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Jim Melrose

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  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,059
    Red shirts / black shorts - love that combo 
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,255
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    Melrose (arm raised) celebrates with the other CAFC players wearing a red OSCA Woolwich shirt.

    George Shipley (far left) scored our other goal two minutes later in the 44th minute. Melrose was also booked along with 4 other Charlton players and 4 of the Millwall side.


  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,255
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    Jim went on to score 5 vital goals in 11 league games that season to help the club clinch promotion to the top flight for the first time in nearly three decades. Unusually for the time, Melrose kept the shirt from his time with CAFC
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,680
    se9addick said:
    Red shirts / black shorts - love that combo 
    Fancy wearing red when away. What's wrong with pink or green I say 😄.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,255
    edited October 2024
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    After changing hands that No.8 shirt has been purchased by the museum and is on display with our other CAFC Woolwich OSCA and Adidas shirts Thanks to everyone who has donated time, items or money to the museum to make this latest acquisition possible
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,255
    And the good new for you shirt collectors is that we now have a spare of this shirt that we will be looking to sell to partially cover the cost of the match worn version we now have. 
  • You sure that's match worn Henry, I mean where's the mud and blood stains...🙄
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,255
    You sure that's match worn Henry, I mean where's the mud and blood stains...🙄
    It's not actually the shirt he wore when scoring the goal at Millwall as that was long sleeve but it is a match worn shirt from that season.

    He may have changed shirts at half time but the badge is the give away.  Stitched fabric rather than printed on as with the shop versions.
  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    19 goals in 48 appearances, good player was Jim Melrose.
  • Will never forget his 9 second goal at Upton Park or last minute goal in the first leg of the play off final against Leeds. 

    I still have that Woolwich shirt, although it’s a little tighter now than it was back then. 

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  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,895


    Flat caps at Millwall? Who'd have thought it!
  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    Off_it said:


    Flat caps at Millwall? Who'd have thought it!
    I think we were all wearing crash hats and helmets.
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,895
    Hal1x said:
    Off_it said:


    Flat caps at Millwall? Who'd have thought it!
    I think we were all wearing crash hats and helmets.
    I was on the halfway line, trying desperately not to jump up and down at that moment in time!
  • HardyAddick
    HardyAddick Posts: 1,638


    29 March 1986 and Lennie Lawrence's promotion chasing side are away at Millwall.

    New signing Jim Melrose, wearing No.8, wheels away after scoring Charlton's first goal in the 2 - 2 draw. Att: 7,846

    PIC: Tom Morris/Charlton Athletic Museum
    Went in the away end for that game with a friend. An experience! 
  • my first visit to scumsville 
    what a khazi
  • Pelham123
    Pelham123 Posts: 379


    29 March 1986 and Lennie Lawrence's promotion chasing side are away at Millwall.

    New signing Jim Melrose, wearing No.8, wheels away after scoring Charlton's first goal in the 2 - 2 draw. Att: 7,846

    PIC: Tom Morris/Charlton Athletic Museum
    I miss those days at the Old Den when you could stash your crash helmet on the crossbar in case things went wonky.
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    Hal1x said:
    19 goals in 48 appearances, good player was Jim Melrose.
    Gas Ahadme: “hold my beer”
  • my first visit to scumsville 
    what a khazi
    Thats surprising , so you never had the pleasure of standing behind the floodlight pylon in the corner plus fencing of course.

    One of the worst views in football league.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,613


    29 March 1986 and Lennie Lawrence's promotion chasing side are away at Millwall.

    New signing Jim Melrose, wearing No.8, wheels away after scoring Charlton's first goal in the 2 - 2 draw. Att: 7,846

    PIC: Tom Morris/Charlton Athletic Museum
    We went to an all nighter in Flicks the night before this (it was Good Friday). Got home about 8, crashed out for a couple of hours then went to the game. I seem to remember it was an early kick off for some reason but may be wrong.  My first visit to The Den as an away fan, had been there several times before as a neutral. 
  • Sollied
    Sollied Posts: 145
    You sure that's match worn Henry, I mean where's the mud and blood stains...🙄
    It's not actually the shirt he wore when scoring the goal at Millwall as that was long sleeve but it is a match worn shirt from that season.

    He may have changed shirts at half time but the badge is the give away.  Stitched fabric rather than printed on as with the shop versions.
    Interestingly I have a blue version of this shirt with a stitched badge but no number. Any idea why that would be? 

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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,255
    Sollied said:
    You sure that's match worn Henry, I mean where's the mud and blood stains...🙄
    It's not actually the shirt he wore when scoring the goal at Millwall as that was long sleeve but it is a match worn shirt from that season.

    He may have changed shirts at half time but the badge is the give away.  Stitched fabric rather than printed on as with the shop versions.
    Interestingly I have a blue version of this shirt with a stitched badge but no number. Any idea why that would be? 
    No but your shirt is worthless, give it to us to look after for you. ;)
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,255
    The two different badges.

    Replica above, match worn below.
  • HastingsRed
    HastingsRed Posts: 1,599
    Will never forget his 9 second goal at Upton Park or last minute goal in the first leg of the play off final against Leeds. 

    I still have that Woolwich shirt, although it’s a little tighter now than it was back then. 
    Was in the North Bank with my West Ham supporting mate (who was from Blackpool) who I was working with at the time at Selhurst Railway depot, could hardly contain my excitement....great Charlton performance that day.
  • gmantaxi
    gmantaxi Posts: 337
    Was there never any tv footage of this game at ‘ Pwoper wall’ ??
  • Blucher
    Blucher Posts: 4,142
    I was sitting high up on the half line stand at Upton Park when Melrose scored his 9 second goal. One of many fine moments in his relatively short stay with us, none better than his hat-trick against the then reigning League Champions, Everton. I believe that was in the same month in October 1986.

    A great bargain signing by Lennie for £50,000. 
  • my first visit to scumsville 
    what a khazi
    Thats surprising , so you never had the pleasure of standing behind the floodlight pylon in the corner plus fencing of course.

    One of the worst views in football league.
    That's where we were for this game . crap view crap ground 
    i remember another game when they gave us the pen next to the corner one and we never took the numbers we should have over there
  • Forget which year but thought it was 2-2 game which we are talking about when we were given 4000 tickets ie the whole end at The Den.
  • Sollied
    Sollied Posts: 145
    The two different badges.

    Replica above, match worn below.
    This is the one I have, but no number

  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,255
    Sollied said:
    The two different badges.

    Replica above, match worn below.
    This is the one I have, but no number

    Looks club issued with the badge and white bar both being better quality.

    Could be some of the players kit was sold in the shop, possibly at the end of the season as we switched to Adidas the next season.

    Very nice shirt, look after it (or donate it to some type of CAFC historical institution!)

    How well has the Osca label survived?
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,854
    my first visit to scumsville 
    what a khazi
    Thats surprising , so you never had the pleasure of standing behind the floodlight pylon in the corner plus fencing of course.

    One of the worst views in football league.

    There were untold views both approaching and inside the old Den that would fit that description. The atmosphere was always 'interesting' though.