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East Stand to be renamed after Sir Alan Curbishley
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If Adkins brings us huge success, we could rename the Covered End...
...Nigels Stand.
No need for an apostrophe.0 -
Brilliant news, totally deserved, very happy about this.0
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We’re junkForeverAddickted said:I always have mixed feelings about this sort of thing - Hopefully Charlton will be around for many hundreds of years yet to come
Yet what if four Managers in that time dwarf the achievements of Curbishley and Seed etc.
Should they take their respective stand names, as the only advantage Curbs and Seed have is they came before them
our good times won’t dwarf them so won’t be a problem
if someone does the double over the scum then rename the ground after that unicorn manager .
seriously though , he is a top man
and Lennie is without doubt a Charlton god who consistently produced major miracles but he was only there a short time and left us for Middlesbrough where he made a low-ball bid for Robert Lee knowing how desperate we were to raise cash for our return to The Valley and that rankles with me .6 -
Fabulous news and a nice touch from TS.0
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also he barely mentions his time with us in his autobiography. I guess he has to mention us today as he's there.oohaahmortimer said:
We’re junkForeverAddickted said:I always have mixed feelings about this sort of thing - Hopefully Charlton will be around for many hundreds of years yet to come
Yet what if four Managers in that time dwarf the achievements of Curbishley and Seed etc.
Should they take their respective stand names, as the only advantage Curbs and Seed have is they came before them
our good times won’t dwarf them so won’t be a problem
if someone does the double over the scum then rename the ground after that unicorn manager .
seriously though , he is a top man
and Lennie is without doubt a Charlton god who consistently produced major miracles but he was only there a short time and left us for Middlesbrough where he made a low-ball bid for Robert Lee knowing how desperate we were to raise cash for our return to The Valley and that rankles with me .
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Pleased that after Jimmy Seed, the next most successful cafc manager has a stand named after him.
In the Alan Curbishley stand, I would recommend sitting half way up ?
You don't want to get too high or too low
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Now you have become historical, go back further into history @eastterracemikeMartinCAFC said:
@eaststandmike will have to get creative with a new name too!EastStand said:Well this is awkward.0 -
That is a great gesture and well deserved.0
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Great news and a wonderful gesture that is well deserved. This new Thomas ownership just keeps on improving, this club is going places that's for sure!!2
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haha wtf??Pelling1993 said:1 -
There were plans to name a chair in the hospitality area after Johnnie, but then someone noticed that the legs had goneDave2l said:thai malaysia addick said:Nice one. Not before time. Let's hope there's an Adkins Stand in 25 years time.
More likely to be a Johnnie jackson stand.
Next in line would obviously be guy Luzon12 -
There are only four stands and consequently this is a great honour. It is also a richly deserved one.2
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up_the_valley said:
The Lennie Lawrence Covered Endthewolfboy said:Definitely need a Lennie Lawrence bar or something. God knows he deserves it.
Without Robin Michael there is no Llewelyn Charles ....
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I'm not sure 9 years is exactly a short timeoohaahmortimer said:
We’re junkForeverAddickted said:I always have mixed feelings about this sort of thing - Hopefully Charlton will be around for many hundreds of years yet to come
Yet what if four Managers in that time dwarf the achievements of Curbishley and Seed etc.
Should they take their respective stand names, as the only advantage Curbs and Seed have is they came before them
our good times won’t dwarf them so won’t be a problem
if someone does the double over the scum then rename the ground after that unicorn manager .
seriously though , he is a top man
and Lennie is without doubt a Charlton god who consistently produced major miracles but he was only there a short time and left us for Middlesbrough where he made a low-ball bid for Robert Lee knowing how desperate we were to raise cash for our return to The Valley and that rankles with me .2 -
....compared to Curbs longevity
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Lennie left us in the league where he found us resigning to go to Middlesbrough (a bit like Bowyer )
Curbs left us in a higher division and not to go to another job .
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Well deserved recognition and couldn't have happened to a nicer bloke.0
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Last CAFC manager to do so - A. Curbishley, the PL years were easy compared to that. It’s the equivalent of Fergies 1999 treble being done every year for a decade.oohaahmortimer said:
if someone does the double over the scum then rename the ground after that unicorn manager .2 -
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Just a thought.....yes the Rob Lee low-ball bid was a bit cheeky but is that all Boro were prepared to pay?oohaahmortimer said:
We’re junkForeverAddickted said:I always have mixed feelings about this sort of thing - Hopefully Charlton will be around for many hundreds of years yet to come
Yet what if four Managers in that time dwarf the achievements of Curbishley and Seed etc.
