Lets hope the new boys that have come to Charlton, in this window can be the catalyst for a tilt at the title next year. If sir Chris can recommend that young M F from Spurs. I am optimistic All the best in red and white-- COYA
Hi Tel- Thanks for the welcome- Im not sure where you are now I'm always aware that youngsters are often up to being mobile .By memory i think you went back to Blighty for a while I read you piece about the remnants of A D U and mentioned the fabulous 3 ,of whom i was one,lol. , but admittedly ,i was a very late joiner, unlike the apparent ,heady days And Per Clarke used to make it 4 occasionally. My daughter follows him and Linda on face book. They have a B&B on Philip Island .I am in fairly regular contact with Dave in Wellington ,Hats off to how efficiently he ran the tipping comp. Wasted talent now I find the A league most rewarding in the absence of Charlton Being as i support the code, here in the soccer (football) suppressing ,and neglecting colonies .(still un naturalized, until we become a republic) .I switched from Victory to Melbourne City (the Muscat issue) and love to see the youngsters develope even at Victory .And we have Western United to, for whom i have a soft spot for, and are surely developing youngsters, too I did once communicate with Charlton (probably like many others) recommending young gun Riley McGree He has just gone to Middlesborough via Brum City. Perhaps Bows knew something. Latest boy to travel from Mel City, in this window to Hearts of M L , was Nat Atkinson. A boy to watch,- Note-- Mc Gree scored for Australia against Vietnam last night. Cities success this season is a lot to do with their defense I have a great admiration for Curtis Good Had a spell with Newcastle United UK, but with so many ups n downs and manager changes he came home, But i'm not a good scout ,lol. I saw Joe Simunich a few times, play for Melbourne Knights,in the 80s 90s To me he was ordinary .Next thing he was in Europe & playing for Croatia Lets hope the new boys that have come to Charlton, in this window can be the catalyst for a tilt at the title next year. If sir Chris can recommend that young M F from Spurs. I am optimistic All the best in red and white-- COYA
Hi Paul, yeah I knew you Dave and a couple of others kept the ADU fire burning. I'm still in Australia. Watch the occasional A league game. But find it all very sterile. Glad to see you still love your A league.
Where abouts in OZ mate I'm still in Melbourne I would love to go North to Queensland but just havn't got the balls to make the jump And the wife isn't to enthusiastic But hinks about it as her arthritis and joints tell her it makes sense, but i think she is like me, cant push the boat out The A League is just a fill in, and watch youngsters develope The 4 matches i have seen streamed from Charlton didnt seem much different in quality T B H. A lot of hospital balls, heavy touches, and turn overs, But hey this Charlton. Ball control seems much more clinical at City ,T B H, but then again the defenders arn't so game smart and physical, perhaps Its very hard to judge, They had a boy Craig Noone last year how smart was he reading a game. But i mist a motsa of games in the purple patch years with Bartlett and Fish and all. I was in the U K at the Milenium N Y, and the first game of the new milenium was a 3--0, victory over Forest Gee they played well that day, but ,do you know what i didnt know one player from Adam there-True----- Lets hope this young boy Nile John can do something for turning it around-About 3 years ago Melbourne City had a loanee from Spurs a young coloured boy Sir name Harrison. Played well but nothing too special
Where abouts in OZ mate I'm still in Melbourne I would love to go North to Queensland but just havn't got the balls to make the jump And the wife isn't to enthusiastic But hinks about it as her arthritis and joints tell her it makes sense, but i think she is like me, cant push the boat out The A League is just a fill in, and watch youngsters develope The 4 matches i have seen streamed from Charlton didnt seem much different in quality T B H. A lot of hospital balls, heavy touches, and turn overs, But hey this Charlton. Ball control seems much more clinical at City ,T B H, but then again the defenders arn't so game smart and physical, perhaps Its very hard to judge, They had a boy Craig Noone last year how smart was he reading a game. But i mist a motsa of games in the purple patch years with Bartlett and Fish and all. I was in the U K at the Milenium N Y, and the first game of the new milenium was a 3--0, victory over Forest Gee they played well that day, but ,do you know what i didnt know one player from Adam there-True----- Lets hope this young boy Nile John can do something for turning it around-About 3 years ago Melbourne City had a loanee from Spurs a young coloured boy Sir name Harrison. Played well but nothing too special
Any of you “old school” Melbourne fellas know of Steve Atkins? This is going back a good few haircuts to around 1966/67, when he first emigrated to Oz. Real good old friend of mine and Johnny Summers Jnr, he was ex- Brockley County, strange as they played rugby not football. Was something of a super star in Melbourne (football wise) in his day. Played for Ringwood and Wilhelmina, ex- Palarse pro, played for their reserves a few times if I remember rightly. Was employed as a timber agent/purchaser for many a year. Died a few years back from lung cancer……he smoked like a trooper! Lovely fella, was born the day after me in 1948, I visited him in Melbourne many moons back.
