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Miles Leaburn - Signs New 3 Year Contract (p77)
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Henry Irving said:Rob7Lee said:Players develop at different speeds some are ready at 18 (Shelvey Gomez etc) others not.
I've met him a couple of times and he seems to have a really good head on his shoulders, not surprising with who his mum and dad are.
I'm sure as much as he was buzzing after the game he'll also be fully aware he still has lots to learn and he'll be as keen as mustard to do so.
How many games he'll play/start/be sub etc I have no idea, but I know he'll be backed massively by us fans, I think the management we have now won't overplay him no matter what.
I'm just waiting to sponsor his shirt when he gets a squad number............0 -
T_C_E said:Henry Irving said:Rob7Lee said:Players develop at different speeds some are ready at 18 (Shelvey Gomez etc) others not.
I've met him a couple of times and he seems to have a really good head on his shoulders, not surprising with who his mum and dad are.
I'm sure as much as he was buzzing after the game he'll also be fully aware he still has lots to learn and he'll be as keen as mustard to do so.
How many games he'll play/start/be sub etc I have no idea, but I know he'll be backed massively by us fans, I think the management we have now won't overplay him no matter what.
I'm just waiting to sponsor his shirt when he gets a squad number............0 -
Good luck with the sponsorship, @Rob7Lee. We won’t be doing that again. I got it from Mr W as a present for Christmas last year. Our company name was never printed in the programme and - apparently sent three times to two different addresses - photo from the sponsors’ dinner has still yet to arrive.The dinner itself and chatting to Conor Washington was a good evening. So worth about a third to a half of what Mr Weegie paid, I’d assess.
In future I’ll just stick to bunging a tenner or two or three into the draw on here.0 -
Miles looks as if he has a bright future in front of him, don’t agree what TS has said that they don’t need to rush out and buy a striker as they have Miles.
The lad is only 18 and unless he is managed properly you will burn him out,5 -
aliwibble said:Kap10 said:Carl scored early on in his Charlton career (debut goals v Newcastle I think ) it was then another 100 or so games before he scored again.
Apart from the fact that non of the goals were scored by him, it's a good watch for us oldies who followed the team in Division one .. the Selhurst years!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCBkdIyKPP8
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Nah, 91/92 is way too late for his debut goal, as he played in the Battle of the Bridge in 88. I think the 3-0 at St James Park was in 1987, but I've not been able to find it on youtube. His second goal, the massively deflected winner at Villa Park is here though:0
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aliwibble said:Nah, 91/92 is way too late for his debut goal, as he played in the Battle of the Bridge in 88. I think the 3-0 at St James Park was in 1987, but I've not been able to find it on youtube. His second goal, the massively deflected winner at Villa Park is here though:1
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Yes it was last game of the season. Gazza came on as a sub to a loud roar. He must have been about 17. At the end of the game the geordies wrecked the goal posts like the jocks did in 77.
The police got us out of the ground and back to the station in armoured vans for our protection. Bless them.0 -
Only 15,000 at newcastle. I thought they were the biggest club on the world with the most loyal fans1
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The battle of the bridge. Yes, wasn't that the game where a Chelsea player knocked Carlo out cold and when he came round he was looking for the culprit full of anger.2
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MuttleyCAFC said:The battle of the bridge. Yes, wasn't that the game where a Chelsea player knocked Carlo out cold and when he came round he was looking for the culprit full of anger.3
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I was 6 or 7 at that game so my memory might be blurred. I remember Mortimer crossing the ball for leaburn who met the cross with a volley, sliced the volley straight back to Mortimer0
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My best Leaburn memory was us being 4-2 down to Norwich at home and we had 10 men. Carlo was booed by sections of the crowd as he came off the bench and then scored a diving header to make 4-4. One of my favourite ever games.4
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Chunes said:My best Leaburn memory was us being 4-2 down to Norwich at home and we had 10 men. Carlo was booed by sections of the crowd as he came off the bench and then scored a diving header to make 4-4. One of my favourite ever games.3
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Kap10 said:aliwibble said:Kap10 said:Carl scored early on in his Charlton career (debut goals v Newcastle I think ) it was then another 100 or so games before he scored again.
