"and in the season 2002 to 2003 finished seventh place in the English Premiership, the club's highest position to date, in the top division in England."
oh so when we finished 2nd 4th and 3rd in the top flight during the late thirties that doesn't count
and if you know your history it's enough to make your heart go whooooooooo
[cite]Posted By: oohaahmortimer[/cite]"and in the season 2002 to 2003 finished seventh place in the English Premiership, the club's highest position to date, in the top division in England."
oh so when we finished 2nd 4th and 3rd in the top flight during the late thirties that doesn't count
and if you know your history it's enough to make your heart go whooooooooo
That equaliser against Man U after Ferguson took off Keane and Beckham thinking he had the game won will always remain one of my happiest memories. Legend.
Can't get the link to the interview to work - love the comment about the sweep about how long it would be before he got booked! I used to work with Andy D'Urso, and remember mentioning JR to him!
I've got quite a long list of favorite players, but he's definitely near the top. I remember reading a write-up about one of our matches where the journo jokingly said that Curbs had brought JR on to calm things down!
Can't get the link to the interview to work - love the comment about the sweep about how long it would be before he got booked! I used to work with Andy D'Urso, and remember mentioning JR to him!
Cheers - Personally I don't like the use of the word 'soccer' though. I mix with some people from the US Emb, and we have a lot of banter 'correcting' their English when they're at the british Club!
If ever there was a player with more determination to succeed can there be a more classic example than Johnny Rob. In all honesty he had quite limited footballing abilities 'as proffesionals go that is'........but what he did have was 101% belief, application and pure desire to win at just about any cost.........which quite naturaly turned him into a crowd favourite with us. Became quite something of a ledge in Wales as well of course. Great player and you'd be happy to have him in the trenches alongside you all day long.
I remember i went on his "soccer school" that was at my school for a half term week. Near the end of the week we got photos taken with him and he was absolutely chuffed when I came in in my Charlton shirt.
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Seems to have done well for himself. Good on him.
JR: I still support Charlton Athletic because of my many years I played there and for what we achieved during that time."
Top man!
Seeing as you enjoyed a successful career and are doing well with your business, why the long face?
oh so when we finished 2nd 4th and 3rd in the top flight during the late thirties that doesn't count
and if you know your history it's enough to make your heart go whooooooooo
and 5th in the fifties.
how could i forget, of course Len our rightful position in any league we enter !
fans prolly weren't happy back then that we hadn't pushed on but i can still here a young Len Glover telling them but we're still fifth !
Whose that scoring goals....
http://www.soccerbanter.org/john-robinson.html
Not Paul Bacon, Kim Grant or Paul Sturgess? Outrageous!
To be fair, soccer is an old British term, that's fallen out of favour over here. Charlton won the Guinness Soccer Six in the late 80s!
In all honesty he had quite limited footballing abilities 'as proffesionals go that is'........but what he did have was 101% belief, application and pure desire to win at just about any cost.........which quite naturaly turned him into a crowd favourite with us.
Became quite something of a ledge in Wales as well of course.
Great player and you'd be happy to have him in the trenches alongside you all day long.