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Clive Mendonca

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  • RedPanda
    RedPanda Posts: 4,995
    Didn't Hales give another interview when in answer to "what would you be if not a footballer?" he answered "a burglar"
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,148
    My all time favourite 
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,054
    ross1 said:

    That is some of the deadliest finishing you will ever see
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,848
    RedPanda said:
    Didn't Hales give another interview when in answer to "what would you be if not a footballer?" he answered "a burglar"
    Yes, was in Shoot! Which was something else he was good at incidentally.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,384
    golfaddick said:
    carly burn said:
    se9addick said:
    shirty5 said:
    25 years ago today Clive Mendonca joined Charlton Athletic 
    See, get your transfer business done early…
    One of the best bits we ever did.
    Nearly missed out if Curbs book is to be believed. 
    Clive was not at all impressed with the site seeing tour that Lord Llewellyn had arranged .. UNTIL they, for some reason, arrived in Chigwell, Birds of a Feather territory .. 'Sharon and Tracey, my favourites (I paraphrase)' said Clive, and it seems that being closeish to Birdland was a big part in clinching the deal  :)
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,237
    I will go to my grave believing that was the best ever Bona fide hat trick scored at Wembley by an English player. ( Was Clive's dad from South America ?)

    No shite about the ball being over the line.
    Every goal was quality scored by Clive Mendonca that day and it will always remain so. The bad back is the only reason we went straight down the next season.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,384
    soapboxsam said:
    I will go to my grave believing that was the best ever Bona fide hat trick scored at Wembley by an English player. ( Was Clive's dad from South America ?)

    No shite about the ball being over the line.
    Every goal was quality scored by Clive Mendonca that day and it will always remain so. The bad back is the only reason we went straight down the next season.
    yes Guyana .. this chap was his uncle .. Ivor Mendonca - Wikipedia
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,986
    soapboxsam said:
    I will go to my grave believing that was the best ever Bona fide hat trick scored at Wembley by an English player. ( Was Clive's dad from South America ?)

    No shite about the ball being over the line.
    Every goal was quality scored by Clive Mendonca that day and it will always remain so. The bad back is the only reason we went straight down the next season.
    Could well be right - we drew a lot at home if I remember rightly, wonder if a fit Mendonca could have turned a few of those into wins.
  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    McBobbin said:
    ross1 said:

    That is some of the deadliest finishing you will ever see
    Proper two footed, and proper run up for the pens.
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,284
    Remember the day we signed him, was on the train on way home from work & 2 spanners were talking about it. He always seemed to score for Grimsby so was very happy & couldn't wait to find out if it was true.  :D Fantastic signing.

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  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,072
    North Lower Neil said:
    soapboxsam said:
    I will go to my grave believing that was the best ever Bona fide hat trick scored at Wembley by an English player. ( Was Clive's dad from South America ?)

    No shite about the ball being over the line.
    Every goal was quality scored by Clive Mendonca that day and it will always remain so. The bad back is the only reason we went straight down the next season.
    Could well be right - we drew a lot at home if I remember rightly, wonder if a fit Mendonca could have turned a few of those into wins.
    I reckon so, his record in the Prem was actually really good - 8 goals from 19 starts. 
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,237
    Lincsaddick said:
    soapboxsam said:
    I will go to my grave believing that was the best ever Bona fide hat trick scored at Wembley by an English player. ( Was Clive's dad from South America ?)

    No shite about the ball being over the line.
    Every goal was quality scored by Clive Mendonca that day and it will always remain so. The bad back is the only reason we went straight down the next season.
    yes Guyana .. this chap was his uncle .. Ivor Mendonca - Wikipedia

    Guyana is on the South American mainland but has always been joined at the hip with the Caribbean Islands. Clive's Uncle Ivor's nationality was down as Indian. I think I did hear that Ivor Mendonca had played test cricket for the West Indies now you have put the link to remind me.

