Evening Standard 5 A Side 1985

JohnnyH2

https://youtu.be/FSm91GQGmXA

JohnnyH2

Watch from 4 mins, us playing QPR in the Semi Final.

I went this night, beat Watford in the previous round 3-1

Our squad was

1. John Vaughan
2. Sean McFadden
3. Steve Gritt
4. Mark Stuart
5. Alan Kimble
6. Gary Kimble

Amos on the wing

Photos from that evening with @JohnnyH2 and @shirty5

Addick Addict

I don't think Sean McFadden ever played a first team game for us did he?

PopIcon

Thanks for sharing. Never seen that shirt before.

JohnnyH2

Addick Addict said:

I don't think Sean McFadden ever played a first team game for us did he?

Not 1st team. I think he played for Erith & Belvedere and his Dad may have been Chairman 

Bedsaddick

Remember it well . A great night .

Athletico Charlton

Was it a one off tournament?  I remember watching on the TV, would only have been 8/9.

man_at_milletts

Went to these. I think Eddie was in charge then.

Talal

PopIcon said:

Thanks for sharing. Never seen that shirt before.

It's the pinstripe Osca isn't it? Just with a box around the sponsor rather than a band. 

Carl Leaburn

Programme from that night https://www.flickr.com/photos/addicks7-6/14158526594

and lots more at https://www.flickr.com/photos/addicks7-6/albums

There is a copy of every London / Evening Standard 5-A-Side we played in

MuttleyCAFC

I used to go every year and thoroughly enjoyed it. I'll be honest and say it was probably my football highlight of the year.

JohnnyH2

Athletico Charlton said:

Was it a one off tournament?  I remember watching on the TV, would only have been 8/9.

It was held annually from the 50s through until 1985. It was brought back annually for 3 years from 1993

MuttleyCAFC

I think we won it twice. Once in the 60s and once in the 70s. I think it was 1975.

SporadicAddick

a good overview here

https://comicus.co.uk/football-nostalgia-the-london-evening-standard-5-a-side-tournament/

SporadicAddick

1975

Simonsen

SporadicAddick said:

a good overview here

https://comicus.co.uk/football-nostalgia-the-london-evening-standard-5-a-side-tournament/

Excellent stuff. Remember all of those Bees players from 1983 and in that footage, you can see the class that Stan Bowles had. Fair play to Roger Wynter too....he had a brilliant tournament. 

Simonsen

I might start calling them QP Rangers now I've seen that programme from 1975......

ricky_otto

SporadicAddick said:

1975

So really next time we play Millwall we ought to just go with 5 players really. This is where we have been going wrong all these years. 

Addick Addict

SporadicAddick said:

1975

Tutt
Bowman
Powell
Peacock
Flanagan

Proper Charlton team - 1,500 appearances between them!

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Talal said:

PopIcon said:

Thanks for sharing. Never seen that shirt before.

It's the pinstripe Osca isn't it? Just with a box around the sponsor rather than a band. 

Yes, I've seen the one with the band, there is also a banded Adidas shirt with the Woolwich sponsor. Could be that particular shirt was worn in competition the following season?

Talal

PopIcon said:

Talal said:

PopIcon said:

Thanks for sharing. Never seen that shirt before.

It's the pinstripe Osca isn't it? Just with a box around the sponsor rather than a band. 

Yes, I've seen the one with the band, there is also a banded Adidas shirt with the Woolwich sponsor. Could be that particular shirt was worn in competition the following season?

I put a photo of that shirt up recently and no one seemed to think it was one we wore. The 5 a side tournament had a break between 86-92 so those Adidas shirts wouldn't have been used. 

PopIcon

Talal said:

PopIcon said:

Talal said:

PopIcon said:

Thanks for sharing. Never seen that shirt before.

It's the pinstripe Osca isn't it? Just with a box around the sponsor rather than a band. 

