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Paul Williams
seth plum
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I have been trying to describe the style and the impact of Paul Williams to my son, a possibly forgotten player who was a pretty prolific scorer for us in the top division. I think he was more the Darren Bent style player than, say, the Andy Hunt, a slippery customer who benefited a lot from playing alongside Carl Leaburn.
Anybody remember Paul?
Anybody remember Paul?
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legend0
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Very nippy, quite small. Good player0
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well dodgy barnet when he signed for us, but thankfully he chopped it all off.0
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Small, nippy and could leave defenders for dead.
Like Darren Bent, played off the shoulder of the defender, and particularly lethal on the breakaway.
Not as tall as Benty, so not as good in the air, but his work rate was second to none.
He revealed once, that he ate loads of sweets before a match to make him hyper.0 -
I used to love Willo, when i was a just a wee nipper stood at the bottom of the Arfur Wake behind the hoardings. Top man0
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P.W caused me to have one of those embarrasing moments. March Jnr, as part of a college project, had permission to film the team training at Sparrows Lane so I dropped him and his gear over there and hung about and watched for a while. Someone walked past me and I recognised him as Paul Williams. So why did I say "Morning Kim, how's it going?". He glared at me and said "I'm Paul!" and walked on, "Yes , I know ", I mumbled. Anyway, a quick, exciting player who, along with Jimmy Melrose often made the trip to the supermarket worth while,0
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Not as outright pacy as Bent D trickier with a good football brain and tight skill.0
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Shame he joined Palace later in his career and responded to the covered end in the Anglo Italian with a pull of the toilet chain, but until then a Charlton star. Couple of good goals against Man U.0
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Yep was the main man in the 88/89 season but never seemed to live up to his ability after that when moving to Wednesday and Palace.0
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Who did we loan him out to? Remember Lennie recalling him from loan after scoring a hatful of goals.0
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He went on loan for a couple of months to Brentford and scored 3 in 7 for them. Not quite a hatful but, there again, compared to our strikers last season one could describe his spell there as somewhat "prolific".
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Loved willo.... for some reason always remeber a goal he scored at spurs for us...
loved him, but his commnets about Sheff weds being a "proper club" didnt impress me much, although thinking back, we didnt have a ground and all the other stuff ... and when sheff weds came to town I remember him going to the crowd and giving a kid a ball and if I remebr right he also had a bunch of flowers??
Liked him and he was very dangerous0 -
Got in the england b squad the same time as ian wright remeber there being a piece in a programme in there england training kits, will try and dig it out and scan it on here.0
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One of the quickest players over 5 yards that I've ever seen in an Addicks shirt.....and was still very quick once he was at full pelt...good little player.0
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willo is a legend still turns out for the charlton vets still got an eye for goal0
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[cite]Posted By: Addick Addict[/cite]He went on loan for a couple of months to Brentford and scored 3 in 7 for them. Not quite a hatful but, there again, compared to our strikers last season one could describe his spell there as somewhat "prolific".
http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=8555
Don't forget, Willo had come to us from non-league, and we were a top flight club - so he had a massive step up to make.
When he first made the 1st team he was quick and dangerous, got in all the right positions, but couldn't score to save his life.
After about 10 goaless matches, Lennie farmed him out to Brentford as AA says above - and once Willo got a taste of putting the ball in the net he came back on fire and started scoring goals for fun.
PS: The parallels with Chris Dickson are apparent ...... the exception being that once Willo came back from loan with goals under his belt, Lennie started him straight back in the team, obviously knowing the benefits of using a super confident player to boost the team.0 -
He was one of my first heroes. I always remember the way before each game he ran onto the pitch and smashed the ball into the net. I think it was some sort of superstition.0
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[cite]Posted By: Lee Heywood[/cite]willo is a legend
Wouldn't go that far. Good player, who did well with us.
