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  • What a shirt.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,852
    F*ck him - he was crap anyway!
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,341
    bobmunro said:
    F*ck him - he was crap anyway!
    Jamie Magill? 
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,361
    Splitter!
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    The quote I remember from the time, from a Spanish journalist who came over to watch one of our games was ‘honey isn’t made for the mouth of a donkey’.
    He was poetically right, but Simonsen was superb for us and has provided great memories.
  • ross1
    ross1 Posts: 51,004
    edited June 2024
    bobmunro said:
    F*ck him - he was crap anyway!
    Sorry, I have to disagree, one of the best and most intelligent player I have ever seen in a Charlton shirt
  • gmantaxi
    gmantaxi Posts: 336
    Remember seeing his debut at home to Boro , he was so far ahead and at a different level than anyone else on the pitch it was Ridiculous.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,852
    ross1 said:
    bobmunro said:
    F*ck him - he was crap anyway!
    Sorry, I have to disagree, one of the best and most intelligent player I have ever seen in a Charlton shirt

    My comment was very tongue in cheek - sorry.
  • ValleyOfTears
    ValleyOfTears Posts: 1,067
    gmantaxi said:
    Remember seeing his debut at home to Boro , he was so far ahead and at a different level than anyone else on the pitch it was Ridiculous.
    Absolutely agree.

    (One of the most unlikely transfers in history and was clearly not well thought out but I saw him play and it was incredible)

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  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,361
    His kit looked too big for him, but he ran rings around everyone on the pitch...

    I saw Alan Simonsen play for Charlton at The Valley.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,761
    edited June 2024
    Probably the second most skillfull player i have ever seen in a Charlton shirt and the first was Danish also.
    Claus Jensen 


    Who is Jamie Magill ?
  • Redmidland
    Redmidland Posts: 44,700
    Wasn't his first game against Newcastle and it was billed as Simonsen v Keegan? Did Simonsen score as well I seem to remember?
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,736
    He just looks cold.
    Who wouldn't when you're used to the shores of the Catalan coast then all of a sudden you're standing in a valley on the banks of the Thames. 
  • ChicagoAddick
    ChicagoAddick Posts: 4,394
    It was Middlesbrough @Redmidland.

    Probably the best player I have ever seen in a Charlton shirt. If anyone is interested, my ode to Alan Simonsen here:

    https://chicagoaddick.com/2024/05/30/20-years-20-players-no-3-alan-simonsen/
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,038
    Chizz said:
    bobmunro said:
    F*ck him - he was crap anyway!
    Jamie Magill? 
    Isn't he related to Saul Goodman?
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,736
    I wonder if had his agent not put in that clause that he can leave as soon as he's not paid and we managed to sell him how much it would of changed our fortunes afterwards.
  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,651
    Probably the second most skillfull player i have ever seen in a Charlton shirt and the first was Danish also.
    Claus Jensen 


    Who is Jamie Magill ?
    Someone with a very dull life i should think.

  • R0TW
    R0TW Posts: 1,680
    ross1 said:
    bobmunro said:
    F*ck him - he was crap anyway!
    Sorry, I have to disagree, one of the best and most intelligent player I have ever seen in a Charlton shirt
    Remember him playing off passes and him thinking “fuck me, what have I signed up to”.
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,056
    The 5-2 game v Chelsea 😍😍😍😍😍

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  • His first game was a Tuesday night reserve match - I think it was against Swansea reserves. He then played again on the Saturday. I think about 3,000 turned up for the reserve game. 2 goals against Chelsea, and 2 against Leicester straight down the middle of the defence. Magic.
  • To be honest, you would imagine that Allan would view his short time at Charlton as a stain on his otherwise immaculate CV. However, I was lucky enough to meet him when he came back for the Ex- Players Reunion in 1998. I talked to him for a while, and he was very positive about Charlton. He said that he loved it here and was delighted to see his old teammates again. Why else would he have come back? 
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,892
    To be honest, you would imagine that Allan would view his short time at Charlton as a stain on his otherwise immaculate CV. However, I was lucky enough to meet him when he came back for the Ex- Players Reunion in 1998. I talked to him for a while, and he was very positive about Charlton. He said that he loved it here and was delighted to see his old teammates again. Why else would he have come back? 
    His missus wanted to go shopping in the West End?
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,661
    Allan Simonsen and Les Berry in the same team. Who'd 'Ave Thought It to quote a Plumstead pub.

    Simmo was great during his short stay even though many of our players were on a different wave length.
  • TelMc32 said:
    The 5-2 game v Chelsea 😍😍😍😍😍
    What a game:  I was in the middle of the old shed in full voice, with    Chelsea belting out “One man went to mow” in the Jimmy Seed.   Great atmosphere.  

    And then then he tore them apart.   In my head, he scored two very similar goals?   


  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,671
    Even though he didn’t pass the CL height test, he was head & shoulders above his teammates.
  • Lewis Coaches
    Lewis Coaches Posts: 5,409
    gmantaxi said:
    Remember seeing his debut at home to Boro , he was so far ahead and at a different level than anyone else on the pitch it was Ridiculous.
    That was his league debut for us.

    His first game for us was coming on as sub against Swansea at The Valley in a res game

    Crowd was 2500 for that match which Charlton won 4-0.  Simonsen laid on goal for Walker if I remember.

    His name was listed as playing in the Chelsea away match afew weeks early, that was the game Geoff Scott was injured in.
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,873
    TelMc32 said:
    The 5-2 game v Chelsea 😍😍😍😍😍
    What a game:  I was in the middle of the old shed in full voice, with    Chelsea belting out “One man went to mow” in the Jimmy Seed.   Great atmosphere.  

    And then then he tore them apart.   In my head, he scored two very similar goals?   


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRkqfbXsgyM

    watch the goals here...
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,098
    gmantaxi said:
    Remember seeing his debut at home to Boro , he was so far ahead and at a different level than anyone else on the pitch it was Ridiculous.
    That was his league debut for us.

    His first game for us was coming on as sub against Swansea at The Valley in a res game

    Crowd was 2500 for that match which Charlton won 4-0.  Simonsen laid on goal for Walker if I remember.

    His name was listed as playing in the Chelsea away match afew weeks early, that was the game Geoff Scott was injured in.
    The Swansea game finished 1-1