No my daughter is a Storm member but i don't go to anything other than Football (soccer) ,as i have alluded to many times on different threads When the Aussies treat our football with a bit of respect ,then i'll try to embrace other sports here The only sport the Aussie media, and there fore average Joe Blo is fanatical over, is Soccer bashing, in very subtle ways-Seriously .AFL or village green football ,does nothing for me and cricket i get more entertainment when we 'put down' our cat at the vets .Yet the average Ossie goes bananas over these sports Don't mind a bit of rugby, but geeze, is there anything more enthralling and skillful as the 'beautiful game' Then there is Charlton
I came to OZ in 1979 as a refugee from the Tories under Margaret Thatcher. No they have Bozo Borris and we have Scumo Some never learn The name Steve Atkins does ring a bell There were teams here that were struggling when i got here because the same old media neglect saw to that .Wilhelmina was one. Dutch i believe ,St Kilda Hakoa (Jewish) Polonia Polish. Footscray JUST (jugoslavian) all went i believe .Brunswick Juventus South Melbourne Hellas. Heidelberg Alexander were Greek And Preston Makedonia Melbourne Croatia And Green Gully are still in the State League from those early days. G G were Maltese and there was another Maltese team in the West, where our friend Kevin Muscat started ,but the name eludes me. I followed South Melbourne Hellas coz i lived close by The big names there, then ,were Branko Buljevic and Scot Charley Egan The big name i could remember coming then was Alan Whittle from Palarse, who went to Makedonia
I got a letter from Kiwi Dave in Wellington this very Morning, He follows the Addicks ,avidly like me (poor sods) and the Phoenix He is doing O K Love to hear the rumblings of the League expanding and Auckland has been mentioned. I hope they get a better following than when Charlton had a share in em .Sad lot in Auckland ,lol I cant stand Mark Boznic who said 'where is the value of a Kiwi team'? referring to the Phoenix. there is so much going against football here, and across the Ditch, and this moron wants to dump the Phoenix, and leave the football fans there ,to the rugby sharks. So much for the football family .What a tosser he is
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Steadily declined from 2012 back down to a small handful.
Some really good friendships formed over the years and Im still in touch with most of the people who posted.
Very hard to maintain over a great distance, not only from the Valley but also between states.
A guy contacted me a few weeks back who lives just down the road from me at Castle Hill......still a big latent support down here.
A League football? yawn.......I do watch the Mariners (when they play) but havent been to a live match since pre covid, just right now Im of the opinion that staying at home is probably the best thing to do as Covid here is rampant.