Yes, I've seen the one with the band, there is also a banded Adidas shirt with the Woolwich sponsor. Could be that particular shirt was worn in competition the following season?

I put a photo of that shirt up recently and no one seemed to think it was one we wore. The 5 a side tournament had a break between 86-92 so those Adidas shirts wouldn't have been used. 

The Guinness six a side ran from 82-90, we wore the grey Admiral when we won it in 1988. No idea what we wore the previous seasons, but its a possibility.

Talal

PopIcon said:

Talal said:

PopIcon said:

Talal said:

PopIcon said:

Thanks for sharing. Never seen that shirt before.

It's the pinstripe Osca isn't it? Just with a box around the sponsor rather than a band. 

Yes, I've seen the one with the band, there is also a banded Adidas shirt with the Woolwich sponsor. Could be that particular shirt was worn in competition the following season?

I put a photo of that shirt up recently and no one seemed to think it was one we wore. The 5 a side tournament had a break between 86-92 so those Adidas shirts wouldn't have been used. 

The Guinness six a side ran from 82-90, we wore the grey Admiral when we won it in 1988. No idea what we wore the previous seasons, but its a possibility.

Good point. Wonder if these tournaments ever appeared in programmes. 

Dippenhall

After our momentous win I remember waiting to buy the early edition of the next days Evening Standard as soon as it appeared and expecting a front page spread. Think I was a tad disappointed with the coverage.

JohnnyH2

Talal said:

PopIcon said:

Thanks for sharing. Never seen that shirt before.

It's the pinstripe Osca isn't it? Just with a box around the sponsor rather than a band. 

That was the 84/85 kit which was the same as 83/84. We had no sponsor for the whole of 83/84 or the 1st half of 84/85, so you could only buy the kit without a sponser. Woolwich then sponsored us at the turn of the year, and that was how the kit was for most of the rest of the seasonwith the exception of the following games

Spurs Away in the Cup - First time I think wearing the Woolwich as sponsor and it was just on the shirt with no box or band

Spurs Home and City Away - Both on TV highlights and the kit had Sunley instead of Woolwich (I presume Sunley as owners wanted the extra exposure)

The following season the 85/86 the kit was slightly altered to having the sponser in a band, and this kit could be bought

JohnnyH2

PopIcon said:

Talal said:

PopIcon said:

Talal said:

PopIcon said:

Thanks for sharing. Never seen that shirt before.

It's the pinstripe Osca isn't it? Just with a box around the sponsor rather than a band. 

Yes, I've seen the one with the band, there is also a banded Adidas shirt with the Woolwich sponsor. Could be that particular shirt was worn in competition the following season?

I put a photo of that shirt up recently and no one seemed to think it was one we wore. The 5 a side tournament had a break between 86-92 so those Adidas shirts wouldn't have been used. 

The Guinness six a side ran from 82-90, we wore the grey Admiral when we won it in 1988. No idea what we wore the previous seasons, but its a possibility.

There was no special kit for these tournaments. At the Soocer Six (88/89)the first night we wore the home kit, finals night we wore the grey (as there was a kit clash in all 3 games)

Talal

JohnnyH2 said:

Talal said:

PopIcon said:

Thanks for sharing. Never seen that shirt before.

It's the pinstripe Osca isn't it? Just with a box around the sponsor rather than a band. 

That was the 84/85 kit which was the same as 83/84. We had no sponsor for the whole of 83/84 or the 1st half of 84/85, so you could only buy the kit without a sponser. Woolwich then sponsored us at the turn of the year, and that was how the kit was for most of the rest of the seasonwith the exception of the following games

Spurs Away in the Cup - First time I think wearing the Woolwich as sponsor and it was just on the shirt with no box or band

Spurs Home and City Away - Both on TV highlights and the kit had Sunley instead of Woolwich (I presume Sunley as owners wanted the extra exposure)

The following season the 85/86 the kit was slightly altered to having the sponser in a band, and this kit could be bought

Indeed it was 👍