Should they take their respective stand names, as the only advantage Curbs and Seed have is they came before them
our good times won’t dwarf them so won’t be a problem
if someone does the double over the scum then rename the ground after that unicorn manager .
seriously though , he is a top man
and Lennie is without doubt a Charlton god who consistently produced major miracles but he was only there a short time and left us for Middlesbrough where he made a low-ball bid for Robert Lee knowing how desperate we were to raise cash for our return to The Valley and that rankles with me .
It was interesting that they didn’t come back with an improved offer.
Also, as we needed the money at the time, maybe Lennie thought he was doing us a favour?1 -
Lennie keeping us in the top flight for 4 seasons, with no money, and pitiful crowds at Selhurst was as big an achievement as anything Curbs achievedoohaahmortimer said:Lennie left us in the league where he found us resigning to go to Middlesbrough (a bit like Bowyer )
Curbs left us in a higher division and not to go to another job .4 -
A massive achievement deserving of recognition but not on a par with Curbs IMO.killerandflash said:
Lennie keeping us in the top flight for 4 seasons, with no money, and pitiful crowds at Selhurst was as big an achievement as anything Curbs achievedoohaahmortimer said:Lennie left us in the league where he found us resigning to go to Middlesbrough (a bit like Bowyer )
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It's hard to directly compare their achievements, as the clubs were in a very different position. We could easily have folded completely if we hadn't stayed up in 1987.MuttleyCAFC said:
A massive achievement deserving of recognition but not on a par with Curbs IMO.killerandflash said:
Lennie keeping us in the top flight for 4 seasons, with no money, and pitiful crowds at Selhurst was as big an achievement as anything Curbs achievedoohaahmortimer said:Lennie left us in the league where he found us resigning to go to Middlesbrough (a bit like Bowyer )
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I think they came back further on with better bids but by this time Newcastle were in the equation and Boro had missed the boat .SoundAsa£ said:
Just a thought.....yes the Rob Lee low-ball bid was a bit cheeky but is that all Boro were prepared to pay?oohaahmortimer said:
We’re junkForeverAddickted said:I always have mixed feelings about this sort of thing - Hopefully Charlton will be around for many hundreds of years yet to come
Yet what if four Managers in that time dwarf the achievements of Curbishley and Seed etc.
Should they take their respective stand names, as the only advantage Curbs and Seed have is they came before them
our good times won’t dwarf them so won’t be a problem
if someone does the double over the scum then rename the ground after that unicorn manager .
seriously though , he is a top man
and Lennie is without doubt a Charlton god who consistently produced major miracles but he was only there a short time and left us for Middlesbrough where he made a low-ball bid for Robert Lee knowing how desperate we were to raise cash for our return to The Valley and that rankles with me .
It was interesting that they didn’t come back with an improved offer.
Also, as we needed the money at the time, maybe Lennie thought he was doing us a favour?
Lennie even admitted he fucked up not going in higher and getting him earlier on when he had a chance .0 -
Lennie asking where his stand is on Valley Pass.0
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Give him one of the Quadrants...call itWSS said:Lennie asking where his stand is on Valley Pass.Lennie Lawrence Corner1 -
Loved Brownie checking with Curbs, if he was going to charge Minto and Lawrence for use of his stand today.8
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If we were “a joke club” prior to Curbs and Gritty’s appointment in 1991 it was due to playing on someone else’s ground and nothing to do with the managers. Curbs didn’t get Charlton back to The Valley - if any manager had a claim on that it would be Lennie Lawrence because of the 1986 promotion and four years in the top flight that followed.DOUCHER said:good stuff - he turned us from a joke club back to a proper respected football club - jimmy seed was before my time so as far as i am concerned, Alan Curbishley is the most influential figure in charlton's history - massive respect for the man and what he did for us - he also smashed the millwall hoodoo - there is no greater legend in this club's history and i would love him to get involved again.
If you’re suggesting we were “a joke club” for other reasons then most of the league must have qualified for the same description.8
