He demonstrated little self control either when he scored against us. I cannot see why the Police are not involved for what was clearly a criminal assault.
He demonstrated little self control either when he scored against us. I cannot see why the Police are not involved for what was clearly a criminal assault.
Yes but that would set a precedent for the rugby playing Police fraternity to have to follow - they would have to prosecute punching in the scrums and rucks, gouging, raking etc etc.
Calvin Andrew has played 300 + matches in a 12 year pro career at 12 clubs with 6 of them loan moves. On the highlights program they said he had never been sent off. Why would he at 29 lose it and attack another player off the ball with a forearm smash ? I find it hard to believe words spoken to him by Peter Clarke however bad would get that reaction off the ball. (over the last 12 years he must of heard some dodgy comments)
I tend to think that off the field stress could be the trigger.
Interesting if Andrew or Clarke release a statement.
Calvin Andrew has played 270 + matches in a 12 year pro career at 12 clubs with 6 of them loan moves. On the highlights program they said he had never been sent off. Why would he at 29 lose it and attack another player off the ball with a forearm smash ? I find it hard to believe words spoken to him by Peter Clarke however bad would get that reaction off the ball. (over the last 12 years he must of heard some dodgy comments)
I tend to think that off the field stress could be the trigger.
Interesting if Andrew or Clarke release a statement.
I can think of a few incidents last year that were just off the scale... anywhere else, that's assault and the police are called... but people think they can get away with it because its football. Premium utd, and New Beckenham, and Walsingham a few seasons back....
I've seen worse on a Sunday morning. A kid who used to play or us (my old pub team) as a 16 year old had his cheekbone smashed right in like, indented in and needed loads of surgery by some arsehole from sheppey. He is about 28 now and was awesome as a youngster bit his face is still ruined.
That incident kicked off a brawl that involved everyone, even our goalkeepers dad who took one of the island dwellers teeth out with either his walking stick or a broom. Amazingly the game didn't get abandoned.
That's absolutely horrible, that's why I hated Sunday football there were just too many arseholes who wanted to hurt people.
And just as well I was not good enough for Sunday morning football!
Didn't pass the height test?
I kid you not, I was the school goalkeeper in primary school, my agility and fantastic shot stopping took us to the final.
I've seen worse on a Sunday morning. A kid who used to play or us (my old pub team) as a 16 year old had his cheekbone smashed right in like, indented in and needed loads of surgery by some arsehole from sheppey. He is about 28 now and was awesome as a youngster bit his face is still ruined.
That incident kicked off a brawl that involved everyone, even our goalkeepers dad who took one of the island dwellers teeth out with either his walking stick or a broom. Amazingly the game didn't get abandoned.
That's absolutely horrible, that's why I hated Sunday football there were just too many arseholes who wanted to hurt people.
And just as well I was not good enough for Sunday morning football!
Didn't pass the height test?
I kid you not, I was the school goalkeeper in primary school, my agility and fantastic shot stopping took us to the final.
And we are talking 11-a-side, not 5-a-side!
You're taking about the school subbuteo team right?
I've seen worse on a Sunday morning. A kid who used to play or us (my old pub team) as a 16 year old had his cheekbone smashed right in like, indented in and needed loads of surgery by some arsehole from sheppey. He is about 28 now and was awesome as a youngster bit his face is still ruined.
That incident kicked off a brawl that involved everyone, even our goalkeepers dad who took one of the island dwellers teeth out with either his walking stick or a broom. Amazingly the game didn't get abandoned.
That's absolutely horrible, that's why I hated Sunday football there were just too many arseholes who wanted to hurt people.
And just as well I was not good enough for Sunday morning football!
Didn't pass the height test?
I kid you not, I was the school goalkeeper in primary school, my agility and fantastic shot stopping took us to the final.
Sorry to butt into this love in and go off thread but who was the shortest keeper you've seen play for Charlton then? I reckon it was John Vaughan who payed up at Manure in the 1994 FA Cup Quarter Final. The late Ken Jones back in the 60's didn't seem that tall either but maybe some of the real old timers @LenGlover or @Starinnaddick can confirm .
Sorry to butt into this love in and go off thread but who was the shortest keeper you've seen play for Charlton then? I reckon it was John Vaughan who payed up at Manure in the 1994 FA Cup Quarter Final. The late Ken Jones back in the 60's didn't seem that tall either but maybe some of the real old timers @LenGlover or @Starinnaddick can confirm .
Derek Forster was no giant. Not that he played much!
Sorry to butt into this love in and go off thread but who was the shortest keeper you've seen play for Charlton then? I reckon it was John Vaughan who payed up at Manure in the 1994 FA Cup Quarter Final. The late Ken Jones back in the 60's didn't seem that tall either but maybe some of the real old timers @LenGlover or @Starinnaddick can confirm .
Derek Forster was no giant. Not that he played much!
I thought you might have said Killer when he took over from Tutt up at Sunderland but I meant proper Goalkeeper of course
That video is like seeing the precise second someone loses their mind. It's as if he snaps, goes genuinely crazy, and assaults the first person he sees.
I would concur with John Vaughan as being our smallest keeper.