But he majorly blotted his copybook for me when he gave the Covered End the five-knuckle shuffle when he scored for Palace against us.0 -
scored some important goals in the top tier for us made the most of what he had (lots of pace and energy) , i can remember calling him powder puff cos his shooting prowess wasn't the strongest0
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Signed in the days when Non League wasn't such a leap up to to the professional game and where Liverpool signed players from Falkirk, Chester and Oxford rather the Spanish league
didn't he win Goal of the season with us?0 -
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ill have a word with him about that0
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[cite]Posted By: Lee Heywood[/cite]ill have a word with him about that
Yeah, good idea Lee.
Get him to come along to Henry's Bromley Addicks and meet the fans.
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[cite]Posted By: Oggy Red[/cite]Don't forget, Willo had come to us from non-league, and we were a top flight club - so he had a massive step up to make.When he first made the 1st team he was quick and dangerous, got in all the right positions, but couldn't score to save his life.After about 10 goaless matches, Lennie farmed him out to Brentford as AA says above - and once Willo got a taste of putting the ball in the net he came back on fire and started scoring goals for fun.PS: The parallels with Chris Dickson are apparent ...... the exception being that once Willo came back from loan with goals under his belt, Lennie started him straight back in the team, obviously knowing the benefits of using a super confident player to boost the team.
The points you make are bang on Oggy. It is easy to forget that he stepped from non-league to top flight and was after a sticky start, quite fantastic. I hated the gesture to us when he was at Palarse, I remember he had a second spell with us and I forgave him. Overall a fine striker that I always pretended to be in the playground matches (along with Jim Melrose!)0 -
[cite]Posted By: AFKABartram[/cite][cite]Posted By: Lee Heywood[/cite]willo is a legend
Wouldn't go that far. Good player, who did well with us.
But he majorly blotted his copybook for me when he gave the Covered End the five-knuckle shuffle when he scored for Palace against us.
Never forgiven him for that. Bad enough he went to Palace but to do that as well.
Legend my ass.
Although that 3-0 spanking of chelsea as sellout him and Magic Man Morts were unplayable that night.0 -
Great lob over Beasant in that game by Williams.
And still remember listening to Capital Gold highlights on way home and Jonathan Pearce screeching - 'and hit with such venom' with regards to Morts goal.0 -
Some great goals and after Melrose left he took on the mantle of leading the line with a fair amount of skill and courage and probably did as much as anyone to save us from relegation in the second season in the First Division.0
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What Willo did in his couple of top flight seasons shouldn't be underestimated.
People should remember for each of our top flight seasons we were invariably outclassed ability wise by most sides - but Lennie had the team competing as a unit, kept together by team spirit and the sheer will of the players to fight for each other.
Just thinking ..... how did Lennie the Legend keep it all together for so long. He's the real bloody hero!
Anyway, it was in that context and environment that Willo did his bit. Without his goals we would have been toast, no matter how much effort the players put in.
And he wasn't the only one ...... Johnny H, Mark Reid, Shirty, Steve Mackenzie, the immortal Colin Walsh, Jimmy Melrose, Andy Peake, Bob the Builder, Robert Lee, Tommy Caton, Gritty, Even Paul Miller and Colin Pates, the bloke on loan at centre half Alan Thingymejig, and the young lads, Morts, Micky Bennett and Carlo and others - they were all legends especially within the team framework, and Willo should be regarded with them.
Cheers, guys. Without you busting a gut in those top flight years, Charlton would have died.0 -
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Joe McLaughlin
what about that bloke Kenny Amchampong lol and not forgetting these lot over the next few years
Brenden O'Connell
John Pearson
Garth Crooks
Alex Dyer
Andy Jones
David Campbell
Mark Stuart
Ricky Otto
Mike Small
Jason Lee
Steve Thompson
Ralph Milne
George Shipley
also can any one remember a young left winger i think we had him on a free from man utd wilson in the early 90's at selhurst park0 -
Alan Davies was on loan to us from Man U at the end of the 80's, Selhurst days.
Sadly, he later committed suicide.0 -
Remember Bobby Robson coming to Selhurst ( late 89) , probably had nothing else to do.....to supposedly watch Johnny H and Paul Williams for a upcoming England squad...John didnt get selected even though he was much better then Gary Stevens, the England rightback at the time.Willo got in the B squad.
Remember the Wilson lad, got a couple of goals on loan.0
