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Five Charlton legends

Chizz
Chizz Posts: 28,331
in General Charlton
Who would you list as your top five Charlton legends?  

It will be a different list for almost everyone.  And everyone has a different definition of the word "legend".  Some players made an immediate impact on the club from the day they arrived, but perhaps fail the "legend" status because their Charlton career was short.  Some committed themselves to the club for decades, before, during and after their playing careers, without being the greatest players the club has seen.  And some players made such a monumental impact, having graced the game at the highest level, simply by signing for Charlton and playing, brilliantly.  For these three reasons, my list would probably exclude Clive Mendonca, Keith Peacock and Allan Simonsen, respectively.  

But other players are hard to dislodge from the "legend" status.  And everyone has a different means of measuring it.  

So if you were to pick five - and five only - who would they be?  They don't have to be in any particular order; you don't even need to have seen them play.  You can give your reasons, or you can let the players' names speak for themselves.  

There are only two criteria: 

1. They must have played for Charlton 
2. You genuinely think they're a "Charlton legend". 
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  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,842
    First one is easy then it gets tougher - many more I could have included. In my lifetime:

    Derek Hales
    Keith Peacock
    Clive Mendonca
    Mark Kinsella
    Chris Powell


  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,002
    In my lifetime and in no particular order i'd go with:

    Chris Powell
    Clive Mendonca 
    Mark Kinsella
    Richard Rufus
    John Robinson
  • DubaiCAFC
    DubaiCAFC Posts: 2,461
    edited August 2022
    Mendonca
    Hales
    Peacock
    Curbs
    Bartram
  • charlton4ever
    charlton4ever Posts: 1,715
    edited August 2022
    Blimey Bob similar to mine!

    Derek Hales
    Keith Peacock
    Clive Mendonca
    Dean Kiely
    Mike Flanagan

    edit: I would have included Sam B but I chose players I had seen .
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 6,672
    Chris Powell
    Jason Euell
    John Robinson
    Clive Mendonca
    Omar Pouso
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,331
    See criterion number 2, @Pelling1993
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,002
    "It will be a different list for almost everyone"

    However absolutely everyone would surely have Bartram, Hales and Peacock if they'd been around to see them.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,476
    Stuart Leary
    Johnny Summers
    Eddie Firmani 
    Derek Hales
    Jorge Costa

  • Charlton_Stu
    Charlton_Stu Posts: 3,866
    Derek Hales
    Colin Walsh
    Mark Kinsella
    Clive Mendonca
    Peter Shirtliff
    Haven't included the legends that I've not seen play for us, was also difficult to leave Jacko out as well.
  • fadgadget
    fadgadget Posts: 1,391
    John Robinson
    Clive Mendonca
    Steve Brown
    Keith Peacock
    Carl Leaburn
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  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    Firmani 
    Hewie
    Hales
    Mendonca
    Curbishley

    1st reserve .. Chris Powell
  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 5,977
    Chizz said:
    There are only two criteria: 

    1. They must have played for Charlton 
    2. You genuinely think they're a "Charlton legend". 
    Is there any wiggle room with that one?
  • Dugdaleclass
    Dugdaleclass Posts: 554
    Hewie
    Firmani
    Peacock
    Hales
    Chris Powell

    (these are players I saw - Bartram towers above them all).
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,476
    Lincsaddick said:
    Firmani 
    Hewie
    Hales
    Mendonca
    Curbishley

    1st reserve .. Chris Powell
    Can’t forgive you for leaving out Stuart Leary.😕
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,842
    I've tended to reward longevity, rather than players who were brilliant but only for a short time

    5 all time names
    Bartram
    Leary
    Peacock
    Hales
    Hewie

    5 players I've seen
    Hales
    Peacock
    Bob Bolder
    Mark Kinsella
    Dean Kiely

    5 short term legends I've seen
    Shirtliff
    Mendonca
    Hunt
    Parker
    D Bent

  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    SoundAsa£ said:
    Lincsaddick said:
    Firmani 
    Hewie
    Hales
    Mendonca
    Curbishley

    1st reserve .. Chris Powell
    Can’t forgive you for leaving out Stuart Leary.😕
    instead of who? .. anyway, I am not quite as ancient as you :) , by the time I was a Valley regular, Leary had gone to QPR
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,348
    killerandflash said:
    I've tended to reward longevity, rather than players who were brilliant but only for a short time

    5 all time names
    Bartram
    Leary
    Peacock
    Hales
    Hewie

    5 players I've seen
    Hales
    Peacock
    Bob Bolder
    Mark Kinsella
    Dean Kiely