On a wider scale, the likes of Peter Bonetti (5'10") and probably the greatest penalty saver of all time probably, Paul Cooper (5' 11'') almost certainly wouldn't get in the PL. There again, there are probably quite a few others from former decades who wouldn't win a place either because they couldn't trap a bag of sand or pass water!
I would concur with John Vaughan as being our smallest keeper.
On a wider scale, the likes of Peter Bonetti (5'10") and probably the greatest penalty saver of all time probably, Paul Cooper (5' 11'') almost certainly wouldn't get in the PL. There again, there are probably quite a few others from former decades who wouldn't win a place either because they couldn't trap a bag of sand or pass water!
Eddie Hopkinson was only 5' 10" and won 14 England caps.
Sorry to butt into this love in and go off thread but who was the shortest keeper you've seen play for Charlton then? I reckon it was John Vaughan who payed up at Manure in the 1994 FA Cup Quarter Final. The late Ken Jones back in the 60's didn't seem that tall either but maybe some of the real old timers @LenGlover or @Starinnaddick can confirm .</blockquot
Eddie Marsh was a shorter goalkeeper and Wiki has him at 5' 6" but I'm sure he was taller than that .
Sorry to butt into this love in and go off thread but who was the shortest keeper you've seen play for Charlton then? I reckon it was John Vaughan who payed up at Manure in the 1994 FA Cup Quarter Final. The late Ken Jones back in the 60's didn't seem that tall either but maybe some of the real old timers @LenGlover or @Starinnaddick can confirm .
Eddie was before my time.
Fifty or sixty years back players were smaller so, for example, Eddie Hopkinson at 5' 10" wasn't exceptionally small.
Willie Duff seemed relatively small for a keeper from photos. Just missed seeing him live.
Sorry to butt into this love in and go off thread but who was the shortest keeper you've seen play for Charlton then? I reckon it was John Vaughan who payed up at Manure in the 1994 FA Cup Quarter Final. The late Ken Jones back in the 60's didn't seem that tall either but maybe some of the real old timers @LenGlover or @Starinnaddick can confirm .
Eddie was before my time.
Fifty or sixty years back players were smaller so, for example, Eddie Hopkinson at 5' 10" wasn't exceptionally small.
Willie Duff seemed relatively small for a keeper from photos. Just missed seeing him live.
Sorry to butt into this love in and go off thread but who was the shortest keeper you've seen play for Charlton then? I reckon it was John Vaughan who payed up at Manure in the 1994 FA Cup Quarter Final. The late Ken Jones back in the 60's didn't seem that tall either but maybe some of the real old timers @LenGlover or @Starinnaddick can confirm .
Eddie was before my time.
Fifty or sixty years back players were smaller so, for example, Eddie Hopkinson at 5' 10" wasn't exceptionally small.
Willie Duff seemed relatively small for a keeper from photos. Just missed seeing him live.
Willie Duff was 5' 11"
I stand corrected. He must have been standing on a slope or in a dip.
I've seen worse on a Sunday morning. A kid who used to play or us (my old pub team) as a 16 year old had his cheekbone smashed right in like, indented in and needed loads of surgery by some arsehole from sheppey. He is about 28 now and was awesome as a youngster bit his face is still ruined.
That incident kicked off a brawl that involved everyone, even our goalkeepers dad who took one of the island dwellers teeth out with either his walking stick or a broom. Amazingly the game didn't get abandoned.
That's absolutely horrible, that's why I hated Sunday football there were just too many arseholes who wanted to hurt people.
And just as well I was not good enough for Sunday morning football!
Didn't pass the height test?
I kid you not, I was the school goalkeeper in primary school, my agility and fantastic shot stopping took us to the final.
I've seen worse on a Sunday morning. A kid who used to play or us (my old pub team) as a 16 year old had his cheekbone smashed right in like, indented in and needed loads of surgery by some arsehole from sheppey. He is about 28 now and was awesome as a youngster bit his face is still ruined.
That incident kicked off a brawl that involved everyone, even our goalkeepers dad who took one of the island dwellers teeth out with either his walking stick or a broom. Amazingly the game didn't get abandoned.
That's absolutely horrible, that's why I hated Sunday football there were just too many arseholes who wanted to hurt people.
And just as well I was not good enough for Sunday morning football!
Didn't pass the height test?
I kid you not, I was the school goalkeeper in primary school, my agility and fantastic shot stopping took us to the final.
And we are talking 11-a-side, not 5-a-side!
You're taking about the school subbuteo team right?
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Why would he at 29 lose it and attack another player off the ball with a forearm smash ?
I find it hard to believe words spoken to him by Peter Clarke however bad would get that reaction off the ball. (over the last 12 years he must of heard some dodgy comments)
I tend to think that off the field stress could be the trigger.
Interesting if Andrew or Clarke release a statement.
And we are talking 11-a-side, not 5-a-side!
It's as if he snaps, goes genuinely crazy, and assaults the first person he sees.
On a wider scale, the likes of Peter Bonetti (5'10") and probably the greatest penalty saver of all time probably, Paul Cooper (5' 11'') almost certainly wouldn't get in the PL. There again, there are probably quite a few others from former decades who wouldn't win a place either because they couldn't trap a bag of sand or pass water!
The only difference being I saved the ball.