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Happy Birthday Eddie Firmani

pettgra
pettgra Posts: 1,587
in General Charlton
The great man is eighty years young today. It only seems like yesterday watching him terrorise defences.

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  • SheffieldRed
    SheffieldRed Posts: 3,772

    Happy Birthday.

    Would be great to hear him speak about his career, both at Charlton and abroad. Perhaps an idea for the club or a supporters organisation or CAFC player.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,483
    Many Happy returns to Eddie (The Perfect Human) Firmani
  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,657
    Happy Birthday, Eddie. And many more to come.
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,799
    Anyone know if he ever wrote a book about his career?
  • Hastingsaddick
    Hastingsaddick Posts: 4,079
    To young to have seen him play, but one of my dads (RIP) all time favourites....happy birthday Eddie, though I doubt he comes on here to read it.
  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,657
    tangoflash said:

    Anyone know if he ever wrote a book about his career?

    http://www.soccerbilia.co.uk/acatalog/Football_with_the_Millionaires_Eddie_Firmani.html
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,129
    Is he still the only player to have scored over 100 goals in both England and Italy?
  • Hastingsaddick
    Hastingsaddick Posts: 4,079
    stackitsteve said:

    Is he still the only player to have scored over 100 goals in both England and Italy?

    According to Wikipedia, yes.
  • masicat
    masicat Posts: 5,017
    King Eddie.
  • mistrollingin
    mistrollingin Posts: 3,868
    Great player. Great man. His return from Italy in 1963, and the way he galvanized both the team and the fans was ,without doubt, the happiest time I've ever had supporting Charlton.

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  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Happy Birthday. Absolute class act.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,716
    A Charlton Great who I was privileged to see play.

    Many Happy Returns.
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,265
    Wait... I have a picture of Eddie somewhere. I must post it!
  • Granpa
    Granpa Posts: 2,995
    All my memories of Eddie are fond ones, as Seth said such a class act. I would like to think that he is reading this thread, if not could we perhaps send it to him ?
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,929
    class act sums him up ! happy birthday edddie
  • Hastingsaddick
    Hastingsaddick Posts: 4,079
    Granpa said:

    All my memories of Eddie are fond ones, as Seth said such a class act. I would like to think that he is reading this thread, if not could we perhaps send it to him ?

    Great idea that, maybe through CAFC...?
  • pettgra
    pettgra Posts: 1,587
    mistrollingin said:

    Great player. Great man. His return from Italy in 1963, and the way he galvanized both the team and the fans was ,without doubt, the happiest time I've ever had supporting Charlton.

  • pettgra
    pettgra Posts: 1,587
    You have got it spot on. I could not think of the appropriate sentiments at the time; however, you have nailed it for me. 3-1 away to Man City and 5-2 at home to Cardiff for starters. Absolute magic stuff.
  • mistrollingin
    mistrollingin Posts: 3,868

    pettgra Member
    2:35PM
    You have got it spot on. I could not think of the appropriate sentiments at the time; however, you have nailed it for me. 3-1 away to Man City and 5-2 at home to Cardiff for starters. Absolute magic stuff.
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    Thanks Pettgra. Magical days. My second full season going to the Valley, and watching Eddie tearing defences apart, week after week, home and away, had this little kid hooked for life.
  • GlassHalfFull
    GlassHalfFull Posts: 2,351
    Great memories of a great,great player.

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  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,154
    mistrollingin said:


    pettgra Member
    2:35PM
    You have got it spot on. I could not think of the appropriate sentiments at the time; however, you have nailed it for me. 3-1 away to Man City and 5-2 at home to Cardiff for starters. Absolute magic stuff.
    Quote

    Thanks Pettgra. Magical days. My second full season going to the Valley, and watching Eddie tearing defences apart, week after week, home and away, had this little kid hooked for life.

    Bang on.
    My first Charlton hero - Eddie was a class act
  • SheffieldRed
    SheffieldRed Posts: 3,772
    stackitsteve said:

    Is he still the only player to have scored over 100 goals in both England and Italy?

    As someone else has said, this is still the case. Thought John Charles would have been close. A quick search reveals that whilst he scored more goals overall than Eddie, he was 3 short of 100 goals in Italy.

    John Foot in the book Calcio describes Eddie as being one of only four players from the English leagues who were an unqualified success in Italy (Hitchens, Charles and Brady being the others).
  • east terrace peanuts
    east terrace peanuts Posts: 486
    I can still see that first goal against Bury. Trapped it on top of his thigh letting it drop and hitting it before it reached the ground. In 1963 you could have only learnt how do that in Italy, or did Eddie also teach the Italians a thing or two. Many more years Eddie!
  • No.1 in South London
    No.1 in South London Posts: 3,977
    Happy birthday Eddie
  • fossdeneboy
    fossdeneboy Posts: 403
    Happy birthday eddie-photo shows eddie on right scoreing against wolves.
  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    Happy B'day Eddie, to young to have seen you play but your legend lives on.
  • StrikerFirmani
    StrikerFirmani Posts: 2,757
    A great player, long may he continue to be with us. Happy Birthday.

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