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Best 5 Charlton Centrebacks

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  • ellisaddick
    ellisaddick Posts: 1,435
    No Eddie Youds ?
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,355
    Players in my lifetime would be
    1=Rufus
    2=Brown
    3=Youds
    4=Costa
    5=Fortune
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,675
    Would include Alan Kernaghan in mine - a loan like Costa but v impressive.
  • luke1
    luke1 Posts: 203
    In my time of going CAFC

    1. Rufus
    2. Diawara
    3. Costa
    4. Fish
    5. Morrison
  • Boysie
    Boysie Posts: 701
    Geoff Scott
  • Stone
    Stone Posts: 3,026
    edited June 2014
    1 Jorge Costa - Fearsome leader
    2 Mark Fish - Quality all round centre back.
    3 The Reverend Richard Rufus - superb ball winner, prone to basic errors.
    4 Chris Perry - Very underestimated by many.
    5 Peter Shirtliff
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,447
    Paul Went
    David Young
    Peter Shirtliff
    Paul Elliott
    Richard Rufus
  • Stone
    Stone Posts: 3,026
    How did I miss Shirtliff? edited....
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,156
    Stone said:

    How did I miss Shirtliff? edited....

    Wise move Stonesy - Shipperley played most of his matches for Charlton in the Third Division and then went to Gillingham.
    Was great at his level though.
    Compare with Paul Elliott who went on to Celtic, Chelsea and Serie A with Pisa

  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,156
    Not easy this is it?!

    Costa
    Fish
    Elliott
    Rufus
    Pates

    I've excluded Hinton - did see him play but too young to remember or judge

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  • Man_About_Town
    Man_About_Town Posts: 997
    Hinton
    Rufus
    Elliott
    Ufton
    Reeves

    Reeves very unlucky not to get in the above 5
  • Melrose
    Melrose Posts: 836
    Pates
    Elliot
    Rufus
    Webster
    Shirtlife or Pender
  • GlassHalfFull
    GlassHalfFull Posts: 2,351


    Hinton - Shirtliff - Webster - Costa - Rufus

    Rufus comes top of the list - as well as being a magnificent player and a great guy, he only ever played for us and his loyalty as a one-club man for lil' ol' CAFC cost him his rightful England recognition.

  • queensland_addick
    queensland_addick Posts: 7,585
    1) Steve Brown
    2) George Costa
    3) Richard Rufus
    4) Simon Webster
    5) Paul Went
  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 11,806
    Rufus
    Shirtliff
    Thompson
    Webster
    Pender
  • Simonsen
    Simonsen Posts: 5,556
    edited June 2014
    Boysie said:

    Geoff Scott

    Geoff Scott is a funny one. He played his two games in 1982 and quite a few people thought he was really good (I didn't see either game). It was often said that his absence was one of the reasons we were near the bottom of the table but I've since watched the highlights of the game he played at Stamford Bridge (it's on YouTube) and he didn't look too clever and neither did Paul Elliott. I guess we supporters were a lot more tolerant in those days.

    Ps; take a look at the youtube footage and see Colin Pates smash home a real screamer (for Chelsea).
  • dickplumb
    dickplumb Posts: 4,835
    Bryan_Kynsie said:

    Paul Went was a favourite icon but as a player he does not get into the top 5. Back then our defence was leaky and he wasn't playing against top class strikers. I think he gets into peoples lists because he was part of a team that many including me can still name man for man!

    No argument that Rufus was number 1.

    I totally disagree, I thought Paul Went was absolute class. Definitely in the top five of centre backs I have seen in fifty three years of watching Charlton.

  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,929
    rufus
    costa
    shirtliff
    thompson or webster
    elliot
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 34,311
    Rufus
    Pates
    Todd
    Shirtliff
    Webster
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,969
    Rufus
    Fish
    Shirtliff
    Costa
    Elliot

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  • PeanutsMolloy
    PeanutsMolloy Posts: 6,737
    Rufus
    Costa
    Shirtliff
    Pates
    Brown
  • superdulvertonred
    superdulvertonred Posts: 1,163
    1. Rufus
    2. Elliott
    3.Fish
    4.Costa
    5.Pates.

    Are my top 5 in order for ability. But for commitment and enjoying seeing them play must mention Went, Reeves, Brown, Shirtliff, Youds, Thompson and Maxie Miller!
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,397
    Been watching since 1992, this would be my five in that time:

    Rufus
    Brown
    Jorge Costa
    Sodje
    Morrison
  • markmc68
    markmc68 Posts: 1,593
    El Khalej
    Les berry
    Alan dugdale
    Peter shaw
    Steve dowman

    Sorry I jest.
    Richard rufus
    Colin pates
    George Costa
    Simon Webster
    Andy Todd
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,355
    cafctom said:

    Been watching since 1992, this would be my five in that time:

    Rufus
    Brown
    Jorge Costa
    Sodje
    Morrison

    gotta ba a fix right
  • paulbaconsarnie
    paulbaconsarnie Posts: 9,436
    Elliot
    Costa
    Rufus
    Caton
    Shirtliff
  • AllHailTheHen
    AllHailTheHen Posts: 3,102
    Rufus
    Shirtliff
    Webster
    Costa
    Kernaghan - didnt play much but remember him being a good CB
  • markmc68
    markmc68 Posts: 1,593
    Rufus hesitated on the ball. Couldn't pass. But what he had was pace bravery and was able to read the game. Looks like he's in everyone's top 5
    Imagine how good he would have been had he been able to play out from the back.
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,397
    paulie8290 said:

    cafctom said:

    Been watching since 1992, this would be my five in that time:

    Rufus
    Brown
    Jorge Costa
    Sodje
    Morrison

    gotta ba a fix right
    Haha - I actually thought he was a great player. Have seen very few players as good in the air as him at the back.
  • PeanutsMolloy
    PeanutsMolloy Posts: 6,737
    paulbaconsarnie said:

    Elliot
    Costa
    Rufus
    Caton
    Shirtliff

    Great call. RIP Tommy.

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