  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,729
    maddferrett said:
    Never seen a player before or since that the fan base appreciated so much. We knew how important he was to us, and showed him the respect he deserved 
    Yann must come close to that
  • willieduff
    willieduff Posts: 987
    Wouldn't you have loved to see Clive and Yann in the same team?
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,148
    willieduff said:
    Wouldn't you have loved to see Clive and Yann in the same team?
    That would have been quite something. Two geniuses. 
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,787
    Right now, I'd take a Clive Dunn.........
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,284
    tangoflash said:
    Right now, I'd take Clive Dunn.........

  • superclive98
    superclive98 Posts: 4,800
    ForeverAddickted said:
    maddferrett said:
    Never seen a player before or since that the fan base appreciated so much. We knew how important he was to us, and showed him the respect he deserved 
    Yann must come close to that
    As much as I loved Yann and he certainly was appreciated and revered by the fans, his importance to the club, as a whole, falls far short of Superclive's impact.
    Clive elevated the club, in modern times, to a new level. 
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,384
    soapboxsam said:
    I will go to my grave believing that was the best ever Bona fide hat trick scored at Wembley by an English player. ( Was Clive's dad from South America ?)

    No shite about the ball being over the line.
    Every goal was quality scored by Clive Mendonca that day and it will always remain so. The bad back is the only reason we went straight down the next season.
    also remarkable how many penalties we were awarded during Clive's era .. I can't recall him ever missing one
  • JohnnyH2
    JohnnyH2 Posts: 5,347
    Lincsaddick said:
    soapboxsam said:
    I will go to my grave believing that was the best ever Bona fide hat trick scored at Wembley by an English player. ( Was Clive's dad from South America ?)

    No shite about the ball being over the line.
    Every goal was quality scored by Clive Mendonca that day and it will always remain so. The bad back is the only reason we went straight down the next season.
    also remarkable how many penalties we were awarded during Clive's era .. I can't recall him ever missing one
    Missed 1 for us, League Cup tie v QPR. We were already 3 0 up in the tie so was a good one to miss

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  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,384
    JohnnyH2 said:
    Lincsaddick said:
    soapboxsam said:
    I will go to my grave believing that was the best ever Bona fide hat trick scored at Wembley by an English player. ( Was Clive's dad from South America ?)

    No shite about the ball being over the line.
    Every goal was quality scored by Clive Mendonca that day and it will always remain so. The bad back is the only reason we went straight down the next season.
    also remarkable how many penalties we were awarded during Clive's era .. I can't recall him ever missing one
    Missed 1 for us, League Cup tie v QPR. We were already 3 0 up in the tie so was a good one to miss
    cheers .. what a memory you have ((:>)
  • YTS1978
    YTS1978 Posts: 1,715
    25yrs ago....Jesus christ! Some brilliant goals there and funny how many you remember watching them back. The one away at Oxford which hits the bar then off the keeper was a big one in our run in. We were losing one nil with 10 mins or so to go and not looking like getting back into it. Then Super Clive and Johnny Robinson scored in quick succession and we won 2-1. Remember saying in the pub after that we were going up. It just felt like it was going to happen!
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  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,384
    his 1997 debut at Middlesbrough was my first away game for a long time .. we scored first but lost to a last minute goal .. you could see that we had the makings of a VERY good team and that Mendonca, although he didn't score, was gonna be an integral part .. how right that was 
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,284
    superclive98 said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    maddferrett said:
    Never seen a player before or since that the fan base appreciated so much. We knew how important he was to us, and showed him the respect he deserved 
    Yann must come close to that
    As much as I loved Yann and he certainly was appreciated and revered by the fans, his importance to the club, as a whole, falls far short of Superclive's impact.
    Clive elevated the club, in modern times, to a new level. 
    Well you would say that superclive  :D
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,284
    ross1 said:

    What a hatrick & a great pen
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,563
    A natural goal scorer and it was all he cared about. We could win 3-0 but if he hadn’t scored he would trudge off the pitch, head down, giving himself a right talking to. 😀
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,284
    ross1 said:

    Never seen that before 

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