Did we regularly train on Charlton Park back then? What is a school or some lads were playing there, could we pull rank
We did that summer, some sort of tie in with Greenwich Council were had become a club sponsor after the Sunley takeover I spent loads of my summer holiday that year watching them train. The players got changed at The Valley and run up the hill
'6 new players is the tactic Chelsea used'. shows how much the game has changed when signing 6 players in the summer was considered to be an unusual tactic
Did we regularly train on Charlton Park back then? What is a school or some lads were playing there, could we pull rank
We did that summer, some sort of tie in with Greenwich Council were had become a club sponsor after the Sunley takeover I spent loads of my summer holiday that year watching them train. The players got changed at The Valley and run up the hill
Wow, though I remember in Garry Nelson's second book that the team he was coaching (Torquay?) had to train in public parks!
'6 new players is the tactic Chelsea used'. shows how much the game has changed when signing 6 players in the summer was considered to be an unusual tactic
Size of those players legs. a tackle from that lot would snap a modern player in half. I am built of the same mold and am forever bitter that the game has moved away from my form.
All of the new players mentioned Pearson, Reid, Humphrey, Pender, Reid and Shipley were integral members of that promotion team - only poor Jimmy Loveridge didn't make the cut, unable to replace our home grown duo of Amos and Robert Lee.
All of the new players mentioned Pearson, Reid, Humphrey, Pender, Reid and Shipley were integral members of that promotion team - only poor Jimmy Loveridge didn't make the cut, unable to replace our home grown duo of Amos and Robert Lee.
Forgive me but I've never known why Mark Stuart was called Amos?
Hello Dave Rudd,I don,t know if you remember me my name is John Davis Davo53 on here,I lived in Phipps house on the bottom of Victoria way from 1958 to 1966 a gang of us used to play football on the green in the middle othe flats if my memory serves me right your nickname was spud, I went to fossdene then Sherrington and finally black Heath and blue oats very happy memories.but so long ago.
Hello Dave Rudd,I don,t know if you remember me my name is John Davis Davo53 on here,I lived in Phipps house on the bottom of Victoria way from 1958 to 1966 a gang of us used to play football on the green in the middle othe flats if my memory serves me right your nickname was spud, I went to fossdene then Sherrington and finally black Heath and blue oats very happy memories.but so long ago.
I've PM-ed you, John.
The CL World is not ready for the reminiscences of two old boys.
I've said it on CL before but I couldn't believe that we a) signed John Humphrey b) that we got him for anything less than £200k. He was a stand-out in Wolves promotion team of 82-83. Never did I think we could get him.
Many years later, I told Humph that I knew Wolves were skint but £60k was a joke. He laughed and then told me that Lennie had initially offered £15k!!!!
I've said it on CL before but I couldn't believe that we a) signed John Humphrey b) that we got him for anything less than £200k. He was a stand-out in Wolves promotion team of 82-83. Never did I think we could get him.
Many years later, I told Humph that I knew Wolves were skint but £60k was a joke. He laughed and then told me that Lennie had initially offered £15k!!!!
At the back end of the 80’s, I went out with a girl whose previous boy friend was John Humphrey. Our relationship didn’t last long because I was only interested in what she had to say about John Humphrey
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Did we regularly train on Charlton Park back then? What is a school or some lads were playing there, could we pull rank
What a team that was. 'Fatty' Saunders in goal. Geoff Dyett. Phil Snow.
And Mr Skinner ... our tireless Manager.
Sat and watched every day, on the hockey pitches they trained
Much of the 'during the season' training was done at The Valley in earlier times, even when Eddie Firmani and Theo Foley had been managers.
The CL World is not ready for the reminiscences of two old boys.
Many years later, I told Humph that I knew Wolves were skint but £60k was a joke. He laughed and then told me that Lennie had initially offered £15k!!!!