Jimmy Seed, a longstanding outstanding manager, left (sacked) and the club was relegated shortly after.
We then had nearly thirty years of gradual decline with any half decent players that could have got us back to the old first division being sold. Hinton, Bailey, Bonds, Glover, Campbell, Hales, Flanagan, Elliot, Walsh P just to name a few amongst many.
Curbishley came in and although the likes of Lee and Bowyer were sold there seemed a strategy, namely getting The Valley back to scratch, so it was more acceptable then. Arguably after that the only player Curbs was FORCED to sell was Parker.
I fear that by selling Darren Bent, probably cheaply, we are destroying our best chance of either maintaining our Premiership status or getting back up there. Goal scorers do not grow on trees particularly at Charlton.
This news depresses me more than I can say and probably other old timers because, sadly, we've seen it all before and it leads to only one place -decline and in these more ruthless times the inevitable decline could be terminal.
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Yep, 1956/57.
1. The club is still very well run despite the recent goings on after the past 4 months, the decline will not be terminal.
2. We've coped without goalscorers in the Premiership and lower before and in the CCC we have always been able to get goalscorers now and again (Mendonca, Hunt, Whyte etc)
With the pressures of the modern game it is far harder to find a good striker, why risk it when we have the best and if we are relegated sell him in May, if we aren't then keep him - what do we have to loose by keeping Benty?
Very good:-)
The real Len Glover left us for Leicester City in 1967 for £80,000 which was a British record transfer fee for a winger at the time.
He has a reputation amongst the Leicester fans similar to Killer's reputation with us which perhaps gives an idea of how good he was.
Wingers were out of fashion at international level when Len was at his peak. Otherwise he would have played for England without a shadow of a doubt.
A great, great player and my boyhood hero.