Transfer rumours thread (DEADLINE DAY starts page 300)

seth plum said:

Hahahahaha.

We get a journeyman midfielder as compensation.
Welcome Crofts and good luck and all that, i suspect you're as honest as the day is long, but it is only one year after all so it seems neither side is that convinced.

I am surprised it isn't Buxton.

It looks like good old 442, lump it forward and pick up the second balls.
Break up play when they have it.
Sorted.
Lets hope all the other teams who will play the same way are indeed crapper than us.

You've basically summed up League One for as long as anyone can remember

Usually by this stage in pre season most clubs have their first 11 fairly well sorted. They are maybe looking to add a few extra bodies but they know the outline of the team.

Particularly they know their goalkeeper. Managers like to have this sorted early so they can start building a defence around them.

There aren't that may decent keepers floating get around for cheap, a few weeks before the season starts.

Steve Brown has been approached to be No.1

Starinnaddick said:

RedChaser said:

Starinnaddick said:

Todds_right_hook said:

Starinnaddick said:

Todds_right_hook said:

ecclesaddick said:

willie duff

Was he the guy that supposedly took a bribe against Blackburn in the 50's?

Source ?

A story my dad told me. He played golf with a board member in the mid 90's but I can't remember who.

It was our first year after relegation and the Jimmy seed era. We needed to draw against Blackburn to go up and Blackburn needed a win. Our goalkeeper took a bribe and we lost. My dad was told that it was well known at the time within the club but this couldn't be proved.

I was at the game and I have never had any reason to question the result . A draw would have taken us up as runners up to West Ham but we ran into an inspired Bryan Douglas,the England right winger at the time .
We couldn't pull it back despite throwing the kitchen sink at them . No lack of effort in my eyes .
I would be gutted if what you allege is true .

Three D's up front for Blackburn that day mate? Dobing (England) Dougan? Douglas (England) and Ronnie Clayton, England captain at half back.

Dougan was not playing . Incidentally we would have finished runners up if it had been the current 3 points for a win .

To think we only needed a draw

RedChaser said:

Starinnaddick said:

RedChaser said:

Starinnaddick said:

Todds_right_hook said:

Starinnaddick said:

Todds_right_hook said:

ecclesaddick said:

willie duff

Was he the guy that supposedly took a bribe against Blackburn in the 50's?

Source ?

A story my dad told me. He played golf with a board member in the mid 90's but I can't remember who.

It was our first year after relegation and the Jimmy seed era. We needed to draw against Blackburn to go up and Blackburn needed a win. Our goalkeeper took a bribe and we lost. My dad was told that it was well known at the time within the club but this couldn't be proved.

I was at the game and I have never had any reason to question the result . A draw would have taken us up as runners up to West Ham but we ran into an inspired Bryan Douglas,the England right winger at the time .
We couldn't pull it back despite throwing the kitchen sink at them . No lack of effort in my eyes .
I would be gutted if what you allege is true .

Three D's up front for Blackburn that day mate? Dobing (England) Dougan? Douglas (England) and Ronnie Clayton, England captain at half back.

Dougan was not playing . Incidentally we would have finished runners up if it had been the current 3 points for a win .

To think we only need a draw

he means even with the same result ie the defeat we'd still have gone up if it had been three points for a win.

Henry Irving said:

RedChaser said:

Starinnaddick said:

RedChaser said:

Starinnaddick said:

Todds_right_hook said:

Starinnaddick said:

Todds_right_hook said:

ecclesaddick said:

willie duff

Was he the guy that supposedly took a bribe against Blackburn in the 50's?

Source ?

A story my dad told me. He played golf with a board member in the mid 90's but I can't remember who.

It was our first year after relegation and the Jimmy seed era. We needed to draw against Blackburn to go up and Blackburn needed a win. Our goalkeeper took a bribe and we lost. My dad was told that it was well known at the time within the club but this couldn't be proved.

I was at the game and I have never had any reason to question the result . A draw would have taken us up as runners up to West Ham but we ran into an inspired Bryan Douglas,the England right winger at the time .
We couldn't pull it back despite throwing the kitchen sink at them . No lack of effort in my eyes .
I would be gutted if what you allege is true .

Three D's up front for Blackburn that day mate? Dobing (England) Dougan? Douglas (England) and Ronnie Clayton, England captain at half back.

Dougan was not playing . Incidentally we would have finished runners up if it had been the current 3 points for a win .

To think we only need a draw

he means even with the same result ie the defeat we'd still have gone up if it had been three points for a win.

Yeh I get that but that was hypothetical, if we had drawn on the day we would have been promoted

Valley27000 said:

Who in goal tomorrow? .

Are you available?

can you remember what year that was

ecclesaddick said:

can you remember what year that was

The Charlton 3 Blackburn 4 game was on 26th April 1958. I am indebted to the late great Colin Cameron's 'Home and Away' compendium that he produced in 1992 when we returned to The Valley.

Valley27000 said:

Blockhead member available.

??? @Valley27000

Chas Jankel? Ian Dury?

Valley27000 said:

Chas.

Henry Irving said:

Valley27000 said:

Blockhead member available.

??? @Valley27000

Chas Chankel? Ian Dury?

'In the deserts of Sudan'