After last night, Alfie has scored 14 League and cup goals by mid-November. This got me thinking. If he is fortunate enough to keep free of injuries, what sort of total is possible for this season. Back in season 1934-35, Ralph Allen scored a record 33 in 30 games (32 league, 1 FA Cup) as Charlton, under manager Jimmy Seed, won promotion as winners of Division 3 (South). Is it possible that Alfie could break the record? Say he gets to 20 by the end of December, then 13 in the second half of the season? Could he do it? What do you think?
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Will he do it, I don’t know, but at our level and with his attitude I think there’s a very good chance.
Bet Mr Golf Addick was writing harsh letters to the Kentish Independent bemoaning the lack of forward signings.
That finish vs Pompey was superb - defo 20 goals plus this season - 30 goals ?
Well that would be lovely jubbly
You’re spot on though, I don’t understand how he wasn’t picked up sooner. Maybe because of his height?
( Don't think my Grandad was impressed with that saying though !)
He always looks one of the fittest players on the pitch, that might not have always been the case? Much easier to remain composed if you’re not tiring.
There was an article from the summer in which he talked about believing in himself a lot more. As recently as 2020/21 he only scored 9 in 44 for Cheltenham in L2, and that was in a promotion winning team.
https://theathletic.com/4746022/2023/08/05/alfie-may-dean-holden/?amp=1
“I started believing in myself because when I got my first contract — I obviously played non-League — it was like I was given that chance. At Doncaster, I probably didn’t believe in myself as much as I did when I went to Cheltenham. Especially last year, I used to go into the game saying, ‘I’m scoring today’. I just changed my mentality, I wanted to be the best player on that pitch.”
He's a different style of player, but he reminds me somewhat of Mendonca in that he just understands how to score goals and looks like he was born to do it.
Gah !
TM MODmag though as they haven’t got round to registering it, we can all nick it.
We have 30 more league games to go and at least 1 more cup game he needs almost 1 in 2 to get to 30.
At his current strike rate if he plays in every remaining game he'll get another 22 goals.
Albeit Dave Charnley was the original Dartford Destroyer
How about ‘The Dartford Diego’ - Maradona was also short 😃
He ended up falling short of Ralphie's record.
Think he ended with something like 28 in all comps.
It'll be fun seeing if Alfie can do it, but you have to factor in injury, loss of form, opposition paying him special attention etc
The key thing for Alfie is to keep him fit; if he plays another 25 games, we might get 15-20 goals out of him? That would take him close to Allen's record. Long way to go though....