Remember his debut at Chelsea. Only on for a while but was immense. Put in a real crunching tackle if i remember. Then Lisbie won it. Them were the days.
We beat Chelsea four times in a row over that period. Jorge Costa was immense that game. Best centre half I've seen play for Charlton.
Seen some really great centre halves over the years but have to say he was the best.....his positional sense was second to none and he knew all the short cuts too. I never saw anyone out play him, he never had anything but an impressive game and more often than not was more than impressive, as in superb! I feel highly privileged to have seen him in an Addicks shirt.
Remember his debut at Chelsea. Only on for a while but was immense. Put in a real crunching tackle if i remember. Then Lisbie won it. Them were the days.
I remember the press conference when he signed .
They asked how he felt about marking (the pre Charlton ) Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink . Jorge answered that he had played against JFH many times and the Dutchman had never scored . The assembled press laughed . Jorge was being serious .
On another piece of trivia Jorge finished his playing career with Standard Liege .
The tank. Loved every minute. Still remember him in tears when he came over to the away end after his last game at Old Trafford. 0-0 but he so nearly scored. He would have stayed if his wife had not just given birth and wanted to go home.
Then so very proud when he went on to lift both UEFA and Champions League trophies. (Will gloss over the World Cup performances!)
I love this thread as it combines one of my all time favourite players and one of my all time favourite matches. always makes me happy when I'm reminded of either. the celebrations when that Lisbie header went in were amazing
After he left, there was an article in a newspaper about how foreign defenders couldn't cut it in the Premier League. As an example, they referred to Jorge who they said had had 'his arse ripped out' when with us.
I wondered what parallel universe the journalist had just arrived from.
We beat Chelsea four times in a row over that period. Jorge Costa was immense that game. Best centre half I've seen play for Charlton.
Seen some really great centre halves over the years but have to say he was the best.....his positional sense was second to none and he knew all the short cuts too. I never saw anyone out play him, he never had anything but an impressive game and more often than not was more than impressive, as in superb! I feel highly privileged to have seen him in an Addicks shirt.
Loved Brownie....but a combination of Jorge and Rufus would be my ideal choice of centre back pairings in the 'modern' era at Charlton.
We beat Chelsea four times in a row over that period. Jorge Costa was immense that game. Best centre half I've seen play for Charlton.
Seen some really great centre halves over the years but have to say he was the best.....his positional sense was second to none and he knew all the short cuts too. I never saw anyone out play him, he never had anything but an impressive game and more often than not was more than impressive, as in superb! I feel highly privileged to have seen him in an Addicks shirt.
Loved Brownie....but a combination of Jorge and Rufus would be my ideal choice of centre back pairings in the 'modern' era at Charlton.
It was the way that, if being out paced, he could fall over and drag down the opposition without giving away a free kick that was so special about him. Brilliant player
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He just would not let an attacker go by him.
He came from Portugal and he knew which clubs to dislike.
He obviously wasnt the quickest and when the opposition counter attacked you'd watch him frantically trying to get back
The article I wrote about the game in the next programme.
Brought a tear to my eye as my dad's gone now but Joe is still a fan even while he's away at Uni.
And he was one of the first protesters and in his own right not with his dad, giving out 2% flyers.
Proud son and dad
Did you read that Tom Rubashow?
I feel highly privileged to have seen him in an Addicks shirt.
They asked how he felt about marking (the pre Charlton ) Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink . Jorge answered that he had played against JFH many times and the Dutchman had never scored . The assembled press laughed . Jorge was being serious .
On another piece of trivia Jorge finished his playing career with Standard Liege .
Then so very proud when he went on to lift both UEFA and Champions League trophies.
(Will gloss over the World Cup performances!)
I wondered what parallel universe the journalist had just arrived from.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Costa