    5 short term legends I've seen
    Shirtliff
    Mendonca
    Hunt
    Parker
    D Bent

    5, not 105
  • theeenorth
    theeenorth Posts: 2,277
    Mike Flanagan
    Paul Mortimer
    John Humphrey
    Mark Kinsella
    Robert Lee

  • Ducktapeshoerepairs
    Ducktapeshoerepairs Posts: 970
    CAFCTrev said:
    Chizz said:
    There are only two criteria: 

    1. They must have played for Charlton 
    2. You genuinely think they're a "Charlton legend". 
    Is there any wiggle room with that one?
    There should be, as Lennie Lawrence is no1 for me and never played for us 
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,219
    Nuff said 

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  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,331
    CAFCTrev said:
    Chizz said:
    There are only two criteria: 

    1. They must have played for Charlton 
    2. You genuinely think they're a "Charlton legend". 
    Is there any wiggle room with that one?
    No!  Otherwise, the list would be really easy: Pele, Eusebio, Messi, Ronaldo, Hales 
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,476
    Lincsaddick said:
    SoundAsa£ said:
    Lincsaddick said:
    Firmani 
    Hewie
    Hales
    Mendonca
    Curbishley

    1st reserve .. Chris Powell
    Can’t forgive you for leaving out Stuart Leary.😕
    instead of who? .. anyway, I am not quite as ancient as you :) , by the time I was a Valley regular, Leary had gone to QPR
    Ah…..that would explain it.
  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 5,820
    Hales
    Bartram
    Mendonca
    Chris Powell
    Welsh
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    1. Sam Bartram  - Decades before social media, when the world was a bigger place, everybody in the country knew Sam Bartram. This larger than life character whose career spanned generations.
    C'mon for chrissake, we've got a fecking great statue of the guy. He must be number one.
    2. Stuart Leary
    3. Eddie Firmani
    4. Keith Peacock
    5. Derek Hales
  • kinveachyaddick
    kinveachyaddick Posts: 3,875
    For me off the top of my head:
    Colin Walsh
    Peter Shirtliff
    Richard Rufus
    Clive Mendonca
    Mark Kinsella 
  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,273
    edited August 2022
    Longevity or greatness, a blend of both in my list which is only players I got the pleasure of watching, with special mentions to Steve Brown, Bob Bolder and Kinsella (Kiely and Humphrey good shouts but both having played for Palace too I have to rule them out!)


    Steve Gritt     - over 400 games across 17 years.  Went on to be manager.  Played every position.  Never forget his name suddenly appearing in the team on our first game back at The Valley.  Proper Charlton man.

    Chris Powell - first England capped Charlton player for years. He "got" the club and the fans.  Gave everything every game, played with a smile on his face and is my favourite player for Charlton of all my time because of that.  The fact he got us promoted as manager is the icing on the cake. (I know he was also at Palace... But he is Chris Powell!).

    Clive Mendonca - would we have ever made the PL without him. Just a class player, wonderful to watch and that Wembley day in 98 will never be beaten with him out main man.

    Peter Shirtliff - one of my younger Charlton memories was hiding in a toilet at my Grans as he scored in the Leeds play-off to keep us up.  I just couldn't handle the excitement even at that early age!

    Colin Walsh - a wonderful player and the goal on the first game back at The Valley is a memory that will live with me to the day I die.

    I would have quite possibly had Solly in there from the modern era.  One club man who really did give his career to Charlton and put his body on the line time and again despite pretty horrific injuries early in his career.  He was a player I loved watching in his early years as he tackled like a train but clean every time. .what a shame how it finished (whatever happened, which I guess we will never know for sure but taints it for me). 

  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,733
    Derek Hales
    Clive Mendonca
    Mark Kinsella
    Chris Powell
    Sam Bartram 
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,476
    Athletico Charlton said:
    Steve Gritt
    Chris Powell
    Colin Walsh
    Peter Shirtliff
    Clive Mendonca

    Would have quite possibly had Solly in there if it had not finished how it did. 

    Well…..how did it end?
    No one seems to know the full story, with a number of different versions out there.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    Shirtliff
    Curbs (not for his playing skills I should add)
    Mendonca
    Chris Powell
    Kinsella

    Have only gone for players that Iv’e actually seen play for us.

  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,331
    SoundAsa£ said:
    Athletico Charlton said:
    Steve Gritt
    Chris Powell
    Colin Walsh
    Peter Shirtliff
    Clive Mendonca

    Would have quite possibly had Solly in there if it had not finished how it did. 

    Well…..how did it end?
    No one seems to know the full story, with a number of different versions out there.
    In many ways that is the proper definition of 'legend'

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