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'The Lone Clapper'

JoshrewCAFC
JoshrewCAFC Posts: 916
in General Charlton
A number of seasons back there used to be a guy that sat in the East Stand in the part right next to the Family Stand. He used to clap almost all game trying to get the rest of the crowd going (during seasons when things weren't too great). Me and my Uncle deemed him 'The Lone Clapper'. Anyone know the guy I'm talking about and what happened to him? Or are there any other unsung heros of the Valley over the years?

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  • Charltonparklane
    Charltonparklane Posts: 5,786
    weren't he a teenager that went with his parents?
  • billy cotton
    billy cotton Posts: 96
    The Phantom Hand Clapper of old London town? I still see him from time to time, still in block H in the East Stand - he has hands of steel, you can hear him clapping above everyone.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,863
    I remember him.
    Late teens maybe and must have had hands the size of dinner plate for the noise he made.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,017
    His hands fell off.
  • Stone
    Stone Posts: 3,026
    We called him the happy clapper. Don't see him much any more.
  • jakecafc
    jakecafc Posts: 2,066
    Yeah I sat in the family bit next to him with the barrier in between during the prem years.. His dad had a rascal hair cut!
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,341
    I went to see Crawley Town play last season and sat 2 or 3 seats from a bloke who bellowed at the top of his voice "Crawley" and clapped his hands several times in an attempt to get a chant going. He was rarely successful and can't have had any voice left in the evening.
  • falconwood_1
    falconwood_1 Posts: 7,368
    JoshrewCAFC said:

    A number of seasons back there used to be a guy that sat in the East Stand in the part right next to the Family Stand. He used to clap almost all game trying to get the rest of the crowd going (during seasons when things weren't too great). Me and my Uncle deemed him 'The Lone Clapper'. Anyone know the guy I'm talking about and what happened to him? Or are there any other unsung heros of the Valley over the years?

    That's 'Tutt Tutt' ;o)
  • cashncarry
    cashncarry Posts: 980
    Perhaps he caught the clap
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,833
    We always called him Happy Clapper. His old man would get involved as well.

    Just to the right of him a bit further back in the Family bit was a bloke that always gave it plenty of welly when Insanity played just before the 2nd half restart. Gradual bid up from foot tapping to full on it's all gone pete tong

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  • Saga Lout
    Saga Lout Posts: 6,845
    Only one loo in my house too...

    Oh, Clapper, not Crapper. :)
  • jamiebcool
    jamiebcool Posts: 592
    I know him and his family very well. Infact, they won't mind me taking credit for converting them in to addicks.

    Match days are still very much a family event, although the clapper in question now sits in the cheap seats. He has calmed down a bit, not everyone appreciated the deafening boom his gigantic hands created when they collided together.

    Still. What a guy.
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,785
    He now prefers to stay home and watch the dodgy live streams...........

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  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,156
    tangoflash said:

    He now prefers to stay home and watch the dodgy live streams...........

    image

    Where did you get that film of me?
  • Tutt-Tutt
    Tutt-Tutt Posts: 3,275
    falconwood_1 said:

    JoshrewCAFC said:

    A number of seasons back there used to be a guy that sat in the East Stand in the part right next to the Family Stand. He used to clap almost all game trying to get the rest of the crowd going (during seasons when things weren't too great). Me and my Uncle deemed him 'The Lone Clapper'. Anyone know the guy I'm talking about and what happened to him? Or are there any other unsung heros of the Valley over the years?

    That's 'Tutt Tutt' ;o)
    oi! I've just put you on the thread "Things you haven't seen at the Valley for ages".
  • SE18Addick
    SE18Addick Posts: 375
    He's gonna love it when he sees this thread
  • agim
    agim Posts: 1,135
    I sit a few rows behind him in the east. Very enthusiastic which is what we need! Very friendly family too.

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