Apart from the fact that non of the goals were scored by him, it's a good watch for us oldies who followed the team in Division one .. the Selhurst years!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCBkdIyKPP8
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That game saw the end of Ossie Ardilles as Toon manager.0
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And saw Charlton win the coveted Yokohama "On-The-Road" award for best away performance of the week1
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Carls first goal was in a 3-0 win at St James Park Newcastle, 4th of May 1987,where Paul Miller and Garth Crooks also scored their first goals.
Wonder if that has happened before or since.1 -
Weegie Addick said:Good luck with the sponsorship, @Rob7Lee. We won’t be doing that again. I got it from Mr W as a present for Christmas last year. Our company name was never printed in the programme and - apparently sent three times to two different addresses - photo from the sponsors’ dinner has still yet to arrive.The dinner itself and chatting to Conor Washington was a good evening. So worth about a third to a half of what Mr Weegie paid, I’d assess.
In future I’ll just stick to bunging a tenner or two or three into the draw on here.0 -
addick1956 said:cashncarry said:Carls first goal was in a 3-0 win at St James Park Newcastle, 4th of May 1987,where Paul Miller and Garth Crooks also scored their first goals.
Wonder if that has happened before or since.0 -
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I wouldn't have thought it was necessarily that unlikely. All you'd need is a high scoring game near the start of a season where we'd made a reasonable number of signings in the summer. The unusual thing with that game was it was in May.
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randy andy said:And saw Charlton win the coveted Yokohama "On-The-Road" award for best away performance of the week0
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aliwibble said:Nah, 91/92 is way too late for his debut goal, as he played in the Battle of the Bridge in 88. I think the 3-0 at St James Park was in 1987, but I've not been able to find it on youtube. His second goal, the massively deflected winner at Villa Park is here though:0
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Rob7Lee said:Weegie Addick said:Good luck with the sponsorship, @Rob7Lee. We won’t be doing that again. I got it from Mr W as a present for Christmas last year. Our company name was never printed in the programme and - apparently sent three times to two different addresses - photo from the sponsors’ dinner has still yet to arrive.The dinner itself and chatting to Conor Washington was a good evening. So worth about a third to a half of what Mr Weegie paid, I’d assess.
In future I’ll just stick to bunging a tenner or two or three into the draw on here.0 -
No, not certain but probably not been beaten.0
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Kap10 said:aliwibble said:Kap10 said:Carl scored early on in his Charlton career (debut goals v Newcastle I think ) it was then another 100 or so games before he scored again.
Apart from the fact that non of the goals were scored by him, it's a good watch for us oldies who followed the team in Division one .. the Selhurst years!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCBkdIyKPP8
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randy andy said:Chunes said:My best Leaburn memory was us being 4-2 down to Norwich at home and we had 10 men. Carlo was booed by sections of the crowd as he came off the bench and then scored a diving header to make 4-4. One of my favourite ever games.0
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Miles Leaburn is going to make some great stories to reminisce on, in the years to come. Although Carl was an important player in the 1980s, I am more excited about what Miles is going to do this season and the next couple.1
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Chizz said:Miles Leaburn is going to make some great stories to reminisce on, in the years to come. Although Carl was an important player in the 1980s, I am more excited about what Miles is going to do this season and the next couple.1
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Chizz said:I can't think of any other player whom Charlton fans would be more willing to succeed than Miles Leaburn.
Everyone loves to see a youngster coming up through the Academy and finding his feet in the first team. No matter who, it's always appreciated when a player gets - and takes - a chance with the first team, having 'grown up' at Charlton. 'One of us', we're all very ready to exclaim.
But for Miles it's different. Different and better. He ticks the youngster-through-the-ranks box; and he also ticks the his-Dad-used-to-play-for-us box. While Gavin Peacock and Elliot Lee had the latter, they didn't have the first. And while several players have come through the Academy and youth processes to appear, succeed and excel in the first team (and, in the cases of Parker, Konchesky, Lisbie (and more) win full international caps), none has done so as the son of a former Valley favourite. Possibly (some on here will know better) the closest was Leigh Hales, son of the legendary Killer.
But Miles goes one better. His Mum is a Charlton legend too.
Leaving aside his obvious talent and physical advantages, he has another, crucial edge. He will have the support - the full, unambiguous, desperate-for-success support - of all Charlton fans. Is he good enough? Probably. Do we want him to prove it? Absolutely. He will score goals in the Premier League. I hope it's with Charlton.
Miles, everyone wants you to go all the way. I think you will.1