Colin also donated his first ever Charlton contract.
He was on £40 pw and £10 extra if he played in the first team.
The average weekly earnings for men over 21 at that time were, according to a google search, £36.60, and for women over 18 £20.50. The average house price was around £4,000.
He did get a free train ticket from Stevanage to Charlton but 2nd class.
The next season, he told us he got another £10 per week.
We asked Paddy if it was OK to post the numbers and he said "yes".
We also asked if the likes of Keith Peacock or Derek Hales would mind seeing how much he was getting and he replied "Don't worry, they were getting a lot more".
Please could someone with more knowledge on this let me know why he was loaned to the USA in the middle of his contract? Always thought he was a vital player for us.
Please could someone with more knowledge on this let me know why he was loaned to the USA in the middle of his contract? Always thought he was a vital player for us.
Please could someone with more knowledge on this let me know why he was loaned to the USA in the middle of his contract? Always thought he was a vital player for us.
Money
Nearly backfired, only just staying up, by winning the last game of the season.
I spoke to Colin’s son on Twitter months ago, I was on the Groundstaff when Colin signed from Barnet and along with the maintenance guy we painted the house ready for the families arrival, I distinctly remember being taken off the glossing the woodwork for being useless. 😂
For anyone who enjoyed watching CBT taking his full back to the cleaners yesterday, Paddy used to do that almost every week. I remember going to Barnet to watch a friendly where he ripped us apart, we signed him soon after, and he adapted to the step up straight away and was instrumental in so many of the goals scored by Hales and Flanagan. Superb player and a lovely guy.
Please could someone with more knowledge on this let me know why he was loaned to the USA in the middle of his contract? Always thought he was a vital player for us.
It was a pure Charltonism* - lending out your best two players before you were safe, we ended up needing a point in the last game to stay up.
* Charltonism (noun) - an act of inexplicable self-destruction, often seen in Southeast London, usually centred on the SE7 postcode. See also Hales v Flanagan 1979, Message to our supporters 1985, and many other examples, available on demand.
Probably still my favourite ever player, by a short head from Kinsella, Killer and a few others. Although he was a classic right winger, his most famous assist, for Killers goal of the season, was with his left foot. Accurate to the millimeter as usual.
A real pleasure to welcome another former player to the museum yesterday, the great Paddy Powell 
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He was on £40 pw and £10 extra if he played in the first team.
The average weekly earnings for men over 21 at that time were, according to a google search, £36.60, and for women over 18 £20.50. The average house price was around £4,000.
He did get a free train ticket from Stevanage to Charlton but 2nd class.
The next season, he told us he got another £10 per week.
We asked Paddy if it was OK to post the numbers and he said "yes".
We also asked if the likes of Keith Peacock or Derek Hales would mind seeing how much he was getting and he replied "Don't worry, they were getting a lot more".
I remember going to Barnet to watch a friendly where he ripped us apart, we signed him soon after, and he adapted to the step up straight away and was instrumental in so many of the goals scored by Hales and Flanagan.
Superb player and a lovely guy.
* Charltonism (noun) - an act of inexplicable self-destruction, often seen in Southeast London, usually centred on the SE7 postcode. See also Hales v Flanagan 1979, Message to our supporters 1985, and many other examples, available on demand.
Not Phil Parkes, of that I am certain.
No moustache, centre parting floppy hair, he was well built as well.