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Colin Powell in the museum

CharltonAthMuseum
CharltonAthMuseum Posts: 553
edited August 2023 in General Charlton
A real pleasure to welcome another former player to the museum yesterday,  the great Paddy Powell 
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  • CharltonAthMuseum
    CharltonAthMuseum Posts: 553
    Colin donated some items to the museum including his 1970s New England Tea Men shirt


  • CharltonAthMuseum
    CharltonAthMuseum Posts: 553
    Along with the shirt was a letter from the Tea Men's president 

  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,924
    That's some badge 
  • CharltonAthMuseum
    CharltonAthMuseum Posts: 553
    Colin also donated his first ever Charlton contract.

    He was on £40 pw and £10 extra if he played in the first team.

    The average weekly earnings for men over 21 at that time were, according to a google search, £36.60, and for women over 18 £20.50. The average house price was around £4,000.

    He did get a free train ticket from Stevanage to Charlton but 2nd class.

    The next season, he told us he got another £10 per week.

    We asked Paddy if it was OK to post the numbers and he said "yes".

    We also asked if the likes of Keith Peacock or Derek Hales would mind seeing how much he was getting and he replied "Don't worry, they were getting a lot more".

  • Danny Addick
    Danny Addick Posts: 3,930
    Please could someone with more knowledge on this let me know why he was loaned to the USA in the middle of his contract? Always thought he was a vital player for us.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,230
    Danny Addick said:
    Please could someone with more knowledge on this let me know why he was loaned to the USA in the middle of his contract? Always thought he was a vital player for us.
    Money 
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,645
    Henry Irving said:
    Danny Addick said:
    Please could someone with more knowledge on this let me know why he was loaned to the USA in the middle of his contract? Always thought he was a vital player for us.
    Money 
    Nearly backfired, only just staying up, by winning the last game of the season.
  • robinofottershaw
    robinofottershaw Posts: 1,921
    edited August 2023
    I wonder if he still lives in Blackheath?
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,029

  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,625
    Loved watching Powell. One of the players we’ve had who would get you out of your seat, if we’d had them then. 
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  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,622
    Back row next to another familiar face, or two 


  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,421
    I spoke to Colin’s son on Twitter months ago, I was on the Groundstaff when Colin signed from Barnet and along with the maintenance guy we painted the house ready for the families arrival, I distinctly remember being taken off the glossing the woodwork for being useless. 😂
  • ParkinsonOut
    ParkinsonOut Posts: 1,467
    Paddy was one of my favourite players from that era, along with Phil Warman & Richie Bowman
  • queensland_addick
    queensland_addick Posts: 7,547
    For anyone who enjoyed watching CBT taking his full back to the cleaners yesterday, Paddy used to do that almost every week.
    I remember going to Barnet to watch a friendly where he ripped us apart, we signed him soon after, and he adapted to the step up straight away and was instrumental in so many of the goals scored by Hales and Flanagan.
    Superb player and a lovely guy.
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,842
    Danny Addick said:
    Please could someone with more knowledge on this let me know why he was loaned to the USA in the middle of his contract? Always thought he was a vital player for us.
    It was a pure Charltonism* - lending out your best two players before you were safe, we ended up needing a point in the last game to stay up.

    * Charltonism (noun) - an act of inexplicable self-destruction, often seen in Southeast London, usually centred on the SE7 postcode. See also Hales v Flanagan 1979, Message to our supporters 1985, and many other examples, available on demand.
  • Brownie12
    Brownie12 Posts: 1,526
    CharltonAthMuseum said:
    Along with the shirt was a letter from the Tea Men's president 

    Looking at the address, he lived 25 houses  away from my Grandparents. Jim Davidson lived literally around the corner as well. 
  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    CharltonAthMuseum said:
    Colin donated some items to the museum including his 1970s New England Tea Men shirt


    and we complain about our shirt, jeeez!
  • cafc999
    cafc999 Posts: 4,967

  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,263
    cafc999 said:

    Is that Nicky Johns in goal ?  :D
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,645
    charltonbob said:
    cafc999 said:

    Is that Nicky Johns in goal ?  :D
    Could be, played Tampa Bay Rowdies.


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  • cafc999
    cafc999 Posts: 4,967
    The website where the photo comes from say's Phil Parkes in goal
  • cafc999
    cafc999 Posts: 4,967

  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,073
    cafc999 said:
    The website where the photo comes from say's Phil Parkes in goal

    Not Phil Parkes, of that I am certain.
  • cafc999
    cafc999 Posts: 4,967
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    cafc999 said:
    The website where the photo comes from say's Phil Parkes in goal

    Not Phil Parkes, of that I am certain.
    That's my thoughts too. Looks nothing like him
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,073
    cafc999 said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    cafc999 said:
    The website where the photo comes from say's Phil Parkes in goal

    Not Phil Parkes, of that I am certain.
    That's my thoughts too. Looks nothing like him

    No moustache, centre parting floppy hair, he was well built as well.
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,235
    The Phil Parkes that played in goal for Wolves not the big lad who was in the nets for QPR and West Ham 


  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,683
    Colin Powell must be the best Charlton footballer to transition from non league football.  Quite remarkable ... as David Coleman might've said.
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,957
    Raith_C_Chattonell said:
    Colin Powell must be the best Charlton footballer to transition from non league football.  Quite remarkable ... as David Coleman might've said.
    Derek Hales also albeit by a step, from Dartford to Luton; Luton to Charlton.


  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,842
    Probably still my favourite ever player, by a short head from Kinsella, Killer and a few others. Although he was a classic right winger, his most famous assist, for Killers goal of the season,  was with his left foot. Accurate to the millimeter as usual.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,863
    CharltonAthMuseum said:
    Colin donated some items to the museum including his 1970s New England Tea Men shirt


    Squad numbers and names on shirts 15 years before the Premier League brought them in.

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