I read you piece about the remnants of A D U and mentioned the fabulous 3 ,of whom i was one,lol. , but admittedly ,i was a very late joiner, unlike the apparent ,heady days And Per Clarke used to make it 4 occasionally. My daughter follows him and Linda on face book. They have a B&B on Philip Island .I am in fairly regular contact with Dave in Wellington ,Hats off to how efficiently he ran the tipping comp. Wasted talent now
I find the A league most rewarding in the absence of Charlton
Being as i support the code, here in the soccer (football) suppressing ,and neglecting colonies .(still un naturalized, until we become a republic) .I switched from Victory to Melbourne City (the Muscat issue) and love to see the youngsters develope even at Victory .And we have Western United to, for whom i have a soft spot for, and are surely developing youngsters, too I did once communicate with Charlton (probably like many others) recommending young gun Riley McGree He has just gone to Middlesborough via Brum City. Perhaps Bows knew something. Latest boy to travel from Mel City, in this window to Hearts of M L , was Nat Atkinson. A boy to watch,- Note-- Mc Gree scored for Australia against Vietnam last night. Cities success this season is a lot to do with their defense I have a great admiration for Curtis Good Had a spell with Newcastle United UK, but with so many ups n downs and manager changes he came home, But i'm not a good scout ,lol. I saw Joe Simunich a few times, play for Melbourne Knights,in the 80s 90s To me he was ordinary .Next thing he was in Europe & playing for Croatia
Lets hope the new boys that have come to Charlton, in this window can be the catalyst for a tilt at the title next year. If sir Chris can recommend that young M F from Spurs. I am optimistic
All the best in red and white-- COYA
The A League is just a fill in, and watch youngsters develope The 4 matches i have seen streamed from Charlton didnt seem much different in quality T B H. A lot of hospital balls, heavy touches, and turn overs, But hey this Charlton. Ball control seems much more clinical at City ,T B H, but then again the defenders arn't so game smart and physical, perhaps Its very hard to judge, They had a boy Craig Noone last year how smart was he reading a game. But i mist a motsa of games in the purple patch years with Bartlett and Fish and all.
I was in the U K at the Milenium N Y, and the first game of the new milenium was a 3--0, victory over Forest Gee they played well that day, but ,do you know what i didnt know one player from Adam there-True----- Lets hope this young boy Nile John can do something for turning it around-About 3 years ago Melbourne City had a loanee from Spurs a young coloured boy Sir name Harrison. Played well but nothing too special
This is going back a good few haircuts to around 1966/67, when he first emigrated to Oz.
Real good old friend of mine and Johnny Summers Jnr, he was ex- Brockley County, strange as they played rugby not football.
Was something of a super star in Melbourne (football wise) in his day.
Played for Ringwood and Wilhelmina, ex- Palarse pro, played for their reserves a few times if I remember rightly.
Was employed as a timber agent/purchaser for many a year.
Died a few years back from lung cancer……he smoked like a trooper!
Lovely fella, was born the day after me in 1948, I visited him in Melbourne many moons back.
When the Aussies treat our football with a bit of respect ,then i'll try to embrace other sports here The only sport the Aussie media, and there fore average Joe Blo is fanatical over, is Soccer bashing, in very subtle ways-Seriously
.AFL or village green football ,does nothing for me and cricket i get more entertainment when we 'put down' our cat at the vets .Yet the average Ossie goes bananas over these sports Don't mind a bit of rugby, but geeze, is there anything more enthralling and skillful as the 'beautiful game' Then there is Charlton
The name Steve Atkins does ring a bell There were teams here that were struggling when i got here because the same old media neglect saw to that .Wilhelmina was one. Dutch i believe ,St Kilda Hakoa (Jewish) Polonia Polish. Footscray JUST (jugoslavian) all went i believe .Brunswick Juventus South Melbourne Hellas. Heidelberg Alexander were Greek And Preston Makedonia Melbourne Croatia And Green Gully are still in the State League from those early days. G G were Maltese and there was another Maltese team in the West, where our friend Kevin Muscat started ,but the name eludes me.
I followed South Melbourne Hellas coz i lived close by The big names there, then ,were Branko Buljevic and Scot Charley Egan
The big name i could remember coming then was Alan Whittle from Palarse, who went to Makedonia
Love to hear the rumblings of the League expanding and Auckland has been mentioned. I hope they get a better following than when Charlton had a share in em .Sad lot in Auckland ,lol
I cant stand Mark Boznic who said 'where is the value of a Kiwi team'? referring to the Phoenix. there is so much going against football here, and across the Ditch, and this moron wants to dump the Phoenix, and leave the football fans there ,to the rugby sharks. So much for the football family .What a tosser he is